LOCAL hero Steven Taylor made sure his first Newcastle goal was a crucial one as he fired the Magpies into the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup.

GERMAN playmaker Michael Ballack’s move to Chelsea is “set in stone”, according to Bayern Munich director Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

CRAIG BELLAMY went from sinner to saint in Palma to help book Bobby Robson a UEFA Cup quarter-final clash with former club PSV Eindhoven.

Real Mallorca 0 Newcastle 3 (Aggregate: 1-7)