Allardyce offers Viduka Tyne tease

Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce will make a late decision on whether to not to throw potential match-winner Mark Viduka straight into tomorrow’s derby clash with Sunderland.

The 32-year-old has missed the club’s last four games with a calf problem, leaving the less imposing Michael Owen, Obafemi Martins and Alan Smith to battle the league’s towering defenders.