BACK PAGE: 1997

NEWCASTLE boss Kenny Dalglish furiously denied he was on a collision course with his board and said he would quit if his authority had been undermined.

He reacted angrily to claims that Peter Beardsley’s move to Bolton had been called off against his wishes. And he blasted Wanderers chief Colin Todd.

Dalglish was at the Toon helm for just a season and a half.