OWEN Coyle felt his Blackburn Rovers side were good value for their 1-0 win at Newcastle United which moved them out of the Championship dropzone.

Charlie Mulgrew popped up with the winner, and his first for Blackburn Rovers, 15 minutes from time as the visitors shocked the league leaders who were chasing a club record 10th consecutive win.

Danny Graham and Marvin Emnes also had chances for Rovers, while Jason Steele was rarely tested as the visitors made it back-to-back wins to go 20th.

And the manager said: “We certainly believed at our club that we could get that result. Probably not many people outside of Blackburn Rovers thought that way.

“To do that we had to be tuned up to what we had asked of the players and be brave to the pressure that Newcastle United put us under which came about a bit in the second half.

“But  I’ve got to say we dictated the first-half, could have been in front, their keeper made a wonderful save from Danny Graham’s header and we had a few other opportunities.

“We scored a very good goal through Charlie Mulgrew, a lovely bit of movement, but we looked a threat all day.

“Newcastle ramped it up late on, but I think Jason Steele only had one save to make and that was from Ciaran Clark from the second phase of a corner.

“Other than that, Steeley hardly had a save to make.  They put plenty of balls in to the box but the back lads stood up to everything that was asked of them.

“As well as that, we looked bright on the counter-attack and the great thing today was that we had all of our strikers fit.

“Sam Gallagher took a whack in the first-half and Emnes came on and could have scored two goals himself.

“It was a wonderful all-round display.

“Sometimes you come to big stadiums like this, against a team who I have no doubts will win the league, you can ride your luck, your keeper makes some great saves and they hit the woodwork etc, but nothing could be further from the truth.

“We have earned and deserved those three points.”

The game was played in front of 52,000, with a sell-out Rovers travelling contingent of 1,600 who backed their side from the first whistle to the last.

And Coyle added: “We worthy winners and fully deserving of the three points.

“We were backed by 1,500 fans and it sounded like 15,000.

“From the first whistle to the last they gave us unbelievable support and we want that every week.

“We understand that we have to do our part, which is to play well and give those supporters something to shout about.

“But when you bring it together as we did today, that’s what helps you grow as a club.

“I said to the players before the game, when I played I loved going to going and playing in front of a big arena.

“They (Newcastle) have a team full of internationals, they paid £70million or £80million in transfer fees, and that’s what we did.

“They ran their hearts out, as they do every week and I have no worries about that, but there was quality to their play as well which was good to see.”