1. And Here's Some Newcastle United Players And Coaches Who Also Won The European Cup...
The "Champions League" replaced the European Cup in 1992, but before the reformatting of the competition there were a whole host of ex-Newcastle players, managers and coaches who played in the final or lifted the trophy. Here's a list of some of them: Ruud Gullit - The ex-Toon boss won the European Cup twice with AC Milan (1989 and 1990) Graeme Souness - Newcastle's former manager won the European Cup three times with Liverpool (1978, 1981 and 1984) Kevin Keegan - A former player and twice manager of the Magpies, Keegan won the European Cup once with Liverpool (1977) and lost once in the final with Hamburger SV (1980) Kenny Dalglish - The Magpies' former manager won the European Cup with Liverpool three times (1978, 1981 and 1984) Terry McDermott - An ex-player and assistant-manager at St James' Park, McDermott won the European Cup with Liverpool three times (1977, 1978 and 1981) Mark Lawrenson - A short-lived defensive coach at Newcastle under Keegan, Lawrenson won the European Cup with Liverpool once (1984) Frank Clark - Newcastle-born full-back Clark played for the Magpies between 1962 and 1975 but he lifted the European Cup once with Nottingham Forest (1979) Chris Waddle - The former Newcastle, Sunderland and England winger played in and lost one European Cup final for Marseille (1991) For all the latest NUFC News, Views and Transfers make sure to follow whatculture.com/NUFC on Twitter and Facebook.
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