10 Players Newcastle Should Never Have Sold In The Premier League Era

6. Keith Gillespie

The fleet-footed winger joined as £1 million makeweight in the £7m deal that took Andy Cole to Manchester United in 1995 - a transfer that forced Keegan to confront Toon supporters on the steps of St James' and explain his reasoning for selling the club's top scorer. He soon became a crowd favourite with his style befitting that of the vintage winger with his electric speed down either flank offering Newcastle a dangerous new dimension in attack. It was the Champions League face-off with Barcelona, however, that Gillespie is most fondly remembered. Twice haring down the right flank and supplying the ammunition for Faustino Asprilla to convert two bullet headers on the way to a memorable hat-trick, the Northern Irishman tortured full-back Sergi Barjuán and sent the Spaniard back to the Nou Camp forever fearing the name Gillespie.