Nicky
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And even though it was like two months ahead, away from that, I was like, whoa, you know?
I started to play all right again.
I could have done that.
Had I done that at the time, you know,
I probably should have stayed.
I know I should have stayed.
It was just a silly thing, you know, but I went to Portugal.
That first year was really, really good for me.
I got recharged and,
We won the championship, which helped a lot because it was so different.
You're talking about Newcastle being different, but you go to a different country.
We had a coach who insisted on everyone eating exactly the same.
Exactly the same.
So we had our right backs, a guy called Kim Battle.
He was half my size.
And he had the same amount of food as I. I was hungry all the time.
Plus, you're in a hotel all the time.
And you play like a nine o'clock kickoff on a Sunday night.
Who was the coach, Pete?
It was a guy called Matarazzi.