There was a little frustration tonight at St. James’ Park that Newcastle couldn’t score the goal that would give us the win tonight.
But hey, Newcastle got the draw we needed, and we are now in the Champions League next season with a minimum of almost £30M guaranteed.
The bad news is that we couldn’t score – but Newcastle hit the woodwork 3 times – the good news is that we kept our first clean sheet in 7 games.
There was a blip just before the game when Joelinton picked up a knock in the warm-up and that gave Elliot Anderson a start.
It was a game we dominated, but we couldn’t convert the chances we created.
And a great save in stoppage time by Nick Pope from Castagne prevented Leicester from getting a shock 1-0 win.
That would have been really hard to take indeed.
What an absolute fabulous season we have had and as my brother Rod said yesterday on our phone call it’s like Roy and the Rovers.
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53 comments so far
IrishRob
May 22, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Comment #1https://twitter.com/NUFCk/status/1660751976701763586?s=20
ottawageordie2
May 22, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Comment #2Yes!!!
IrishRob
May 22, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Comment #3Sorrryeeeee
bettyswallocks
May 22, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Comment #4A few tears shed in East Africa tonight ….
AnyToon in Indiana
May 22, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Comment #5HWTL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IrishRob
May 22, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Comment #6Bruno motm for me! Miggy second.
hkgeordie
May 22, 2023 at 10:35 PM
Comment #7Glorious!
Nicky the ball tosser
May 22, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Comment #8Good times Dr Ed, good times.
AnyToon in Indiana
May 22, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Comment #9Just got in and had to watch on the phone but so happy for all the fans there and the team. Can hitting the post 3 times count for at least one goal? 😉 I heard the broadcaster here mention we have hit the post 17 times this year.
Nervy at the end but they did it!!!! Champions League nights under the lights!
sparky55
May 22, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Comment #10Watching leicester low block us reminded me of us under Bruce.
So thats how far we’ve come lads…18 months ago we were just like leicester tonight…and now we are like Leicester 4 years ago…all in 18 months.
Well done lads…a great season and an amazing achievement
shaun83
May 22, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Comment #11Going to be an interesting summer, getting CL massive for revenue foundations given FFP. On that not FFP is an absolute joke tbh, all it does is ensures the biggest teams/biggest revenues at the time it had come in/enforced, become incredibly hard to catch – nothing fair or pro competition about it
Seaside Toon
May 22, 2023 at 10:38 PM
Comment #12Rarely post but congratulations to Eddie and his henchmen, enjoy this moment fellow supporters hwtl ???????
Uncertain Toon
May 22, 2023 at 10:38 PM
Comment #13Dr Ed mentions the Joe Linton knock. I thought Anderson did ok, didn’t really look out of place, but I think with big Joe on the pitch we would have powered through and won the game.
Hindsight obviously, but I think Big Joe would have brought a bit more to the party with his power and intent.
CLINT FLICK
May 22, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Comment #14Toon Toon!
lochinvar
May 22, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Comment #15Popes save was a beautiful moment to savour.
That could have been very different
MOTM
CLINT FLICK
May 22, 2023 at 10:42 PM
Comment #16Loch
Aye!
One moment!
ONE MAGIC MOMENT!
JohnJ
May 22, 2023 at 10:42 PM
Comment #17Sorry repost – missed the bus – I should have known!
Well that was a game…….
I’m not sure why….. but I feel disappointed that we didn’t win! But it’s certainly better than worrying at the other end of the division.
We’ll need a big slice of luck and hope that Man U drop points but at the same time if we’d been offered 4th at the start of this season I would have grabbed it with both hands.
Overall a fantastic achievement by Eddie Howe and all the team involved.
Well done to everyone involved and thanks for all the effort put in….. let’s go to Stamford Bridge and finish on a high note eh?
coming home
May 22, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Comment #18Big Dan Burn was massive today, my MOTM
JAMSHA
May 22, 2023 at 10:43 PM
Comment #19congrats lads, what a journey with all those relegation years, i can finally keep my head up and be proud to support newcastle in front of my mates who are plastic fans of glory hunter clubs xD
martoon
May 22, 2023 at 10:44 PM
Comment #20A bit nervy towards the and a great save by Pope but in the end a point was enough and the crowd we very happy.
Miggy’s son scored a cracking goal – get him signed up 😀
CLINT FLICK
May 22, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Comment #21How man
Who msn
Who man
Howe!
Assassins Inc
May 22, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Comment #22Summer here we go.
Dominik Szoboszlai, Mohammed Salisu, Mohammed Kudus, Maddison. Thurman and Diaby.
Just a few we’ve been linked with, for me Szoboszai and Diaby are the ones with Kudus. Those three change our goal scoring numbers.
If many haven’t heard of Kudus, he can play in several positions.
Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uDRI6dE_l3s
lochinvar
May 22, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Comment #23Looking at my avatar I’m so pleased I gave Amanda a lift on Dobbin last year.
