Joey Barton feared a visit to SJP when he was a player with Man City, and he wants to see "52,000 Geordies roaring their team on".

Barton: "We have to make this place a fortress. When the crowd come in their thousands, like they do every week, they become very vocal and this is an intimidating place to play.

"I've played here with Manchester City and this is not a nice place to come when you've got 52,000 Geordies roaring their team on.

"If they can guarantee us that, we can guarantee we'll put that extra effort in.