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Newcastle United travel to Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday in a fixture that has seen plenty of shared talent over the years.
Right now, Kieran Trippier is one of Newcastle’s most prominent stars and has made 145 appearances for the club across all competitions, while he played 114 times for Tottenham between 2015 and 2019, reaching a Champions League final. But which other players have donned both jerseys over the years? Here are 10 of the biggest names, as well as a host of honourable mentions.
Jonathan Woodgate will always remain one of the biggest ‘what ifs’ of English football. Supremely talented, the centre-back just could not stay fit enough to fulfil his considerable potential.
Newcastle paid a considerable £9million to sign Woodgate from Leeds United in January 2003, and quickly became a fan favourite during his first half-season, which included doing a job on then-Marseille striker Didier Drogba during a Uefa Cup semi-final first leg clash. Unfortunately, injury ended his campaign and forced him out of the second leg, which Newcastle lost 2-0, and fitness problems would follow him into the next campaign, limiting him to 27 games in all competitions and just 18 in the Premier League.
That didn’t stop Real Madrid from making a shock move for him in the summer of 2004, but it took until September 2005 for Woodgate to finally make his debut. That was a famously disastrous affair against Athletic Club in which he scored an own goal and was sent off, and he lasted just 14 games with Los Blancos before returning to England with hometown club Middlesbrough.
That proved to be one of the best spells of his career, and he proved so effective over his 18 months at the Riverside Stadium that Tottenham came calling in January 2007. Woodgate initially stayed fit and helped Spurs win the EFL Cup, but injuries eventually reared their ugly heads again, and his career faded out with spells at Stoke and back at Boro. Just eight caps for England seems a crime for a player of this potential.
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Moussa Sissoko showed huge potential during his three-and-a-half years at Newcastle. The Frenchman was part of the Magpies side that was relegated in 2015/16, after which he joined Tottenham, despite looking on the verge of signing for Everton.
At Spurs, he was initially viewed as a very expensive flop, but after two years in North London, the midfielder turned himself around and became a powerhouse in a side that reached Champions League and EFL Cup finals. The 71-time France international is still playing and was recently at Watford in his second spell at the club, broken up by some time back in his homeland with Nantes.
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Sol Campbell should be a Spurs legend, having played 315 times for the club in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning a League Cup title along the way. However, he then made that infamous move across North London, and instead became an Arsenal legend, winning two league titles and three FA Cups with the Gunners - including as part of the ‘Invincibles’ - while reaching a Champions League final.
At the end of his career, the 73-time England international made eight appearances for Newcastle during the 2010/11 season, having rejected a two-year contract from Celtic. Unfortunately, his time on Tyneside was largely underwhelming and disrupted by injuries.
"That was definitely an anti-climax to finish at Newcastle because the end of it was not nice at all,” Campbell recalled of his Newcastle spell. “The whole scenario of it wasn't at all nice for me. It wasn't a pleasant experience for me, back end of the season. I could have played on."
Stephen Carr was one of Tottenham’s most consistent players during the first decade of the Premier League, almost singlehandedly holding down the right-back spot and playing alongside Campbell in that League Cup-winning side.
The Republic of Ireland international eventually left for Newcastle in 2004 and lasted four years at St. James’ Park. Despite suffering from knee injuries, Carr was generally reliable for Newcastle as they remained stable in the Premier League. Carr left in 2008 and ended his career with Birmingham City, helping them win the League Cup in 2011 despite suffering relegation that season - a fate endured by the Magpies in the season following his departure.
We’re bending the rules a little for this entry. Ossie Ardiles is best remembered for his time at Tottenham Hotspur between 1978 and 1988, becoming one of the very first foreign stars to taste success in England. The Argentine World Cup winner lifted two FA Cups and a Uefa Cup with the Lilywhites, with the midfielder netting 25 goals in 299 appearances across all competitions.
Ardiles embarked on a long managerial career after hanging up his boots. His time in the dugout included a 52-game spell at Newcastle between 1991 and 1992, but he was sacked after the Magpies slumped to the bottom of the second division. He then returned to Tottenham as manager in 1993 after a happier spell at West Brom, but was equally unsuccessful at White Hart Lane, languishing in the bottom half, while Spurs were hit with fines, points deductions and a one-year FA Cup ban due to financial irregularities.
It’s hard for a player to earn legendary status at two Premier League clubs. And it’s even harder for someone to earn iconic status throughout the entire country. But that’s Paul Gascoigne for you. His career needs no introduction or narrative. From his tears to that goal against Scotland, alongside league titles in Glasgow and time in Serie A with Lazio, you know it all already.
Of course, it all started for Gazza at his boyhood club Newcastle United, where he scored 25 goals in 104 appearances, before joining Tottenham in 1988. Gascoigne scored another 33 goals in 112 games for Spurs between then and 1992, winning the FA Cup along the way.
The ultimate flawed hero of English football.
Les Ferdinand was one of the most feared goalscoring powerhouses of the early Premier League era, and nowhere was he more prolific than during his two years at Newcastle United between 1995 and 1997. Playing alongside the likes of David Ginola, Alan Shearer and Tino Asprilla at various points during his time on Tyneside, Ferdinand netted an astonishing 50 goals in 84 appearances for the Magpies, helping them finish second only to Manchester United twice in a row.
Ferdinand then went on to spend five-and-a-half years at Tottenham and while he wasn’t quite as prolific, he still scored 39 goals in 149 appearances, helping Spurs win the 1999 League Cup final against Leicester.
Chris Waddle walked the path of emerging from Newcastle and moving to Tottenham years before Gascoigne did so. The midfielder enjoyed most of his Newcastle success in the Second Division, but did net 13 goals in 36 First Division appearances during the 1984/85 campaign, which is what prompted Spurs to pay £590,000 for his services that summer.
Waddle scored 42 goals in 173 games for Spurs and helped them reach the 1987 FA Cup final, where they lost to Coventry City, before going on to win league titles and reach a European Cup final with French giants Marseille. The 62-time England international returned to England with Sheffield Wednesday in 1992, before winding down his career with forgettable spells at Falkirk, Bradford City, Sunderland, Burnley and Torquay United.
David Ginola was one of the Premier League’s ultimate entertainers during its first decade, bringing a level of excitement and flair rarely seen in English football to that point. The Frenchman was one of the best dribblers in the country, and used his talents to notch 29 goals for Newcastle and Spurs combined between 1995 and 2000, playing over 200 times for the two clubs and winning the League Cup with the latter.
Ginola ended his career with far less memorable spells at Aston Villa and Everton, but he lit up St. James’ Park and White Hart Lane.
Scott Parker currently finds himself beleaguered as manager of relegation-bound Burnley right now, but as a player, he was one of the Premier League’s most effective combative midfielders of his era. Parker joined Newcastle from Chelsea in 2005 and was the defensive screen in front of the backline in a side that finished seventh and 13th. After a productive four-year stay at West Ham which unfortunately ended in relegation, Parker then moved to Spurs in 2011, playing 63 times in two years, helping them qualify for the Champions League along the way. The 18-time England international ended his career with Fulham, who he also managed between 2019 and 2021.
Honourable mentions: Danny Rose, Sebastien Bassong, DeAndre Yedlin, Jermaine Jenas, Wayne Routledge, Andros Townsend, Nabil Bentaleb, Louis Saha.
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