Terry McDermott’s new autobiography
tells the tale of how Newcastle imploded, how they tried to sign Bastian Schweinsteiger on the cheap, and why Kevin Keegan walked away
TERRY McDermott’s brilliant new book ‘Living for the Moment’ contains fascinating detail about his life at Newcastle – as a player and assistant manager under two different regimes.
Here is another extract from the book, which is out today.
DURING his first spell at the club, Kevin Keegan had virtually run Newcastle United with the backing of Sir John Hall. There was mutual trust.
There was definitely not the same rapport with the characters involved second time around.
Owner Mike Ashley had surrounded himself with what the fans dubbed the ‘Cockney Mafia.’
There was director of football Dennis Wise, along with Tony Jime-