2021 Day 2 - Show me your medals
Here's an attempt at ranking Magpie managers by
their cap collections:
Newcastle Managers who played internationally
(figure in bold is number of appearances):
Kenny Dalglish (Scotland 1971-86) 102
Ruud Gullit (Netherlands 1981-94) 66 (European Champs 1988)
Alan Shearer (England 1992-00) 63
Kevin Keegan (England 1972-82) 63
Graeme Souness (Scotland 1974-86) 54
Chris Hughton (Ireland 1979-91) 53
Ossie Ardiles (Argentina 1975-82) 51 (World Cup winner 1982)
Jack Charlton (England 1965-70) 35 (World Cup winner 1966)
Joe Kinnear (Ireland 1967-75) 26
Bobby Robson (England 1957-62) 20
Andy Cunningham (Scotland 1920-27) 12
Steve Clarke (Scotland 1987-94) 6
Willie McFaul (Northern Ireland 1966-73) 6
Bill McGarry (England 1954-55) 4
Tommy Craig (Scotland 1976) 1
Managers with lesser international records:
Steve Bruce (England B)
Glenn Roeder (England B)
Stan Seymour England wartime)
Colin Suggett (England Youth)
Managers who never played internationally:
Sam Allardyce, Rafa Benitez, John Carver, Arthur Cox, Richard Dinnis, Joe
Harvey, Eddie Howe, Graeme Jones, Gordon Lee, Duggie Livingstone, George Martin,
Tom Mather, Steve McClaren, Charlie Mitten, Alan Pardew, Nigel Pearson, Jim
Smith, Norman Smith, Frank Watt.
Extras (selected internationals who coached at NUFC):
Dean Saunders (Wales 1986-01) 75
Peter Beardsley (England 1986-96) 59
Iain Dowie (Northern Ireland 1990-00) 59
Mark Lawrenson (Ireland 1977-88) 39
Colin Calderwood (Scotland 1995-99) 36
Willie Donachie (Scotland 1972-79) 35
Tony Galvin (Ireland 1983-90) 29
Terry McDermott (England 1977-82) 25
Gordon Milne (England 1963-65) 14
Dave Watson (England 1984-88) 12
Steve Stone (England 1995-96) 9
Tommy Burns (Scotland 1981-88) 8
Peter Bonetti (England 1966-70) 7
George Herd (Scotland 1958-61) 5
Kevin Richardson (England 1994) 1
Dennis Wise (England 1991-01) 21
NUFC Managers who managed internationally:
Bobby Robson (England 1982-90) 95
Jack Charlton (Ireland 1986-96) 93
Steve Clarke (Scotland 2019-date) 40
Iam McFaul (Guam 1999-04) circa 25
Steve McClaren (England 2006-07) 18
Kevin Keegan (England 1999-00) 18
Doug Livingstone (Belgium 1953-54) 13
Doug Livingstone (Ireland 1951-53) 6
Sam Allardyce (England 2016) 1
Joe Kinnear (Nepal 1984-8?) games tbc
Bill McGarry (Zambia 1982-83) games tbc
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