Category Archives: Newcastle United

03 FEB

Three games which can shape the season

By Harry Drew

All of this weekend’s Barclays Premier League fixtures will, as they always do, excite punters across the world. If we look beyond Saturday’s games, there are three contests which have outstanding significance: Newcastle at home to Aston Villa, Chelsea playing host to Manchester United, and the encounter between Liverpool and Spurs.

The next round of fixtures will signify the two-third mark in the season – we tend to scrutinise the final third of the campaign as ‘squeaky-bum time’, with results in this period having immense consequences. The matches mentioned above have repercussions for the fundamental battles within the Premier League: the title race, fight for fourth and struggle to stay in the league. Read More »

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22 JAN

Match report: Fulham 5-2 Newcastle United

By Tom Sizeland

Clint Dempsey scored a hat-trick, as Fulham overcame a dreary first half performance to send Newcastle crashing to defeat.

Danny Guthrie opened the scoring on the 43rd minute, with a fantastic strike on the edge of the penalty box. A controversial penalty allowed Danny Murphy to level the game, but a Dempsey brace and a Bobby Zamora penalty quickly took Fulham to an unassailable 4-1 lead. Hatem Ben Arfa brought one back with a decent individual effort in the 85th minute, before Dempsey secured his hat-trick in the last minute of normal time.  Read More »

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06 JAN

Star Ba!

By Stephanie Shaw

Manchester United’s race for the title faced an uneasy setback as Demba Ba hit the first of three Newcastle goals at the Sports Direct Arena.

With the visitors arriving on the back of a defeat against Blackburn Rovers, Steven Taylor missing due to injury and Ferguson’s main man Rooney back in the side, it appeared Newcastle would have a challenge if they were going to prevent the Devils from keeping top spot. However they silenced their critics, (even though they have not won at home against United in over a decade) and came away triumphant with three goals and three points. Read More »

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28 DEC

A lot to live up to: Liverpool v Newcastle Preview

By John Acaster

Friday night at Anfield is the setting for two teams who many attribute to serving up the most entertaining game the Premier League has ever seen. Kevin Keegan’s head slumped over the advertising boards in April 1996 brought down the curtain on a pulsating 4-3 win for Liverpool in a truly entertaining game fought out between greats such as Collymore, Fowler, Asprilla and Ginola.  Read More »

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28 NOV

Gary Speed Tribute (1969-2011)

By James Reeves

The word legend is used all too often in football. Gary Speed, or ‘Speedo’ as he was known to those in Football, may not grace the walls of too many young boys around the country, but he will forever be remembered as one of the nicest, most dedicated and friendliest men in the sport.

His longevity in the game and his gentlemanly manner endeared him to so many. Howard Wilkinson, his manager during his time at Leeds said “He was a star in the truest sense. For him at 42 to leave us is such a tragic loss. He had a life of success to look forward to.” The affection from both the football world and the public was evident minutes after the Football Association of Wales announced his death, with tributes pouring in from his colleagues and fellow professionals. Read More »

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09 NOV

Long way to go as season reaches second checkpoint

By Douglas Elder

So, as the Premier League breaks for a fortnight, we are left with an interesting – if unfamiliar – picture at the top of the Barclay’s Premier League. The mid-season assumptions, the hyperbolic descriptions and the doom-mongering are in full swing, and here is my take on what has been a season of ups (not if you’re a Wigan fan) and downs (not if you’re a Newcastle or a Man City fan).

A Manchester side top the league, but this time it is those “noisy neighbours” Manchester City who look down upon old rivals Manchester United, still bearing the scars of a chastening 6-1 home defeat to City two weeks ago. This weekend, after United defeated struggling Sunderland with more efficiency than effervescence, the City juggernaut – an irresistible force at times – eventually overcame QPR, who did their best impression of an immovable object. Read More »

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01 NOV

Stoke 1–3 Newcastle – The Silence of the Ba

By Steven Kenyon

Demba Ba came back to haunt Stoke with a hat-trick for Newcastle on a cold Halloween night at the Britannia Stadium.

Ba, who claimed he was “all ready to sign” before Stoke pulled the plug in January, bagged three goals which lifted unbeaten Newcastle into third place in the Premier League.

The former Hoffenheim man headed in Gabriel Obertan’s cross to put Newcastle ahead and silenced the home fans when he bundled home a close range finish before half time. Read More »

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