It was very emotional at Villa Park at around 15:45 as Martin Laursen gave us his farewell speech and of course the Geordies tried to ruin it but failed. The warmth to Laursen was obvious from all around the ground and can I say even I had a tear at the corner of his eye.

This is a video of it from Youtube from the Witton Lane and the stature of the guy leading the players at the end says it all about his influence within the team