... what a day., 24th February 1979. There's not many players have a match named after them so it's great that a local lad should have that honour. There was trouble all day at Central Station, on the way to SJP and on the way back. The only ticket I could get was in the Mag section which I had to collect from a Mag pub in North Shields. I kept completely quiet until Rowell smashed his first goal in ... ... after that I was abused and threatened for the entire match. Incredibly it was the only time I've never seen any violence at a derby game and didn't hear about all the trouble until I watched Look North. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
Apparently Gary Rowell said to Kevin Arnott after the 4th goal "Shall we try for a fifth, or just take the piss?" Arnott replied "Let's just take the piss"
