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every club every day the global sports podcast network welcome to the daily new castle podcast with GSPN it's wildcard Wednesday the best time of any week we missed it last week I definitely missed it last week hopefully listeners missed it as well we've been well card Wednesday of course I've got a theme didn't rogues are a little bit sad like that so in a week where there's a civil war in the Premier League in regards to Premier League rules Newcastle couldn't quite avenge their defeat at Goodison last season but didn't leave totally empty-handed as it was one infinity stone apiece Thomas Frank is proving he's a doctor in the strangest of starts as we scored another crazy early goal meanwhile Brighton relied on Ironman well back again to complete a great comeback against Spursy Spurs Liverpool's guardians of the goals and she would be kept another clean sheet whilst losing their Brazilian panther in goal oh my god it's so good that it's wildcard Wednesday and I am joined by two incredible guests as always two very professional guests and they give away who it is if you listen regularly if you don't listen regularly you should be told off because this is the best podcast out there and my first guest is the dangerous daring Delicatessen queen that is Joe how are you doing Joe? I'm peachy man third time's a charm and what's the third time is because we keep having technical problems but just for you go anyway and my second guest is someone who calls himself but is actually the original roadrunner it's Nick I'm fine for hearing that for a third time but I don't call myself that I don't know where you've got that from I don't I don't know every time you say I don't know who calls himself a marathon munchkin just getting murdered also so yeah that's where we're at now for the listeners right this is third time lucky because we've been recording this and we've had technical issues in two minutes 21 right so we are going to be three seconds and walk but we get through two minutes 21 yeah we can we can now carry on safely I think with your touch word oh my god let's get this let's get this started yeah we're in October October marks Black History Month in the UK and with the Premier League and Premier League club showcasing ways in which we promote equality diversity and inclusion as well as shown an ongoing commitment attack discrimination it's only right but we celebrate Black History Month as well because black players have made incredible contributions to the Premier League since it started so it's only right but we celebrate the best black players to ever don the famous black and white stripes have been cast united so our thought what we do is we will create an N UFC Black History Month 11 how does that sound sounds good to me like I'm not gonna be very good at this but let's go right I've been walking all wrong tonight Nick so smoothly right everything everything's been so smoothies for this world as well and again I genuinely think that Black History Month is a time for people from all backgrounds come together celebrate have fun right so we're gonna have fun with it right I think the best way to do this because it's quite difficult sometimes doing best 11 episodes I think we'll go through everyone's go keep out then discuss when everyone's defence discuss midfield discuss strikers discuss now we need to start with formations Joe I'm gonna guess you're doing a 442 because you love 442 you know me in my 442 I wasn't gonna do a 433 as I'd mentioned but my three would have been literal three strikers by the way not the threat not the 433 that we currently play by the way so yes 442 you're going 442 yeah sorry very old school I've went 442 as well because I just feel like it's a big 11 it should always be 442 I agree and right the only rule we're gonna have is we cannot include current plays we're gonna celebrate players of the past okay so no current players allowed right go keeper I think this might be a bit of an obvious start I'm going shaka his lob that's who can only go shaka his lob right there's no right other answer there's next people we can only go shaka his lob so yeah shaka his lob his lob's in cool his lob's in so let's start with the fences I'm a gentleman so we'll go ladies first and since some of the technical errors may have been Joe's fault I'll start with Joe just to make sure we get her back 14 so Joe who's your back four four all goes wrong yeah right so yeah nice and traditional right back two in the middle left back yeah so right back I have DeAndre Edlin left back I have Olivia Bernard in the middle I've got Chancellor and Bemba and because we're not using any existing people but you know we'll have shout out I'm gonna sub out the other one and it's gonna be happy be happy be is a center back I've put him in my right back yeah whatever people I'm gonna sit in my existing play and I have the cells so your rule the cells is gonna be the cells the cells technically isn't a current player because you hasn't played with season so you know Joe's got so hang on Joe you've got the cells and Bemba Bernard and Yedlyn Yedlyn lovely good back four Nicola any changes to your back four and so I've got Olivia Bernard and to be be as my left back and right back so they're doing the same I've actually put boom song as I sent the back best ever not best ever but it's our all-time pretty good 11-0 Kev be nice boom song can't get in at all time he's a work one of our worst at the whole time sorry Nick sorry you give us your saying you know if Kev let me actually finish my other one is tight is rumble oh is it really get it rumble my Nick