Jonjo Shelvey says he has been ‘bored to tears’ for the past five weeks.

This came too late to find the fourth that would have given me a chance at a free burrito in Zapatista’s guess the score competition, but this was a great night and I mustn’t grumble.

The top FA Cup third round attendances, Newcastle’s crowd higher than 3 Premier League clubs combined.

Gianfranco Zola “Jonjo Shelvey is obviously a player that when he is on the pitch he runs the show.”

Newcastle into round four and credit to Yoan Gouffran who capped a very decent performance with an excellent goal – watch it here.

Newcastle 3 Birmingham 1 – Instant NUFC fan/writer reaction to Wednesday night’s FA Cup replay win.

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