Newcastle United defender Mike Williamson has thanked fans for their support on the weekend.

The defender says there was relief that the atmosphere against Hull City was a positive one.

Williamson told the Evening Chronicle: "It was a tough afternoon, to go two-nil down when there was a lot of expectation was tough but we showed our character, resilience and what it meant to the lads to come back.

"I think people will make their own minds up about this squad but I think we showed the togetherness which exists within the squad to get a result.

"We wanted to be positive against Hull and I think we were. We had 21 shots and they had four on target so it was frustrating but we were unlucky not to get three points.

"The majority of the fans were fantastic on Saturday, there was alot of speculation about certain things but the fans got behind us in those first 20 minutes and it helped a lot.

"It's hard to say things like that don't affect you at all, it does bring a lot of pressure. The expectation of the atmosphere was worse than what it actually was because I think a lot of fans showed their true colours and got behind us.

"It was nice to see."