LIAM ROCKED ROKER...TWICE!

TOON terrace icon Liam O'Brien admits that his heroics on Wearside in a Newcastle shirt back in the early 1990s changed his life - though he did not grasp the enormity of what he'd done at the time.

- BY LEE RYDER

O'Brien twice netted for the Magpies in a Wear-Tyne derby to stun Sunderland fans at the old Roker Park - first in 1991 and again in 1992.

His first derby strike was floated over home keeper Tony Norman and through the fog to net Toon a huge point. Eleven months later, O'Brien stepped up to score the winner from a free-kick in a 2-1 victory.