10 Things Newcastle Fans Need To Know About Rafa Benitez

2. Time On Tyneside

In his spells with Liverpool and Chelsea, Benitez was in the opposing dugout six times - winning three and losing three. The game that will provide the happiest memories for the coach - and awfully bitter ones for us Magpies - would have to be Liverpool's 5-1 demolition in 2008. Benitez's side ran riot at St James' Park and, on a day when it could have been a cricket score, it was a certain Steven Gerrard who pulled the strings for the Reds.