Loathed by Graeme Souness Unloved by Freddy Shepherd Redeemed by Mark Hughes ; Craig Bellamy Puts the Bad Days Behind Him and Targets a Return to the Champions League
Mail on Sunday › March 09, 2006
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GRAEME SOUNESS was positively beaming as the announcer introduced Michael Owen to 20,000 Newcastle United fans, screaming with excitement at their first glimpse of the north-east's new Messiah.
As Owen, a black-and-white scarf draped over his Pounds 17million frame, waved and smiled at his enthusiastic disciples on his arrival from Real Madrid last August, few spared a thought for his fallen predecessor.See the full content of this document
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Loathed by Graeme Souness Unloved by Freddy Shepherd Redeemed by Mark Hughes ; Craig Bellamy Puts the Bad Days Behind Him and Targets a Return to the Champions League
Craig Bellamy, once a Geordie hero for scoring the goal against Feyenoord which took their club into the latter stages of the Champions League, had fled to Blackburn, loathed by Souness and unloved by chairman Freddy Shepherd, who was happy to offload him for Pounds 5m.
It had been a messy divorce. Having had the mother of all rows with Souness - both men went on...See the full content of this document
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