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I think it’s fair to say that Newcastle have been blessed with great goalkeepers for quite some time now. Obviously it has been a position that hasn’t needed much attention paid to it as we had Shay Given for so long, and he was a fantastic goalkeeper for us. But times move on, and so [...]

Anyone who doubts Newcastle United’s players total loyalty must take a look at comments made since the derby victory. Shola Ameobi, Kevin Nolan and Joey Barton have now been joined by long serving, and long suffering goalkeeper, Steve Harper, in endorsing Hughton’s hopes for a new contract. Harper, who has worked with 10 managers since [...]

I have always felt United have been spoilt for choice with goalkeepers, for the last ten years at least, with Shay Given being and Steve Harper battling for the No.1 jersey. And now, even with Given being No.2 at Manchester ‘Abu Dhabi’ City, United are still blessed in this position. The fact that our No.3, [...]

Over the last few days there have been strong rumours linking Celtic with a bid for our number one goalkeeper, Steve Harper. Rumours are abound that Neil Lennon is looking to test the resolve of Newcastle by launching a bid for the veteran ‘keeper, but they can bid away as much as they want as [...]

Newcastle are preparing for life back in the Premier League and are looking like they are going about the business of strengthening the squad in the required areas. But what about the areas in which we are already too strong? Now there isn’t many of those areas and by process of elimination you will probably [...]

The captains armband is up for grabs at the minute after being left vacant by the now departed Nicky Butt, but who, in your opinion, is the most deserving and most likely candidate for the role next season? Newcastle are kind of lucky in that regard as we have a lot of players who have [...]

I was a bit surprised earlier on when I read that Steve Harper was being linked with a move north of the border to Celtic. It just seemed strange to me as Harper has been waiting long enough for his chance to be number one at Newcastle, a chance that he was given when Shay [...]

It was revealed yesterday that Steven Taylor is set to be offered a new contract at Newcastle sometime in the near future, which is good, great in fact. However, Taylor isn’t the only player who we risk losing at the end of the upcoming season as Dutch ‘keeper Tim Krul also enters the final twelve [...]

Here we go with the first in a series of player reviews for the season just passed. Rather than an individual write up for each player I thought it would give us more to discuss and work through if I reviewed the team by on-field position. That of course means our player review for the [...]

On the event of Newcastle United’s promotion to the Premier League, I decided to take a look at some of the statistics of Newcastle United’s season in the Coca Cola Championship, and here are some of the results. Chris Hughton is the sixth manager in Newcastle United’s history to acheive promotion into the top tier [...]