Newcastle United Blog.

It’s a headline that is nowt to be proud about! England have again worn a familiar path, and that is an early path home from a tournament that the team were universally tipped to do well in. The headlines tomorrow will read that England lost 4-1, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. Any self-respecting [...]

The build up has been going on for days now, ever since both teams were confirmed as being opponents in the last-16 of the World Cup in fact. But it is nearly time for England fans to put that behind them and for the team to get down to the business of, hopefully, eliminating the [...]

In a tense match played out in Port Elizabeth this afternoon, it was England who emerged the victors against Slovenia and secured their place in the knockout stages of the World Cup in South Africa. The final score was 1-0 to England with Jermaine Defoe (as pictured) being the goal hero on this occasion. He [...]

The picture has now become crystal clear with regards to what we must do to ensure we scrape through the group stage and into the knockout rounds of the World Cup. To put it blunty, England must win their remaining game against current group leaders Slovenia to progrees to the next stage of the tournament, [...]

The second game of England’s World Cup campaign gets underway soon where we get the chance to pit our collective wits against Algeria in Cape Town. A win is a must if England are to ensure that their path through to the knockout stages stays in firmly in their own hands as the competition begins [...]

England head into their second game of the group stage of the World Cup on Friday evening looking to put a disappointing performance against the USA behind them. A 1-1 draw with the States left an entire nation asking more questions about the various merits of the squad, and whether or not this England team [...]

It’s here, it’s finally here. After months of anticipatioin, the World Cup is finally under way in South Africa. This is great news as the world’s premier football competition becomes the focus of football fans across the country, and indeed the world. As revealed yesterday, and perhaps in hindsight it was the worst kept secret [...]

According to his column in the Mail on Sunday, Gary Lineker reckons Newcastle’s very own Steve Harper can be the next Steve Bull. Well not quite, but he does believe that Fabio Capello should cast an eye to the Championship doldrums, if he’s worried about his World Cup custodian as he faces a dearth in [...]

And I’m not just talking about spending some hard-earned cash to go and cheer on The Three Lions. Shola’s talking about actually playing in the World Cup 2010. I know, I know, this is a kid who could barely get in the Newcastle first eleven until this season and has repeatedly underacheived year on year. [...]