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Newcastle 3-0 Wolves
by Roger Domeneghetti
at St James Park
THE TOON Express just keeps on rolling. This is HoweBall at its best, not a runaway engine, the brakes off, all edge-of-the-seat nerves, but a well-oiled, powerfully efficient passenger train building momentum as its journey continues.
A fifth League win in a row, a ninth in all competitions, takes Newcastle into the top four, just three points off Forest in second. Are they in the title mix? Hell, is the treble on?
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