Rejuvenated Nolan blasts Toon to top

KEVIN NOLAN claimed a typically predatory 74th-minute winner to fire Newcastle back to the top of the Coca-Cola Championship last night.

The former Bolton skipper moved the Magpies two points clear of West Brom with a clinical low left-footed drive – his ninth goal of the season.

Nolan endured a nightmare campaign last season after joining Newcastle in January and becoming part of the side that slid out of the Barclays Premier League in such dismal fashion.