Newcastle United supporters could not quite believe it.
"How bad must you be?" they boomed at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. "We're winning away!"
This 4-1 rout against Everton had been a long time coming for the visitors.
Geordies had travelled to Aston Villa (twice), Brighton (twice), Arsenal, Leeds, Bournemouth, West Ham and Brentford in the past seven months and failed to see their side pick up a single victory.
There were occasions when Howe and his players almost sheepishly made their way over to applaud the away end at full-time, not least after bruising defeats at the Gtech Community Stadium and the London Stadium earlier this month.