Woodgate: our season can have a silver lining

NEWCASTLE defender Jonathan Woodgate is desperate for this season’s UEFA Cup to bring an end to the club’s 35-year trophy drought.

The 24-year-old explained his £9m move away from Leeds in January last year by insisting he had joined the Magpies to win things, but has seen both the Carling Cup and FA Cup pass them by again.

Failure to take advantage of their chance to qualify for the Champions League saw another important avenue close and the UEFA Cup was then seen as scant consolation.