And the fight is on for WHO will get a medal.
Already 17 Toon players have reached the quota of games needed to qualify for a medal, with others on the borderline.
Mike Williamson and Leon Best still need a couple of games, with Joey Barton and Wayne Routledge still four appearances away.
The official line we got from an official at St James' Park: "The club get 21 medals... to qualify you should have played at least ten games.
"However if the club have only, say 18 players who have done so, then it is up to them to allocate the remaining medals."
NORTH-EAST GIG GUIDE
FRI 19TH MARCH
THE STROBES The Red Heckle, Jarrow
THE GASLIGHTERS Lord Nelson Jarrow
ROAD RUNNERS Keelboat, Washington
FM The Three Tuns, Sherrif's Hill, Gateshead
THE FIBBERS Ox & Plough Washington
SCRATCH THE SURFACE The Station, Killingworth
DUSTY TOOLS £3 Houghton Buffs Houghton le Spring
SOMETHING REAL The Clock, Hebburn
REMEDY Nikhs Bar, 11-13 Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland
TUBESNAKE The New Inn, Hetton-le-Hole 0191 5261237
SPECIAL NEEDZ The Stables, Beamish Hall, Stanley
MIDNIGHT BEARS THE NORMANBY NORMANBY ROAD NORMANBY MIDDLESBROUGH TEL 01642 446130
COVERED TRACKS Theatre Restaurant Sunderland
Elenback/Toronto Sun/Artisan Well The New Tunnel Club, Chatton Street, East Howdon
PREACHER The Bay Horse 38-40 Fore Bondgate, Bishop Auckland,
Terry Gorman/Fables Last Stand/Craig Clarke/Jonathon Booth The Brandling Villa, South Gosforth
VAN WILLIAMS EXP washington gardeners club, concorde, washington
REET HOT CHILLI PEPPERS The Blyth and Tyne, 38 Regent Street, Blyth, NE24 1LS 07790917853
THE BRYAN ADAMS EXPERIENCE £5 The Forum Borough Road Darlington
THE GREEN ROOM shotton palms, peterlee
BUSKERS NIGHT WITH JOHN & DAVE The Duke of Albany, Washington
JO JAMES BAND Paddywhacks, Sunderland
FRANKIES CAFE Blacksmiths Arms, Gosforth
ODD SHAPED HEAD with ORPHEAN SOUNDS £3 Stepney's Bar 3 Bridge View Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6PN
TUMBLIN DICE Pearl Bar in Hartlepool
Wildside Fat Ox Whitley Road Whitley Bay 0191 251 6356
Phil Caisleys DirtyDogz Garricks Head Saville Street North Shields 07752 106 798
3 Foot Ninja + The Reverse Hartlepool Studio Tower Street Hartlepool 01429 424 440
Shanghai Masons Arms Plessey Road Blyth 01670 356 537
The Monologues O'Neills Neville Street Newcastle 0191 261 7921
New Age Jam Poachers Cottage Armstrong Road Callerton Newcastle 0191 214 0417
Simma & Dan The Rattler Sea Road South Shields 0191 455 6789
Kneejerk Reaction The Star Westgate Road Newcastle 0191 261 4343
The Steve Clark band supported by Choops troops The Woodcutter, Hartlepool
OPEN MIC / BUSKERS NIGHT Doors: 7.30pm Entry: Free
The Old Boys, Mayfield Park, Easington Road, Hartlepool TS24 9BA (01429) 266445
KICKBACK The Lord Clyde, South Shields
BLACKJACK Steels Social Club. Sunderland
LOVEDRIVE The Office South Shields
LOOSELY ACOUSTIC FEATURING/RUSSELL AND THE WOLVES/MARK BODEN/SAMANTHA DURNAN
Doors 8pm, £3.50adv / £5door The Georgian Theatre Green Dragon Yard, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1AT 01642 674115
THIS 1 GOES UP TO 11 The Ox and Plough Oxclose Washington
