Manchester Misery: So close... yet so far away!

Pod On The Tyne: The Athletic FC's Newcastle United show

Taylor Payne is joined by George Caulkin and Chris Waugh for a Manchester-holics anonymous meeting after our leading men and women were downed by the blue and red halves of the city respectively.

For Eddie Howe's men, it signalled a return to something like the Newcastle United of last season. Unfortunately, it wasn't so much a Pep talk as the strength of the champions' bench that told in the end.

Meanwhile, Becky Langley's NUFC Women lost their absurd unbeaten record against one of the strongest teams in the game. Players and fans did themselves proud, though, and there's a huge league game coming up to start afresh.

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