The Toon goalkeeper says it will be great to look at the newspapers at Christmas as see Newcastle top of the Championship.
Steve Harper: "The lead is far from unassailable, far, far from it.
"We've already had a run when we got two points from four games, so if we do it again and everybody keeps winning, then we're back in the pack.
"What we need to keep doing is grinding out results. If we get to January and we're in this position, we'll keep soldiering on.
"It's great for the fans we'll be top on Christmas Day, but we have to keep the standards high."
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FRI DEC 11TH 2009
THE WHOLE HOG Sleepers, Station approach, Bolden
HEAVENS BASEMENT/DEAR SUPERSTAR/NEW DEVICE £6.50 Academy, Westgate Road, Newcastle
MOJO HAND BAND Smugglers Bar Marine Walk Roker Sunderland
THE DUSTY TOOLS TJ Doyles Sunderland
THE DEE TEES The Daisy Hill, Heugh Edge, Sacriston
BLACK RIVER BAND The Guide Post Ryhope
EMENCITY Blacksmiths Arms, Gosforth
THE SOUL REBELS Poachers Cottage, Callerton
DAMASCUS The Kings Arms Seaton Sluice
RASTA 4 EYES The Studio, Tower Street, Hartlepool
HEAVY LOAD Pegswood Social (Big) Club, Morpeth
ENTIRE COSMOS The Boathouse Inn Newburn
TUBESNAKE The Market Tavern, Chester-Le-Street
REMEDY The Duke Of Cumberland, Sunderland Road, Felling
101 The Garricks Head, Salutation Rd, North Shields
ZEP 3 £3 The Three Tuns, Gateshead,
KONCEPT Steels Social Club, Sunderland.
FRANKIES CAFE Coach & Horses, Wrekenton
LAST MINUTE The Hearts of Oak, Peterlee.
JACOBS LADDER The Normanby, Normanby Road, Normandy
KILLER GODZILLA £3 / 8pm / 07901616185 The Cluny 2, Lime Street, Byker
THIS ONE GOES UP TO ELEVEN The Black Bull, Bridge Street, Morpeth
101 The Garricks Head, Salutation Rd, North Shields
GLADSTONE The Magnesia Bank, 1 Camden Street, North Shields,
BIG RIVER The Office South Shields
DAMAGED INC. Nikhs Bar, 11-13 Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland
SHAKE THE SNAKE Cj's Bar 96 High Street Stockton-on-Tees
ELENBAK The Black Diamond, Ashington
PERSONALITY CRISIS The Rising Sun, Sunniside nr. Whickham
DAVE WHIFFIN Fat Ox Whitley Road Whitley Bay
TERRY GORMAN Hardwick Arms North End Sedgefield
ROCKERFELLA Masons Arms Plessey Road Blyth
NEU2 O'Neil's Neville Street Newcastle
FM Star Inn Westgate Road Newcastle
JUNCO PARTNERS £9 The Cluny Lime Street Ouseburn Newcastle
KRISIS The Station Killingworth Road Killingworth
SKNEEPA The Tannery Gilesgate Hexham
THE FORCE The Golden Lion, Winlaton Mill
BAD REPUTATION Ox & Plough Washington
THE 280'S Paddy wacks, Sunderland
BECKETT The Lord Clyde, Western Approach, South Shields
THE SKYWALKERS The Trimmers Arms, Commercial Road, South Shields
SIX NOWT Paddy Wacks Sunderland
KICKBACK The Elephant, Ashington
SCRATCH THE SURFACE Quarrington Hill Club
THE GREEN ROOM The Hollymere, Leechmere
PHIL CAISLEYS DIRTY DOGZ Houghton Buffs Houghton le Spring
NO FUN Durham Ox Coundon
THE SHEIKS The Office, South Sheilds
FEED THE BEAR The Market Tavern , Bedlington
SAT DEC 12TH 2009
SPARTAN The Market Tavern , Bedlington
SUBSTITUTE
charity event to raise money for Guide Dogs for the Blind The Hunting Lodge, West Monkseaton
THE CLASHED The Three Tuns, Sherrif's Hill, Gateshead
THE DEE TEES The New Inn, Willington
FIZZYFISH Penny Black, Hartburn, Stockton
INSANITY Phoenix, Cramlington
FEED THE BEAR The Ox Inn, Stanley
HOT ROCKS The Travellers Rest, Leazes, Burnhopfield
DICKY FINGERS The Durham Ox, Coundon
THE CHEATLE BEATLES XMAS PARTY NIGHT The Civic Hall, Shildon
KONCEPT The Masons , Middlestone Moor.