I'm sorry I'm trying to have no get in that's brilliant but it's drug mode we're going down we're going down anyway I'll go oh god my back four gamma bit Kev oh he's still going to go in to this is really struck more I couldn't think I couldn't think and you sent the thing like four hours ago anyway my right back is happy be I agree unbelievable right back and I'm not gonna lie I'm gonna get some stick for this but nothing is gonna top what I've just heard I'm not gonna repeat it I forgot a little bit about Bernard I don't know how cuz like with first team I fell in love with was like Robson's team so Bernard left back I really should have put in but I'm just gonna see my original choice and it's a bit of a cheat because he's not a real left bag but Charles and Zogbier and then my two cents a half's oh Chancellor and member in Sebastian Bessong our four per song was mint for Newcastle United I know he was only there one season but he was so good for us same as Bay actually it was the same season and them two were both quite good in a season which wasn't great so I think without being too rude and getting too much stick from people I'm gonna rule out Nicholas to get home yeah one of them we both picked him Joel can't have the cells so and you did you say the cells wasn't technically a current okay so it's out of the cells and a song who were putting in who we're gonna put in the cells of Bessong if we plan strictly by those rules booms the song has to be in because of the current it's just in that song yeah oh you know what I'm talking about being Bessong boots on wrong let's just go wrong tonight right I'll announce our I'll announce our official back five right so shut his up and go happy be right back Olivia Bernard left back Sebastian Bessong and Chancellor and member sent off I think that's actually quite a strong back five even though I go through some laughs to get there that's a strong back five so I think we've got a back five solidified that's set in stone I think it's time to get our first advert so we're gonna go to the Queen of Zincaster which is Joe brilliant do you have a story to tell that the world needs to hear have you struggled with reaching new audiences who are engaged with your story it might be time put to start a podcast let me tell you about platform we use here global sports podcast network Zincaster makes it easy to start a high quality podcast built for growth from day one with 4k video recording from your phone and AI editing automatically removes arms as you knows and 22 other speech patterns Zincaster makes it super easy to start a podcast that sounds great ready to tell you a story check out the link in the show description to learn more about Zincaster brilliant well done well done so I don't know about you guys but this midfield was so tough by the way we got so many kind of it was the worst for me but yeah this is this is really difficult so I guess if we play the traditional 442 I've got some plays from the later era where 442 went out of fashion and we went with Joe's defense first we'll go with Nicholas midfield first then my invention and then I'll go first for strikers because I think it's easiest one yeah so Nicolette who is your four in midfield in a little bit of why I really struggle because I feel like we've got so many options to go here really but I'm just gonna go with the four that I first wrote down and so I have got sorry I've lost it where is it oh my god and I feel like you're just gonna laugh at me now and I feel really like I'm not it can't be worse than boom so I mean so I've got Kieran Dyer great player yeah cool I mean I feel like doesn't really need an explanation yeah really good I've actually put I want to say another one I meant feel pairing yeah so two cent of cent of mids I feel like they don't really need an explanation and then wing is I feel like these are gonna have mixed opinions but I've actually put Ben off on one of the wings one of my favorite all-time Newcastle players. I think I've said before when we'd done our last wild card Wednesday one of the last wild card Wednesday's he was one of my favorite ever new castle players and Maxie oh so Maxie put him in but that is a great show on the other wing but I had quite a lot on there to be fair so but they're my four so they're what I'm gonna stick with I'm not gonna change them yeah what I will say if you've got Maxie one wing and Ben off of the other wing with zero work rate and you've got brombling boom song as you sent a half pair and you're going down oh you're leaking goals I love Maxie I love Ben Arthur but with no work rate there but then men sent a half pair and I mean Jesus but they lent a tenure if anything else you go down with entertainment and a tenon team and a tenon team and to be fair I'm not gonna give Nick the tomb which stick cuz my midfield if my mid field three before exactly the same as Nicholas three before so I've got to you're in diary midfield I just love the thought of a combination Tia or they're sitting winning everything and giving it a diet it just I have a bomb on use his pace just create so and to be honest Keating die I think I've said it a couple of times he's one of my favorite because of plays I can't even explain why it's just when I was younger I think it was yeah he had the white boots he had the knee high socks he was rapidly was really fun something about Keating die I really loved and so I've got to be in dias sentiment field I do have been offer and I put him right wing and but I can't deny this next player and originally I had him as a forward and I think me and Joe had a little discussion before we came on and we might have the