Welcome to NickyButtness...

...the essential and totally unofficial guide to everything we love about the tenacious ginger midfield general and our hopes and dreams for his first season playing for someone other than Manchester United.

Hopes and Dreams:

• no more bookings (yeah, right!)
• ok, no more bookings in UEFA Cup (if Newcastle make it through three more matches so that he's eligible to play again)
• at least two goals by Christmas
• captain's band at least once this season
• a brilliant run in midfield for England
• at least one of those lovely trademark flying tackles a match
• a happy successful season at the Toon