Newcastle v Liverpool, 21st August 1971, Division 1 - Supermac home debut

[@gallowgate68]

Supermac was my boyhood hero and a goalscoring machine. He had everything and gave us 5 great seasons in that famous number 9 shirt.

[@lynnproudlock9028]

Still my hero 😍a photo of me and him on my mantle piece.still pride of place and sitting room walls adorned with pics 👍

[@gusgone4527]

@@lynnproudlock9028 I never missed a home game in those 5 years.

[@ianhawdon3680]

Too right

[@keithfenwick9992]

2 losing finals. Great job. Great hero.

[@keithfenwick9992]

What a tip.

[@makiseythimopoulos3470]

dear Newcastle United supporters congratulations for beeing again in premier league.thats very nice .wishes and all the best from a Greek friend

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

Thank you!

[@banjomarla4091]

Newcastle United 1980 - 1994 Video's Do you know if that spectacular diving header of MacDonald is anywhere on KZbin?

[@mrstandfast2212]

The great days of football.

[@akjl01]

My first game as a Newcastle fan.. Great!

[@mikewest1542]

The crowd clapped Emlyn Hughes goal, that is sportsmanship, can't see that now!

[@dakoob9837]

I met Malcom Macdonald in real life

[@jayjaybee3101]

To be fair, I remember Liverpool humped us 0-6 or something like that around 2008, Gerrard got a hattrick and was subbed off later on to a standing ovation from the home fans. I remember giving Del Piero a round of applause when he was subbed in a friendly with Juve as well a few years ago.

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

they also booed as the penalty kick was taken is that good sportsmanship too

[@olaeriksen953]

@@dakoob9837 I have a photo of him

[@LED1512]

Supermac man. What an explosive centre forward. One of the all time great debuts.

[@ShaunyJJ]

The day I was born, Dad was at the game, I proudly wear the shirt worn on the day at matches I can attend. SuperMac, what a player

[@SMSJSC]

Crikey, what a player Supermac was. That penalty was perfect and the second was brilliant, the way he slipped his marker and slammed the ball into the roof of the net. A shame that such a great player had to pack the game in early due to injury in 1978.

[@stephenlyle1156]

I was at that game, super mac became an instant hero how times have changed

[@seltaeb3302]

He never complained & went into management. His 5 years at Newcastle was crammed like 10yrs worth at another top side.

[@sicks6six]

what really finished his career wasnt so much the knee injury, it was the way it wasn't treated properly, even back then crucial ligament injuries could be operated on and fixed with 6 months rest, and that's was the problem, NUFC could not let their No1 goal scoring machine rest so before every game they shot him up with lidocaine (I think it was that stuff) and sent him out to completely destroy his knee, then sell him to Arsenal so he could go home to London to retire. .or so the story goes, PS never meet your heroes, you be very disappointed in them,

[@SMSJSC]

@@sicks6six I thought his knee injury started after his transfer to Arsenal? Anyway, Macdonald wasn't my 'hero', I just admired him as a footballer.

[@sicks6six]

I might be wrong about it happening at nufc. I read that on here so might not be true. He was my hero when I was a kid. Sorry about any confusion there.. I didn't talk to him. More bumped into him..

[@billbutler9862]

Thanks for posting, I was there, Supermac hat trick first game, hard to beat that

[@joethecat3984]

I was there wow the good old days bring em back, SOON HWTL

[@chrispools]

Keep an eye on Emlyn Hughes when Newcastle have a penalty. Making sure Keegan never strayed into the D, and not putting even one toe into the box until the kick. What a professional.

[@section5760]

Know that’s what you call a proper football crowd . Loved those days. Everyone standing. Pure passion. Those were the days my friend. Has the song goes.

[@mrrockerjim]

Everyone wasn't standing.....there were substantial seated areas (use of which cost more than the standing areas) at all the main football stadia, including the old St james Park. Strangely enough, the seated areas were always referred to as "stands" :)

[@Ruda-n4h]

@@mrrockerjim And people getting p%^&ed on in the terraces. Yeah great days - NOT. Sone things have improved.

[@davidmorris6278]

I was there supporting Liverpool. Good old days.

[@hervecoston6820]

A l'époque,les gamins rentraient sur le terrain sans problème pour féliciter les joueurs,,un autre monde,que c'était beau

[@alanmctavish4802]

Am glad i watched this match. Becouse i had forgotten how good malcome mcdonald was. That was a brilliant hat trick he got and the way he put that penalty in the top corner 3 keepers wouldnt have saved it. He was so underated i believe. I saw him score 4 or 5 for newcastle round about this time when i was age just 9 and still remember thincking he is some player, the great MMcd. And that was in 1982 on 100 great sporting moments and his 5 goals were all brilliant. He made it look so easy!

