Newcastle 3
Butt 42 Emre 86 Owen 90
Everton 2
Johnson 53 Given 90(og)
Newcastle 3 Everton 2 October 07 2007
England striker Michael Owen came off the bench to inspire Newcastle to a hard-fought victory over Everton at St James' Park.
Just nine days after undergoing hernia surgery, Owen struck with a header in the final minute of the game after Emre had smashed home a long-range piledriver to seal a game the Magpies might have had wrapped up by half-time.
Nicky Butt had fired the home side in front three minutes before the break after seeing his team-mates pass up a series of opportunities, but Andrew Johnson came off the bench after the break and levelled within eight minutes.
Goalkeeper Shay Given's afternoon was ruined in injury-time when he could only help Mikel Arteta's deflected shot into his own net, but the bulk of a crowd of 50,152 went home happy with the late show they had witnessed.