She whispered sweet nothings in my ear.
“you’ll never see a Mackem in Milan”
Canny lass.
X
AnyToon in Indiana
May 22, 2023 at 10:47 PM
Comment #24I know JohnJ….there was a bit of truthful disappointment in not getting the 3 points and the possibility of letting 3rd place slip…but looking back to being bottom of the table last winter….wow!
JohnJ
May 22, 2023 at 10:47 PM
Comment #25Pope is my man of the match for his amazing save too near the end for comfort!
Never mind – All’s we’ll that ends well and it did for us tonight!
🙂 🙂 🙂
snowdone
May 22, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Comment #26Nervewracking, Ed, but we’ve done it! I am so pleased for everyone associated with the club and city.
Clot of the day has to be Sky’s colour commentator, Hinchcliffe. What a whinger!
Assassins Inc
May 22, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Comment #27We are top of the league say we are top of the league.
In this season’s Premier League, Newcastle have hit the frame of the goal 24 times – five more than any other side.
Champions!!!!
AnyToon in Indiana
May 22, 2023 at 10:48 PM
Comment #28MOTM….We all looked good and solid again, controlled the game, kept pressing, snuffed out most everything they tried to get going, so many close ones. But in the end that save by Pope saved the point we needed. MOTM for that alone.
CLINT FLICK
May 22, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Comment #29CH
Big Geordie Dan Burn is MAHOOSIVE everyday!
Novocastrian66
May 22, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Comment #30We struggle with the low block. We will have to find a way around this next season, I’m sure Eddie will. More quality will help.
CLINT FLICK
May 22, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Comment #31Novo
It keeps us keen!
carltoon
May 22, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Comment #32OMG had turn the JA and Razer off near the end, and had to tell me husband to shut up, because he was agreeing with them. Hitting the bar constantly missing easy chances, Longstaff forever slipping.
My nerves, and I drank nearly a half bottle of Bailey’s.
But we’re there don’t care if we’re fourth, what an achievement.
WELL DONE MY TEAM.
well done Eddie Howe.
I remember going to an away game last time we were in Europe.
Who knows I may get to another one
Hope it’s the final.
cleveleysbob
May 22, 2023 at 10:52 PM
Comment #33Started to get twitchy flashbacks to that Cantona goal, but thankfully didn’t happen, Phew!
We had something like 92% possession and hammered them 1st half. Still can’t believe we didn’t score.
Target achieved, 2 yrs min ahead of schedule, now we have to plan how to stay in top 4 while playing in CL and still win a domestic trophy. Easy peasy 😆
CLINT FLICK
May 22, 2023 at 10:53 PM
Comment #34We are the Geordies…
sparky55
May 22, 2023 at 10:57 PM
Comment #35Yep…low block is an effective set up against us in our current shape…we need a couple or three purples who can do the number 10 role effectively and Miggy needs to learn to cross right footed and ASM needs to learn to cross left footed.
cleveleysbob
May 22, 2023 at 10:57 PM
Comment #36Snowdone, agree he was bloody awful, bigged up Leicester throughout and wouldn’t give us credit for anything, what a ****ing ignorant pr** he was.
Apologies for the colourful language, but he had me seething.
Small World
May 22, 2023 at 10:58 PM
Comment #37One small point about Leicester tonight.
They were superbly drilled in what needed to be done to defend. Given how much pressure they were under it was amazing how few free kicks they gave away, and none in dangerous situations.
Unfortunately their attacking coach has had his flip flops on all week and is now on the beach.
cleveleysbob
May 22, 2023 at 11:00 PM
Comment #38Sparky – 😀
So much truth in those last 2 lines, I nearly pulled out what little hair I have left every time Miggy cut back inside instead of whipping a cross in, the ASM came on and did exactly the same from opposite side – Aaargh!!! 😉
Fenham to Chalfont
May 22, 2023 at 11:01 PM
Comment #39We’ve done it ladies and gents, although not in the fashion we mostly thought. To be fair to Leicester, they came with a game plan and OMG it nearly come off, although Wor Pope had other ideas. That would have been a sickening sucker punch.
As we know it’s a game of fine margins and we just couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net, but it just shows you how far we’ve come in a very short space of time, as Leicester used to be head and shoulders above us, now they came to SJP with a low block I’ve not witnessed since the fake Geordie days…
Anyway what a season, what a team, what a club, what a fanbase, what great special owners, and last but certainly not least, what a manager and coaching staff. We are absolutely blessed to have all this laid out upon us. Enjoy it, we are in the champions league next season. Bring on the summer transfer window, get the right players in that will fit that in with that amazing squad of warriors and take us up a level to take on Europes elite. Here we go, and watch our club really take off like a rocket.
Onwards and upwards,
HWTL!!!! X
lochinvar
May 22, 2023 at 11:01 PM
Comment #40And we screwed Liverpool at the same time
Bonus