{"id":288223,"date":"2023-09-19T16:35:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=288223"},"modified":"2023-09-19T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T16:35:35","slug":"newcastle-cult-hero-once-left-former-manager-kenny-dalglish-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/newcastle-cult-hero-once-left-former-manager-kenny-dalglish-furious\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle cult hero once left former manager Kenny Dalglish &apos;furious&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Newcastle cult hero left former manager Kenny Dalglish &#8216;furious&#8217; when he almost missed the Magpies famous win over Barcelona after partying at his ranch<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Faustino Asprilla nearly missed Newcastle United&#8217;s epic clash with Barcelona\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Asprilla\u00a0said he missed the team meeting &#8211; leaving his manager furious<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Newcastle United\u00a0forward Faustino Asprilla once nearly missed the club&#8217;s famous clash with Barcelona\u00a0in 1997 after staying at his ranch to party.<\/p>\n<p>Asprilla, 53, revealed he was absent for the team meeting ahead of the clash with the La Liga giants &#8211; leaving manager Kenny Dalglish &#8216;furious&#8217; with the player.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After leaving Dalglish furious, Asprilla claimed he didn&#8217;t expect to feature in the\u00a0Champions League\u00a0match against the Spanish giants.<\/p>\n<p>In what was one of the biggest games in the club&#8217;s history, Dalglish was without Alan Shearer due to injury and Les Ferdinand &#8211; who was sold that summer.<\/p>\n<p>It meant that Asprilla was given the nod from the off, with the former St James&#8217; Park hero surprised by the call-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/16\/75600719-12536049-image-a-1_1695136409917.jpg\" height=\"444\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Faustino Asprilla claims he once nearly missed Newcastle&#8217;s famous win over Barcelona after staying at home to party on his ranch<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/16\/75600867-12536049-image-a-4_1695136708409.jpg\" height=\"946\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The former forward revealed he missed the team meeting which left manager Kenny Dalglish &#8216;furious&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;d been away on international duty, but instead of going back to Newcastle I went to my ranch and had a party with lots of girls,&#8217; Asprilla told FourFourTwo magazine in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[Manager] Kenny Dalglish was furious,&#8217; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Mail Sport, the Colombian revealed that he missed a team meeting and was later fined by the club.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I missed a team meeting,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The manager was not happy at all. He fined me. But I was never good with things like this \u2014 the only time I ever turned up for training early was when the clocks went back and I didn&#8217;t realise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So that game against Barcelona I didn&#8217;t expect to play. When he named me in the team, I was surprised. But it was one of the biggest games in the club&#8217;s history \u2014 the first in the Champions League. Alan Shearer was injured and Les Ferdinand had been sold, so they needed me. I was made for nights like this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The forward would go on to score an iconic hat-trick &#8211; with the Magpies securing a 3-2 win at St James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p>He would go on to leave the club in the same season &#8211; signing for Serie A side Parma in January 1998. The hat-trick against Barcelona would prove to be his last goals for the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/19\/16\/75600973-12536049-image-a-5_1695137016675.jpg\" height=\"609\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Since his performance against Barcelona, the forward has never had to buy a drink in Newcastle<\/p>\n<p>Asprilla claims he has never had to buy a drink in Newcastle following his performance against Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Since that day I&#8217;ve never had to buy a drink in Newcastle,&#8217; he says. &#8216;There is a giant image of my cartwheel celebration from that night inside St James&#8217; Park.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If you look closely, you can see where I signed it when I came back many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everywhere I go the people want to talk about Barcelona, and why not?&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12536049\/Newcastle-cult-hero-Kenny-Dalglish-furious-Barcelona.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle cult hero left former manager Kenny Dalglish &#8216;furious&#8217; 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