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Chris Hughton has spoke publicly today for the first time since his sacking from Newcastle. In an interview with Sky Sports News, Hughton spoke of the disappointment upon hearing the news that both he and Paul Barron were to be axed, his thoughts on the sacking, and his plans for the future after what was [...]

The good news today, even though I personally expected it, is that the rumours linking Joey Barton with a move away form Newcastle appear to be false. Alan Pardew has today reiterated that no players are for sale in January, and that includes the likes of Joey Barton and Andy Carroll – both of whom [...]

Hatem Ben Arfa has been continuing his recovery from a horrendous double leg-break injury by spending hours grafting away at a rehabilitation centre in the south of France. And it appears that the hard work is paying off as Ben Arfa has been pencilled in for a return to training at Newcastle at the start [...]

The inevitable transfer speculation has begun, which is perhaps unsurprising as the January transfer window is just around the corner. A lot of the speculation seems to be regarding our players, which you could put down to a number of reasons. Perhaps it seems that way because it is what most of us look for? [...]

I’ve found a bit more newspaper gossip that could be of interest to you guys regarding Steven Taylor and Cheik Tiote. Don’t worry, as ever on NUFCBlog.org we will endeavour to inform you of which is the wheat and which is the chaff with regard to news reporting. On that basis we’ll start off with [...]

I see the Sunday papers are reporting en masse that Tottenham Hotspur are set to launch a January bid for Andy Carroll. There are even reports suggesting that David Bentley and Peter Crouch could be used as makeweights in any potential new deal. It’s all bollocks of course and is just the latest in a [...]

Newcastle head to St Andrews on Saturday afternoon where they will come up against a tough Birmingham City side. Newcastle will have to be at their very best of they are to beat a side that doesn’t generally give much away, especially on their own turf. Birmingham are a physical side who work hard for [...]

I’ve noticed that there seems to be a bit of momentum gathering pace with regard to the Qatar royal family wanting to buy Newcastle. Questionable source after questionable source has now reported the ‘news’, but I personally remain sceptical of the whole thing to be honest. Many of these stories are cooked up with the [...]

I thought I’d use this brief break between working shifts to pen my thoughts on Nile Ranger. Ranger impressed at the weekend, and there is a suggestion that perhaps it was his introduction that tipped balance of power in our favour and allowed us to go on and get the win against Liverpool. The performance [...]

Firstly, I felt it was entirely necessary to get one of former managers famous ‘Hughtonism’s’ in the title. Job done on that one. But why though? Well the answer is simple, and that is that the good result over Liverpool at the weekend was almost entirely down to him in my opinion. Football is a [...]