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Caught In Time
Featured
in the back of the Sports section of the Sunday Times,
the Caught in Time
series features a picture of a famous team, offers a
profile of each player, and answers the question 'Where
are they now?'.
Newcastle
win the Fairs Cup, 1969
While manager Sir
Bobby Robson was celebrating his 70th birthday with a
victory against Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League
last Tuesday night, another Bobby was sitting in the
stands wondering when a Newcastle United captain would
next lift a major trophy above his head, writes Greg
Struthers.
Bobby Moncur has
held that honour for nearly 34 years, but he is getting
impatient. "When I see the young lads playing in
Europe nowadays it reminds me of us," Moncur
recalled while reminiscing about his beloved club's
unlikely triumph in the European Inter-City Fairs Cup in
1969. "We were the underdogs in every game we
played," he said. "It helped us because we were
relaxed and took everything in our stride."
Newcastle had finished l0th in the league but qualified
for the precursor to the Uefa Cup because of a one-city,
one-team rule.They beat the Dutch club Feyenoord and saw
off Iberian opponents in Sporting Lisbon, Real Zaragoza
and Vitoria Setubal before beating Glasgow Rangers in the
semi-final.
Ujpesti Dozsa, with six Hungarian internationals, were
favourites in the final, but two goals by Moncur and
another by Jim Scott saw Newcastle take a 3-0 lead to
Hungary for the second leg. Ujpesti clawed back two goals
by half-time and the NewcastIe defence was panicking.
"All you need to do is go out and score a
goal," said Joe Harvey, the manager, at the break.
Ben Arentoft did just that, and further goals from Moncur
and Alan Foggon gave Newcastle a 3-2 win on the night and
a 6-2 victory on aggreg~te. "I told you so,"
said Harvey afterwards, sporting a huge grin.
1 Ollie Burton (Newcastle
United)
A Welsh international who played for Newport and Norwich
before joining Newcastle, for whom he played 1811eague
games. His career was ended by a knee injury in 1972 and
he then worked as a brewery representative. He now runs
his own sandwich bar in Norwich .
2 Tommy Gibb (Newcastle United)
A valuable signing from Partick Thistle in August 1968,
he quickly forced his way into the first team and added
balance to the midfield. When he quit football he became
a lorry driver. He lives in West Lothian but has retired
because of back problems.
3 Eric Ross
An Irish midfielder who was a peripheral member of the
team, he signed from Glentoran in August 1967 but played
only four games for the Magpies He is now a travel agent
in White Rock, Canada
4 David Smith
The Newcastle trainer broke his leg five times as a
player for Burnley but made his name as a coach and
manager. He had success with Mansfield, Southend,Plymouth
and Torquay and retired in 1991.
5 David Craig (Newcastle United)
A Northern Ireland international, he had a 14-year career
at Newcastle, playing 351 league games before taking up a
coaching post at Carlisle United. He moved back to
NewcastIe, where he became a milkman and then ran a
newsagents in North Shields. He is now a care worker in
the northeast
6 Frank Clark (Newcastle
United)
He shrugged off a broken leg soon after signing
from Crook Town to play 487 matches for the club as a
dependable defender. Clark moved to Nottingham Forest in
1975 and won a league championship medal and the European
Cup under Brian Clough. He then went into football
management and held the reins at Leyton Orient, Forest
and Manchester City . Now 59, he is an active committee
member of the League Managers' Association, is a football
scout and runs a football consultancy in Nottinghamshire
7 Alan Foggon (Newcastle United)
He enjoyed his most successful spell on the wing for
Middlesbrough, where he was the club's top scorer in
1974. Foggon signed for Newcastle from school at the age
of 15, scored the winner in the second leg against
Ujpesti Dozsa and then pretty much went downhill. He quit
football at 28 and is now a security manager for Pegasus
in South Tyneside .
8 Wyn Davies (Newcastle United)
A big Welsh striker whose robust style and aerial ability
was alien to the Continental opposition Newcastle
encountered in the cup. Davies, who played for nine clubs
on his travels, became a baker for Warburtons in Bolton.
He has now retired and spends his free time walking his
dogs and playing golf .
9 Bobby Moncur (Newcastle United)
Newcastle needed a strong defender who could read the
game well and marshal the defence and in Moncur they
found one. The Newcastle and Scotland captain played 296
games for the club in a distinguished career before
moving to rivals Sunderland and finishing his career at
Carlisle, whom he managed. He took charge at Hearts and
Plymouth where he realised his interest in sailing. He is
now a football commentator as well as being a match-day
host at St James' Park. He has sailed in the
Transatlantic, Around Britain and Fastnet races and now
hopes to hire out a yacht in the Caribbean .
10 Joe Harvey (Newcastle United manager)
He was devoted to Newcastle United for almost 30 years,
fIrSt as a tough defender, then as coach, manager and
finally general manager and chief scout. He captained
Newcastle to FA Cup final victories in 1951 and 1952 but
is best remembered for his 13-year spell as manager,
instilling a fast and entertaining style of play. He died
in February, 1989
11 Jackie Sinclair
A Scottish striker who scored 53 goals in his 113 games
for the club, Sinclair now lives in the Scottish village
of Dollar and works as a golf club steward in Dunfermline
12 Iam McFaul (Newcastle United)
His superb agility and reflexes made up for his lack of
height at only 5ft lOin between the Newcastle goal posts.
Known as Willie, he signed from Linfield in November 1966
and made some important saves in the semi-finals against
Rangers and in the finals. After 387 appearances for
Newcastle, he joined the coaching staff in 1975 and
became manager 10 years later. He was in charge for three
years. He now enjoys life on the Pacific island of Guam,
where he coaches the national team
13 Bryan Robson (Newcastle United)
Prolific goalscoring was his trade. Known as 'Pop',
Robson struck up a productive partnership with Davies.
scoring 82 league goals in 206 appearances. He enjoyed
further success at West Ham, Sunderland. Carlisle and
Chelsea. He coached at Sunderland and Manchester United
and is now coaching at Leeds United
14 Preben Arentoft (Newcastle United)
The Danish defender played in 50 League matches for
Newcastle before moving to Blackbum. He is now the head
of child probation for the city council of Copenhagen and
a prominent art dealer
15 Jim Scott (Crystal Palace)
The Scottish right-winger was the scorer of Newcastle's
first goal in European competition. After a successful
spell at Newcastle, Scott joined Crystal Palace before
retiring. He opened a pub in Falkirk, where he is still
pulling pints
From The
Sunday Times 23 February 2003.
Sports Section p.28
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