Paul Gallagher has a habit of using his hands at St James Park – 2003 and 14 years on.

Sir Alex Ferguson and the rest of the LMA panel choose Newcastle’s latest Championship match for Performance of the Week award.

Mitrovic huffed and puffed to no avail, Perez behind him was considerably worse…

What the outraged want to believe, is that there are thousands of Newcastle fans calling into question Rafa’s integrity.

Blackburn fans ‘Barmaids at Sharks bar are worth the trip alone’….’What a day to be alive!’…‘In a state of shock’…

To make one change in the Newcastle United defence could be forgiven, to make two was a risk, but to make three was foolhardy.

I think it is just the Rafa Benitez style, he likes to rely on his system no matter what.

Jonjo Shelvey and others deserve better when they are looking for other Newcastle players to step up to the plate.

A final scoreline of Newcastle 0 Blackburn 1 and not surprisingly visiting manager Owen Coyle was in buoyant mood after the game. You can’t really claim Newcastle deserved much when…

Newcastle 0 Blackburn 1 – The instant fan/writer reaction from Saturday afternoon’s match.