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Brighton draw in pictures
Newcastle's final game of 2017 ended with the spoils shared between the Magpies and Brighton & Hove Albion.
And while the game won't live long in the memory, it brought the curtain down on a year in which Rafa Benítez's side lifted the Sky Bet Championship and won promotion back to the Premier League.
Serena Taylor brought nufc.co.uk this gallery.
Dwight Gayle was all smiles as he arrived at St. James' Park
Rafa Benítez
Former Newcastle boss Chris Hughton was back on Tyneside with his Brighton team
Isaac Hayden surges up the right wing
Gayle gets in a cross
Joselu and Bruno jostle for the ball
Hughton gestures from the sidelines
Gayle fires in a shot
United deal with some Brighton pressure
Paul Dummett clears his lines
Mikel Merino looks to build an attack
Christian Atsu on the run
Karl Darlow kept a clean sheet on his return to the side
Joselu holds the ball up for his team
Merino is taken down just outside the box
Ayoze Pérez was on target against the Seagulls last season
Even Benítez gets a touch as Jacob Murphy waits to enter the fray
DeAndre Yedlin passes the ball
Jamaal Lascelles heads the ball clear
Gayle gets in a header...
... but Brighton goalkeeper Mat Ryan makes a great save
Lascelles wins another header