same player but Tino aspria against Barcelona alone for me if we're celebrating some of our best black players like that is one of honestly that's one of Newcastle's most iconic moments in the history of the club hundred percent I'd had written my celebration yeah and obviously Tino aspria is is a huge part of that and it's a huge part of our history so I think he he has to do especially if we're celebrating the black history month and that is just an iconic image for Newcastle fans so my midfield three of the four same as Nicola and but then aspria left wing Joe what's your midfield looking like how did I forget him well following on yeah we we had this discussion before we started so aspria was in mind and this is where I was switching between the whole like 4 4 4 2 and 4 3 3 so I was gonna put astria as a 3 at the front but it would have literally been three strikers so I didn't I've ruled him on the left and in the middle I've got Tio de and Cristian Atsu and then on the right wing I've got rule Fox Chris a little bit before your time maybe Nick no rule Fox yeah right wing I remember all Fox for other clubs but weirdly not for Newcastle because again I was really young I mean I was young don't get me wrong so it is gonna be before your time of I was young but that's why I then moved aspria on the left instead so I was gonna have just a literary three mids and then three strikers with that personal I didn't realize yeah that's you so you could actually have 4 3 1 2 with like Aspria as a 10 because that's like 4 4 2 kev so we're not gonna go there remember thank you 4 2 1 Mike was it I know Joe's next introduction is definitely along the lines of Mike Bassett I'm not gonna I'm not gonna repeat because I get enjoyable yeah for for something too right so we need their agree here we need to agree on who our actual midfield is going to be I think do you agree because Nick aspree is the only one we disagreed on so I'll be putting aspree in over Attu and Maxi I think definitely over Maxi okay so we're gonna have aspria left wing we are going to have right rule Fox I've been offer I mean my vote's gonna go for bin offer I think Nick's will goes for bin offer I love bin offer more so as much as I pick rule Fox so I've got a bit off right wing now but sent over the field me and Nick both have Teodie and Dyer so I don't know if Teodie in so I don't have Dyer and Attu I don't give it a Dyer I'll give it up majority vote you guys can have Dyer yeah well done Nick well done Nick's redeemer friends I can't repeat because I will just lose it again so I really struggled I don't know how I just struggled I can't believe it's for weird jaw jogged that you're that boot you're a brambling next that was a teed up I just I had a bad day okay Nick I'm sorry it's so gone on the socials that like no they're really done please do not please I embarrassed myself with with with like literally ridiculous laughing so me just left and fit by the way just that bit just kids laughing yeah guess what cares laughing I tell you what some would come and say it on yeah bro anyway our team so far our agreed team is his lobbing goal happy bear right back Olivia Bernard left back that song and and bimba sent offs and then we have Teodie and Dyer sent them to field Tino left wing and had him been off a right wing I'll tell you what mind that's a strong team so far I think that team so far is full of just electricity and entertainment it is like isn't it again does does justice for what we're trying to do he in celebration of Black History Month so I think before we finish off the forwards in just recap our teams I think we'll do the next advert which is gonna be from Nick and as always it's wildcard Wednesday so make sure you hang around with a quick quiz at the end Joe vs Nick part 3 I think but yeah we'll come to that in a minute Nick you got a message from a sponsor yes I do this podcast is part of the Global Sports Podcast Network the only network bringing you exclusive daily news and views on your Premier League team the Premier League women's football and fantasy football a unique listen experience that puts fans first bring you the very latest breaking news from your team subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and make us your first listen every day Global Sports Podcast Network every club every day wonderful professionally done as always well done so we will celebrate in Black History Month we are picking an NUFC all-time 11 to celebrate the history of black players who have played for Newcastle United now I think forwards wise wow this is tough I've I originally had written down right when I when we set this challenge and we did it I had something like 5 4 4 cuz there's so many I'm gonna say with two I've put in I don't know if I've made the right decision because I think mine are obvious and if it's anything if I think you've picked what I've picked I think it's obvious I understand why you're coming by the way there's so many good plays anyway we'll come to happen there we'll see who we picked and then we'll come back to the place we've missed out right and so I've went with Andy Cole I mean again just an absolute goal scorer and I think we have obvious pickers Les Ferdinand because again I mean just what a player everything he could do everything there was nothing Les Ferdinand couldn't do Ferdinand will definitely be in Jaws because she had a bit of a crush on him and she loved him I loved him I had both cuz I loved yeah that's why I said it was like two obvious ones for me but I have got a list on the sub bench by the way but yeah Gordon Ferdinand as well my two were under Colin Ferdinand yet but I