Moussa Sissoko was well and truly ‘Pardewed’. When AP jumped ship for Palace the opportunity to get a better manager was missed and they made him work under none other than John Carver…

Newcastle Coach Ian Cathro “Kevin Keegan’s team was one that invokes an emotional response from you. They were loved and people lived their lives through them. To be part of a failure like that (May 2016 relegation) cuts deep.”

Rafa Benitez: “Congratulations to our players because today they showed the passion, the commitment and the effort that we were expecting.”

Writer Sam Hepworth asks; ‘Whatever happened to Peter Beardsley?’

Newcastle fans have welcomed the Labour party manifesto commitment to give supporters power within English football clubs.