- Temuri Ketsbaia
Newcastle United fans are extremely particular when it comes to become a favourite in their eyes, but somehow Temuri Ketsbaia, an unknown Georgian midfielder, did exactly that during the late 1990s.
The bald headed enigma was hardly a star performer for the Magpies, but gained the fans’ approval for his ambitious mazy runs into the opponents’ halves when just a simple pass would do.
After scoring for the Magpies Ketsbaia famously made headlines for kicking down an advertisement board in frustration to being previously being left out of the side. Yet even that did not stop him being wildly cheered on by the Toon army.