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I would like to nominate Benny Arentoft as my cult hero on the NUST website. I made my first trip to St James' Park as a six year old in August 1966 and my memories of that game and subsequent games that season, are all, appropriately in black & white! England had of course just won the world cup, but that didn't register much with me at the time. I was more interested in making sure I caught the bag of peanuts sailing towards me from the only fast-food vendor at that time.
Now Benny, as he was affectionately known, did not appear for Newcastle until 1968/69; however I can't remember any of players making any sort of impression on me until that fantastic season when we last lifted a competitive trophy, with Benny getting his name on the scoresheet in the second leg. I remember him as being short and squat and not looking much like a footballer, but they were all shapes and sizes in those days and he became a popular player very quickly. He cemented his popularity a year later by playing in goal when McFaul got himself injured against Man Utd and we still went on to win 5-1. His career with us was short-lived and he left form Blackburn Rovers in 1971, but he will always be my cult hero.
