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Newcastle United

Yohan Cabaye Video

May 18, 2012

Not sure how many of you have seen this, but it goes to show the level of commitment from one of my favourite Newcastle United players of the season, Yohan Cabaye. I’m not sure if this is to advertise his new website (pardon my dodgy French), but whatever it’s about, it’s definitely worth a watch.

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Pardew Premier League Manager of the Year – Confirmed!

May 11, 2012

Today Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew was named Premier League Manager of the Year. I suspected this might happen in our post from last week, but was chuffed to bits today that the Premier League have recognized Pardew’s work at Newcastle. Undoubtedly, Pardew has impressed. No-one wanted him at Newcastle, other than Mike Ashley and [...]

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Pardew for Manager of the Year?

April 15, 2012

Newcastle United’s season has been a bit of a revelation. Absolutely no-one predicted we’d be fighting and competing for Champions League football at the start of the season. Steady, but unspectacular signings and big-name players leaving the club saw many pundits predicting mid-table mediocrity for us, and you’d be hard pushed to argue with them. [...]

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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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