‘It’s something I wish had never happened, I realise you cannot bite the hand that feeds, and I understood the ramifications of what I did’ Lee Clark on the career regret that still haunts him-ZoomTech News


It was the pre-camera telephone period, however Lee Clark was nonetheless caught out. Maybe, as a contracted Sunderland participant, he shouldn’t have travelled to London to help Newcastle United within the 1999 FA Cup closing.

However the die-hard Toon fan, who grew up within the East Finish of Newcastle, couldn’t resist the chance to observe the membership he supported (and had performed for less than two years prior) probably win a cup for the primary time in 30 years.

Pre-match spirits (metaphorical and maybe literal) had been flowing and Clark was introduced with a white t-shirt that had the letters SMB emblazoned on it. Everybody within the pub, and Clark himself, know precisely what they stood for.

‘Unhappy Mackem B*stards’.

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