[@stevecarr3019]

My first game. Instant hero Supermac

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

@@stevecarr3019 incredible

[@garyford944]

That penalty by Supermac was unstoppable.

[@seltaeb3302]

He always looked like a charging buffalo snorting at the nostrils & bristling sideboards & the black & white strip accentuated that with a barrel of a chest & his thick bandy but sturdy legs & banded socks looked like Newcastle armour. Dave McKay was very similar. Mac was made for Newcastle & he looked like a Geordie too. Only the Cup Final felled him & it was over time to move on. SuperMac!!

[@beds139]

I remember watching this game on TV at the time but had always remembered it a being on BBC Match of The Day.

[@malcolmfraser7610]

No mention of Clemence wiping Mac out and putting him out of the game.

[@yesterdayman3329]

A real top class Forward . from the 70s when forwards were men and defenders were nervous .

[@beds139]

Not sure Chopper Harris,Norman Hunter,Nobby Stiles etc. were nervous.

[@pauljackson2098]

Just started to watch Newcastle could've been a great team if they did not sell players ,supermac would be worth 100 million now

[@MultiMikey81]

im a wigan fan but love watching supermac what a fakkin player he was wish we had him now' legend...

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

before my time but up there with the very best they tell me.

[@MultiMikey81]

before mine too but still now would be a welcome addition for WAFC at moment mate' he was class great player all round 'dont get many players like him ' none now it would seem' i liked what i saw when shelvey played for you lot this season though at DW he was class best player on pitch by a mile he was everywhere' he quality.

[@beds139]

@@MultiMikey81 You'd choose Supermac over Joelinton?😉

[@difleafs]

Love the stadium and the crowd.

[@swaldron5558]

Until plastic seats replaced terrace

[@alanmctavish4802]

Difleafs, i didnt notice the stadium. I thought it was a grass embankment they were all standing on lol. It looked weird i havent seen a ground like that before

[@jimboll6982]

@@alanmctavish4802 It held 60000 , but the place was a toilet. The East stand was built, but not for many years did it get to how it is now. Now more problems with Expansion now because of the listed buildings and Ashley selling off land behind Gallowgate end.

[@mikewest1542]

@@jimboll6982 , now we know why Bradford and Hillsborough happened, real shit grounds at the time just to take the money, I know at the Arsenal the guy at the turnstile would accept 2 people in one turnstile space , we would save money and the guy would pocket the difference!

[@briantranter4317]

@@mikewest1542 SO it was o k when it worked for YOU .

[@jeanbaptiste626]

#SuperMac what a debut ....

[@davidhoward5392]

What there that day was 16, what a debut and carried off

[@johncambridge5221]

The great supermac

[@RushfanUK]

We'd just moved to a new part of Leech's Kirkhill development in Morpeth in 1970, I was 9 years old at the time of this game and we spotted our new neighbour Supermac who lived on Turners Way during his time at the Toon, great to see how the ground was so different back then, my dad always took me in the Leazes stand.

[@johnwhite4114]

Pure Roy of the rovers super Mac. not even Shearer could eclipse.

[@callithowiseeit5806]

SuperMac, Superstar, how many goals have you scored so far

[@makiseythimopoulos3470]

a great fantastic liverpool fc team which i used to admire, the way for the glory started a year later 1972-73 and a victim of lfc was and my team aek athens uefa cup 1972-73.great liverpool fc on 70s until end of 80s, i wish all the best for liverpool fc

[@makiseythimopoulos3470]

ex cuse me i wrote this comment to newcastle supporters side and im sorry about that if you want delete that i appreciate newcastle utd too a great team with many supporters ,the jordies called i think and many important players like mcdonald, frank clarce,tudor ,mcdermont later liv fc,moncur later the great alan shirer a team wich won a European cup against uipest or honvent hungary i think end of 60s early 70s not sure about this.all the best for newcastle utd too

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

Makis eythimopoulos no problem at all. thank you

[@makiseythimopoulos3470]

thank you to you too wish the best for your team

[@craiggerrard5117]

I was at Anfield for the game against AEK in 1972-73 season.

