Bolton (h), Premier League, 19/01/2008: Drew 0-0
Shay Given: Given became a Newcastle United and Ireland legend for his excellent goalkeeping in his many years on Tyneside and is still today seen as a much loved icon. After departing Newcastle in January 2009 to Manchester City, he moved to Aston Villa where he once again became the main man between the sticks before Brad Guzan came in to restrict his chances. He returned to the north east in the form of a brief loan spell with Middlesbrough before he finished his career at Stoke.
Stephen Carr: It was in this match against Southampton that Carr scored his only goal for Newcastle and the final goal of his career which finished nine years later in 2013. It was in 57th minute that Carr scored the winning goal from long range just four minutes after Anders Svensson equalised for Southampton.
Carr's time at Newcastle began well but his time at the club is remembered predominantly for the wrong reasons. In 2007, the signing of Habib Beye restricted his chances in the first team. In 2008 he moved to Birmingham where he spent the final five years of his career and made 121 appearances including three in the 2011/12 Europa League.
Steven Taylor: Taylor was a mainstay in the Newcastle backline for a number of years and was a breath of fresh air when he performed well in the position that was once occupied by Titus Bramble and Jean Alain Boumsong.
In January 2015, Taylor scored his last Newcastle goal against Burnley in a 3-3 draw, that goal was enough to make him the club's highest scoring defender in the Premier League, overtaking Steve Watson and Robbie Elliott. After Newcastle's 2016 relegation, Taylor, at the age of 30, left to have a brief spell in the MLS with Portland Timbers. He later returned to English football to play for Ipswich and Peterborough. Since July 2018, he has been playing for A-League side, Wellington Phoenix.
Claudio Cacapa: Cacapa, aka Cacrapa, was not a Newcastle player for long, thankfully. His most iconic moment in a Newcastle shirt came in the embarrassing home defeat against Portsmouth in November 2007; he was subbed off after 15 minutes soon after John Utaka made it 3-0 to Portsmouth.
He did have a couple of bright moments however. He scored two goals for the club, one coming against Tottenham to double Newcastle's lead as they went on to beat Spurs 3-1. Later that season, he scored by doubling the lead in the 4-1 win over Stoke in the FA Cup.
Jose Enrique: Enrique was halfway through his first season on Tyneside when Keegan returned. He found his first couple of years in England rather tough but massively improved during the 2009/10 Championship promotion season. He managed to take the confidence he gained from that season into the Premier League where his impressive performances earned him a move to Liverpool in summer 2011, he cited the club's lack of ambition as a way of wanting to leave Newcastle.
On his return to St James' Park, in a Liverpool shirt, he was forced to take up the gloves after Pepe Reina was sent off for violent conduct after the Reds had used up their substitutions. On a serious note, Enrique was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour soon after retiring at the age of 31. Thankfully, he received the all clear back in April 2019 and we all wish him well.
James Milner: Out of all the players in this list, Milner and Steven Taylor are the only players who have not yet retired from their playing career. Milner is the only one of the two players who is still playing Premier League football. Milner, now at the age of 33, has been an icon of Premier League football over the past decade. After leaving Newcastle in 2008, he spent years at Aston Villa, Man City and has been at Liverpool since 2015 where he has established himself as a fan favourite and, at the time of writing, is on course of helping Liverpool to their first Premier League title.
David Rozehnal: The Czech international was signed that summer from Newcastle after performing well for PSG the previous season. However his time at Newcastle was so dire that he was nominated to be part of Newcastle United's worst XI by Newcastle Fans TV.
In January 2008, he left to go to Lazio on loan, a move that was made permanent the following summer where he won the 2008/09 Coppa Italia. He then left the Stadio Olimpico to go to Hamburg, a move that proved unsuccessful. In 2011, he moved back to French football where he found his feet again with Lille and wound up his career at Belgian side, K.V. Oostende and Sokol Kozusany.
Charles N'Zogbia: Departure of Celestine Babayaro saw N'Zogbia being used as a make-shift left back. The French international winger became a key player for the Magpies in his final years of the club. In January 2009, he controversially left the club after then interim manager, Joe Kinnear, accidentally referred to him as 'Insomnia' in a post-match interview. He left to go to Wigan in a swap deal that saw Ryan Taylor come to Tyneside, a player who would go on to become a fan favourite at Newcastle.
He spent three years at Wigan. He was then linked with a move back to Newcastle before Aston Villa snatched him up in the same transfer window that Villa also signed N'Zogbia's former Newcastle teammate, Shay Given. He finished his career at Aston Villa before retiring in 2016.
Damien Duff: Duff is not remembered fondly by most Newcastle fans. The Irish international jumped ship to Premier League Fulham in summer 2009. He then spent five years at the Cottagers before ending his career with a season each at Melbourne City in Australia and Shamrock Rovers in Ireland. Back in 2012, he celebrated his 100th Ireland international appearance.
Michael Owen: Do I really have to do this?
Ok, here is the low-down after this game: become Newcastle captain, allegedly refuse to play when your club is desperate for a leader to step up and try to help them to safety away from relegation, relegate your club, leave straight away to your boyhood club's mighty rivals, bad-mouth Newcastle fans on social media, retire after doing next to nothing for Stoke, become a terrible pundit and co-commentator where you state nothing but the obvious and try and pass it off as an intelligent comment, bad-mouth Newcastle fans in your autobiography, use Alan Shearer to plug your autobiography because you are not famous enough to warrant an autobiography. Despite all that, it saddens me to say that I know there is still at least one 'Newcastle fan' who loves Owen and has condoned the comments he made in his autobiography.
Shola Ameobi: The big brother of the Ameobi family became a fan favourite partly because of how he was able to play his best football on derby day against Sunderland. His 19 years at Newcastle ended in 2014, he even scored at the Gallowgate end in his final home game for the club. He netted four goals in 11 appearance for Turkish second tier side Gaziantep. He abruptly ended his time in Turkey to come back to England. In 2015, he was reunited with his former boss, Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace soon after the manager made the switch to South London.
He had brief spells at Bolton and Fleetwood before spending the last two years of his career playing for the Magpies (Notts County). Ameobi has since become a patron of the NUFC Foundation.