{"id":35118,"date":"2025-12-25T23:10:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/former-premier-league-star-wishes-he-had-played-for-special-newcastle\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T23:10:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:10:32","slug":"former-premier-league-star-wishes-he-had-played-for-special-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/former-premier-league-star-wishes-he-had-played-for-special-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Premier League star wishes he had played for &#8216;special&#8217; Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/former-premier-league-star-wishes-he-had-played-for-special-newcastle\/#newcastle_crouch\" >newcastle crouch<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/former-premier-league-star-wishes-he-had-played-for-special-newcastle\/#Newcastle_could_have_used_Peter_Crouch\" >Newcastle could have used Peter Crouch<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Newcastle could welcome a familiar face in the coming weeks. (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"50\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\"><strong>Former Premier League striker Peter Crouch has revealed that he wanted to play for Newcastle United throughout his career. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"50\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">The former England international insists there is something special about Newcastle as a club and has great admiration for the city.<\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"50\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">Crouch believes Newcastle is a footballing city and always enjoyed playing against them during his time in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"50\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\"><strong>&#8216;Just make an announcement&#8217; \u2013 Peter Crouch insists on big move to Liverpool: &#8216;It won&#8217;t work out&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"50\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"newcastle_crouch\"><\/span>newcastle crouch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"50\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">&#8220;I think there&#8217;s something special about being Newcastle&#8217;s number nine,&#8221; Crouch said (h\/t Chronicle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">\u201cEvery time I go there, I feel like it&#8217;s a football city. If you think about the old centre-forwards who played for Newcastle, you&#8217;re like a hero, right? If I had scored a goal for Newcastle&#8230; They even have pre-match music playing in Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">&#8220;I always enjoyed playing there as an away player. They understand football. They live and breathe football. If I had gone right after the Alan Shearer stage I would have been a good age by then, but these things don&#8217;t work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"75\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">\u201cThis is all hypothetical, but if I had to choose one club to play for, it would be Newcastle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"75\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Newcastle_could_have_used_Peter_Crouch\"><\/span>Newcastle could have used Peter Crouch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/newcastle-villa-crouch-414x277.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/newcastle-villa-crouch-630x422.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/newcastle-villa-crouch-768x514.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/newcastle-villa-crouch-770x515.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/newcastle-villa-crouch-900x602.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/newcastle-villa-crouch-1200x803.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Crouch looks on (Photo by Catherine Ivill\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"75\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">Crouch has been a very useful player for several Premier League clubs throughout his career and there is no doubt that he would have been a quality addition to Newcastle. Beyond his ability to find the back of the net, he was a model professional throughout his career, adding a whole new dimension to the offense with his incredible aerial presence.<\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"75\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\">Meanwhile, the player came very close to joining Sunderland in 2009, but opted for a move to Tottenham Hotspur after being contacted by Harry Redknapp. The former England international reportedly wanted to play for Sunderland&#8217;s rivals instead.<\/p>\n<p data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" data-marker-percentage=\"75\" data-tmdatatrack-visible=\"true\"><strong>&#8216;Unbelievable&#8217; \u2013 Peter Crouch recalls &#8216;absolute genius&#8217; he witnessed from former Spurs team-mate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newcastle could welcome a familiar face in the coming weeks. (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images) Former Premier League striker Peter Crouch has revealed that he wanted to play for Newcastle United throughout his career. The former England international insists there is something special about Newcastle as a club and has great admiration for the city. 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