JADE Hilltop in Stanley
THE SUSPECTS The Meridian, Consett, Co Durham
THE INVASION The Pemberton Arms Cold Heseldon 0191 5819587
SAT 20TH MARCH
DIABLO Stirling House, Gateshead
BIG RIVER The Inn Place, Doxford Park
THE BANDITS/THE POORBOYS/VICTIMS OF THE FURY
Rock Nite 7pm - late / tickets £4 / door £5 The Benton Blues Club Four Lane Ends Social Club Behind Metro Interchange Newcastle
ROAD RUNNERS Fox & Hounds Crawcrook
THE STROBES The Royal Front Street Stanley
JASPER HART BAND Carville Hotel, Wallsend
SCRATCH THE SURFACE The Moorhouse, Seaton BurnQ
MINNIE & THE VICTORS The Three Tuns, Sherrif's Hill, Gateshead
STICKY FINGERS £2 The Barking Dog Wallsend
MAGNETIC CHERRY The Philadelphia, Houghton Le Spring
JUMP THE GUN The Horseshoe Crook
MUGSHOT Sleepers, Station Approach, East Boldon
INSANITY The Earl Grey Gosforth
BIG RIVER The Inn Place
STATE4 The Fleece Inn, Alnwick
BULLET Smugglers Roker, Sunderland
AVATAR The Conchie, North Seaton Road, ASHINGTON
THIS MACHINE Rose & Crown S/Shields
The Stottin Headaches/Just Braggin The Angel, Durham
DAVE BLACK The Penny Black, Ellerton Road, Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 5PU Tel. 01642 580132
THE SUSPECTS The Travellers, Burnhopefield
THE DUSTY TOOLS Grindon Club Sunderland
SKINFLINT Seghill Rugby club
VAN WILLIAMS EXP beamish mary inn, no place, stanley
RELOAD DUKE OF ALBANY - Washington
RIOT Steels Social Club, Sunderland
THE FORCE The Grand Hotel, Church Road, Bishop Auckland Tel: 01388 601956
THE BUSHWACKERS The Saltgrass, Deptford, Sunderland
PIGEONS WITHOUT BRIDGES Anfield Plain Cricket Club
MISFITS STATION HOTEL STATION ROAD BILLINGHAM 01642 366911
HEAVEN FORBID THE PARK 406 LINTHORPE ROAD MIDDLESBROUGH TEL 0773 8612396
MOJO HAND BAND The Golden Lion, Winlaton Mill
KRISIS The Fir Tree Wingate
MONOLOGUES The Royalty, Chester Rd, Sunderland
THE 27 CLUB The Blyth and Tyne, 38 Regent Street, Blyth, NE24 1LS 07790917853
101 THE OX INN, STANLEY.
RETRO GENISIS £7 The Forum Borough Road Darlington
CAPTAIN ROCK Nikhs Bar, 11-13 Stanley Street, Blyth, Northumberland
DIAMOND DOGS The Brittania Houghton
THE PANTHERS The Wheatsheaf Roker Avenue Sunderland
MYSTERY MACHINE Tap & Spile Darlington
IN AT THE DEEP END Annie McCarthy, South Shields
AKM Lord Clyde South Shields 01914558219
JO JAMES BAND Azure Blue, Gateshead
SKA BOOM/1977 Marton Hotel & Country Club
TROUBLESHOOTERS The Borough Arms, Gateshead
FRANKIES CAFE Beamish Arms, Station Road, Beamish
Sticky Fingers The Barking Dog Kings Road North, Wallsend
The Note The Station, Redcar
MR. CHIEF Acklam Iron & Steelworks Club Middlesbrough
Acoustic Beatles £6 Ticket Seaton Delaval Arts Centre CC
Mudsharks The Fat Ox, Whitley Bay
Someone Elses Omelette Alexandra Queen Alexandra Road North Shields 0191 257 4964
Fallen Angel Colliery Tavern Hedworth Lane Boldon Colliery 01911 536 7761
The Sheiks Garricks Head Saville Street North Shields 07752 106 798
The Clone Roses + support Hartlepool Studio Tower Street Hartlepool 01429 424 440
Andy McCallum Jolly Steward Fulwell Avenue South Shields 0191 427 2951
FM Peterlee Catholic Club Grampian Drive Peterlee 0191 586 3027
