Newcastle United 4 - Stoke City 1, FA Cup Replay

Well, it was only Stoke so we musn't get carried away - especially given our 'unreasonable expectations' - but, despite playing with 10 men for an hour.

We saw more football from the black 'n whites tonight than we've seen in all the games combined so far this season, and perhaps half of last season too - full committment all round, and some really encouraging passages of play.