John Terry launches a ball upfield for Branislav Ivanovic, who takes a touch to control the ball on the right of the area and hooks it into the box. There's only Fabricio Coloccini there, though, and he knocks the ball to Rob Elliot in the Newcastle goal. Pretty cagey opening.

Off we go then. Can Newcastle end Chelsea's unbeaten run at 23 games? Time to find out.

Former Wales international John Hartson
BBC Radio 5 live at St James' Park

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"I don't know whether I should laugh at the Jose Mourinho interview or if it is bordering on being quite rude. I don't buy into the fact the Chelsea players don't know they could make history today. Who is he trying to kid? He is a great manager but he can sometimes be a bit arrogant and he alienates himself from the people who want to listen to what he has to say.

"Chelsea are flying high at the top of the table but Newcastle have been on a good run. It should make for a great game today."

Newcastle and Chelsea players are currently having a mixed team photo, with all 22 players posing together with the match officials. That will be the same for all the matches taking place this weekend, with the pictures uploaded to a special website., external

It is all part of Football Remembers - a series of programmes and events being delivered jointly by the Premier League, The FA and the Football League, in partnership with the British Council, to commemorate the First World War.

This year, most of the activity centres on one of the most iconic moments of the First World War, the 1914 Christmas Truce football match.

Over the course of 'Football Remembers' week, fans, teams and schools are being asked to upload their own pre-match pictures to this website, external via social media by using #FootballRemembers., external

Out stroll the players on to the pitch. Credit to them, it is cold but the majority have opted not to go for long shirt sleeves and gloves combination except for Diego Costa, who has matching blue Chelsea gloves on.

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew tells BT Sport: "I'm pleased today as our captain Fabricio Coloccini is back. Two guys who were suspended in midweek also return and we are a lot stronger today.

"Ayoze Perez gives us something different up front to Papiss Cisse which I hope will be a problem for Chelsea. The most important thing is to keep ourselves in check as if you over expose against Chelsea they will punish you."

Busy day of action in Scotland, with Celtic at Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership's early game, that one kicking off at 12:45 GMT.

Follow all the action on our Scottish live text.

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If things had worked out differently over a decade ago, Newcastle fans could well have been cheering Jose Mourinho's name this afternoon.

Bobby Robson, Newcastle boss from 1999-2004, wanted Mourinho as his assistant back in 2000, with the aim of him eventually taking over as manager.

"Since Bobby suspected I wouldn't accept it, he told me it would only be for a year, two tops, and that at the end of that time I would be head coach and he club manager," Mourinho wrote in his biography. "But I didn't take him up on his offer, knowing sooner or later, my time would come."

James Lindsay: Nemanja Matic will be a big loss. Have a feeling the unbeaten run will end for us today...

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho tells BT Sport: "We never speak about the ones who don't play. Nemanja Matic (who is suspended) is a super player but we trust John Mikel Obi.

"I think it is the impossible mission (to go through the season unbeaten). We want to be champions. Being unbeatable is impossible."

Former Wales international John Hartson
BBC Radio 5 live at St James' Park

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"Chelsea players out for their warm up! Another great stadium this one St James' Park."

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Chelsea can extend their unbeaten run to a club record 24 games if they avoid defeat at Newcastle today.

As it stands, they have not lost a competitive match in 219 days. Apparently, you could travel the 40 million miles or so to Mars in that time, as well as grow the perfect apple.

Those are just a couple of things BBC Newsbeat has found you could do in the time since Chelsea last lost. Read more on the Newsbeat website.

Jordan King:, external Got a bad feeling about Chelsea today. Pretty poor recent record away at Newcastle and the motionless Mikel instead of Matic.

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Former Wrexham manager and Wales international Dean Saunders: "I was manager at Wrexham for four years and we were so frustrated we couldn't get back into the Football League. When you come here and look at the stadium you realise they shouldn't be in the league they are in. This is big game for Wrexham - the finances involved will help them get out the league."

You can watch that game live on BBC Two Wales.

We've been treated to a decent sprinkling of FA Cup magic already this season with Warrington beating Exeter in front of BBC cameras in the first round and Blyth Spartans doing the same last night as they defeated Hartlepool 2-1.

There are nine FA Cup fixtures today, with Wrexham v Maidstone live on BBC Two Wales and online at 17:30 GMT. You can follow all the action from all the games right now with dedicated coverage in our very own FA Cup live text.

Guy Mowbray
BBC Match of the Day commentator

"Just how do Newcastle go about trying to halt the Chelsea charge?

"Sunderland's 'contain and counter' approach worked a week ago, but there's something in the Newcastle DNA that says they can't play that way - even if most supporters would gladly take a draw now.

"Chelsea make a quick return to the North East on the brink of two club records. Avoiding defeat would mean new bests of 15 league games unbeaten from a season's start, and 24 competitive matches without losing any.

"Looking from the outside, a home win looks the most unlikely of the three possible outcomes, but there are some Chelsea fans viewing the game with a minor degree of trepidation."

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Going back to Jose Mourinho's earlier comments [12:06 GMT], they are reminiscent of the time when former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson suggested back in the 1995-96 season that other teams might not try as hard against Newcastle as against his side.

That prompted a famous rant in response from then Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan, who said: "I'd love it if we beat them. Love it."

Alan Pardew was considerably calmer in his response, telling BT Sport: "Jose Mourinho never says anything with a reason. I'm guessing he is trying to rile us up and hope we will love our discipline, but I don't think that will happen today."

Dan Walker
BBC Sport

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"We shall be recreating a famous FA Cup goal from here today. Any ideas?"

Find out by tuning into Football Focus on BBC One and online now.

As is now usual on a Saturday morning we have been working with The Danny Baker Show on BBC Radio 5 live, and today we'd like you to send in your stories, external about family football memorabilia you have - please include a photo if you can.

Will, Southampton: I remember the last game at the Dell. Jubilant scenes followed Matt Le Tissier's late, wondrous winner as we defeated an impressive Arsenal side 3-2. Predictably there was a pitch invasion and I made a beeline straight for the dugout. Another supporter had arrived first and crudely stowed the extra-time minute indicator up his shirt. He sheepishly escaped from the ground but was eventually accosted by security outside. He was standing in the parking lot, holding the board aloft and playing with its functions!

T, Oxford: I've got the ball from Oxford United's 1986 Milk Cup semi-final v Aston Villa, signed by both teams. Oxford beat QPR in the final.

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Prudhoe Flames: The Flames this morning against Throckley participating in a mixed photo for #FootballRemembers. Nice one.

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Everton: Everton U18s v Manchester City, Finch Farm, Barclays U18 Premier League, 6 December 2014.

The website, external shall act as a moment of record of football in 2014, a century on from of the most iconic moments of World War I, the 1914 Christmas Truce football match, and will be preserved for future generations in the digital archives of the British Library.