Newcastle United
Newcastle United

Newcastle XI: Elliot; Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett; Tiote, Colback, Sissoko, Wijnaldum; Ayoze Pérez y Mitrovic. Subs. Woodman, Lascelles, Haidara, Anita, Thauvin, De Jong, Cisse.

Norwich City
Norwich City

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Chris Bevan
BBC Sport

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The storm clouds currently hovering above St James' Park are not just down to the dodgy-looking weather in the north east. With only two points from their first four home games, this is Newcastle's worst start to a league season at home since the 1991-92 season - when they did not win here until the sixth attempt. 

It is fair to say the natives are already restless - they loudly booed the Magpies players when they lost at home to Watford in September.

Another defeat in their own back yard to a newly promoted team is likely to bring an even more vitriolic response but Norwich, with just one defeat in their last 16 away games in all competitions, are no pushovers.

Today we are asking: Who are the characters at your club?

That's Claude, an Arsenal fan. His videos online are a must watch...especially if the Gunners lose.

Let us know your suggestions on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external on the Match of the Day Facebook page, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts  

Today we are asking: Who are the characters at your club?

The kitman's happy...

Let us know your suggestions on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external on the Match of the Day Facebook page, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.    

There's full coverage of Newcastle against Norwich on BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra from 16:00 BST, with former Canaries striker Chris Sutton on summariser duty.

The 606 phone-in follows the match at 18:00 BST on BBC Radio 5 live, while you can watch all of the weekend's action on Match of the Day 2 on BBC One at 22:30 BST.(23:25 BST in Scotland)

Team news to follow in a few minutes...

Chris Bevan
BBC Sport at St James' Park

Lots of concerned Toon fans on my train to Newcastle - not just because their team are bottom of the league, but also because three Rugby World Cup matches have been played at St James' Park since the last Premier League game here last month. 

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It looked like it had cut up a lot when New Zealand played Tonga last weekend but Newcastle's deputy head groundsman Andrew Tully promised fans at the start of the week that it would be "looking fantastic" by the time Norwich came to town and, from what I can see without disobeying the sign, it is looking pretty good to me.  

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Today we are asking: Who are the characters at your club?

Let us know your suggestions on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external on the Match of the Day Facebook page, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.

Today we are asking: Who are the characters at your club?

Let us know your suggestions on Twitter using #bbcfootball, external on the Match of the Day Facebook page, external or text in on 81111 (UK only). Remember to put names on texts.    

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Manchester United skipper Wayne Rooney's performances this season have been questioned, having netted just once in the Premier League before their 3-0 win at Everton..

But he ended a drought of 11 months without an away goal in the league, while also netting against his former club in a stadium where he has failed to produce his best showings in the past.

The Mail on Sunday splashes on Rooney's reaction after that game.

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Manchester City's 5-1 win against Bournemouth leads the back page of the Mail on Sunday, with Raheem Sterling the main focus.

"Two weeks is a long time in football," starts the Mail's report on the game. , external

"Sterling, embarrassingly replaced at half-time when Manchester City last played before the international break a fortnight ago, redeemed himself in spectacular fashion with his first professional hat-trick at Etihad Stadium on Saturday."

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The Sunday Star reports that David Moyes wants the Aston Villa job.

"So far, Moyes has dismissed opportunities at West Ham, Newcastle and Sunderland," reports the newspaper., external

"But Villa would be a different proposition in Moyes’ eyes."

First though a quick look at what made the newspapers this morning...

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Newcastle will have a special guest in attendance today.

Kath Cassidy, 88, has stepped down as tea lady on match day after more than 50 years of service.

That got us thinking about the characters at your football club. From supporters, to staff, to players - tell us your stories from Sunday League to the Premier League.

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Talking about 'the Price of Football', Newcastle fans will have mixed feelings about the cost of supporting their club. 

They sell the cheapest match-day ticket, at £15, but their cheapest season ticket comes in at a cool £525. You can work out the cost of supporting your club here.

There hasn't been a great deal of quality on show for the Magpies either.

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Back then, 117 years ago, where match day admittance to St James’ Park was 6d (3p), and a season ticket in the “grandstand” would cost 25 shillings (£1.25), the Magpies had to wait 11 matches for a win but still survived.

The class of 2015 - rock bottom in the Premier League - would take a repeat of that, starting with a win at home to newly promoted Norwich this afternoon.

A first win of the campaign lifts them to within two points of safety but defeat and the task already begins to resemble climbing a mini Everest.

Live coverage here.

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Queen Victoria was on the throne, and the Marquis of Salisbury was Prime Minister.  

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Lewis Carroll - the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - had just passed away.  

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And Sunderland had just moved into Roker Park.  

Yes, you have to go back more than 100 years - to 1898 - for the last time Newcastle United were winless from their first eight league games.