SUPERFAN Helen McCendrick Crute is the grand old lady of British football after supporting her team, Newcastle United, for 86 years.
The 90-year-old member of the Toon Army is a season ticket holder at St James' Park and rarely misses a Magpies game.
She remembers watching her first match back in 1915, as a little girl clutching her grandfather's hand.
And after more than seven decades as a supporter, she still watches matches from her seat in the East Stand.
She said: "I have had great pleasure from football in my life, and I still love to go and watch Newcastle United play.
"It is so much a part of my life that I cannot imagine ever not going to St James' Park."
The club, though, is in her blood, because she is the granddaughter of one of its founders and former chairmen, George Taylor Milne.
She said: "My only hope is that I can continue to watch Newcastle United for a few more years yet and support them as long as I can."
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