An exclusive interview with Andy Griffin.

I spoke to the former Newcastle United and England Under 21s star via zoom on Thursday March 26th.

The one-time NUFC defender is currently running the Andy Griffin football academy near Stoke.

We began by talking about him signing for NUFC in 1998 before moving on to his memories of playing under three different managers until 2004, as well as his thoughts on Newcastle United in the present day.

(ED: This epic interview covers a lot of ground and has been split into four parts, this is the second of the four. Our thanks from The Mag to The Armchair Fan for this top quality interview with Andy Griffin)

How did you feel when Kenny Dalglish left the club after only two matches of the 98/99 season?

Was it only two games?!!

I didn’t realise that, that has really surprised me to be honest.

That’s very early in the season to get the sack especially as we were unbeaten, we’d been to Chelsea and got a decent score draw. With me being so young at the time, it was all still a bit of a whirlwind. I was still trying to get used...