Slimmer of the year.
Venue: Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool. Date: Sunday, 13th May, 2012. Kick-Off: 3pm. Referee: Andre Marriner (Sheldon, West Midlands).
Teams sheets Continue reading…
Everton vs Newcastle United full match video, extended highlights and interviews
Posted May 14th, 2012 by workyticket | 80 CommentsPardew reflects on season and looks ahead to transfer market
Posted May 14th, 2012 by Hugh de Payen | 15 Comments
Toon boss happy with 2011-2012
On the back of our 2011-2012 season Alan Pardew has been reflecting on things and considers it a good season, all-in-all. Pardew said:
“We have made a huge leap this year. Even just to compete with these top teams, and to finish above the great teams that we have, the players can be very proud. It is one of the finest seasons at this club.”
Pardew has also been indicating that he’s already looking to strengthen the squad, saying:
“We’re already thinking about two or three players, but I think you’ll find that a lot of the clubs who might want to do early business will have to wait until the European Championships are over.
“It’s going to be a bit like a roulette wheel, and I’m hoping that the players we’re looking at all have awful tournaments. Continue reading…
Posted in category: Alan Pardew, Hugh de Payen, Thoughts and reflections, Transfers | Tags: Alan Pardew reflects on 2011-2012 season, Newcastle thinking about 2 or 3 players
Cisse pips Benny and Taylor to MOTD’s “Goal of the Season” award
Posted May 14th, 2012 by workyticket | 9 Comments
Cisse's big banana beat Benny's Bolton dribble.
Well on BBC’s “Match of the Day” on yesterday evening, there were no less than three Newcastle United contenders (out of ten) for the show’s coveted “Goal of the Season” award. The first was Ryan Taylor’s mag-nificent strike against Everton from November of last year, the second, Hatem Ben Arfa’s mag-nificent strike against Bolton in April of this year, and finally, Papiss Cisse’s, er, mag-nificent strike against Chelsea at the beginning of this month. Of those, both Ben Arfa’s and Cisse’s efforts were regarded as being amongst the best three by sofa pundits, the two Alans (Dull and Duller), with Peter Crouch’s amazing volley for Stoke against Manchester City being the other one. Continue reading…
Posted in category: Awards, Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse, Player videos, Poll, Ryan Taylor, Videos, Workyticket | Tags: Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cissé goal of the season, Ryan Taylor
Everton vs Newcastle United extended match highlights
Posted May 13th, 2012 by workyticket | 19 CommentsHighlights of today’s rather disappointing encounter (for we Magpies anyway) today at Goodison Park.
Somewhat bizarrely in a game where we had nothing to lose (Our place in the Europa Legoue was already guaranteed) and everything to win (well, a place in the Champions League anyway), our Silver Supremo played it all cagey in the first half, with disastrous consequences. When half time came around, he reverted to a more attacking set up. This improved things considerably in the second half overall, but by then we were two goals down and it was a bit too late, sadly. With Tottenham and Arsenal both winning, it was all academic in the end anyway, but even so, they weren’t to know that at the time.
Everton vs Newcastle United full match video, extended highlights and interviews. Continue reading…
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Everton vs Newcastle United match banter!
Posted May 13th, 2012 by workyticket | 146 Comments
A very exciting climax for Geordies everywhere!
Date: Sunday, 13th May, 2012.
Kick-Off: 3pm.
Referee: Andre Marriner (Sheldon, West Midlands).
UK TV: None.
Well, it’s that time of the year again!
The Premiership has finally reached it’s climax for another season as Newcastle United face tricky customers, Everton, at Goodison Park, with European football already guaranteed for next season, and possibly even a place in the Champions League available. Apart from getting a win against the Toffees today, things are somewhat out of our control on that one though – Tottenham would also have to lose against Fulham, with Chelsea also losing the Champions League final. Either that or both Tottenham and Arsenal will have to lose their games to make things certain today. It’s all very exciting anyway, so let’s all climax together! Continue reading…
Posted in category: Alan Pardew, NUFC Match Banter, Workyticket | Tags: Everton v Newcastle United match banter
Everton vs Newcastle United – A Toffee eyed view!
Posted May 13th, 2012 by workyticket | 6 Comments
Everton fans - A very decent lot in my experience.
In return, he very kindly answered some questions of mine about both clubs, and the match today, so here goes!
NUFC Blog: Who do you think has been the best Everton player this season? Continue reading…
Posted in category: Alan Pardew, Interviews, Papiss Cisse, Workyticket | Tags: Everton v Newcastle - An Evertonian's view
Who has been Newcastle United’s best Premiership signing?
Posted May 12th, 2012 by workyticket | 50 Comments
Who's best?
