Every Player To Score On Their Newcastle Debut In The Premier League

3. Xisco - Vs Hull City (September 13th 2008)

Xisco and Ignacio "Nacho" Gonzalez will forever be blamed for their (indirect) involvement with the end of Magpies legend Kevin Keegan's "Third Coming" at Newcastle United. With the ex-player and former manager of the famous "Entertainers" side having returned to the Magpies helm following the dismissal of Sam Allardyce in January 2008, Newcastle fans were overjoyed at seeing "KK" takeover once more - but the relationship ended for a third occasion just eight months later, and this time extremely unceremoniously. With the disastrous appointment of Dennis Wise as "Director of Football", owner Mike Ashley seemingly undermined his first-team manager Keegan - who claimed the arrivals of Nacho on loan from Valencia and Xisco in a £5.7 million permanent transfer from Deportivo La Coruna were made completely against his own wishes. Just weeks after Keegan had resigned, Xisco was handed a debut by caretaker-manager Chris Hughton against Hull City at St James' Park on September 13th 2008. His debut, like Xisco's entire Toon career, was a disaster though. Marlon King had netted twice to put the visitors 2-1 up, before the Spaniard bundled in a consolation in the 82nd minute, The afternoon got worse as well when Danny Guthrie put in a horror challenge on Craig Fagan, breaking the Hull forward's leg. Xisco hung around for five years, claiming his reported £60,000-a-week wages while out on loan at Racing Santander and back at Deportivo, contributing just that one Premier League goal for Newcastle during his entire spell at the club. Not only a pointless signing of a player who, although reasonably rated in Spain, was hardly taking La Liga by storm, but also someone who wasn't even given a real opportunity by the Magpies. A dreadful signing all round - and surely Georginio Wijnaldum will not replicate Xisco's time on Tyneside.