Newcastle United Blog.

Venue: St James’Park, NE1. Date: 5th February 2012 Kick Off: 1.30pm Referee: Mark Halsey. Well, it was another three points in the bag for the Magpies as they passed the supposedly “magical” 40 point mark, with no less than 14 games of the Premiership season to go. Apart from this though, the most obvious salient [...]

Newcastle United vs Aston Villa full match video Highlights and post match interviews with Alan Pardew, Demba Ba, Papiss Cisse and Alex McLeish. Teams Newcastle United (4-4-2): Tim Krul (G), Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini (C), Ryan Taylor (Gabriel Obertan 33), Davide Santon, James Perch, Danny Guthrie, Jonas Gutierrez, Leon Best (Papiss Cisse 14), [...]

Highlights of the game. Great debut and great debut goal from Demba’s best mate, Demba, as the Lions of Teranga combined to create double trouble for the Villans. Of course, it almost goes without saying that Demba mark 1 scored too on his return from Africa. ps: Now updated with longer “MOTD” highlights. Newcastle United [...]

Venue: St James’Park, NE1. Date: 5th February 2012 Kick Off: 1.30pm Referee: Mark Halsey. Good afternoon Geordies and welcome to our regular “match banter” feature for this afternoon’s early kick-off against Aston Villa at St James’ Park. Despite being a fair sized Premiership team, unlike Newcastle United they tend to pass under the radar of [...]

It probably hasn’t escaped your attention that Northumbria bizzies have been investigating what have been described as “sickening” racist comments about Newcastle United forward, Shola Ameobi, on Facebook. This comes after recent similar comments about his younger brother and teammate Sammy Ameobi on Twitter. However unlike the case of Ameobi jnr which just seemed to [...]

Highlights of Newcastle United’s 0-2 victory at Ewood Park, with the first being an own goal by Blackburn’s Scott Dann (a deflected shot off Ryan Taylor). The Magpies’ second coming from Gabriel Obertan after he picked up an excellent pass into space by Peter Lovenkrands. I will update these with better / longer ones when [...]

Venue: Ewood Park, Blackburn Date: 1st February 2012 Kick Off: 8.00pm Referee: Phil Dowd. Good evening Geordies and welcome to our regular “match banter” feature. This evening sees us facing Blackburn Rovers for the fourth time this season, with the record so far being two wins to one in our favour, their one victory being [...]

NUFC Blog January transfer window countdown. Watch the magic window and keep updated on all the Newcastle United deadline drama. Ok, Here we go… Just a few hours to go before we learn of any in and/or outs on the final day of this January’s transfer window. As we’ve already signed Papiss Demba Rodney Cisse [...]

A report in yesterday’s “People” newspaper contains pictures and an account of Newcastle United’s Tenerife trip last week, as Alan Pardew and his squad prepared for last Saturday’s ill fated FA Cup clash with Brighton. It contains a bawdy tale of late night binge drinking and €20 lap dancers as Pardew and the players celebrated [...]

Highlights of the game in what was ultimately a disappointing day at the seaside for the Magpies as they crashed out of the FA Cup without scoring a goal. As usual, I will post better / longer highlights, as well as post match interviews when they become available (and if you can bear it!). A [...]