When Keith Gillespie walked into Bangor Golf Club for a quiet birthday meal with his partner, he did not expect to be met by a roomful of friends — and the first face he saw was the biggest surprise of all.
‘There was Tino!’ says Gillespie, who was celebrating his 50th birthday in his native Northern Ireland earlier this year.
He and Faustino Asprilla will forever be synonymous with one of the greatest nights in Newcastle United’s history, the 3-2 victory over Barcelona in the club’s first Champions League fixture. Twenty-eight years later, their connection on the pitch remains just as strong off it.