NUFC Blog.

Many thanks to “ToonBano” from the Toon blog www.toonbano.com for his fourth guest blog here – wt. As we managed to fall over the line to a 1-0 ‘win’ over QPR its got to be said that was one of the worst games of football I have ever seen in my whole life. Which was [...]

62 players from 37 clubs around the world have called on UEFA chief Michel Platini to strip Israel of their right to host the UEFA Under-21 European Championship in solidarity with the people of Gaza after the recent killings by Israel of over 100 Palestinians in the Gaza strip. Of the 62, five Newcastle United [...]

Newcastle United v Swansea City full match video (opens in new window). MTS provides the top online sportsbooks conveniently sorted by overall best experience. Read the MTS sportsbook review here and discover the best sportsbooks for your buck. Another disappointing home defeat for the Magpies as they were sunk by two goals, with Swansea’s leading [...]

In order to shift attention back to what this blog is all about, this is a very brief look at the new season squad and how we all think it will shape up. According to nufc.co.uk, this is the current first team squad in advance of the new season.

Newcastle United striking target, Luuk de Jong, has discounted the idea of joining Europa League Newcastle United, telling German tabloid, “Bild” that he only wants a move to Champions League German side, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Having written that, it was for German consumption in a German publication, though it certainly looks as if Newcastle’s plans for [...]

NUFC Season Review – Part Two. The end of the season is finally upon us. A season in which defied all expectations. A season where even the most optimistic of Toon fans would have struggled to predict what would be. Newcastle United gate-crashed the top six, and also knocked on the door of the Premier [...]

Following on from my piece on the contributions of our defenders and utilty players this season, let’s carry on with our assessment of Newcastle’s players with a view to deciding who is our Player of the season. I’ll be moving on the engine room now, and later the forwards. There are undoubtedly a few worthy [...]

Newcastle United chief scout, Graham “Fatty Man” Carr, the less than svelte father of Alan, has, of course, built something of a reputation amongst Magpies fans for his player spotting abilties. Carr, a Northumbrian who was born in Corbridge like Steve Bruce, was brought into the club in February of 2010 by previous manager, Chris [...]

Newcastle United are going through (what is so far) a short spell without a win, so what can be done to pull us out of that? We’re in the midst of a slightly disappointing run. Since our 5-0 thrashing from Spurs we’ve only managed two draws. We seemed to lack resilience and second-half ‘attitude’ against [...]