SUPERMAC LIVED THE DREAM

...now he hopes Magpies stars can too

- by MIKE WALTERS

IT was the day the legend of Supermac was born and a messiah’s refrain greeted the hat-trick hero on his home debut against Liverpool.

And it was arguably the last time Malcolm Macdonald had the upper hand on Kevin Keegan until Supermac sprinted 100 metres in an Olympian 10.4 seconds on the BBC's Superstars series where Mighty Mouse fell off his bike.

When Newcastle and Liverpool meet again in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, the Toon will have to lay the ghosts of nine consecutive Wembley heartbreaks.

But the Geordie nation will always remember the day, in August 1971, when the No.9 crown passed from ‘Wor’ Jackie Milburn - even if it left Supermac knocked spark-out, and he lost his four front teeth, in a collision with Liverpool keeper Ray Clemence.