Keith Gillespie

Didn't do a whole pile, but I remember watching that and the guy that we all thought was going to win from the outset was a guy called Craig Walsh, who was from Dublin, who actually went on to have a League of Ireland career.

I've actually seen him play for Longford Town against Money United years and years ago and Keith Gillespie played in the same game.

Did

he come

They kept Beckham from playing in central midfield, so he was pushed to the right-hand side.

He replaced Keith Gillespie in that team, um, i- in the build-up to sort of making their way through to the first team, and basically shone from that moment.

And it wasn't his crossing or his, his delivery that was heralded in the, in the youth teams necessarily.

It was very, very good, and it did stand out, but it was his engine.

I've got...

I, I don't wanna ga- I don't, really don't want to gamble with this, so I'm gonna say Keith Gillespie.

Great call.

Oh, God.

David Ginola supplying the crosses.

Keith Gillespie on the other side of it.

Peter Batesley in the middle.

It may have been the final piece of the jigsaw to get Newcastle United that Premier League title.

Well, no, 'cause I reckon we've got two, I think, right, how it's going at the moment, I think we've got two wing forwards here.

'Cause who I put as my number seven, Keith Gillespie.

So my front...

Oh, God, I'm telling you it already.

Oh, no.

My two wing forwards were gonna go for Ryan Giggs and Keith Gillespie.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's who I've got.

Uh, okay, I've got one.

Um, the fastest red card in professional history belongs to Keith Gillespie-

[laughs] Okay

... who was sent off, get this, after zero seconds.

Remember him driving...

Yeah, Keith Gillespie was usually the first to, to, to fall over.

So he'd drive him home, and then he'd come back, and then he'd drive someone-

What, was he a shuttle service?

Give them an average ball, they'll make it look great because they could hold it up and get behind.

They can head it.

Um, and on top of that, we had Peter Beardsley behind that then Asprea and Ginola and Keith Gillespie.

Um, we just had, we just had a phenomenal team, and it was just, uh, I, I lo- I was looking through some old programs the other day, and I, I, I had to ring Bez at.

I was a big player that played in the Premier League for 12 years.

There was me, Keith Gillespie, David Cottrell, who Brian Robson had brought in.

And I thought when he came in, he looked around the changing room and thought, I don't know if I can manage these.

Too big.

Yeah.

And before I knew it, I was back fit.

He was sending myself and Keith Gillespie and Cots to train with the kids, which I touched on.

I wasn't living at home.