Who exactly is Mary Poppins?
Alan Shearer.
Its from a quote from their then chairrman Freddy Shepherd when Shearer was still playing for them - "Alan Shearer is boring – we call him Mary Poppins."
Shepherd's most famous performance came in 1998 when he and his fellow Newcastle director, Douglas Hall, were the victims of a News of the World "Fake Sheikh" sting. After several drinks in what was apparently a Spanish brothel, Freddy infamously announced: "Newcastle girls are dogs. England is full of them. Me, I like blondes, big bust, good legs. I don't like coloured girls. I want a lesbian show with handcuffs."
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