Sir Bobby Robson was like a father to me at Newcastle - I repaid his faith vs Bayer Leverkusen

Lomana Lualua of Newcastle United celebrates scoring their third goal against Bayer Leverkusen

As Newcastle United prepare to face Bayer Leverkusen in Germany this evening, it is difficult not to hark back towards memories of their previous Champions League visit to the BayArena back in 2003.

February 18 marked Sir Bobby Robson's 70th birthday and the Magpies manager was desperate to find the three points that would kickstart Newcastle's second group stage campaign the day after.

Having recovered from losing their first three matches in the first group stage to qualify in second place in a group that contained Juventus, Feyenoord and Dynamo Kyiv, United had lost to both Inter Milan and Barcelona in the first two games of their second group stage campaign and knew they had to beat Le