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Newcastle United

Newcastle United Lineup for Swansea City

December 17, 2011

The Newcastle United lineup to face Swansea City is as follows: Krul; Simpson, Perch, Coloccini (c), Santon; Obertan, Cabaye, Tiote, Gutierrez; Best, Ba. There are returns to the Newcastle team for Coloccini and Tiote. The subs are: Harper, Williamson, Abeid, Vuckic, Ben Arfa, Sammy Ameobi, Shola Ameobi.

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RIP Gary Speed 1969 – 2011

November 27, 2011

Sad and tragic news broke today about the passing of Gary Speed, who took his own life. Gary Speed had an illustrious career playing for five different clubs and receiving 85 caps for Wales. I’ll always remember Gary Speed for his unsung hero’s role in Sir Bobby Robson’s midfield, his galvanising displays in the Champions [...]

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St. James’s Park to be Sports Direct Arena

November 10, 2011

Newcastle United are third in the league, were even in second place for a couple of hours, and all is well on the football field. Fear not Toon fans, Mike Ashley and cohort Derek Llambias are always here to bring us crashing back down to earth. Sure enough, they are going to rename St James’s [...]

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Newcastle’s Summer Transfer Activity

September 2, 2011

When Andy Carroll left Newcastle United back in January the fans were told that all of the £35 million would be invested in players. Here are the players we’ve signed since then: Yohann Cabaye (around £5 mil) Demba Ba (Free transfer) Silvain Marveaux (Free transfer) Mehdi Abeid (Free transfer) Davide Santon (Undisclosed – thought to [...]

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Sunderland 0 – NUFC 1

August 20, 2011

Newcastle United beat Sunderland 1-0 thanks to a Ryan Taylor free-kick and move top of the Barclays Premier League.  

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Leon Best out for Season

April 6, 2011

News today emanating from St James’s Park is that cult figure Leon best has been sidelined for the rest of the 2010/2011 Premier League Season due to an ankle injury. Best is set to undergo surgery in London on Friday. This is a tough break for Best, who’s at least shown some interest in the [...]

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Carver and Tiote Sign New NUFC Contracts

February 25, 2011

John Carver and Cheick Tiote both committed their long term future to Newcastle United as they both signed contracts today. Tiote, who Newcastle signed from FC Twente last summer has been a revelation in midfield alongside Kevin Nolan. Tiote goes from an £8,000 p/week deal to a £50,000 p/week deal according to the Sun (we [...]

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Carver Appointed Newcastle United Assistant Manager

January 18, 2011

John Carver was today appointed Newcastle United assistant manager. Carver fills the number two spot that’s been available since the departure of Colin Calderwood to Hibernian, and is Carver’s return to football after serving as Gary Speed’s assistant at Sheffield United. Carver brings a wealth of experience and is knowledgeable about the club after serving [...]

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Toon Prepared to Sell Barton

December 21, 2010

When you have players who are playing well, and who make up the core nucleus of a team, the last thing you would do is sell them, right? But guess what? This is Newcastle United and apparently anything and everything out of the ordinary is capable of happening. According to this article on Sky, the [...]

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Takeover Close for NUFC?

December 15, 2010

Colin Young at the Mail Online wrote an intriguing piece regarding the future of Newcastle United. In it, Young claims that investors in Qatar are considering a buy out of Newcastle to continue to expand their reach into global football (what, the World Cup wasn’t enough?). A week ago Barcelona agreed to a £125 million [...]

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