This page is dedicated to some of the great midfielder's  who have graced St James's Park over the years. Sadly many did not win honours  with the Toon but certainly won the Hearts of the fanatical Toon Army Fans.  Over the next few months this page will be updated, so if you have a Toon  Favourite please E mail me and I will endeavour to publish that individuals profile.

Peter Beardsley

1983-7 1993-7

Born on Tyneside on 18 January 1961, Peter Beardsley had three spells with the  Magpies. He was released the first time round by then-manager Bill McGarry as  a teenager, and it was left to former Newcastle skipper Bob Moncur to give him  his first chance as a professional when he signed him for Carlisle United. A  striker of supreme quality, he took the roundabout route back to his home-town  club, via Carlisle and then  Vancouver Whitecaps.  

 Arthur Cox then brought  him back home for £125,000 to team up with Kevin Keegan in the 1983-84  promotion-winning side. Without doubt, the local lad ranks right up there with  the best of men who have pulled on the black and white shirt. All the managers  Beardo' has played under have commented on his enthusiasm and work-rate as  well as his ability to score  spectacular goals often when the chips are down.  Tempted away to Liverpool for a record £1.9 million four years later,  Peter won league and FA Cup honours before Everton paid £1 million for him in  1991. When Keegan, by now manager of Newcastle, paid £1.5 million for Peter in  July 93, many doubted the wisdom of such a fee for a 32-year-old. But such was  his form that ten more England caps followed before Peter announced his  international retirement with 59 caps to his name Peter Beardsley was awarded  the MBE for his services to football in 1995 but he remains the same  level-headed lad he's always been. Much travelled though he may be, Beardsley  is a Newcastle man through and through. It is said he is destined to return  back to the club he loves so much as a coach or manager in the future.