There's a second chance to win free entry into this year's Great North Run when tonight's big match gets under way at St James' Park.
One free ballot place in this year's run will be awarded for every goal Newcastle United scores against Southampton in the eagerly-awaited Carabao Cup semi-final match which will kick off at 8pm. The giveaway follows a similar freebie offered at the January 24 game and organisers of the world-famous half-marathon have decided to repeat it for the second leg.
The idea to celebrate the home team's run of success, says Great North Run founder Sir Brendan Foster, who adds he has been "a die-hard Magpies fan all my life" and, like the rest of the city, he'll be willing them on in a match which has so much at stake.
