He was with Darren Eales and several other NUFC folks at an Atlanta United watch party yesterday in Atlanta ahead of the friendly here.

He was just a supremely nice guy - chatted with my wife and me (she started following Newcastle when you got Almiron) for quite a while in a very low-key, unassuming way about his career. So I look up his career and feel like a complete idiot - second highest capped Republic of Ireland player ever, and in goal for Thierry Henry's infamous handball goal that took Ireland out of the WC. I literally screamed myself hoarse over that game, wearing an Ireland jersey. Americans smh, what can you do?

Hopefully we've been good hosts for your squad and staff. They're gems.