The 200% Pre-Season Previews: Newcastle United
It’s easy to forget, when the news is throwing stories at us at such a high velocity as they do these days, that this time two years ago that Newcastle...
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Match Of The Past: Newcastle United
It is now forty-three years since Newcastle United last won a major trophy, but last season saw Alan Pardew restore a little pride to the club with a fifth place...
Match Of The Week: Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United
If there was the slightest slither of doubt before, there probably isn’t any more. As much as some would like to wish it isn’t so, Manchester City glided to another...
Will The Real Mike Ashley Please Stand Up?
Timing, they say, is everything, and if there is anything to this, then Mike Ashley might just be considered a genius on a par with Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton....
Newcastle United’s Season Continues To Revive Mike Ashley’s Reputation
At St James Park this lunchtime, Newcastle United beat Everton by two goals to one and in doing so leap-frogged Manchester United – for a couple of hours, at least...
The Twohundredpercent Pre-Season Previews: Newcastle United
After the unwanted drama of the previous two years, the supporters of Newcastle United could easily have been forgiven for wanting a season of peace and quiet last season and,...
Gateshead, Newcastle United & The Cost Of Football
Non-league football is often marketed as a low cost alternative to the Premier League but, as Paul Eke writes, that might not always be as accurate as we might think....
(Enchanted) Forest Green and Vince charming
Plans for a new club crest are the latest in a series of changes for Conference survivors Forest Green Rovers. Once upon a time there was a little club on...
Newcastle Fans United For Plymouth Argyle
Just over a year ago, Plymouth Argyle played Newcastle United in the Championship at Home Park. It was an emotional night all round, as Newcastle were promoted but, at the...
Will This Summer Be The Time To Re-Evaluate Mike Ashley?
He has been the focus of the ire of Newcastle United supporters for much of the last three or four years, but Mark Brophy is wondering whether, with the team...
Match Of The Week: Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle United
A feeling of nervousness hangs heavy in the air at Villa Park this afternoon. The four teams below Aston Villa have already lost this weekend, but home supporters may already...
FA Cup Third Round Weekend 2: Stevenage 3-1 Newcastle United
It was in 1969, before man had walked upon the moon and before the introduction of colour television on BBC1 or ITV, that Newcastle United last won a major trophy....
2010: A Football Financial Review
You could frame it. If you wanted a short, pithy representation of all that has been wrong with football finance in 2010, you could do no better than quote a...
Alan Luvs Mike: Which Way Now For Newcastle United?
Five and a half years. Has any manager been given a contract that long before? No-one springs immediately to mind. Over the last couple of days, Newcastle United supporters have...
Both Chris Hughton And Newcastle United Supporters Deserve Better Than Mike Ashley
In this case, to say the very least, you can’t spell “dismissal” without the word “dismal”. The sacking of Chris Hughton from the Newcastle United manager’s job is not the...
Just Leave Chris Hughton Alone
There wasn’t a great deal of positive gloss that could be put upon Newcastle United’s thumping at the hands of Arsenal in the League Cup on Wednesday night. Comprehensively outplayed...
Match Of The Week: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Newcastle United
Of all the cod-psychological theories that envelop the Premier League, the theory of Second Season Syndrome is one of those that has the most meat on it. It runs something...
Newcastle’s Management Sticks Its Head Above The Parapets
Newcastle United go into this afternoon's Tyne-Tees derby match at Middlesbrough in reasonably rude health on the pitch, but this has meant that the club's management has started to make...
Mark Bright: Football Co-Commentator & All-Round Sage
Mark Murphy got a bee in his bonnet whilst watching the Sunday afternoon match between Newcastle United & Middlesbrough, and it came in the form of co-commentator Mark Bright. In...
Mike Ashley Must Really Hate Newcastle United
We reported on the likely sale of the naming rights to St James Park on here last week, and Newcastle United delivered the punchline this week. Wait for it... until...