Newcastle’s new homegrown hero is a long standing Celtic fan!
Soccer Football - Premier League - Newcastle United v Manchester United - St James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - October 6, 2019 Newcastle United's Matthew Longstaff celebrates scoring their first goal with Andrew Carroll Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or "live" services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. Please contact your account representative for further details.
Yesterday afternoon Newcastle United fans discovered a new hero- today Celtic supporters discovered that the midfielders parents donned him in hoops at a very young age!
Mum and Dad Longstaff were at St James’ Park yesterday afternoon to see their family making a telling contribution to the 1-0 win over Manchester United with Matty marking his debut with the only goal of the game.
Big brother Sean was on hand to present his sibling with the Man of the Match award as they were interviewed live on Sky Sports.
Great picture of the Longstaff brothers, I particularly like Matty’s threads…
— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) October 7, 2019
Brilliant pic from our archives.
The two lads who woke up to back page headlines this morning…. pic.twitter.com/M21mauz6i8
— Mark Douglas (@MsiDouglas) October 7, 2019
After a difficult start to the season Steve Bruce decided after the 5-0 defeat away to Leicester that it was time for Matty to be given his EPL debut.
During the first half he saw a shot strike the bar but in the 72nd minute there was no hard luck tale when his shot from 20 yards out hit the back of the net.
Newcastle hung on to claim all three points with the after match story all about the Longstaff family with an early picture showing baby Matty wearing the most famous strip in football.