This isn’t your regular match. This is the Derby. There are many others like it but this one is ours.
You may recognise (sort of) those lines from the movie ‘Full Metal Jacket’, but whilst its not outright conventional warfare that will be taking place on the St James’ Park pitch this lunchtime there is most definitely a tribal feel to it.
Who will come out on top? Who will take the bragging rights in what is one of the most hotly contested duels in Premier League football between two top-ten sides? Its been a while since that has been applicable, which is maybe why this one feels bigger and somehow more important than recent encounters.
A win for Newcastle would set us up to attack the rest 
of the season and look towards European qualification while a win for the Mackems will set them dreaming about what they could salvage from this season. This is not a place for pretty football or fancy footwork, instead all that matters is getting those three points!
Anyway that is enough chest thumping. This match needs little build up as it is. Everyone knows what it means to us and them so I need play on the emotion no longer.
Now it’s down to the boys in black and white to do the business, but first off we need to find out just which boys in black and white are tasked with getting us a result. To help with that we must consider injuries and team news which you can do with the help of match preview, which you can view by clicking here.
Now it really is ‘Game On’. Team news will feature below as and when it becomes available but for now it’s time to crank up the noise, increase the fervour and really become the 12th man by roaring our team on to yet another success against the Mackems.
Howay the lads indeed!
Newcastle: Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Davide Santon, Ryan Taylor, Cheik Tiote, Yohan Cabaye, Jonas Gutierrez, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse
Subs: Rob Elliot, James Perch, Danny Guthrie, Gabriel Obertan, Hatem Ben Arfa, Peter Lovenkrands, Shola Ameobi
Sunderland: Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardlsey, John O’shea, Michael Turner, Kieran Richardson, Seb Larsson, Lee Cattermole, Craig Gardner, James McLean, Stephane Sessegnon, Nicklas Bendtner
Subs: Craig Gordon, Wayne Bridge, Matt Kilgallon, Jack Colback, David Meyler, David Vaughan, Frazier Campbell
this ref is starting to really irritate me 👿
Munich Mag(Quote)
Willo off Guthrie on and all out attack…
JJ(Quote)
Benny defo gonna get one in a mo lads
kimtoon(Quote)
we dont have a clue, still getting no-where against ten men sunderland in our own back yard.. last week it was rock bottom managerless wolves now this week its ten men sunderland. any other dreamers still thinking we are going to be anywhere near 7th at the end of the season is dreaming. we will get 7-10 points more this season maximum.
craig chisholm(Quote)
OT has AVB been sacked
Big Dave(Quote)
The seige is on, here, but time is getting tight. Come on…
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
PEN
COME ON
hitman(Quote)
Great play Shola.
JJ(Quote)
pen shola
richietoon(Quote)
FINALLY A FUCKING PENALTY.
It’s gotta be Shola, no?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Come one!
toonsy(Quote)
ffs….toon pelanty……..
Munich Mag(Quote)
Genius SHola comonnnnnnn
HBA39(Quote)
Oh yes , it’s been comeing can’t keep turning us down
kimtoon(Quote)
Son of a *****.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Shola should have taken it…
JJ(Quote)
Come on
Big Dave(Quote)
FUCKKKK
HBA39(Quote)
**** missed ffs
kimtoon(Quote)
Shola shud have taken it, much better penalty taker
richietoon(Quote)
Ba ****** it up 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥 😥
Munich Mag(Quote)
Shola should have took it
toonsy(Quote)
why not shola
CC(Quote)
To be honest it was a very poor penalty.
JJ(Quote)
WTF WTF
hitman(Quote)
Timewasting now
kimtoon(Quote)
Demba Ba’s **** caved in… 🙁
That was set up for Shola 🙁
Munich Mag(Quote)
Humph. Wayne Bridge is still alive.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Bridge on to snuff out HBA….cack…
Munich Mag(Quote)
That’s purely player power, because Shola. As poor as I usually rate him is excellent at penalty taking.
JJ(Quote)
we aint winning **** this game. AVB gone eh.
craig chisholm(Quote)
The whole place is deflated. If we get nothing here, it’s a massive psychological blow.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Bad day today for Ba…. 😥
Munich Mag(Quote)
Ben Arfa has no clue about finding the right pass at the right time.
It’s such a pity because the boy has some serious talent. Just no brain.
JJ(Quote)
man I’m pissed… 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿 👿
Munich Mag(Quote)
He has made a massive difference though…
JJ(Quote)
not ment to be is it.
hitman(Quote)
Missed pen has taken the sting out of us ,why have we stopped pressing forward. Loverman on.
kimtoon(Quote)
1 point out 6 at home – these were our two easy games.. next up come the hard ones…
craig chisholm(Quote)
Well…plenty of huff and puff against 10 men but we just aint good enough…
Munich Mag(Quote)
COMON SHOLLAAA
HBA39(Quote)
YYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSS
hitman(Quote)
feckin get in woo hooo
richietoon(Quote)
Finally Shola. Let’s get the ball and go for a win you fools!
JJ(Quote)
about time!!!the slayer does it again
ron(Quote)
SHOLA! They boy just nails these fookers every time.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
SSSHHHOOLLLLAAA!! Go on ye mackem slaying legend!! 😆
KeithR(Quote)
****** love that man!!!!!!!!!!
Sime(Quote)
Ameobi would you ****** credit it 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
kimtoon(Quote)
We should just lump the ball into the box, and brawl for the second ball.
Shola !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Flock you Waddle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Munich Mag(Quote)
******’ knew it
Archie Brand(Quote)
YEESSSSSSS
CC(Quote)
Strolla
Big Dave(Quote)
Come on, HBA for the winner…
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
They need to get the tunnel full of the old bill for after the final whistle, theres gonna be nowt the matter in the tunnel !!!!
Pardew is going totally radged against the makkem bench !!!
Munich Mag(Quote)
Come on lets have this
Big Dave(Quote)
Shola! He always scores against the unwashed
SJP14(Quote)
Waddle is a bellend
Sime(Quote)
Where is that Mackem now?
toonsy(Quote)
What is it with Shola and the Scum . C’mon kill em off now.
kimtoon(Quote)
bloody hell, shola again. sunderland must hate that fucka for sure.
craig chisholm(Quote)
Come on…
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Anyone else but Willio and that was 2-1
toonsy(Quote)
Willo could of redeemed himself there
kimtoon(Quote)
attack attack attack 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Simmo gives this fucking ball to benny he will score with his cracking shoot
HBA39(Quote)
Fucking hell.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Should have fekin won, but I’ll settle for that
richietoon(Quote)
Well for ALL you Shlao doubters. The bloke is a black and white legend…
Munich Mag(Quote)
if it was at our end willo would have buried that
Big Dave(Quote)
Fair play to Pardew. Even before Sessengon got sent off we were the better team in the second half so I think it’s fair to say whatever he changed it worked
toonsy(Quote)
Guess I would have taken the draw from the start, but Bambi should have taken the pen and we may well have won. Shame we couldn’t get the three points but what a game.****
WHERES THE SHOLA LOVE AT?
Newkie(Quote)
fair result.
hitman(Quote)
id have taken that 10 minutes, Should have been more why nto shola on the penalty 👿
CC(Quote)
KeithR
The Mackem Slayer
Its got a certain ring to it
Archie Brand(Quote)