Pipedream The Rattler Sea Road South Shields 0191 455 6789
The Rawmones The Star Westgate Road Newcastle 0191 261 4343
Big Sister Westfield Newcastle
Cayote cc Easington Colliery Club Seaside Lane, Easington, SR8 3JZTel: 0191 527 0219
Irish Band Billingham Catholic Club, Billingham
TERRY GORMAN ROYAL TAVERN, BLYTH
Tumblin Dice The Frigate, Marske
LUNAJET The Board Inn Stella Blaydon
Black River Band Hill Top Stanley
ROWDY DIAMOND THE BRITANNIA INN, HOUGHTON
RAZOR SHARP The Robin Hood Military Road, Northumberland, on the B6318 at East Wallhouses., northumberland
TADPOLE PIE The Office south Shields
The Throes The County, Sunderland Road, South Shields
ROWDY DIAMOND THE BRITANNIA IN HOUGHTON
STEVE STAR The Victoria Cassop
SUN 21ST MARCH
BORDERLAND 4 P.M Star Inn, Westgate Road, Newcastle
THE HYBRIDS 4 P.M Clarendon, Sunderland
RAZOR SHARP The Three Tuns, Sherrif's Hill, Gateshead
THE WHOLE HOG MARQUES GRANDBY
SKINFLINT Rose & Crown Winlaton 6pm Start
THE BUSHWHACKERS The Tyne, Byker, Newcastle
BEER PIGS THE NORMANBY NORMANBY ROAD NORMANBY MIDDLESBROUGH TEL 01642 446130
THE PANTHERS the Golden Fleece
MOJO HAND BAND Sour Grapes, Morpeth
ELENBAK Bishop auckland Rugby Club
Voodoo Noveau/The White Negroes The Borough, Vine Place, Sunderland
ROAD DOGS The New Tavern, Concord, Washington
BUSKERS NIGHT WITH THE INCIDENT The Blyth and Tyne, 38 Regent Street, Blyth, NE24 1LS 07790917853
101 THE CROWN, BROTTON
ACOUSTIC BUSKERS Borough Arms, Gateshead
BLUES + COUNTRY DOUBLE HEADER 2.30 P.M tyne bar newcastle
AMBERSHIFT/THE FARRERS + THE RYOTS tyne bar newcastle
FAMILY MUSIC FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE GREAT NORTH AIR AMBULANCE
Muse tribute CITIZENS ERASED/Metallica Tribute DAMAGED INC/MINNIE AND THE VICTORS/THE 60'S LIVE/THE MYSTERY MACHINE/BETH MACARI & MICKY LUV/FEMME FATALE/REQUIEM/THE BRIGADE/GARY GRAINGER/ WITH STATIC/GREEBO/JOE & SLIM/ELENBAK 12noon till 7pm
ENTERANCE £3 FAMILIES WELCOME The Bishop Auckland Rugby Club
ALAN KNIGHTS 4 P,M The Wheatsheaf Roker Avenue, Sunderland
THE PANTHERS The Golden Fleece Silksworth
TERRY GORMAN TAN HILL INN, SWALEDALE, REETH.
D.SQUARED Buskers Night The Bell Bucket, Norfolk Street South Shields
ROAD RUNNERS Mill House, Blackfell, Birtley
THE BUSHWACKERS AFTERNOON/EVE {BIKER BASH} The Albian Ryhope Sunderland
AKM 6 P.M Bensham Jockey Bensham Road Gateshead 0191 477 3236
Rocking Zimmers Fat Ox Whitley Road Whitley Bay 0191 251 6356
Musicians Unlimited noon Hartlepool Studio Tower Street Hartlepool 01429 424 440
Tom Mitchell Poachers Cottage Armstrong Road Callerton Newcastle 0191 214 0417
Acoustic, Blues & Folk Night Smugglers Bar Marine Walk Roker Sunderland 0191 514 3844
James Stephenson The Rattler Sea Road South Shields 0191 455 6789
THE SKYWALKERS 4 P.M Magnesia Bank Camden Street North Shields
ACOUSTIC BEATLES Durham Live! North Rd Durham
Dave Black King's Arms, West Terrace, Seaton Sluice
Open Mic Night with Jonny Boyle The Priory ,Front street,Tynemouth-tel 0191 2578302
SOUTHWALK SUGAR---6 P.M The Office South Shields`
JOHN MILLER & HIS COUNTRY CASUALS 2.30 (ish)
THE BUSHWACKERS 5.30 (ish) The Tyne Bar, Newcastle
OLD CODGER COPT HILL Houghton le spring