Newcastle United Blog.

Venue: St James’Park, NE1 Date: 5th February 2012 Kick Off: 1.30pm Referee: Mark Halsey I never used to bother much about Aston Villa. They were just one of those “middle of the road” clubs who chug along season after season with reasonable-sized crowds but nothing particular to shout about. I got a bit annoyed at [...]

Venue: Villa Park, Birmingham Kick off: Saturday, 17th Sept, 3pm Referee: Neil Swarbrick Well if stats are anything to go by, our forthcoming away clash with the Villans, the result could well be another 0-0 like the QPR match. Of course though, there’s been many a time in the past when people like myself written [...]

Welcome to the fourth in my small series of ‘blogs looking at Newcastle United’s new signings in the latest transfer window. In this episode, I will be looking at former West Ham and 1899 Hoffenheim player, Demba Ba. I was going to write that this is the final of my little series, but like many [...]

It’s been a turbulent 12 months for Newcastle United, but after a season in the second tier we can now once again, ahem, look forward to the regular visits of Manchester United, Chelsea and all the rest. It took some luck, some balls of steel, a bit of skill and many more factors to click [...]

It looks like our former right-back, Habib Beye, will be moving on from Aston Villa this summer. The Senegalese defender joined Aston Villa in the aftermath of relegation with the player saying that he had to move to save his career. He has made six appearances since his departure from Tyneside, with most of them [...]

Jermaine Beckford looks to have blown his chances of playing Premier League football at St James’ Park next season as boss Chris Hughton pursues other targets in his quest to strengthen the squad during the summer Beckford was the subject of quite intense interest from Newcastle back in January and was the target of a [...]

Rumours will no doubt have reached most Newcastle supporters that Habib Beye is reportedly unhappy with his time in the Midlands. Part of the villainous collective that saw us relegated last season, Beye became an official Villain when Martin O’Neill took him to Aston Villa in the summer in a £2.5m deal. Arguably one of [...]

As you’re probably aware, Newcastle United’s Boxing day trip to Sheffield Wednesday will mark our 23rd league game of the season, marking the half-way point in what is turning out to be a fantastic season so far! This article takes a look at some of the happenings since the season began way back on the [...]

Last weeks competition to find a new nickname for treasured site member, ‘Beye the Great’ is still on, and all indications are that the prize is still up for grabs. The deadline for this competition is 7pm tomorrow (Wednesday 18th August), and the winner will be announced the day after (Thursday 19th August) The grand [...]

Much valued NUFC Blog member, ‘Beye the Great’, has a bit of a problem. Now that his favourite player has buggered off to Birmingham, he needs a new nickname. Can YOU think of one for him? Leave your suggestions in the comments section, and you can win one of a selection of Newcastle United books [...]