After early pressure from Aston Vanilla which saw a penalty gien against Newcastle. John Carew skying the resulting kick well above Steve Harpers goal.

This sparked Newcastle to life.

Guttierez slipped the ball onto Barton 25 yards out on the left, Barton tees up the shot and BANG! top left hand corner. What an amazing strike. This puts the homeside in front just three minutes after the missed penalty.

31 mins into the game and a throw in to Guttierez 25 yards out on the left, who crosses in to back post. Carroll there to head back across goal for Nolan to head past Friedel to get Newcastles second.

34 mins, just three minutes later... Newcastle get a corner, Barton swings in aball from the right hand side, Mike Williamson heads the ball down towards Carroll in the middle. Richard Dunne could have cleared but made a hash of the clearance and Andy Carroll slotted the ball home for Newcastles third.

Newcastle were strong and dominant throughout the first half of the game.

68 minutes into the game... A long ball in towards Villas box was partially cleared but Williamson knocks it back in for Dunne to miss it, Carroll to latch on and lash the ball home from 15 yards for a brace.

87 mins - Goal for Nolan....!!!! Newcastle take a corner from the left and Nolan scrambles the ball home to complete a rout.

90+ - in extra time Carroll gets his hat-trick. The big number 9 passes the ball out from the right flank for Xisco on the left to return the ball to Carroll on the right side of the box and he calmly slots home his third goal past Friedel for a well deserved Hat-Trick.

All this with the former No. 9 - Alan Shearer watching on from the stands. Who would have expected a score like this against a team who did so well last season.....?

Final Score Newcastle United 6 - Aston Vanilla 0 - a very plain display from the travelling Villains.

UP THE TOON!!!!!
HOWAY THE LADS!!!!

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan is keen to rekindle his 'fantastic relationship' with Alan Shearer after breaking an 18-month silence between the duo.

Shearer revealed on Saturday that he has spoken with Keegan about a role on The Magpies coaching staff.

The pair spoke briefly on Friday for the first time since Keegan agreed to take the St James' Park job for a second time.

However, Keegan has admitted that the duo's relationship diminished following a fall-out in the summer of 2006.

Keegan, who signed Shearer for £15million from Blackburn Rovers in July 1996 during his first stint as Newcastle boss, offended the former striker after he failed to attend his testimonial against Celtic.

But Keegan is ready to end the 18-month rift which has seen the once close duo rarely contact each other.

Animosity

"I would like to think there is no animosity there but if you are asking me if Alan rings me as much as he used to, then no he doesn't," he said.

"I couldn't come to Alan's testimonial as I was on a family holiday in the US and I didn't come back for it."

"Things like that, sadly, may have affected him. But it hasn't affected me and I want to talk with Alan."

"It is possibly true that it did offend him in some way. But flying all the way from America is something I would not have expected him to do for me."

"If that is the reason he doesn't ring me anymore, then that disappoints me. But I will ring him and ask him."

Honest

"I would like to think we are great friends - from the minute I met him and signed him in David Platt's farmhouse in Cheshire. We had a fantastic relationship and a very honest one."

"There is an involvement for Alan at this football club. That involvement at the moment could be on his terms."

"I know he would be a fantastic person to have around the club and help people in the art of goal-scoring and finishing - and just talking to the players."

"If he cannot be there on Saturday because he has television work then he can't even think of himself as a No.2."

"But I will probably say: 'I am here now, do you see any role for yourself?' that would be the sensible approach but Alan and I need to have that conversation."

Shearer as manager

Keegan went on to discuss whether he sees the potential appointment of Shearer as a way of grooming the 37-year-old for the manager's job on Tyneside.

"People talk about Alan being my successor and if you ask the Geordie public they will say yes to that," he continued.

"I had a conversation with Alan about management and the manager's job at Newcastle. I said to him, 'It will come for you one day, you don't have to go looking for it'."