The game had finished two hours previously, but there were still dozens of Newcastle United supporters waiting by the gates of St James' Park for Eddie Howe to emerge as the Magpies' head coach got out of the black Range Rover and posed for selfies.
Howe has received remarkable backing from the fanbase and is desperate to repay that support following another damaging result in Newcastle's bid to stay up.
Saturday's 1-1 draw against Watford had, perhaps, been the biggest missed opportunity of Howe's reign to date as the Magpies passed up the opportunity to move out of the relegation zone for the first time since September following Joao Pedro's late equaliser.
