Graham was a "die-hard" Magpies fan in his youth and regularly went to St James' Park, now the Sports Direct Arena, to watch his idol Alan Shearer wear the famous black and white number nine shirt. The Gateshead-born 26-year-old, who looks set to return to the Swansea starting line-up in place of Leroy Lita, will have around 40 friends and family watching from the stands on Tyneside, most of whom will be cheering on the home side, but he will be looking to ensure that he will be the one smiling at the final whistle. The former Middlesbrough, Carlisle and Watford forward said: "It is nice to go home and play against the club I supported as a kid but I am going there wanting to win and score if selected and to put one over on my friends and family. "I was a die-hard fan as a youngster and I used to go every week with my family. Alan Shearer was my idol and I can remember the days when we were beating Barcelona with Faustino Asprilla scoring a hat-trick, but come Saturday that will all go out of the window. "From tomorrow I will be switching my phone off because my mates will be giving me stick. I've already had a bit earlier in the week and I want to be fully focused in the build-up to the game." Graham grabbed his fifth goal since his £3.5million club record move from Watford as a substitute in last weekend's 2-0 home win over Fulham and he admits a repeat at the home of his boyhood heroes would rank as one of the greatest moments in his career to date. "It would be right up there," he said. "Making your debut is obviously very special but to go to the team I supported and score the winner in front of my friends and family would be very special. "But I've said I don't want to know where my friends are sitting as I would end up doing something daft if I scored." Swansea's current 11th-placed slot in the Premier League table is largely down to their impressive home form, with just one defeat to champions Manchester United. But Brendan Rodgers' side have found things trickier on their travels, and, along with Blackburn, are one of only two sides in the top flight not to have registered a win on the road. Newcastle, meanwhile, are looking to turn around a recent run of three defeats in four games which has seen them drop out of the top four after an excellent start to the campaign. Many on Tyneside will see this game as a big chance for Alan Pardew's men to get back to winning ways, but Graham insists the Toon will be in for a shock if they take the Swans lightly. He said: "I've experienced that at Watford, we were written off before a ball was kicked last season, but we beat the likes of Cardiff and QPR, which was nice, and it drove us on. "We will obviously be the smaller club going there, they are a massive club and get 52,000 every week, but if they think it's going to be an easy game then let them think that. "It would be massive statement for us to win up there and perform. Our home form has been superb, we are very solid and create lots of chances, so to go up to there and put up on a performance would be massive and people may start to look at us as not such a small club." Graham is baffled as to why Swansea have not been able to replicate their impressive home form away from the Liberty Stadium, but believes that breaking their duck will lead to a string of good results. "If I had the answer to our away form I'd have the gaffer's job," he said. "We want to win every game, and once we get one I am sure we will go on a good run. "But we can't let it play on our minds, we need to concentrate on how we play and give a good account of ourselves."
