Alex Neil “Without doubt we will be a match for Newcastle. We were 3-1 up at their place and deservedly so.”

Have to say it was my best St James Park moment since the 5-1 against the mackems. From my seat at the back of the Gallowgate I levitated off the floor when the fourth went in, almost rupturing my voice box…

Welcome to the Family Enclosure experience at St James Park…at times it is more like a Take That concert, so many of the kids are trying to film parts of the match instead of watching/enjoying it.

Video – Jonjo Shelvey does that little bit extra for club and community – Top marks for the midfielder and as he says, the players should be getting out and about doing a lot more of this type of thing.

Interesting comments from Norwich fans after 4-3 defeat: ‘That, unfortunately, is worth more than just three points to Newcastle.’

The Newcastle 4 Norwich 3 match saw the proof that whatever else, the players are playing for Rafa Benitez, the fans, the club, whoever.

More champagne and another trophy for Rafa Benitez, courtesy of Howard Wilkinson, Sir Alex Ferguson and the rest of the LMA panel.

Thousands may have left St James Park but the vast majority of the Newcastle fans stayed with their team until the (not so) bitter end, Rafa Benitez salutes them: “I’m really proud”

As Delia Smith famously said to the Norwich fans…“A message for the best football supporters in the world. We need a 12th man here. Where are you?”

United striker Dwight Gayle named in the official Football League team of midweek.