The view from Newcastle... by Sam Fender drummer Drew Michael

With debut album Hypersonic Missiles just released, Drew (@dru_michael) took time out from life on the tour bus to talk all things Toon on behalf of the band...

Born and raised in the area surrounding St. James' Park, was it inevitable that you would become a Newcastle United fan?

I was actually born less than a mile away from St. James' Park so I'm actually a proper Geordie. No messing around there. My first outfit was a Toon strip.

Which Magpies player did you pretend to be when playing in the parks of North Shields as a kid?

Laurent Robert, left wing. But I always used to sky the ball over the fence.

And which of the current crop would you now put on the back of your replica shirt and why?

Andy…