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Hanging on – F1

Hanging on (F1)

“The football in the middle is hanging by a thread representing the clubs state with the seahorses and magpie hanging on. The players inside of the outward shooting stars represent those sold during hard times”

Paul Gascoigne
Kevin Keegan
Peter Beardsley
Chris Waddle

Heading towards oblivion – 1989 – 1992

They had little money, star players had gone south and crowds dwindled. Several managerial changes took place – Jim Smith and Ossie Ardiles could not stop the rot. With the club hovering on the brink of a further, potentially catastrophic, relegation Newcastle United needed a savior.

The stars shooting out hold the figures from the previous painting to represent the players who were sold in this financially troubled time as distant memories.”

  • Peter Beardsley. A distant Newcastle star as he now played for liverpool
  • Another distant star with Keegan retired
  • Gazza just a memory as he was now shooting for spurs
  • Waddle Another Geordie star now shooting for spurs

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