Among the 1,000-plus messages, after his greatest hits compilation at Newcastle, were two from Bulgarian football royalty Dimitar Berbatov and Stiliyan Petrov.
Watch goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov's stoppage-time save to deny Toon striker Joelinton in the FA Cup third round and you'll believe a man can fly.
They don't normally pack the bars from Sofia to the Black Sea resorts to watch Cambridge United, but the game was shown live in his native country and the response was extraordinary.
