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David Morton

Newcastle United in action under the St James' Park floodlights for 70 years

In English football, there's nothing quite like a night match at St James' Park - a unique stadium with its own special personality and voice, especially after dark.

Over the last 12 months or so, there have been some cracking evening games as Eddie Howe's resurgent Newcastle United side has earned a place in the upper reaches of the Premier League and battled through to the final of the Carabao Cup.

The often thunderous atmosphere has not been lost on visiting TV pundits and opposition fans, as well as some of the club's own supporters for whom nights 'under the lights' have sparked memories of great floodlit games during the Kevin Keegan and Sir Bobby Robson managerial eras in the 1990s and early 2000s - as well as momentous nights in the late 1960s when United took on and beat the cream of continental football at St James' in front of delirious crowds often approaching 60,000.

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