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Newcastle United’s current 4th place position is very pleasing, if a little unexpected. But how does this bode for the rest of the season? We’re 4th in the Premier League and we can afford some optimism about that, although I think that should be guarded optimism as I suspect the only way from here is [...]

After reading what I classed as quite hostile comments from Oliver Holt regarding Stevie Taylor’s antics trying to distract Paddy Kenny the thought crossed my mind, why is NUFC always a target for the media, and football fans in general? Are we deserving of the abuse we get? Is the problem created by the Toon [...]

With recent accusations of Alan Pardew’s alleged long ball tactics, I wanted to ask the question: do Newcastle United play the long-ball game and does it matter? After England’s 1-1 draw against the United States in the 2010 World Cup Franz Beckenbauer had this to say: “What I saw from the English in their 1-1 [...]

Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley appears to be fed up with the abuse he gets from some of the fans. So fed up in fact that he implies the abuse must stop or he will not do the right thing by the club. No doubt you’ve all seen the questions The Chronicle put to the [...]

Has Mike Ashley reduced Newcastle United’s debt? Hmmm. Well, it has been several months since Newcastle United published their last set of audited accounts at Companies House (March 2011), and that was for 2009/10. However, at that time it did appear as if the debt had actually risen somewhat, though it is hard to deny [...]

Yesterday evening I attended a fan meeting at The Irish Bar. It was a bit weird being in the Irish with 20-20 vision but once I got used to sobriety, we began discussing the items on the agenda. In that meeting were some of the online elite of Newcastle United fan reporters. Malcolm Dix, shiteseats, [...]

As published in today’s ‘People‘ newspaper, this is a photo of Newcastle United’s proud and dignified owner, Mike Ashley, doing a striptease and flagellating himself to Tom Jones’s “You can leave your hat on” from the soundtrack of “The Full Monty” film. According to the newspaper, Ashley was pictured at a birthday celebration for a [...]

Newcastle United names a 21-man squad for official notification to the Premier League. Newcastle United have named a 21-man ‘official’ squad for the season, as required by the Premier League. Rules state that up to 17 of the squad can be anybody (although preferably a footballer), whilst the remainder – up to a maximum of [...]

I’ve spent much of the morning nursing a hangover after yesterday’s debacle, and trying to organise my thoughts and come to some decision on what on Earth happened in the past few months. Like all of you, I’m racked with disappointment, anger, frustration but most of all betrayal. We pay our hard earned cash for [...]

As the post mortem on Newcastle United’s transfer window continues amongst fans, with Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias failing in their attempt to fulfill Alan Pardew’s bold prophecy of a new striker at St James’, comes the unwelcome news that the FA will be charging Pardew for making inappropriate comments about about referee, Howard Webb, [...]