Editing Gary Speed (section)

===Newcastle United===
Speed was signed for Newcastle United on 6 February 1998 by [[Kenny Dalglish]], for a fee of £5.5&nbsp;million. He made his debut as a starter in a 1–0 home Premier League defeat to West Ham United the next day. His first goal came in his fifth match, the sixth round proper of the [[1997–98 FA Cup]]. At home to [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]], he scored the second goal of a 3–1 home win with a 27th-minute strike. His only league goal of the 1997–98 season came in a 3–1 home win over Chelsea in the penultimate league match on 2 May, with Newcastle's third in the 59th minute. He finished the season by playing the [[1998 FA Cup Final]], which Newcastle lost 2–0 to Arsenal on 16 May.<ref name=sb9798/>

Speed featured in the club's [[FA Cup Final]] defeat to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] on 22 May 1999. On 19 September 1999, he scored a goal in Newcastle's [[1999–2000 Newcastle United F.C. season#NEWvsSHW|8–0 Premier League victory]] over [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] in which his teammate [[Alan Shearer]] scored a joint-record five times.<ref name=sb9900/> He also played in the UEFA Champions League with Newcastle in the 2002–03 season, scoring the 58th-minute equaliser in a 2–1 home victory over [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] in the group stage on 29 October 2002.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rockwood |first1=Dan |title=Newcastle United 2 – 1 Dynamo Kiev |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/oct/29/minutebyminute.sport |access-date=5 November 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=29 October 2002}}</ref>