FA CUP PREVIEW: Newcastle vs Blackburn

By Toon Stig

Newcastle face Blackburn for the third time this season in the FA Cup this time, with a 3pm kick-off at St. James' Park.
Now The Magpies have their sponsor sorted, they will be donning Virgin Money on their shirts like they did against Man. Utd on Wednesday.
The updated shirts go on sale today (Friday 6th January) , only at NUFC Shops.

The last time these two teams faced off at St. James' Park was back in September with Newcastle winning 3-1 comfortably from a Demba Ba hatrick.

The Toon are without Key Duo Cheik Tiote and Demba Ba, who are off to the African Nations and could be out there until Mid February if their teams are a success. This puts Hatem Ben Arfa, Haris Vukic, Leon Best, Shola Ameobi and many others on alert to fill in the gaps.