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Papiss Cisse is the Newcastle United number 9 who tries to make dreams come true on AND off field for the Toon Army.

The Toon star may well be waiting to get off the mark and fire up his goal account for the new season but Cisse was happy to open the doors to his home for a group of lucky supporters to offer them a once-in-a-lifetime experience to spend an evening at his luxury home in Ponteland.

And for lucky fans David and Emily Jones, Ben Newby, Josh Wardle, Liam Cain and Cory Davison, and Sam and Jack Livingstone it was a night they will never forget as Cisse stoked up his barbecue, presented them with signed Toon shirts, held a pool competition, played FIFA and even passed on a few shooting tips as his guests enjoyed a kickabout in his back garden!

For the supporters who chant his name week in, week out it was unprecedented access behind the scenes in the life of a Premier League footballer.

Usually fans are lucky to catch a glimpse of their heroes through a car window after training or grab a quick autograph.

But Cisse, who is renowned for laying on events for his fanbase, was happy to spend several hours chatting with them and offering them exclusive use of his Northumberland home. Indeed for them this was very much a real-life version of MTV’s Cribs as they are given the run of the house.

In it fans got a glimpse of some of the number 9’s most treasured possesions and played pool on his personalised table which has “Cisse” emblazoned across the middle.

An electric guitar lies in the corner too but Cisse admits he is still learning how to play the gift from a friend while an canvas-based print of his days in Germany reminds him of his days in the Bundesliga.

A giant screen also pipes through the latest version of FIFA which Cisse enjoys playing to relax after games on the luxury leather sofas which the United centre-forward uses to wind down. After granting the Chronicle access to his home he told fans: “I love to play FIFA, sometimes I play as myself and try to score some more goals!

“Playing pool also helps me to relax after games.”

Cisse’s state-of-the-art home offers more than just a games room with a range of luxury fixtures and fittings plus under floor heating, a spacious garden and a plush kitchen area with all mod con appliances and a granite work surface to prepare post-game meals.

In his kitchen there is a huge framed print of the Twitter sensation snap from South Shields-based fan Jonny Robson while Cisse has also made space for one of the Chronicle’s pictures of the Senegal international and his big pal Cheick Tiote. Speaking to fans at his home he said: “My favourite Newcastle player is Cheicky! He wants to win at everything. I like this picture.”

Supporters also quizzed Papiss on his favourite players of all time to which he replied: “Definitely Didier Drogba and Samuel Eto’o.” Cisse moved into his plush home shortly after his big money move from Bundesliga side Freiburg back in January 2012.

And he admits he has always felt at home on Tyneside, he told the Chronicle: “I’ve liked it here from day one. I feel very much at home.

“I like the area and the supporters and the city. For me now it is all about making them happy.”

But as much as Cisse loves it in the football city, he knows his responsibilities are all about scoring goals for the Magpies. Hence his love for spending time away from the bustling weekend party nights in Newcastle and opting to put his feet up after games.

Indeed, Cisse spends time with neighbours like Tiote and Moussa Sissoko talking and watching football on the huge plasma screen hanging from his living room wall.

He said: “I always prefer to be at home when I am not training or playing. I don’t want to be moving around. I prefer to be settled so I can prepare after training. For me I like to go home and chill or work out in my gym. I feel like I am living the normal life and I don’t want my life to be extravagant. I need to do what is required for me to do well for Newcastle.”

For his special guests, thought, the plasma screen at his home played an episode of Scooby Doo as local youngsters and their parents gathered for a special treat ahead of the new season.

Cisse, who jokes that watching cartoons is one of his other pastimes, explained the gathering of his fans and said: “I wanted to spend more time with my fans. They are very important to me. I have missed them over the summer so I wanted to see them again at the start of the season. It is a gift for them at the start of the season.” The African star has always had a good rapport with his fans and says he has always kept in touch with the fans he meets.

He said: “Yes. At the beginning I met Sam and Jack and Cory as well. They are all special to me. They have already wished me good luck for the new season so now I’m going to try to make them happy. They like what I do on the pitch.”

Many Premier League footballers wouldn’t dream of extending such hospitality to young fans with some football observers feeling that some top flight players have lost touch with those who adore them from the terraces.

It is a theory that can’t be levelled at Cisse. He said: “For me it is an obligation, a duty if you like. To me when I pull on the shirt it is for the fans.

“When I first came here I didn’t realise so many kids and so many fans would feel the way they do about me.

“Now my duty is to make them happy for as long as I can do it.”

Cisse's incredible rapport with the Toon Army