Where are they now? Every Newcastle United player who played a part in their famous 4-4 draw with Arsenal in 2011

Newcastle United v Arsenal is a fixture with a lot of Premier League history.

February 5, 2011, saw the greatest Premier League comeback of all time.

11 years ago today, Newcastle United came back from 4-0 down to draw 4-4 with Arsenal (Photo credit should read GRAHAM STUART/AFP via Getty Images)placeholder image
11 years ago today, Newcastle United came back from 4-0 down to draw 4-4 with Arsenal (Photo credit should read GRAHAM STUART/AFP via Getty Images)

After losing Andy Carroll to Liverpool on deadline day, being 4-0 down at half-time to Arsenal left a dark mood around St James’s Park. Arsenal were simply awesome to leave a shell shocked Newcastle trailing in their wake.

However, a remarkable second-half turnaround, sparked by a needless red card to Abou Diaby, was capped off by the late-Cheick Tiote with memories to last a lifetime for the 52,000 fans inside St James’s Park that day - well, the ones who didn’t leave the game early that is.

After retiring from the game in 2016, Harper has made a return to St James’s Park and is now Academy Manager at Newcastle United, a role he started in July last year.placeholder image
After retiring from the game in 2016, Harper has made a return to St James’s Park and is now Academy Manager at Newcastle United, a role he started in July last year.

Unbelievably it has been over 11 years since that day - so where are the players that featured for the Magpies that afternoon now?

Here, we take a look at how each player’s career looked after that day and, of course, remember the man who scored the equalising goal that afternoon:

Simpson was one of Newcastle’s most consistent players during his time on Tyneside. After leaving to join QPR in 2013, he then moved to Leicester where he had a very successful five year stint, winning the Premier League with the Foxes in 2016. He left Championship side Bristol City in March.placeholder image
Simpson was one of Newcastle’s most consistent players during his time on Tyneside. After leaving to join QPR in 2013, he then moved to Leicester where he had a very successful five year stint, winning the Premier League with the Foxes in 2016. He left Championship side Bristol City in March.
Williamson had spells at Wolves and Oxford United before moving back to the north east to play for Gateshead. After some off-field problems, ending in their demotion from the National League, Williamson became player-manager of the Tynesiders. Iron Mike led them to National League North glory earlier this month.placeholder image
Williamson had spells at Wolves and Oxford United before moving back to the north east to play for Gateshead. After some off-field problems, ending in their demotion from the National League, Williamson became player-manager of the Tynesiders. Iron Mike led them to National League North glory earlier this month.
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