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"We know how energy-sapping Wednesday night was, but we have done it again three days later and that speaks volumes for my players' attitude and fitness.
"We conceded a goal totally against the run of play but the two goals we got in reply were marvellous.
"One was a real rocket from Andy Griffin and the other a right pearler from Laurent Robert - a goal fit to win any match.
"We then hung on with tired legs and I was more than happy with how my team fought for the victory."
Under-pressure Alan Curbishley didn’t dispute that we deserved to win, but was disappointed with his defence, as he told the Sunday Sun.
"I didn't think it was a bad time to come here considering they had a momentous game in midweek and have another one coming up," he said.
"But while we had a good start, we looked like we were jaded and didn't really get going even in the first half.
"Then Newcastle put us under a lot of pressure in the first 15 minutes of the second half and got the goal.
"After that, we had a few half chances but never really did enough to get back into it.
"And the three lads at the back had their hands full all game. They never dominated Shearer and Ameobi," he concluded.
It was definitely a vital win for us and the other results went our way, so all-in-all a good weekend for us.
But good luck to Alan Curbishley. It’s good to see an English manager developing good young English players, so I hope that they can turn their season around and help relegate the Mackems.