DIABLO Hardwick Hotel, Blackhall Colliery
THE ROGUES The Station, Loftus
THE DUSTY TOOLS Farringdon Club Sunderland
BLACK RIVER BAND Wardles, Hebburn
THE KICKS The 3 Tuns, Heddon, Gateshead
TUMBLIN DICE Pelaw Inn, Shields Road,
ON THE ROCKS The Angel Inn, Durham
THE ARRIVAL The Mallard, Seaham
TERRY GORMAN The Spread Eagle, Preston Villiage, North Shields
HA'WAYSIS £2 The Barking Dog Wallsend
LOUNGE LIZARDS The Black Bull, Whitley Road, Newcastle
UNDER THE GUN/REMEDY/A THOUSAND LIES £5 The Cluny, Newcastle
THE GASLIGHTERS (pre Book Only) The Mile South Shields
BULLET Victoria Inn Cassop
WOODFACE The Harbour Lights Lawe Road South Shields
MUGSHOT The County, Sunderland Road, South Shields
ACOUSTIC BEATLES Barley Mow Birtley
HEAVY SOUL Lambton Hounds, Pity Me, Durham
NINE BELOW ZERO/THE SUGAR B'S Carmel College Darlington
DIRTY DOGS The Garricks Head, Salutation Rd, North Shields
THE FORCE £2 Easington Club, Seaside Lane, Peterlee
THE NOTE Steels Social Club, Sunderland
FRANKIES CAFE Elmfield Social Club, Hebburn
THE RHYTHM METHOD The Park 406 Linthorpe Road Middlesbrough
NIALL SOUTHELL - Elvis Tribute Tickets £8 – Contact 01642 710270 Stokesley Town Hall
NIGEL LEWIS & THE ZORCHMEN/THE GO CATZ /RATTY & THE SHITKICKERS £17.50 The Trojan Rooms Whitley Bay
THE FLYING OYSTERS Billingham Catholic Club.
OLD CODGER Blackhall WMC Blackhall
STAN Hyem Bar, Chillingham Road, Newcastle
SCRATCH THE SURFACE The Borough, Vine Place, Sunderland
VENDETTA Trillians Newcastle
ALCATRAZ HOUSE BAND Nikhs Bar, 11-13 Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland
WITCHKRAFT The Moorhouse. Front Street Seaton Burn
CHORD THIEVES Woodside club, South Shields
TT BLUE Whitburn Lodge, Mill Lane, Whitburn
MO JO HAND BAND Magnesia Bank Camden Street North Shields
DOA George Stephenson, West Moor
HAND HELD The Rising Sun, Sunniside nr. Whickham
THE RATTLERS Smugglers Bar Marine Walk Roker Sunderland
ENTIRE COSMOS Azure Blue Eastbourne Avenue Gateshead
THE STRINGVESTITES Dudley Social Club Western Terrace Dudley Newcastle
GRANNY SMITHS MAGGOTS Earl Grey High Street Gosforth
MIKE WATTS BAND Fat Ox Whitley Road Whitley Bay
IN BLUE/THE BUCCANNEERS cc Hartlepool Studio Tower Street Hartlepool
STAN Hyem Bar Chilling ham Road Newcastle
PETER MCDONALD Jolly Steward Fulwell Avenue Marsden South Shields
JUNCO PARTNERS tickets Queens Hall Beaumont Street Hexham
TOMMY & THE ODDBALLS Star Inn Westgate Road Newcastle
3 TIL MIDNIGHT The Tannery Gilesgate Hexham
FM The Turbinia Sid Chaplin Drive Newton Aycliffe
THE ICONS Wheatsheaf Roker Avenue Sunderland
