10 Players Who Successfully Played For Newcastle & Sunderland

2. Bobby Moncur

NUFC: 1962 - 1974 (358 games, 10 goals) SAFC: 1974 - 1976 (86 games, 2 goals) Some 45 years after lifting the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup on a balmy night in Budapest the record of being the last Newcastle captain to get his hands on a major trophy is an honour that Moncur is keen to relinquish. Rightly considered one of the greatest men to wear the armband in Black and White, the Scottish centre-back was a stalwart for the Magpies in his 14-year stint at St James' Park with legendary Toon boss Joe Harvey labelling Moncur as "the supreme sweeper and a most valuable asset both to Newcastle United and Scotland." Moncur was granted the opportunity to repeat that feat when he led Newcastle out in the 1974 FA Cup final against Liverpool. We crashed to a 3-0 defeat in what turned out to be his final game for the Club before a controversial £30,000 switch to Sunderland just a few months later. It was considered something of a coup for our Wearside neighbours as a 29-year-old Moncur moved to Roker Park just as he was reaching the peak years of his career. It duly paid off as he skippered the Black Cats to promotion from Division Two before leaving to join Carlisle.