‘I got here up in opposition to Samuel Eto’o on my debut and have nonetheless acquired his shirt that I swapped with him afterwards. Mine? He in all probability used it to scrub his home windows’: Newcastle stalwart describes ‘loving’ baptism of fireside on debut
Newcastle United stalwart Steven Taylor endured a baptism of fireside on his first crew debut for the membership in 2004, arising in opposition to Samuel Eto’o within the UEFA Cup final 16.
Although Newcastle have been already 6-1 forward on combination because the second leg entered the ultimate phases on the Estadi Municipal de Son Moi in Mallorca, Taylor nonetheless felt the stress having to come back up in opposition to the African Participant of the Yr.