Much of the credit for this has gone to the club’s current chief scout, Graham Carr, who was brought into the club in February 2010 by previous manager and Carr’s former Tottenham colleague, Chris Hughton. Of the players included below, Carr was involved in all but three of them (James Perch, Demba Ba and Gabriel Obertan).
I have listed eight of the signings made since the club was promoted below. Of course, there have been more but I have left out more peripheral members of the squad such as temporary loanees like Stephen Ireland and Sheffki Kuqi, bairns for the future such as Mehdi Abeid, those who haven’t been able to make much of an impact one way or the other through injury such as Sylvain Marveaux and so on. All of the players listed below have made at least ten first team competitive appearences; here’s a brief résumé of their Toon histories so far. Continue reading…
Posted in category: Cheick Tiote, Davide Santon, Demba Ba, Gabriel Obertan, Hatem Ben Arfa, James Perch, Papiss Cisse, Player Reviews / player ratings, Poll, Thoughts and reflections, Transfers, Videos, Workyticket, Yohan Cabaye | Tags: Newcastle United transfers, Newcastle United's best Premiership signings
Will tricky Toffees Come Unstuck? Everton v Newcastle United Match Preview
Posted May 12th, 2012 by UTD111 | 51 Comments
Moyes meets the manager of the year!
Date: Sunday, 13th May, 2012.
Kick-Off: 3pm.
Referee: Andre Marriner (Sheldon, West Midlands).
UK TV: None.
United travel to Merseyside for the final game of the 2011/12 season against Everton on Sunday knowing that there is still plenty to play for.
This is the culmination of a season which has been a very enjoyable roller coaster ride for everyone involved with the club, with plenty of thrills and more ups than downs. Hopefully, the sun will shine and we will register our first victory in the new Puma Burgundy away kit, which we understand will be worn by the lads for the first time on this occasion.
We’ll have our usual “Match Banter” thread, which will be posted about an hour before kick off, and watch out for our season review feature – coming soon.
Going into this game, basically the position is this. With one game left to play United are assured of fifth place in the Premier League and entry to next season’s Europa League. However a win, and results elsewhere for Tottenham and or Arsenal going our way, could see us qualifying for the Champions League from third or fourth position. There is an added complication however, in that the team finishing fourth would not qualify if Chelsea win this season’s Champions League – but the situation for Newcastle is a simple one – we must win to have any chance of the Champions League! Continue reading…
Posted in category: Alan Pardew, Interviews, NUFC match previews, UTD111 | Tags: Everton v Newcastle United match preview
Pardew first Newcastle United manager to be voted Barclays “Manager of the Season”
Posted May 11th, 2012 by workyticket | 30 Comments
The Silver Supremo blesses the multitudes.
Depending on our result against Everton on Sunday, and a few other things going our way too, it could still even be top four and the Champions League!
Alan succeeds Alex Ferguson (2011) and Harry Redknapp (2010) in winning this award, and he was selected by a panel appointed by current sponsors, Barclays. Interestingly, this is the first time it has ever been awarded to a Newcastle United manager. Despite coming second (and third) in the League with one of the most exciting teams of the ‘nineties, Kevin Keegan never won it, and neither did Kenny Dalglish for achieving the same feat in a rather more prosaic style, and getting us to two FA Cup finals, after Keegan’s departure. Not even the most popular man in football in his day, the late, great Sir Bobby Robson didn’t manage it despite two top four finishes and a fifth.
So, our congratulations to our Silver Supremo! Continue reading…
Posted in category: Alan Pardew, Awards, Club historical, Thoughts and reflections, Workyticket | Tags: Alan Pardew Manager of the Season 2012
Toon’s Alan Pardew Wins Top Manager Award
Posted May 11th, 2012 by UTD111 | 25 Comments
Top Manager!
A very well deserved award and something else to put a strut into every Geordie’s step this summer when wearing the shirt with pride on your hollys in Europe’s top hot spots! This is the first time a United manager has ever won this award. But lets face it, in a season where most fans thought we would be mid-table at best, we are sitting in a guaranteed fifth place in the Premier League, and have also qualified for the Europa League.
And the season isn’t over yet of course! If results go our way on Sunday, we could still finish by qualifying for the Champion’s League.
But whatever happens on Sunday, this has been a highly successful season for United. We’ve made quite a few people in football sit up and take note. We’ve had some amazing results, well deserved too, and we’ve won over a lot of neutrals, and seen our team talked about in glowing terms by prominent TV pundits like Jamie Redknapp, who to his credit, has been a big fan of our performances from an early stage in the season.
I suppose the highest accolade for the team this season has been various parts of the media comparing the current team to the great Kevin Keegan “Entertainers”. A significant compliment indeed. Continue reading…
Posted in category: Alan Pardew, Managers, ex-managers and ex-players, UTD111 | Tags: Alan Pardew, Newcastle United, top manager
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