Joey Barton started the process of repaying Newcastle for their faith in him by helping to fire them to a first Barclays Premier League victory in eight games by beating West Brom 2-1.
The 26-year-old midfielder, making his first start for the club since being released from jail, converted a ninth-minute penalty to set the Magpies on their way to only their second league win of the season and manager Joe Kinnear's first.
Barton, who was pelted with coins and bottles as he warmed up during the derby defeat at Sunderland on Saturday, started the healing process, but it was ultimately Obafemi Martins' 42nd-minute header that won the day and lifted his side out of the relegation zone.
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