Pat Nevin sees a lot of Newcastle United.
The former Chelsea and Everton winger a regular visitor at St James’ Park.
Pat Nevin commenting after this weekend to BBC Sport: “I was at St James’ Park on Sunday and when I regained my composure after the beautiful and poignant celebrations of the great Kevin Keegan’s life, I quickly understood the devil-may-care approach that Matthias Jaissle’s Newcastle United side brought to the party.”
Can’t disagree with that.
We already know what a talent Lewis Miley is and now hopefully he can have an injury-free season and really establish himself.
As a 17-year-old he did incredibly well when thrown in at the deep end in Autumn 2023, for months starting pretty much every match in the Champions League, Premier League and domestic cup competitions as a ridiculous number of injuries and Sandro Tonali’s suspension hit a small Newcastle United squad.
As Pat Nevin points to, it is now 18-year-old Sean Steur in at the deep end and he followed up a very encouraging pre-season by not letting anybody down against Liverpool.
Exciting times for this pair in midfield going forward.
Pat Nevin adding: “Liverpool were champions two years ago. They have spent many hundreds of millions of pounds since, on a squad which still looks threadbare, but on Sunday they were matched by a very young midfield duo delivered at a fraction of the cost.”
Now working in the media, the BBC Sport pundit commenting further: “Florian Wirtz (£116m) and Alexander Isak (£125m) were stifled by 20-year-old Lewis Miley, who cost nothing, and 18-year-old Sean Steur, who was signed for a measly initial £20m from Ajax. Putting that sort of youth up against world superstars would have been considered foolhardy until very recently, but the new coaches aren’t bringing any fear with them into their new roles.”
Pat Nevin was on commentary duty at St James’ Park on Sunday alongside John Murray.
BBC Sport posting this video clip of them commenting on the pre-match Kevin Keegan tributes led by Wor Flags, it gets to me every time I watch/listen to it, outstanding by the pair of them as they describe what they are seeing and hearing…
‘This is a church to Kevin Keegan’ 🥹🤍
Moving pre-match scenes at St. James’ Park as Newcastle and Liverpool come together to pay tribute to King Kev.
📻 @bbcjohnmurray & Pat Nevin#BBCFootball #NEWLIV #NUFC #LFC pic.twitter.com/BDRFezv9kD
— BBC 5 Live Sport (@5liveSport) August 23, 2026
Well done to both of them.
🎙️ THE MAG PODCAST
THE NEW MAG POD IS LIVE!
Join Jamie, Simon and Hutch as they take a deep dive into everything Newcastle United.
| Spotify | Apple Podcasts |
| Amazon Music | Acast |