Nationality Georgian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Newcastle United 1997-2000
Stats 78 appearances, 8 goals
Fun Fact Fondly remembered for his creative goal celebrations, notably this one.
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Nationality French
Position Right Back
Team(s) Chelsea 1998, Newcastle 1998-2000, Manchester City 2000-2003
Stats 74 Appearances, 4 Goals
Fun Fact Charvet scored 2 goals in his 11 league games with Chelsea, compared to 2 in his next 63 with Newcastle and Manchester City. A poor return considering the 18 goals he managed from 88 league appearances with Cannes.
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Nationality Cypriot
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Newcastle 1993-1994
Stats 7 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact He was the first Cypriot to play in the Premier League.
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Nationality English
Position Left Back
Team(s) Newcastle 1998-2001
Stats 6 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Touted by many to be the long term replacement to Stuart Pearce in the England squad he was unfortunately plagued by injuries and had to retire at 25. He is now fitness coach for QPR.
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Nationality French
Position Defender
Team(s) Newcastle 1999-2000
Stats 6 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact He had the experience of over 400 games in France, and was signed to bolster Newcastle’s ‘leaky’ defence. Whilst there was no doubt he was a good player there were serious doubts about his effort and commitment. He returned to France because he was “home sick”.
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Nationality Peruvian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Newcastle 1998-2004 & 2005-2007, Aston Villa 2004-2005, West Ham 2007-2008
Stats 312 Appearances, 57 Goals
Fun Fact Apparently, Nobby Solano is an accomplished trumpet player and has set up his own salsa band called ‘The Geordie Latinos’. He is also one of Peru’s most famous people, appearing on their stamps, telephone cards, and had his wedding screened live on national television.
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Nationality Swedish
Position Forward
Team Newcastle 1998-1999
Stats 27 Appearances, 4 Goals
Fun Fact Andersson only scored 4 goals for Newcastle in the Premier League, but after returning to Sweden to play for AIK he scored this beauty against Arsenal.
Nationality English
Position Midfielder/Striker
Teams QPR 1984-1987/1996-2002, Newcastle 1990-1993, Chelsea 1993-1996, Charlton 2001
Stats 421 Appearances, 89 Goals
Fun Fact In 2008, after a successful stint as a media pundit/Garth Crooks baiter, Peacock moved to Canada to begin a new life as a Christian minister. The hirsute Peacock was famously simulcast on two different television channels when he presented Songs of Praise at the same time as appearing on African Cup of Nations coverage.
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Nationality French
Position Striker
Team Newcastle United 1998
Stats 4 Appearance, 1 Goal
Fun Fact Despite starting 4 games for France in their World Cup win in 1998 and being knighted he never really found his feet in the premiership and was voted the worst striker ever to play in the premier league by the Daily Mail
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) Wimbledon 1990-1995, Newcastle 1995-2001
Stats 344 Appearances, 14 Goals
Fun Fact In 2006, Warren Barton was part of ITV4’s World Cup team of pundits. He presented his own comedy segment entitled ‘Warren Barton Travel Agent’ in which Warren provided a comical breakdown of each country taking part in the World Cup.
Nationality English
Position Left Back
Team(s) Barnsley 1986-1989, Portsmouth 1989-1992, Newcastle 1992-1998, Southampton 1998-2000
Stats 374 Appearances 16 Goals
Fun Fact Later in his career, Beresford went on to represent the England Beach Soccer team in an exhibition game in Birmingham.
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) Sunderland 1981-1986, Liverpool 1986-1992, Newcastle 1992-1995
Stats 392 Appearances 4 Goals
Fun Fact Famous for his mullet haircut he revealed that he rejected a TV role as lead reporter for a new show entitled Mullet Hunter.
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) QPR 1990-1994, Newcastle 1994-1998, Blackburn 1998-2000
Stats 306 appearances, 9 goals
Fun Fact During a game a collision with his own goalkeeper led to Peacock suffering damaged vertebrae in his neck and compression to his spine, he played on in the game despite being knocked unconscious. It was only after the game when it became clear how close he had come to full paralysis.
