Editing Ruud Gullit (section)

=== Newcastle United ===

In August 1998, Gullit was named manager of [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] two games into the new league season and reached the [[1999 FA Cup Final]] in his first year. Fans remained supportive despite a poor run of results, although well-publicised disagreements with the team's top scorer [[Alan Shearer]] and captain [[Rob Lee|Robert Lee]] did not put him in a favourable light.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nufc.com/html/times_lee_one.html|title=Robert Lee Interview|work=nufc.com|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=4 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304012237/http://nufc.com/html/times_lee_one.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Gullit refused to assign Lee a squad number, giving Lee's number 7 to new signing [[Kieron Dyer]]. In a match between Newcastle and local rivals [[Sunderland A.F.C|Sunderland]] following the latter's return to the Premiership, Gullit left the usual starting strikers Shearer and [[Duncan Ferguson]] on the bench. Newcastle lost 2–1, and Gullit resigned three days later, five games into the [[1999–2000 FA Premier League|1999–2000 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nufc.com/html/gullit-resigns.html|title=Ruud Resigns|work=nufc.com|access-date=28 July 2016|archive-date=24 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424020506/http://nufc.com/html/gullit-resigns.html|url-status=live}}</ref>