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.
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)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)
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)

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

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.

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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.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.
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: