Newcastle United can look forward to an FA Cup fourth-round tie at Birmingham City after what turned out to be a routine third-round victory over League Two Bromley.

While Andy Woodman's side shocked St James' Park by taking an early lead, the Magpies quickly resumed control and eased to a 3-1 victory thanks to goals from Lewis Miley, Anthony Gordon and Will Osula. It maintained United's winning run - now extended to eight games - ahead of two big Premier League games against Wolves and AFC Bournemouth.

There were some impressive performances from those in black-and-white, although some fringe players failed to impress against League Two opponents. As always, events at St James' Park were in the spotlight of the national media - here's how the reported United's progress.

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The Independant, Mark Douglas

This was a useful exercise for Eddie Howe and not just because his Newcastle United side survived an FA Cup scare unscathed.

Newcastle’s form has felt so imperious of late that the January transfer window has been almost forgotten on Tyneside. With every first-team piston firing, it has felt like there is little urgency around adding new energy to the Premier League’s most in-form squad.

But scratch beneath the surface – as Howe did against a very spirited Bromley – and there remains substantial room for improvement.

For every member of the supporting cast that saw their stock rise on Sunday (think Lewis Miley and the improving striker William Osula), there was another who looked like they might be reaching the end of the road in black and white, most notably Miguel Almiron.

The Guardian, Louise Taylor

During five years on Newcastle’s payroll Andy Woodman’s apparently endless supply of jokes prompted plenty of training ground laughter but club insiders knew better than to underestimate their goalkeeping coach.

That judgment was vindicated as, a decade after leaving Tyneside, Woodman returned in charge of Bromley. Ultimately, League Two’s 12th-placed team could not prevent their hosts from recording an eighth straight victory in all competitions but, for quite a while, Woodman’s meticulously organised players ­frustrated Eddie Howe’s Premier League high flyers. Although Newcastle’s manager did not panic when Cameron Congreve gave Bromley an early lead, it took the second half introduction of Anthony Gordon to raise the home tone on a day when Will Osula confounded the doubters by scoring his first goal in a Newcastle shirt.

The Telegraph, Thom Gibbs

It was not the procession promised by a 74-team gap between the clubs, but Newcastle made it eight successive wins with victory over Bromley in the FA Cup third round. Eddie Howe’s side eased away from their visitors in an improved second half to earn their place in the fourth round with Howe’s first FA Cup win at St James’ Park. It was rounded off by a first goal for William Osula, but it was the day of firsts for the League Two side that felt more significant.

By the final quarter of the game the gulf in class became clearer with every new gorgeous Guimaraes pass. The home fans were jubilant now, dreaming on multiple fronts with Newcastle the country’s form team. But no one from Bromley will forget their day on Tyneside.

The Times, Martin Hardy

Newcastle United recorded an eighth successive win and strolled into the fourth round of the FA Cup. What Eddie Howe would have given on December 7, after a 4-2 defeat away to Brentford, to know that was what the next five weeks of football would bring.

The extent to which Newcastle’s season has been transformed cannot be overstated: they are now fifth in the Premier League, 2-0 up at half-time in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup (with the second leg at home against Arsenal to come) and have coasted into the fourth round of a competition they have not won since 1955.

Statistically it allowed Howe to record his first win as Newcastle head coach at St James’ Park in the FA Cup. There had been one previous tie on home soil, near the start of a reign that is now in its fourth year, when Cambridge United, then of Sky Bet League One, won 1-0. Every tie before the visit of League Two Bromley had been away from home.