STEVE HOWEY has become a viral video sensation after telling the story of when he was part of a Newcastle United side that fell 1-0 behind – despite not playing against anybody.

Howey was speaking to the Undr The Cosh podcast when he reminisced about an occasion when he was training with Newcastle under Ossie Ardiles.

There was no one on the other side of the pitch playing against them – yet Howey and his team-mates, who were struggling at the time, still found themselves one goal behind.

Howey said: “We had a training session under Ossie, it’s called shadow play. He picks his eleven that’s going to start on the Saturday or through the week.

“It’s your goalkeeper, a four (in defence), a four (in midfield) and a two (in attack) and you’ve got a full-sized pitch. You’re playing against nobody, get some goals, then come back and start again.

“So, Ossie has set us up, we’ve took the kick-off, passed it back to Lee Clark, Lee Clark’s passed it back to Kevin Scott, again we’re playing backwards and we should be playing forwards cos we aren’t playing against anybody.

“Kevin Scott gives it to Steve Watson, Steve Watson turns round and passes it back to Tommy Wright who’s in goal, but Tommy Wright was putting his gloves on in the back of the net, and the ball goes in the goal.

“We’re getting beat 1-0 and we ain’t playing any f****r. We were going through a really bad time at the time, and you could just see Ossie just rocking with his head in his hands.

“He’s going, ‘F***ing hell boys, we’re s**t man. We’re getting beat 1-0 and we ain’t playing anybody, that’s how bad it was.”