Demba started slowly but in only a handful of matches since, what an impact!

Two hat-tricks already but he feet are staying very much on the ground.

Do you remember your first ever match watching Newcastle United?

Alternatively do those hazy memories get brought together by reading the stats years later?

A match of one referee, two linesmen and a team who don’t know when they are beat.

A performance that had everything, from some controlled possession and half decent chances in the first half to blood and guts in the second.

Issue 164 – 21 December 2002
Life doesn’t get much better; Newcastle flying in the Champions League and due to head into Christmas top of the league, I said ‘top of the league…’. Then to round it off an invitation arrives to interview Ant & Dec, big Newcastle fans and they certainly didn’t let down the Mag readers when we caught up with them.

“Fabricio represents everything I like. He was the number one choice to be captain and there wasn’t really a number two in the running. He was always going to be the captain unless he suffered an injury. I hope we get his new contract signed and he will be here as captain for the next three or four years because he is very influential in the everything I want to do”.
Alan Pardew
Click the heading for more quotes and misquotes from the past week…..

The Sir Bobby Robson legacy lives on and we are even giving Niall Quinn house space, do your bit to help.

You can also find a direct click to the Foundation on our Links page.

When your dad isn’t into football how likely/unlikely are you to get into football.

Sweet Left Foot investigates and fine tunes the answer.

Over the years St.James’ Park had become a fortress, at least in terms of the strength in numbers filling it.

Is Chelsea selling out an indication or a return to those days?

In days gone by, moving abroad was a pretty big deal if you had black & white blood.

With the advent of Twitter, Tinternet and worldwide TV rights, is it an easier choice now?

What’s your experience?

Over a century of history down the drain but don’t despair, we are giving you the chance to ‘sponsor’ ST.JAMES’ PARK for nothing!

Simply rearrange some, or all, of the letters of SPORTSDIRECT and see if you can beat our opening bid. Tradition with a twist!