[@makiseythimopoulos3470]

3-0

[@nathaniredale6210]

What a player magic

[@davidcook7743]

I was there great day

[@gazmay7817]

Supported Newcastle 47 year 11 year old got Newcastle kit for xmas not easy living in rough part boro grove hill took all the shit school etc little did I know all this time later and still won fuckall but I'm no glory hunter but wen supermac said they were going to win the cup 74 I believed him outclassed terry Mac Kennedy if only kept them I honestly think I'm gunna snuff it before we win out and that goes for England too but we still support them second to none the fans anyway bollocks to silverware giv us a canny bag of John Tudor seeing supermacs debut still get shivers down the old spine that do for now Gaz may boro

[@muchiosgracias4]

It will be all the more sweet when we do win mate

[@vordman]

Of the major football stadiums in England none has changed more than St James Park.

[@jamieshannon9809]

You forgot about the The Fiery Cauldron that is......... EDGELEY PARK, THE HOME OF THE FAMOUS "STOCKPORT COUNTY".

[@RiverTyne]

I might be a few years younger than I wish I am now but I really wish I was older and had witnessed the 70's not just for football, but music, fashion and pre Political Correctness and multi culturism....I.e. immigration and the carefree lives that people lived. I wish I was 30 years older....sadly and nearly in me box whereas now when I work 6 days a week and just struggle to survive whilst people from third world countries are given priorities and 5 star hotels

[@godnows4430]

I was at that match and Emlyn Hughes fell on me lol trying save ball from throw in

[@seltaeb3302]

Emlyn would have been a good Newcastle player & Souness.

[@ronrichardson3103]

I can remember this match I Mcdonald was my hero .he couldn't do anything wrong for me. I remember Mcdonald when he played for England and scored 5 goals in one match .yes he was hot at the time . £180k he cost us from Luton . These days they want that a week .

[@karlwoods8657]

IM A LIVERPOOL fan and can remember this game as a 10 year old kid there was no full commentary on the radio back in those days they'd play music on the radio and go over to the commentary at the ground every 10 minutes or so to check up wot was happening at the ground I was gutted because we got beat really decent to hear the Newcastle fans clapping are first goal 👏 IM A RED UNTIL AM DEAD YNWA

[@joaquimioakim229]

Why was the Liverpool goal disallowed?

[@daviderrington8224]

Supermac is still my favourite centre forward from my lifetime. Next would be Les Ferdinand.

[@njd2342]

Super side-burns on SuperMac.

[@Biggeordie]

Wish we had Macdonald noo !!!

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Que imagem lindas

[@rogercorbett3601]

Just 6 months later a bunch of part timers from Hereford came up, drew 2-2 and beat Newcastle 2-1 in a replay, including the goal os the season by Ronnie radford,Rest in Peace Ronnie, for ever a hero in the city of Hereford

[@rayking5430]

£180,000 for Supermac in 1971 wonder how much that would be in today's money?

[@rayking5430]

Wow just calculated that in today's money is roughly 2.5 million.

[@swaldron5558]

£100 million easy plus £200,000 per week.

[@stephenlyle1156]

astronomical

[@Steve999T]

Such a pity his career ended relatively early through injury

[@Kiln99]

Love the home crowd applauding Hughes stunning opener. Wouldnt happen these days

[@Willsey]

I know. I thought the same Different times I suppose.

[@TottenPoncho]

steve at tottenham power league just told me about mcdonald so i came to have a butchers. impressive

[@SMSJSC]

"Came to have a butchers"? That must be a dialect. What's it mean?

[@danw1374]

@@SMSJSC Its short for "Butchers hook" which is cockney rhyming slang for "Look"

[@bashbrannigan]

The quality of play looks pretty good. But I wouldn’t want to be in that crowd. They’re really packing them in!

[@johnparkinson190]

that was the reason for attending - the swell of the crowd - the fear of being lifted off your feet . . .the noise in your ears . . .supermac . . .btw i was too young to attend this one but the same conditions were still evident in 1974 - that why im a black n white

[@albertbell7120]

I was at the game debut game hat trick SUPERMAC instant hero

[@sicks6six]

supermac said to the kids who ran on the pitch after his third, "get off I've got time for another goal"

[@SMSJSC]

That's another Macdonald claim I'd treat with a pinch of salt!

[@seltaeb3302]

I was that kid & told him to get on with it & be quick aboot it laddie!

