21/02/93 v West Ham (a) 0-0 Division One

Top of the table clash at Upton Park, United were in top spot in Division One with West Ham four points behind having played an extra game.

"Steve Howey really excelled that day. He'd been out for a few weeks and we'd lost a couple of games so it was good to have him back in the centre of defence. This was also his first real season as a centre-back and after this display everyone knew he was going to do well there. He got clattered in the first minute by Martin Allen with a terrible two-footed tackle but that didn't put him off and the whole of the defence earned a good point that day. It was round about then that Steve got his nickname of "Boy". A few people have got that story wrong over the years but the real reason he was called that was because of the way he used to idolise Barry Venison. He really looked up to him and would fetch him his drinks etc. so we called him Venners' "little boy", which got shortened and stuck."

All quotes are taken from John Beresford's interviews for NUFC.com