A packed St. James' Park celebrating a Newcastle No 9 scoring at the Leazes End to keep their faint title hopes alive? It might be a few years before that is the case for the men's side.
Becky Langley's Newcastle Women's team put on a show for the onlookers at St. James' Park on Sunday, beating Alnwick Town Ladies 4-0 in front of a packed crowd. Ultimately they fell agonisingly short in their search for the Women's Premier League Northern Division 1 title, with Liverpool Feds wrapping up the trophy with a 6-1 win of their own earlier in the day. Still, it was a day for celebration on Tyneside.
The official attendance at St. James' Park today was 22,134. For context, only 20,738 turned up to watch Watford vs Burnley at Vicarage Road on Saturday. The East and Gallowgate stands were full, most of the Leazes section was populated and kick-off was delayed for 15 minutes due to crowd congestion outside the turnstiles.
