Newcastle midfielder Kevin Nolan has already switched his focus to winning the Championship title after securing promotion on Monday.

Having already been told they had returned to the Premier League before the match, the Magpies came from a goal behind to beat Sheffield United 2-1 at home with Nolan grabbing the winner.

Although he expressed his delight at gaining promotion, the 27-year-old stated that his side now want to ensure they finish the season on top of the league.

“To win the game after going 1-0 down – it was a bit of an anti-climax (after) us actually being up before the game,” he told Sky Sports 1.

“But you just have to look at this, what it means to these (fans) and what it means to the lads.

“We’ve gone through a tough ten months but we’re not finished yet, we’ve got five games left and we’re going to give it our all until the end of the season.

Main goal

“Not only do we want promotion, we want to go and win it (the title) now and that’s the main thing for us now.”

Nolan also paid tribute to the Newcastle fans for maintaining their strong attendances despite being down in the second tier.

He added: “Tonight, they way they’ve turned out and they’ve turned up all season – we can’t thank them enough.”

Goalkeeper Steve Harper also relished the Magpies’ promotion and echoed his team-mate’s sentiments about title glory.

Harper added: “A lot of questions were asked about everybody at this football club back in the summer and as a group of players and staff we’ve got together and achieved what we set out at the start of the season.

“We’ve got to go on and try and win the league but to get promoted with six games still to go is a massive achievement.”