Ronny Johnsen Comments On His Toon Debut

By Matthew Jones
October 29 2004

Norwegian defender Ronny Johnsen was delighted to make his Newcastle United debut this week. Johnsen played on Wednesday night as the Magpies' defeated Norwich 2-1 in the Carling Cup at st James' Park.

Johnsen, who had not played a game since May 27th, said:

"It's always nice to get the first match under your belt.

"My last game was on May 27 and it was nice to be back.

"I've been looking forward to going out at St James' Park. I enjoyed it.

"The fitness coach, Paul Winsper, has been brilliant and hopefully I can keep it up. We haven't been playing too much together, but I think we were OK.

"As a player you try to work as hard as you can and then it's up to the manager. The team has done well over the last month or so and that's very good for us."