did have why I think that the obvious ones yeah the one I'm good about not putting in I'll let you make a case for arrest Denver bar I loved Denver bar CC yeah I thought I always preferred bar over CC that'll be interesting to get some fans reaction because yeah all the both played at the same time a bar had a play like left wing he sacrificed himself a little bit let's see if you remember but CC is good better goals but we was just something about Denver bar just loved I don't know if it was like the whole was a chocolate syrup banana syrup what's syrup did he love you must have seen my interview I don't know you're not about if you haven't seen with Denver bar sir but you know Denver bar syrup interview it's funny is it like yeah and Joe who else missed out for you and who how who's on your sub bench so again not including existing people so we can't have he's like Wilson for example yeah I've got Shuler well Maxi you see cuz Maxi can technically you can as well yeah he was kind of on that one but then it does kind of lead more into people we've got now so I've got obviously he's like Wilson Jacob Murphy missed out on my wedding I put Murphy in an all-time 11 didn't I put him on the bench then again I've been getting in the next Apologies not just him thanks guys who who's on your sub bench any honorable mentions you want to show them literally what's will be mentioned Denver bar papacy say and I had Shuler in there as well didn't I just love him as a kid and Shuler was a wade one one because at the time when he played a lot of people like he got quite a bit of stick but I think we saw that he had so like on his day was unplayable like if he was on it he was like strong he didn't have loads of pace but he he was by no means like slow but he was strong he was great in the air his first touch was good and he could finish on his day but then we would see other games where he looked like this sent a forward version of Titus Bramble who we all know is not very good and would never make a lot of what I heard I'll be honest I wasn't a kid I was in my 20s and so I heard more of a different kind of slant on it maybe and more adults more than about Shuler should I say but yeah the blog on hammered but then in you know everyone also loved him when he scored against the Mac and was multiple times and just did random good things like you say so you know everyone loved it's like they loved and hated him it was a really weird kind of yeah let's say very strange anyway anyway let's just sum up our all-time black history month Premier League 11 so we've got Chuck here's not been goal Happy Bay right back Olivia Bernard left back Sebastian Bessong and Chantalam Bembaras sent a horse check to your end cueing down in the middle of a park Tino Asbury a left wing Hatter and Ben Arthur right wing with Andy Cole and Les Ferdinand up front I genuinely think that team would finish him a top four right now when the league man what you talk about definitely finishing the top four right now I don't know how Asbury would deal against Man City because he's not gonna give you anything defensively but imagine third and call up front that would ruin that would ruin modern center half to be fair it would it's a great point so with it being the final part of a wild call Wednesday episode it just wouldn't be right to not do a quiz so we've got Joe vs. Nick Miller a trilogy part three and I think Joe's tuned a little overall I'm not gonna say what I said last time because at that moment in time Joe had only played Nick that's not you know but now she's played other people so I'm not saying that but I've got confidence in Nicola I think she's gonna win Joe said she was sick of me earlier so Nick might just get points even if she's wrong and she made me laugh like I've never had a very good day today so probably not yeah so Joe the Nick it's again we're celebrating Black History Month so you can imagine some of the answers and maybe certain players and may or may not be linked to Newcastle but we'll see where we go all right so there's only five questions there's only five questions we're gonna go and order a first and second and I'm gonna go Joe first for the first one because she's raining champ against Nicola all right so who was the first black player to score a goal for England like ever ever this one is hard I've started with the hardest minute gets easier I'm gonna know it's okay to say I don't know if you don't know I definitely don't know this is good Emile Heskey. Emile Heskey? Incorrect. Nicola, did you say don't know or are you gonna took them against? I definitely don't know. Well you've probably heard of them I think Luther Blissett was the first black player to score for England and it was actually in a 9-0 win against Luxembourg. Right. Well good start. Now the start is getting easier. Well, no, no. First player to ever score in my Premier League. Who was it? I'd go to Nicola first. A black player or just in general. Is it all that? Well the first player to score in a Premier League was a black player. Obviously when it became the Premier League in 1992. So the first player that ever scored Premier League was a black player it was against mine United it was in the fifth minute. I've got an answer but I don't think I'm right. I don't know. I feel like I've seen this talk about on Sky Sports recently. It's been mentioned a lot. It's not this nine Dean is it? Your answer is Brian Dean Joe. Brian Dean I don't know. I mean I was just plugging the names of John Bonds. John Bonds? Well done Nick one little Brian Dean first ever score in the Premier League. I haven't seen this talked about at all. I'm sure I've watched the