Newcastle United's Women's team attracted a crowd of 22,134 at St James' Park for their clash against Alnwick Town Ladies. The kick-off had to be delayed to cope with the demand and queues with traffic jams also unfolding in the build-up to the original start time of 2pm.
When the game got under way at 2.15pm there were still fans pouring into this famous old stadium. A poignant minute's applause to remember Newcastle's former goalkeeper Dominyka Podziute took place before the kick off. Then a banner reading: "Howay the lasses" was unfurled at the Gallowgate End.
But they weren't here to see stars like Bruno Guimaraes or Allan Saint-Maximin today, they were here in great numbers to watch the Magpies' female stars such as Brooke Cochrane, Katie Barker and Georgia Gibson.
