Newcastle United's post-season trip to Australia has been described as "madness" and "crazy" by club legend Alan Shearer, the former England captain.
The Magpies headed for the airport as soon as they finished their English Premier League campaign on Sunday at Brentford's west London stadium, conveniently less than ten miles from Heathrow Airport.
If that was a short trip the journey that followed was anything but, a near-24 hour flight to Melbourne where Newcastle will face Tottenham at the MCG on Wednesday. That's followed by Friday's match at Marvel Stadium against an A-League All Star side.