Over the course of Newcastle's history, the club has seen hard men, warriors and unhinged players pull on the famous black and white shirt, throwing themselves into the cause in a way that only the truly self-destructive and the slightly silly could ever understand. The Radge Packet is on an entirely different level even to them. The Radge Packet is to beautiful, creative footballers what shadow is to sunlight: it is the ugly thing that makes beauty possible. And it can be extremely scary. It's not enough to be conventionally crazy - like the Craziest Toon Players in History - even though there is some cross-over: the qualify for full blown Radge Packet status you have to have something else about you. A tenacity that burns in your eyes, a vicious streak that is usually only employed in service of the cause, and a temper that's as fragile as Remy Cabella. People have to genuinely fear the moment you turn, for whatever reason, and there has been a colourful gallery of Radges who've played for Newcastle in the past 30 years...
