Steve Bruce believes that the days of full houses at St James' Park will return once Newcastle United are back to winning ways.

The Magpies attracted a crowd that turned out to be lower than the attendance on what was supposed to be a designated boycott against Arsenal on the opening day with just 44,157 turning out against Watford .

This was the lowest crowd since 2012 when 43,858 clicked through the turnstiles for a 3-0 win over Wigan.

When asked about the low crowd figure, Bruce said: "Look, all I can do is try to get on with my job.

"We can never take for granted the support this great club has got.

"All I can do is just hopefully going onwards and upwards with the team and the supporters, I'm sure they'll be back when we win a few games."

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United check out for the international break with four points bagged from a possible 12 matches.

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Bruce said: "Listen, in there has been Tottenham and Arsenal, so I have got to be reasonably pleased. I'm delighted with the response from Norwich.

"There's been a lot said and a lot done.

"We've had three difficult games in a week and didn't lose any of them, really in real terms, so I've got to be pleased with that."

United lifted themselves out of the relegation zone and into 14th place on Saturday night.

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Bruce quipped: "What are we? One point behind Chelsea and one point behind Manchester United or something, is it?

"There you go, it hasn't been such a bad start after all."