Those displays also helped Newcastle secure promotion as the second-tier champions. His start to life in the North East came on the wings, though, as Lee produced a flurry of mazy runs. Lee may have been born in London but his decade on Tyneside saw him become an adopted Geordie adored by fans. While his arrival was another of the superb signings Keegan oversaw. The midfielder went on to be one of the finest technicians to ever grace the engine room at St James’ Park. Newcastle signed Rob Lee in what would prove to be a bargain £700k transfer from Charlton Athletic during September 1992.
Rob Lee Photo Credit: Ben Radford/ALLSPORT via Getty Images Position: His status as a Toon icon cannot be questioned having been an endless source of goals, even throughout the club’s managerial upheaval. While Newcastle made a statue of their talismanic legend outside of St James’ Park in 2016. He even fashioned his final strike against the club’s fierce rivals, Sunderland. The next 10 years resulted in the forward becoming the Magpies’ all-time leading goalscorer with 206 across 405 appearances. Shearer would, however, prove his weight in more than gold as a centre-forward once he finally got a long-awaited chance to play at Newcastle’s stadium, St James’ Park. But the Toon tested him as a goalkeeper in what would prove to be a huge error of judgement. Shearer had trialled for his hometown Newcastle whilst a schoolboy having started out in the Wallsend Boys Club. The swoop marked a long-awaited homecoming for the soon-to-be-named England captain. While he left Ewood Park as a hero after winning the Premier League. The Magpies spent £15m to secure the striker and quickly ran out of letters to put his name on the back of shirts.
Keegan took Shearer back home in July 1996 when Newcastle agreed to a world-record transfer with Blackburn Rovers. Alan Shearer Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images Position: While Keegan returned to the club as their manager and oversaw a stout tenure. No one has yet scored more often for the Toon than Shearer, who hit 206 goals in 405 games. Some iconic names go back to the start of the Magpies’ story when founded in 1892.Īmong the legends of Newcastle include the names of Alan Shearerand Kevin Keegan, who enjoyed fabled spells on Tyneside. The St James’ Park natives have been blessed with an array of star-studded squads over the years. Newcastle United have a great history as one of England’s biggest football clubs, filled with a long list of legends to suit.
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