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Last season seems like a dim and distant memory now. Things like a sixteenth placed finish, Alan Pardew’s abysmal tactics and even more abysmal excuses have all been completely forgotten. Forthcoming delights such as the arrival of Wonga and all the opprobrium that will bring have been completely forgotten too, all because of a few [...]

Below are a series of tables showing the profits and losses (mostly profits) made by Mike Ashley in player trading since he assumed control of the club early in the 2007-8 season. Firstly, they are broken down season by season from 2007-8. However, it should be noted the major transfers into the club in his [...]

Goal.com’s French football correspondent Robin Bairner has been tweeting that French sports channel “L’Equipe 21″ are reporting that Yohan Cabaye has actually passed at medical at moneybags Monaco. The first if his tweets on the matter said: “Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye has passed a medical with Monaco, according to L’Equipe 21′s evening edition.” Which was [...]

I thought that this one was done a long time ago. However, rumours have (re)surfaced that despite receiving an absurd fee of £35 million for Andy Carroll when he was sold to Liverpool in January 2011, Newcastle United would still be due to receive 25% of the agreed £15 million fee if he completes a [...]

As Newcastle United’s next Europa League opponents are the Portuguese footballing aristocrats of Benfica, I have been inspired to write a two part guide to the club. In this first part, I will taking a brief look at the history of the club, as well as taking a look at the links between Benfica, Newcastle [...]

It seems a lifetime since signings like Michael Owen and Mark Viduka wore the black and white. Declining, injury prone and nearly always overpriced; these marquee players from the Shepherd era were one of the main reasons we were relegated  at the beginning of Ashley’s reign. On massive wages and having already achieved something notable [...]

Many of you out there will know by about the signing of versatile 23 year old Montpellier defender, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, confirmed this evening on the Newcastle United’s official website. You have probably heard about the allegedly imminent arrival of 20 year old Nancy full back Massadio Haïdara too. The other one which has been slightly [...]

The President of Olympique Marseilles, Vincent Labrune, has reported that the club have now reached an an agreement on a fee with Newcastle United for Loic Remy, and that the 26 tear old Marseilles forward is now free to discuss personal terms with the club. Speaking to French Radio Station RMC, he admitted: “We have [...]

Alright, I’m “FarmerG” and this is my NUFCBlog debut post. I’m going to start with a biggy; so big in fact that I’m going to split it up into bite size chunks for your digestion. Basically, this series of blogs will investigate NUFC head honcho Alan Scott Pardew’s role at the club, delving deep into the important issues surrounding the clubs [...]

Venue: St James’ Park, Newcastle. Date: Weds 2nd January, 2013. Kick off: 8.00pm. Referee: Martin Atkinson (Yorks). UK TV: Sky Sports. Hello, good evening and welcome to our “match banter” for this evening’s game against Everton at St James’ Park. Of course, this will be our first game of 2013, and the last of what [...]