Newcastle United Blog.

How important is an English spine to a Football Club? The thought crossed my mind the other day, after pondering the comings and goings from this transfer window: “Just how important is an English spine to NUFC?” Many sports pundits have criticized Arsenal over the years for a weak English showing in their teams, and [...]

The lack of an incoming striker for Newcastle United has left many fans disgruntled, but how does it look all told? Newcastle’s failure to bring in a striker in this latest transfer window has caused something of a furore with many fans and I’ll come to that later, but I just wanted to summarise the [...]

If we cast a yardstick over the comings and goings at Newcastle United during this transfer window, have we done enough already to achieve Alan Pardew’s aim of ‘getting a reputation and moving forward’? Confusion abounds amongst Toon fans as to exactly what’s in store for us during the remainder of this transfer window. The [...]

We are at that time of the season again where inevitably the talk around any club will turn towards the transfer activities of the summer. Chris Hughton has been quick to play down any expectations of wholesale changes to the playing squad, but is this a shrewd move to divert the press away from the [...]

NUFC Blog have scoured the length and breadth of YouTube to track down a video of new Toon signing, Jóhan Símun Edmundsson in action. Well here he is playing for the Faroe Islands against Russia Under 21s and scoring the winning goal with a very decent header (he is No.17 playing in white). In the [...]

Leon Best has been speaking of his elation about sealing a deadline day move to Newcastle United. The 23 year old could be set to make his debut against Cardiff City on Friday night, and many fans willl be hoping for an instant impact against an in-form and free scoring Bluebirds team. It’s a novelty [...]

Many Toon fans had a certain amount of unease about the prospect of the January transfer window. Given the previous few windows under Mike Ashley, and a seemingly ruthless intent to slash the wage bill since our relegation, optimism wasn’t exactly flowing! Add to that a glut of injuries that started to pile up, loan [...]

Amid hopes of a last-ditch attempt at acquiring Jermaine Beckford from Leeds or a more proven goal-poacher, Newcastle have opted for the less likely choice of Coventry City’s Leon Best. The official site has confirmed what Sky Sports had been reporting this morning, and after passing a medical, Best takes the No.20 shirt after signing [...]

Mike Williamson has been formally announced as a Newcastle United player. As we exclusively revealed on NUFC Blog early yesterday morning, the player had already signed a 3.5 year contract. However, procedural hold ups regarding the player’s sell on clause at Watford meant that the official announcement had to be delayed until now. The player [...]

Newcastle United’s latest signing, Wayne Routledge, has been spilling the beans on his latest move. Interviewed by ex Magpie, and now North East football correspondent for Sky Sports News, David Craig, the pacy ex QPR winger talked about his reasons for coming to St James’s Park. After observing that Routledge was “a bit of a [...]