Georgia on my mind — Souness

NEWCASTLE manager Graeme Souness will re-live some of his most bitter football memories when he sends his team out against Dinamo Tbilisi in the UEFA Cup tonight.

The 51-year-old Scot was part of the Liverpool team which travelled to Georgia during the 1979-80 season for a European Cup first round game with the great Dinamo outfit of that era while holding a 2-1 lead from the opening leg at Anfield.

As English champions and twice-winners of the trophy, they were confident of another good run in the competition, but after a marathon journey and an uncomfortable stay in the Eastern bloc, during which they were kept awake by fans outside their hotel, they were soundly beaten 3-0 on the night and 4-2 on aggregate.