Sky Sports thing recently where there'd been well was something on the Sports Channel that they've been speaking about. Cool. Right. One of them again drew the Queen a comeback. So let's let's let's keep it going Nick. Let's keep it going. Do your answer first this time. Who was the first black English manager in the Premier League? I remember this so you were both definitely alive. My dad's gonna hammer me on this like first black English manager in the Premier League. Hey we're educating people. We're celebrating. We're raising awareness. It's all good. God I don't know this one. I remember it happening because I was quite young and I remember he took charge and I was like really dad he's the first black English manager. He's like yes sort of unbelievable. I don't know how long it took. Now you see the problem I've got right now is is a typical me thing. I remember faces and not names and this is indeed a dear life by the way. However I'm having this exact moment ahead but I'm not going to lie to you. I have got no idea what his name is. He was an ex player. Was it it was the did he go to Blackburn? He did manage Blackburn. Oh I'm going to say oh my god what's his name? He was appointed as Blackburn manager. I can lick out and picture him but I'm not going to lie because it's going to do my head in at this point. So Nick if you can think at all, is it? Is it Paul Inns or NC or something? I don't know what it's like Paul Inns. Paul Inns. There you go. Absolutely spot on. Two nil. Paul Inns. I know this is where I've got issues with names and faces. Well done. I've got issues first. Stop, throw it up. Don't worry about it. I can't even come up. I just said it last for Newcastle so it's fine. If if Joel gets the next two it's two all and I've got a tie-bait question. So we'll see where it's two nil now. That's what he said. I've got to get the neck to be at all the pressures on now. Get the pressures on because this is where I lose. I'm sweating. This time Nick first. Nick first. How many Black Premier League managers have nukassianated had? This is a good question. I can't think off the top of my head. I'm going to say oh I feel like I'm going to get hammered for this now. I feel panic it's so panicked. I'm going to say zero but I feel like that's wrong. Zero? Okay. I feel like I'm definitely wrong. Well I'm saying one. One? Because I can think of one. Who's the only thinking off? Name and face remember. I'll tell you. I'll tell you. Joel's closer. I know because we've had two so to point to Joel. Our two Black managers are Rude Holiday and Chris. That's who I was thinking. Chris, you know, I forgot all about Holiday. Two one. If Joel gets this we've got a tie-break. If Joel gets this we've got a tie-break. So... I'm a sausage. Joel. I'm doing well these names. Mind him. I'm worried about it, Nick. I can't remember anyone's name. It's called really well. We've had technical issues. We're not good. It is what it is. So Joel, which Black player has the most Premier League goals for nukassianated? Once you see a one I'll go to Nick in which everyone has the most goals. We'll get a point. I don't know why that would go recently or later. This is my struggle. I don't have to pick one. Um, I don't have to pick one. I don't know if I'm really later. No. Could I have the Rishi, Joel? I'll tell you who it is, right? I can't, and what should be none of these, by the way? So I can't decide between. Third and third and third, Cece in Wilson. Right. So... Nick's got a couple answers if you pick the wrong one. Hasn't you just... Oh, I could just be wrong about all three. It's the problem I've got. Oh, middle-diddle, Cece. I think I'm back wrong there, like... That's what I was going to go for. Here you go, myth. Um, I was either going to go for Cece. Um, I was actually going to pick Amiobi in the mix. Okay. Um, but I don't know... Pick one. Do you know what? I'll go different. I'll just go shoulder Amiobi. Shuler Amiobi. No, it's definitely not him. We're both going to be wrong, I think. Yeah. Happy Cece has 37 Premier League goals for Newcastle-Nated. Shuler Amiobi has 43 Premier League goals for Newcastle-Nated. Nick has won 3-1. Well done, Chek. Well done, Nick-A-la. Hey! Brilliant performance. Who is the top one? Yeah, who is the top one? Is Callum Wilson. 47 Premier League goals. 40 Premier League goals. 40 Premier League goals. 10 Premier League. Um, I'll actually go through. Oh, can he's made up after a week of X as well? He's never playing X. Imagine if he was fit. I don't know. The top six. Callum Wilson, 47. Shuler Amiobi, 43. Andy Cole, 43. So, Shuler, I haven't you heard of Andy Cole. I've seen him out of Premier League goals, but obviously Andy Cole played a lot less games. Les Ferdinand, 41. And joint with Pappy Cece on 37 is Nabi Solano. Of course! Who didn't make any of our all-time- I've been in real-time. Yeah. Yeah, that's just a point. Now I feel really bad, actually. We should have really picked Nabi Solano. Sorry, Nabi. Can we re-record, please? Nope, we've done it three times already, and we're not having any more technical issues. That is all we have time for. Well done, Nick-la. I picked up a first win in a wildcard win. Yay! Quiz, brilliant again. This week, it is only three episodes a week. I think we've got four at times because of England games and mass reviews and stuff, but it's not the typical five days a week until next week when the Premier League is back. Thank God it should be a crime to have two international breaks before playing the league games. Unbelievable. Thank you very much. It's been a pleasure, as always. 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