My name is Jesse Zamudio and I live the Los Angeles area. I've long been a casual football fan but after attending three World Cup matches in Germany last June I've been hopelessly hooked.

While following the Premiership I never had my own team and I had to fill that void. Why Newcastle? A while back my old man mentioned he'd met Solano (a fellow Peruvian) and the two got along really well. They stay in loose contact through mutual friends in the football world and I've been lucky enough to have received a match-worn jersey and an invite to St. James Park. Well, that was enough for me to join the Toon Army!

Ironically, I'm an 'American' Football coach and get abuse from my players for wearing soccer jerseys to some of our practices!

Jesse Zamudio, CA