Pap pops in

It's not only the club that has been doing its best to make Papiss Cisse feel welcome, it seems - some of our youngest fans have done their bit too. Four-year-old Sam Livingstone from Bedlington decided to send a "Welcome to Newcastle" card to our January arrival - a gesture that so touched the Senegalese marksman that he paid the family a personal visit to say thanks (and, it appears, sign everything in sight). So, a phenomenal goal machine on the pitch and a thoroughly nice chap off it. The guy is certainly going the right way about becoming a legend.

A scroll down to the comments section reveals one supporter pointedly remarking: "total class, we would never of seen michael owen doing something like that". To which another has promptly responded: "Owen would have injured himself opening the card"...