Magpie Memories: Conversations with Newcastle players down the decades

Author: Malcolm Holt

Magpie Memories: Conversations with Newcastle players down the decades

Magpie Memories is an absorbing collection of personal interviews with 12 former Newcastle United footballers who played for the club between 1944 and 1998. Through their recollections of playing for Newcastle the book charts the fortunes and misfortunes of the club and highlights the special bond between players and supporters.

Such familiar names as David McCreery, John Beresford and Ron McGarry appear, alongside other players who may not be so well known to younger supporters but who nevertheless had important careers at St James’s Park, such as Charlie Crowe and George Luke from the 1940s and 1950s. The players reminisce freely about life as footballers in the North-East: training regimes, match-day routines, their teammates and life off the pitch.

This fascinating book is an in-depth look at what it is like to have a long career with an historic club and is sure to appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of Newcastle United and its players.