JETSTREAM The Black Bull Whitley Road Benton Newcastle
SCRATCH THE SURFACE The Borough, Sunderland
MINNIE & THE VICTORS Coundon WMC Coundon, Bishop Auckland
TOP NOTCH/SPLASH ALLEY The Acklam Iron & Steelworks Club Middlesbrough
THE FORCE CC Easington Colliery Club Seaside Lane, Easington
PHIL CAISLEYS DIRTY DOGZ Birtley Catholic Club,
THE POORBOYS The Office South Shields
MUGSHOT The County, South Shields
THE NOTE Steels Club, Sunderland
SUN DEC 13TH 2009
THE SOURCE The Fleece. Silksworth
SCRATCH THE SURFACE The Three Tuns, Sherrif's Hill, Gateshead
DICKY FINGERS The Grand , Bishop Auckland
BUSKERS NIGHT 3- 6 p.m Pearl Bar Best Western Grand Hotel Hartlepool
THE SHEIKS 4.00 p.m. Queens Head Anfield plain
BLACK RIVER BAND The Schooner Seahouses
ENTIRE COSMOS Easington Colliery Club
REQUIEM 12.15 Grindon WMC Sunderland
BECKETT The Copt Hill, Seaham Road, Houghton-le-Spring
ACOUSTIC BUSKERS The Block and Tackle Ashington
CADILLAC 59 White Swan Morpeth
STEVE DAGGART The Cottage, Cleadon
TT BLUE Sleepers, Station Approach, East Boldon
CADILLAC 59 4 p.m The White Swan, Morpeth
LAST ANTHEM The Normanby, Normanby Road, Normandy
LOUNGE LIZARDS The Poachers Cottage, Callerton
LOUNGE LIZARDS 3 P.M The Tyne, Ouseburn
THE SOURCE The Golden Fleece Silksworth, Sunderland
BUSKERS NIGHT The Golden Lion Spa Well Lane Winlaton Mill Blaydon
ACOUSTIC BUSKERS NIGHT Borough Arms Gateshead
TRIPLE TROUBLE The End Bar
JONATHON BOOTH The Cottage, Cleadon
BIG RIVER The New Tavern, Concord, Washington
THE ARRIVAL 6 p.m Masons Arms, Easington
RIVERS 4 P.M Magnesia Bank Camden Street North Shields
BESSIE & THE ZINC BUCKETS 4 P.M George Stephenson, West Moor
PIPE DREAMS Smugglers Bar Marine Walk Roker Sunderland
FREDDIE PURVIS 6 p.m Bensham Jockey Bensham Road Gateshead
MUSICIANS UNLIMITED NOON Hartlepool Studio Tower Street Hartlepool
ALAN KNIGHTS Poachers Cottage Armstrong Road Callerton Newcastle
THIS MACHINE 6 p.m Rose & Crown North Street Winlaton
LYNDON ANDERSON Sour Grapes Newgate Street Morpeth Town Centre
OFF THE WALL 4 p.m Star Inn Westgate Road Newcastle
FM 5p.m The Royalty Chester Road Sunderland
ACOUSTIC BUSKERS NIGHT Borough Arms Gateshead
SPITTING VICARS Wheatsheaf Roker Avenue Sunderland
SNAKE OIL Blakely's, Doxford Park, Sunderland
THE SPITTING VICARS 4 P.M Wheatsheaf, Roker, Sunderland
THE HAPPY CATS 4 p.m Washington Arms, Washington Villiage
COSMOS cc Easington Colliery Club Seaside Lane, Easington
PHIL CASISLEYS DIRTY DOGZ 2 p.m Bensham Jockey
DIAMOND DOGS The Ship Eighton Banks Gateshead