Her doors had been locked some thirty years before, but the boards nailed upon them protected so much more than her wood and her glass; they also hid a secret and a dark and infamous past. Still, somewhere amidst the darkness and the dust, the bricks and the memories lurked defiance, spirit, and a will to survive. For thirty forgotten summers and thirty abandoned winters she stood, defying the death-knell of demolition that hung over her broken roof. And then they arrived: a gang of counterfeiters working in the safety and seclusion of her shadows. But as they would discover, The Station...

August 1982. The eve of the new season. Jackie Scott stumbles merrily out of the Wallsend Social Club and makes his way home. He wakes his 7-year-old son Terry and tells him that the glory days are set to return to Tyneside: Newcastle United have signed Kevin Keegan and the bairn will be there to see it all. The following Saturday Special K scores the winner on his debut as Newcastle beat QPR 1-0 at Gallowgate. And just as Keegan's love affair with United begins, so too does Terry's. 25 years later, with marriages and girlfriends, players and managers little more than water under the Tyne...