As that Liverpool anthem states, Rafa Benitez will never walk alone with 52,000 Geordies backing him and his players – as the links between Merseyside and Tyneside grow ever stronger.
Gini Wijnaldum admits to being a bit rubbish since jumping ship at Newcastle “I settled in quite quickly (at Liverpool) but I’m not really happy with my own performances.”
Joey Barton chooses to forget to mention the small detail of just how costly his selfish actions were for Newcastle United, as he brags about his Gerrard/Alonso Liverpool story.
Kenny Dalglish remembers Anfield debut, against Newcastle: “There was a boy called Tommy Craig, who was the first £100,000 teenager, who I had grown up with. He actually never grew up much…he was only about 3ft2!”
A bit of a kick-off between two factions watching the Manchester derby – the upshot being that as Derby 0 Newcastle 2 kicked off, many of them were enjoying tea and crumpets in the company of the Spanish police!