When Watford's Joao Pedro headed home in front of the Gallowgate End on January 15th, a vast majority of Newcastle United fans resigned themselves to the fact another season in the Championship was forthcoming. After controlling the game from start to finish, the 87th-minute Hornets equaliser was a hammer blow for a team that had only one Premier League win to their name at that point.
With the 1-0 defeat to Cambridge United taking place one week earlier, the mood around the club could hardly have been lower. It was easy to envisage a relegation battle that went down to the final day at Turf Moor.
Fast forward three months and the feeling could not be different after Bruno Guimaraes' miraculous 95th-minute winner on Easter Sunday. Since January 22nd, when Newcastle beat Leeds at Elland Road, only Liverpool have picked up more Premier League points than the Magpies.