[@sicks6six]

@@seltaeb3302 Wearing a red lined parka from peters stores in the haymarket. Seen ya. On a serious note, some days never leave your memory, and they seem to be the good ones, looking back through rose-tinted glasses I suppose,

[@ericstewart9189]

Liverpool. 1. Clemence. 2. Lawler. 3. Lindsay. 4. Smith. 5. Lloyd. 6. Hughes. 7. Keegan. 8. Thompson. 9. Heighway. 10. Toshack 11. Callaghan.

[@beds139]

Peter Thompson did well to extend his career by playing a more central role after Steve Heighway arrived.

[@jonc3295]

Another era. Crowd so close to the pitch. People almost sitting on the sidelines. Kids casually running on the pitch to congratulate the players. Hard to imagine, but the whole football hooligan thing actually started about or a little after this time

[@scherben8870]

The whole football hooligan thing started several years before this. Rangers had run riot at St James Park two years earlier in the Fairs Cup semi-final. Also, there'd been numerous incidents involving Man Utd fans since at least 1965.

[@MichaelSmith-ui5zs]

scherben I was just going to correct him, but you did it for me.

[@scherben8870]

I've just received further information regarding football firms from the 1950s.

[@lennylaa1686]

I think the running battles of Mods v Rockers 1964 seeped into football. Probably started off with singing and chanting, then onto fighting, I would guess 1967/8 and don't forget it went up a gear with the skinheads and boot boys, 1969/70. Running fights on the terraces and attempts to take home ends. Late 60's, there were cheap, football special trains taking large crowds on away trips..more confrontation.

[@swaldron5558]

Also no Hi Vis jacket gestapos too.

[@williamkanegateshead]

I'd give anything to go back to those days. When the Leazes End was in full cry and not today's St.James's Park with all of the fannies in the Gallowgate End. They don't even know the words to some of the songs. Fannies.

[@beds139]

On those open terraces in warm August fine......what about a freezing cold night in January?

[@SMSJSC]

It's a very different era... I don't like all-seaters at all. They've killed the atmosphere at so many grounds.

[@dobryden8558]

Did you enjoy all the piss running down the terraces from the back of the Leazes end😂😂😂😂

[@williamkanegateshead]

@@dobryden8558 No comment. 😲

[@aberamagold7509]

What a great park. 4:00 Now that's a bad comb-over. Sir Malcom McDonald slightly concussed - 😂 slightly?

[@MrConan89]

I was there.

[@gazmay7817]

Howard McKay Nor u wernt lying git bet u were playing subuteo in u Geordie slums people called Howard never went to match not on

[@lennylaa1686]

U must be a Mackem! hahaha.

[@grahamwood9428]

71/72. 30p to get in at Spurs (Adult) 15p for me. 5p for a programmes not the advert packed crap "matchday magazine" full of garbage that no one reads nowadays. 46p return to Harlow on the train and half price for me and a mans game on the pitch.

[@harryturnbull1884]

I went to see Man U at St James in 1971 when Bestie scored the winner near the end. It later transpired an assassin had threatened to shoot him and he said he covered more miles in that game than any other.

[@Chris-vq5vr]

VAR would also have had trouble determining the validity of Liverpools 2nd goal.

[@dalekshire]

For what reason was Toshacks goal disallowed ?

[@johnholmes8178]

The ref claimed Keegan was offside. Although he wasn't involved in the move, he was deemed to have been interfering with play. This 'explanation' prompted the now-legendary Shankly response, to wit; if a footballer isn't interfering with play, what's he doing on the pitch ?!

[@fasteddiejs]

Ray Clemence left one on SuperMac at the end. That was dirty. He'd be banned for months if he did that today

[@SMSJSC]

Yep.. I was surprised at that. Clemence was usually a sporting player. Might have had enough of Macdonald for one day!

[@section5760]

It was a proper man’s game no messing about. No Andy pandys in those days lad. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💪🏽👊🏽.

[@SuperBartles]

Fantastic goal by Crazy Horse, then Mighty Mouse concedes a penalty (and says “ah come ON, ref! No way...”) But it lets Supermac get on the scoresheet on his debut

[@garychallis8293]

Watched this on match of the day in those days we got 2 matches can name all the players can't name more than one Newcastle player now have they won a trophy since 1969 should be atop 6 team with the crowd need some tough old Geordie boys in the team Shearer get your arse back into football instead of talking about it

[@beds139]

This is taken from The Big Match

[@lennylaa1686]

Does anyone know the name of this excellent match commentator? Never heard him before.

[@moogy171]

Jeff Thomas carousel.royalwebhosting.net/itv/Shoot.html

[@Lord_Hillcrest01]

He was crap.

