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Newcastle thrashed 8-0 by A-League All Stars

Newcastle were thrashed 8-0 by the A-League All Stars in a post-season friendly in Melbourne.

Eddie Howe made wholesale changes to the team that beat Spurs on penalties on Wednesday and the youthful XI he picked were no match for a side made up of the top players from Australia and New Zealand's premier league.

Ben Old put the All Stars in front after five minutes and goals from Nicolas Milanovic and Adam Taggart made it 3-0 before half-time.

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos scored twice after the break before Jake Hollman, Jordan Courtney-Perkins and Bozhidar Kraev added to Newcastle's misery late on.