5 Awesome Newcastle United Captains (And 5 That Sucked)

4. Brian Kilcline

Considered by Kevin Keegan to be his most important signing as Newcastle manager, "Killer" Kilcline was immediately installed as club captain after heeding a desperate call from Keegan to toughen up a fragile reagured and spearhead our fight for survival in Division Two. The grizzled centre-back, his look complimented by a untamed caveman beard sprouting from his granite jaw, was a menacing spectre to any and every striker that dared to cross his path with opponents regularly browbeaten into complete submission by Kilcline. For a team requiring an motivational catalyst to save its skin and pull itself away from the foot of the table he was the ideal candidate. Kilcline's experience and no-nonsense approach was vital in leading a cash-strapped team full of kids to a lazurus-like feat of escapology in 1991/92 and he's still revered to this day by Toon fans who regard him as one the players who saved the Club from relegation and probable financial ruin.