10 Players Who Thought They Were Bigger Than Newcastle United

This town ain't big enough for the likes of them...

There's an old maxim that Newcastle fans don't want anything apart from as much effort as players are able to give. It's not wholly true: as football is about a lot more than that, but giving your heart, and your sweat and your tears goes a long way to winging you over with the Geordie faithful as much as being as gifted as Peter Beardsley can. But it has been clear over the Premier League years at least that some players haven't quite given as much as they could for the cause. They've had their eyes on bigger prizes, grander stages and saw the club as little more than a stepping stone, or a thorn to be endured before they got to the rose. These people have, rightly, taken on pantomime villain status in the eyes of Newcastle fans, and looking back, there have been a surprisingly significant number of ship-jumpers...
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