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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Manchester United 1 Newcastle United 1

November 27, 2011

As Newcastle United’s season continued to unfurl, and the winning streak continued to lengthen, accusations leveled at NUFC was that they hadn’t played ‘anyone’ yet – with ‘anyone’ presumed to be the top four (this despite Newcastle playing both Arsenal and Spurs and coming away undefeated). Up until last weekend Newcastle maintained one of the [...]

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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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Wolves 1 Newcastle United 2

October 2, 2011

Alan Pardew sent out an unchanged lineup against Wolves, and Demba Ba continued his impressive scoring streak as NUFC moved up to third place in the Premier League (albeit temporarily), after defeating Wolves. Demba Ba was in the right place at the right time as he headed home a corner, and Jonas Gutierrez slotted home [...]

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QPR 0 Newcastle United 0

September 13, 2011

According to Jim White, Sky Sports News presenter, the talk of last night’s game against QPR was all about Joey Barton. Barton, who had been handed the captain’s armband would turn out to be the least of Newcastle’s worries as a total of six players made their debuts for QPR. The London club put Newcastle [...]

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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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Santon Transfer to Newcastle United Official

August 30, 2011

It has now been confirmed that the much rumoured transfer of former Inter Milan full-back Davide Santon to Newcastle United is now completed. Santon, an Italian International has signed for NUFC on a currently undisclosed fee (thought to be around £5 million). The Italian defender will wear the number 3 shirt and has signed on [...]

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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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Columbus 0 Newcastle United 3

July 27, 2011

Newcastle United ended their tour of the United States with a game against MLS Team Columbus Crew. I had the pleasure of traveling to Columbus this week and was pleased to say that the Toon Army was well represented – there were black and white shirts everywhere! Columbus started off really well and were knocking [...]

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Bore Draw in Kansas – Ben Arfa Okay

July 21, 2011

Newcastle United’s game against Kansas City got off to a decent start last night, and was by all accounts a good 45 minutes of football. The second-half though was a bit of a snooze-fest with the Toon only having a Danny Simpson shot at goal for anything worth remembering. The main talking point though was [...]

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