NUFC Blog.

Venue: St James’ Park, Newcastle. Date: Sun 19th May, 2013. Kick off: 4.00pm. Referee: Howard Webb (Sheffield). UK TV: Sky Sports 1. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our final match banter of the season! Of course, this game sees us facing Arsenal at St James’ Park. Thankfully, it will not be a do or [...]

Venue: Loftus Road, London. Date: Sun 12th May, 2013. Kick off: 3.00pm. Referee: Lee Probert (Wilts). UK TV: None. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our penultimate “match banter” for the season. This time of course, the Magpies face Queens Park Rangers and with Alan Pardew once again seemingly unable to find a win for [...]

Venue: The Boleyn Ground, London. Date: Sat 4th May, 2013. Kick off: 3.00pm. Referee: Phil Dowd. UK TV: None. Well it’s all starting to come to the boil now, with Newcastle United still uncertain of their future in the Premier League next season. For the second time since Derek Llambias became Managing Director in June, [...]

Venue: St James’ Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. Date: Sat 27th April, 2013. Kick off: 5.30pm. Referee: Andre Marriner (W. Mids). UK TV: ESPN. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our “match banter” piece for this afternoon’s late kick off at St James’ Park, which sees Newcastle United taking on Liverpool in a bid to finally [...]

Venue: The Hawthorns, West Bromwich. Date: Sat 20th April, 2013. Kick off: 3.00pm. Referee: Mike Jones. UK TV: None. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our “match banter” feature for this afternoon’s game against West Bromwich Albion. Though we are sitting in 13th going into the game and we won’t be relegated if we lose, [...]

Venue: St James’ Park, Newcastle. Date: Sun 14th April, 2013. Kick off: 12.00. Referee: Howard Webb. UK TV: Sky Sports. Well it’s that time again, the time when we simply must beat the Mackems, especially so as it’s our home soil that will be sullied by the visiting vagrants of Wearside, and of course their [...]

Venue: St James’ Park, Newcastle. Date: Thurs 11th April, 2013. Kick off: 8.05pm. Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia). UK TV: ITV 4. Hello, good evening and welcome to our “match banter” feature for this evening’s Europa League second leg against Benfica. As you probably know, the Magpies were soundly beaten 3-1 in the first leg at [...]

Venue: St James’ Park, Newcastle. Date: Sun 7th April, 2013. Kick off: 3.00pm. Referee: Kevin Friend (Leics). UK TV: None. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to the NUFC Blog “match banter” feature for this afternoon’s vital home game against the Cottagers of Fulham. With only seven games of the season to go, Newcastle United are [...]

Venue: Estadio da Luz, Lisbon. Date: Thurs 4th April, 2013. Kick off: 8.05pm. Referee: Antony Gautier (France). UK TV: ITV 4. Hello, good evening and welcome to our “match banter” for this evening’s Europa League clash against Benfica from the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. Before I proceed further, you might also be interested in [...]

Venue: City of Manchester Stadium. Date: Sat 30th March, 2013. Kick off: 3.00pm. Referee: Neil Swarbrick (Lancs.). UK TV: None. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our “match banter” feature for today’s game against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium. Of course, this should be a tough one. Going on previous results, if [...]