Newcastle United defender Steven Taylor insists none of the players fear playing for the Toon Army.

Local lad Taylor is Geordie through-and-through.

Taylor told the Daily Mail: "I call us the fastest kamikaze ride you can find in the world. At the top it's the best feeling, unbelievable. Halfway down you think, 'what's going on here?' And as you hit that bottom bit, that's the worst you can feel.

"Newcastle is a football city, you can't hide away from it. Nobody has anything else to talk about apart from football.

"There are that many glory supporters down in London but they're diehard here. You see fans with their tops off when it's freezing cold, nipples like ice cubes.

"I'll tell you what, if anyone out-sings our fans I'll show my backside in Fenwick's window on Northumberland Street. It's impossible.

"We flippin' love it at Newcastle but we need to give them something to shout about. We need to give them back their mojo."