West Ham United striker Andy Carroll has admitted that he feels "mixed emotions" about being on the winning side against his former club Newcastle United.

The 25-year-old, who began his career on Tyneside, started for the Hammers in Saturday's slender 1-0 win over the 10-man Magpies.

Sam Allardyce's side ended Newcastle's six-game unbeaten run, but Carroll has admitted that he still holds a fondness for the North-East outfit.

"Newcastle have had a great season and have been playing well, and they had been undefeated in a few games, so it is even better to beat them," The Chronicle quotes Carroll as saying.

"They are my old team so I have mixed emotions really, with my family, who I have just been in the box with, but we've got the three points so we're happy."

Carroll only recently returned to action after suffering an injury in pre-season.