The 2008–09 season saw an end to Newcastle United’s 16th consecutive seasons in the top division of English football. A nightmare season which saw the club relegated from the Premier League to the Championship, the first time the club had been relegated since 1989. Things had been fairly positive at [...]
Since Mike Ashley’s arrival as owner of Newcastle United, much emphasis has been placed on his drive to develop the club’s youth system. Recent news has broken that Mike Ashley is has apparently given the go ahead to invest around £15 million in youth prospects over the next three years. [...]
Hatem Ben Arfa has been with Newcastle United for around two seasons, although much of that time he has spent on the side lines after Nigel de Jong’s horror tackle resulted in a horrific break injury. In that time, we have heard Hatem speak of “growing up emotionally” and reaching [...]
It has occurred to me that ever since the defeat to Fulham, a lot of the optimism shown in the previous week after has evaporated. While our second half performance against Fulham was shocking, I don’t feel the need to push the panic button just yet. There is obviously room [...]
Many Toon fans are still in shock at the signing of Papiss Demba Cisse, not only with the stature of the signing, but also the amount of investment made. However, apart from media hype, just how much do we know about him, and just what does he potentially have to [...]
A lot has been talked about with regard to the strength of depth in the Newcastle squad just whether we would be able to sustain our challenge, of remaining in the top four in the Premier League table, or not. At the start of the transfer window, there where many [...]
Looking at our recent defeat at Man City, who currently are, in my opinion anyway, the toughest opposition in the league, I was impressed by the team as a whole. What impresses me even more is that the fact that even if we fail to pick up any points in [...]
There has been fantastically buoyant mood amongst NUFC fans for obvious reasons at the start of the 2011-2012 Premier League season. Despite losing a number of supposedly “key” players since January last year, Newcastle United are yet to be defeated in competitive football this season. It is an achievement which [...]
As NUFC fans we’ve been treated to some true legends wearing the number nine shirt over the years. It almost has a mystique around it, and it comes with an expectation that strikers can either revel in or crack under. The names of Jackie Milburn, Malcolm MacDonald and Alan Shearer [...]
Much expectation has been laid on the shoulders of a certain Hatem Ben Arfa, who is expected to make his competitive return from injury against Nottingham Forrest in the Carling Cup next week This is seen as great news for some of our fans and I believe it is… but is [...]
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