Newcastle Do Their Fans Proud

Newcastle put on a wonderful display of attacking football this afternoon against European Champions Manchester United, at Old Trafford, and were good value, at the end, for their point.

After surviving a nervous first 20 minutes in which Coloccini, Newcastle's new center-back signing from Deportivo, quickly found out how much quicker the Premier league is to the Spanish League, the Newcastle side played well, and attacked United in an end to end game of flowing football.

This result will give the Newcastle fans renewed heart, and certainly the team looked both well organized and full of spirit, which is of course a hallmark of a Kevin Keegan side.

Repeated news reports of gloom and doom about Newcastle will be swept away not only by this result but by the general display of the Newcastle United side, which was good to say the least .

Certainly, after the first 20 minutes they more than held their own with this strong Manchester side.

New signings Gutierrez and Colccini both had excellent debuts and 21 year-old Danny Guthrie in midfield, also on his Premier league debut for Newcastle, played extremely well with Nucky Butt in central midfiled.

Shay Given made some great saves for Newcastle, and seems to have finally got over his groin injuries of the last two seasons, and looked what he is - one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League.

But this result will be a great tonic to the Toon Army - and the fans will now expect to have at last a good season under Kevin Keegan this time around.

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