I hope that, fitness worries aside, we keep the same team and formation that played so well in that first half against Fulham.

Ben Arfa features in our first suggested bet as we are taking him to continue his excellent recent scoring run and score the first goal in a 3-1 win.

‘Kaz is expected to be fit for the tie at the weekend, luckily, as he’s been a revelation for us on the wing, perhaps we’ll see the double backflip…
We see Jonas Gutierrez as your main threat and if he plays, Ben Arfa seems in truly unstoppable form at the moment.

1974, a true Mag YouTube video classic, if Carlsberg did pitch invasions…

One of the most mental scenes at our beloved ground, you won’t believe how fast somebody can run on a muddy pitch wearing flares, ten scarves and platform shoes!

Final few tickets have been sold from Newcastle’s allocation.

Fingers crossed United go into the 5th Round draw and get a winnable match at St.James’ Park….we’ve only won one match and I’m getting carried away!

Ben Arfa Invited To the FA Cup Final!

Hatem’s wonder goal against Blackburn has helped earn him the award of ‘Player of the FA Cup Third Round’ and the bonus of an invite to the FA Cup final, let’s hope he’s there in May without needing an invite.

Tickets for our FA Cup 4th Round tie against Championship side Brighton go on sale at 2pm today, call NUFC ticket office on 08443721892 or visit the official website at www.nufc.co.uk (though that section wasn’t working when we tried earlier!).

A frozen pitch means kick-off between Wrexham and Brighton is now 7.15pm on Wednesday 18th January.

Newcastle United away from home in the FA Cup, the cameras just love us!

To nobody’s surprise it has been confirmed that NUFC’s fourth round cup-tie at either Wrexham or Brighton will be televised live on ESPN, kick-off now at 5.15pm on Saturday 28th January.

A rubbish match with two quite superb goals, no doubt preferable to a decent performance with no end product. Pull out all the stops to see these goals asap, Ben Arfa’s was quite simply stunning and Jonas’ wasn’t arf bad!

Bring on the draw.

You have today’s situation where unfortunately the domestic cup is seen as a poor relation to Champions League, or safety from relegation, or whatever.

5th round is weekend of 18th February, hope African contingent back safely and still have a FA Cup spot to fight for.