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January. Possibly the most disappointing month of the year. Christmas is over, you are back to work and still wondering what happened on New Years Eve and where you are going to find the money to pay for all the presents, booze and food you went through during the festive period. January 2011 turned started [...]

As a prelude to the morra’s clash with Tottenham, here’s one of the highlights of the Keegan “Entertainers” era involving both teams. This magificent drubbing actually came after something of a barren spell for Kevin Keegan’s squad, and also after the disappointment of “that” season when we almost cracked it, and Keegan cracked up under [...]

The next stop in our look at some of Newcastle greatest matches of recent history takes us to Anfield for a game that will be remembered not only by both sets of fans, but by neutral fans all over the place. It is still to this day widely regarded as one of the best matches [...]

On Tuesday, the Guardian’s Chris Arnot and Chelsea’s ‘Head of Corporate Responsibilty’, Simon Taylor (no relation to the Guardian’s well known Newcastle hater, Louise Taylor incidentally) suggested that there were racist protests at St James’s Park against the signing of Andy Cole in their story “Search for a British Asian football star kicks off“, something [...]

Part four of my look at some of the best games from the modern history of Newcastle United features a Champions League game from September 1997, just before Kenny Dalglish managed to sell off the last of the creative players we had, and yes that was a dig! It was a match that will live [...]

The year is 1996, the opposition was Manchester United, and after missing out on the title the previous season, Kevin Keegan and his team wanted to prove a point. That was of course a ten minute clip of one of our greatest memories in recent times. That score sent out a message to our rivals [...]

“The Hope of the North” and “The North v South Cup Final” Your browser does not support iframes. The first film introduces the Newcastle players taking part in the FA Cup final of 1932, and the second introduces their opponents from the Arsenal team. There are two more films, a longer one with coverage of [...]

Magic Magpie Memories II (FA Cup, 1952). F.A. Cup semi final replay – Newcastle V. Wolves. (2-1) 1951. Your browser does not support iframes. This match was played at Leeds Road, Huddersfield. It’s First blood to The Wolves with a goal from Walker. Then Newcastle strike back with goals from two of the usual suspects, [...]

Magic Magpie memories part I (1955 FA Cup) F.A. Cup 3rd Round – Newcastle V. Aston Villa. (4-2) 1952. Your browser does not support iframes. From St James’s Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. Aston Villa’s Dixon bags a brace as Aston Villa go 2-0 up, then the Geordie onslaught begins! The Newcastle United goals come courtesy [...]

It’s a simple question really. Out of the last two promoted Newcastle United sides, which one is better? Here I am going to try to dissect the two sides and, with your help, try to come up with an answer for that question. Are the romantic memories of the Keegan side that won promotion back [...]