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Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

1:49pm Friday, November 12th, 2010

Commented 4 times

Former Newcastle United player Aaron Hughes will return to Newcastle tomorrow with Fulham.

Aaron Hughes – loyal player for Newcastle

The 31 year-old Aaron Hughes will likely be welcomed back fondly because this lad joined Newcastle when he was a youngster and always played his heart out for Newcastle.

That was until Graeme Souness sold him to Aston Villa in the summer of 2005, saying he wasn’t good enough to play for Newcastle.

Aaron played 278 times for Newcastle with 7 goals from 1997 until 2005, and has so far played 146 times at the London club, and since Aaron very rarely is injured, he’s already played a massive 488 times in first class club football, and has also represented Northern Ireland on 74 occasions.

Hughes was given the number 18 shirt by Ruud Gullit at the start of the 1999-2000 season at Newcastle, and since then he has never worn another number at club level. Even at international level for Northern Ireland he has worn the number 18 shirt since 2002.

Aaron was shocked when Newcastle sold him to Aston Villa in the summer of 2005.

But Aaron has continued his excellent career at Fulham, and has been outstanding alongside former Newcastle target Brede Hangeland in the last couple of seasons in central defense.

And by the way, Graeme Souness was the same guy who signed Frenchman Jean-Alain Boumsong in January of 2005, before Aaron left.

He gave Boumsong a 5.5 year contract on Tyneside and paid around £8M to the club he once managed – Glasgow Rangers – and we all know Boumsong didn’t turn out to be good enough to play for Newcastle.

But Graeme didn’t get too many things right at Newcastle, unfortunately.

Comments welcome.

4 comments so far

Brutooon
Nov 12, 2010 at 1:51 PM
Comment #1
i remember his debut in 1997 as a 17 years old defender, his best years was during sir bobby robson era (attacking right back)
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Lynxie
Nov 12, 2010 at 1:58 PM
Comment #2
Yeah, good lad was Hughesy. I hope he gets a great reception, then I hope Ranger and Carroll torture him for 90 minutes. ha ha ha
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chuck
Nov 12, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Comment #3
Yeah ! never understood why he was traded, he was a decent RB, not great, but good reliable defender and spent little time out for injuries.
He`s had a long career in the EPL which says something about his abilities, wish him the best !
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CT
Nov 12, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Comment #4
Liked Aaron, better than Bloomersong.£8.5 mill to Rangers where Souness mate and father in law was chairman and who signed Bloomer on a free could be a lil suspicious, if one was to think about it too long. Still must have been with Freddy`s blessing so that`s ok then??
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17 February, 2023

I have an update on what's happening with my treatment for prostate cancer.

Last week, my oncologist called me late in the day and said he thought it was best to terminate my treatment with radium 223 dichloride because it was having such a negative effect on my health - specifically my digestive system.

I had completed 3 of the planned 6 infusions.

They had looked at the bone scans and three CAT scans I had early last week, and they showed no signs of the cancer spread being slowed or stopped: in fact, it was continuing to spread and my PSA account continued to rise.

The only treatment left now is to go back and have another bout of chemotherapy with docetaxel being the medication used.

I understand this will be a 7-month job with 10 sessions 3 weeks apart - almost double my first chemo treatment in Apil 2017, when I has 6 treatmnts.

The problem I have is that I'm in a very poor physical state right now, due to my digestive system being basically torn apart by the radium 223.

The radium 223 has leaked into my digestive system and caused me to have severe diarrhea, nausea, and heartburn, and it was (is) very serious.

They said it was too dangerous to proceed with the radium 223 treatment, with little benefit being shown.

I am also suffering from severe exhaustion, basically, because I have zero testosterone, and all the treatments I've had for the cancer, have further lessened the energy available to me.

It reminds me of the saying that if cancer doesn’t kill you - the treatment will (laugh).

It will probably take up to 8 weeks to get back to a physical state where I can start chemotherapy, and that's where I am now, but the cancer continues to spread in the bones.

I've also been put in touch with the dietitian from UNC Healthcare, who will help me get back my health - she is very helpful.

So that's where it stands it's been quite a journey over 12 years and I think I've had almost every treatment available.

It has really taken a toll on my body and on my energy, but that's where it stands and obviously, I'll do the best I can in the upcoming months with chemo and hope I can get through it.

It is as it is - and another challenge in life.

Ed Harrison