[@stevegordon2032]

Greg AVFC 69/70 Jones The host of this programme, Brian Moore was a fantastic commentator. Put so much excitement into every game watched back in those days.

[@beds139]

@@stevegordon2032 This would have been an extra game shown on London's Big Match. Their main game was that 4th Division blockbuster Brentford v Aldershot.

[@SMSJSC]

@@beds139 Aye, strange how The Big Match worked. 'Senior' commentator Bria Moore always got the main match, so that had to be based in London, even if it was some crappy mid-table or lower division match.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

@ 1.54. " HELPED to the ground " !?! That's one way of putting it I suppose . Surprised Wenger never thought of it.!

[@SMSJSC]

Commentator said he was pushed. That's nonsense, Keegan tripped him. That commentator sucked, whoever he was.

[@richardsharpe2966]

Who is the commontator on this game would like to know please

[@kevinbrewis6014]

the Commentator was Jeff Thomas.

[@shauntaylor6040]

Look at those stands or lack of.

[@beds139]

This game took place on a hot August afternoon. Imagine being out in the open on a typical Geordie day in January!!!!

[@swaldron5558]

No roofs

[@alanwann9318]

Show this to the current team,(toon)

[@andygibson5258]

Mad to think my dad would have been here pissed out his skull

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

Good lad!!

[@stuartmachin9085]

1971?

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

Yes mate. You thinking another year?

[@paulloughhead8725]

3 54 wtf why was that disallowed

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

No idea. Only thing i can think is that Keegan may have been offside?!

[@crazybunkum]

Keegan’s Liverpool debut?

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

No mate, he'd been there a couple of seasons. Sure he scored on his debut at Anfield v Forest

[@johnmackenzie5375]

Debut season for Liverpool, but not debut match.

[@SuperBartles]

@@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos Keegan was pretty new. 14 August 1971 v Notts Forest, according to wiki

[@andrewwebster2598]

Doesn’t seem to me many away fans at it

[@swaldron5558]

Busy nicked the cars.

[@Willsey]

Didnt get many away fans at st james park then. Although in 1978 man utd had gallowgate corner.

[@DavidWilliams-km5xu]

1971. Long hair and sideburns at its best!

[@ΝικοςΧαραλαμπους-γ8ο]

Long hair the only blemish MEN SHOULD HAVE SHORT HAIR ALWAYS.

[@swaldron5558]

Men v men

[@peterreid9769]

Not many players get hat tricks against Liverpool.

[@robertroberts2666]

Iam McFaull! Who are you?

[@SMSJSC]

I heard that too, a strange pronunciation from the commentator, to say the least. Who was this commentator, anyway? Don't recognise the voice.

[@mikewest1542]

Iam Mcfaul or Willie as he was also known!

[@kevinbrewis6014]

@@SMSJSC Jeff Thomas

[@tonytoonstours]

Poor kick and took the centre forward out. Now it would be a straight red

[@deanlatimer2323]

mac lost teeth in that assault

[@pillipful]

Clemence pretending he's injured. Pathetic.

[@MrJeepsters]

There was big difference between Liverpool 1971 and Ajax 1971. It's not same level. Mc Donald was good scorer. Why wasn 't he consistently tenured (like gerd muller for germany) in national team ?

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

Don Revie didn't like him. Supermac made it clear in his book that Revie didn't want him around but the press made him select him.

[@eddiepower3876]

What's Liverpool 1971 and Ajax 1971 got to do with anything it's Newcastle 1971 who are playing this game against Liverpool

[@MrJeepsters]

When you see ajax plays and liverpool plays in 1971, ajax's game was more modern (i didn't talk about newcastle). Did Malcom Mc Donald came from Arsenal or did he live Newcastle to Arsenal (I'm french, I don't know his career) ?

[@beds139]

@@MrJeepsters Went from Newcastle to Arsenal mid 70s.

[@SMSJSC]

@@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos I'd treat anything Supermac said in his book with a pinch of salt. Great player but something about him I didn't like.

[@daveelliott5855]

The time when you could spell and pronounce all the players names 🤣🤣🤣

[@geoffreywilliams4266]

None stop agro going back to the station Godder liverpool boot boy

[@DavidReed-dx4bk]

Didnt like McDonald

[@NewcastleUnited19801994Videos]

@DavidReed-dx4bk any particular reason?

[@kingquinn3897]

No diversity...fans on the pitch...no problem...wasn't life good back then.

[@johnholmes8178]

No diversity ! So glad things have changed since the 1970s - with football in this country now a safe space for black and foreign players.