10 Ultimate Cult Heroes Of Newcastle United In The Premier League Era

4. Clarence Acuna

Played for NUFC: 2000 - 2003

Appearances: 59, Goals: 7

Every self-respecting Geordie will remember Acuna for one reason or another. Whether it was the way he used to determinedly gnaw away at the opposition midfield or the time he was caught drunk-driving on the way to a fancy dress party dressed as Captain Hook - an apt costume choice - the explosive Chilean is glued in to our memory

Sir Bobby Robson brought him to St James' Park in October 2000 for a £900,000 fee and he proved a steady if unspectacular performer in the Magpies engine room in the three years he spent with the Club. Even the conclusion of Acuna's transfer to Tyneside from Universidad de Chile served to confirm his offbeat temperament, shimmying down a fire escape to avoid the rebuke of the irate agent who had just been cut out of the deal following negotiations with Freddy Shepherd in an Argentinian hotel.