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On Tuesday, Newcastle will host Barcelona in the Round of 16 of the Champions League, in what promises to be a highly anticipated contest. However, this is not the first time that Newcastle will face Spanish opposition in a European round of 16 tie. In 2003/04, Newcastle qualified for the Champions League after they finished […]
There are mixed opinions within the Toon Army regarding the future of Eddie Howe following Newcastle’s FA Cup exit. Newcastle’s best chance of silverware and European football now lies in the path of the Champions League, where they face Barcelona in the Round of 16. The Magpies currently sit in 12th place in the Premier League, […]
Familiarity, they say, breeds contempt. On Saturday, Newcastle United will take on Manchester City for the fifth time this season. While contempt might be too strong a word to describe the feelings between Newcastle and Man City fans, there will be a certain level of déjà vu as the teams take to the field at […]
In life as in football, there are no guarantees. But when Newcastle United take on Manchester United at St James’ Park tomorrow evening, you can just about guarantee one thing. At some point during the 90 minutes, all the way from the dizzy heights of the away end in Level 7, a familiar chorus will […]
Today marks five years since the passing of former Newcastle United player and manager Glenn Roeder, the Essex boy who became an adopted Geordie. Born in Woodford, Essex, Roeder joined Arsenal as a schoolboy before beginning his professional career with Leyton Orient. Roeder made over 100 appearances in the centre of Orient’s defence, and would […]
Newcastle United take on Everton at St James Park this weekend, with just one point separating the sides in the Premier League table. The Magpies will be looking to complete a league double over Everton, having beaten The Toffees 4-1 on their first ever visit to the Hill Dickinson Stadium earlier in the season, in […]
By Dan Moffat and John Keogan On Tuesday, Newcastle take on Qarabag in the Champions League second-leg knockout phase, which will be the Magpies’ 150th European match. The first European game the club featured in was the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1968-69 against Feyenoord. Newcastle would go on to win the competition that year, beating Hungarian […]
For the second Saturday evening in a row, Newcastle United found themselves on the wrong end of some dubious officiating, as they fell to yet another defeat away to Manchester City. With the absence of VAR, last week’s FA Cup victory away to Aston Villa was largely overshadowed by some appalling officiating. And yesterday, with […]
When Newcastle take on Manchester City this evening, it will be 9,275 days since they last left the blue half of Manchester with a league victory. You have to go back in time more than twenty-five years to find the last time The Magpies took all three points away to City, on September 30th, 2000. Robson’s […]
Anthony Gordon made Newcastle United history last night in Azerbaijan, overtaking club legend Alan Shearer’s Champions League goalscoring record. Newcastle United began their first-ever Champions League knockout stage clash with intent, smashing five goals past Qarabag before the break. The hosts were left shell-shocked after just 2 minutes, as Anthony Gordon scored the first of […]
Newcastle United placed one foot in the Champions League knockout stages with a demolition of Qarabag on Wednesday evening. In a first half full of history-making moments, Anthony Gordon scored a Champions League hat-trick, joining only Alan Shearer and Faustino Asprilla on the list of Newcastle players to achieve that feat. Gordon’s fourth in the […]
Anthony Gordon scored a Champions League hat-trick for Newcastle United in their first-leg demolition of Qarabag. The England international opened the scoring inside two minutes against the Azerbaijani side, and Malick Thiaw found the net with a header moments later. Gordon then doubled his total for the night with a calmly taken penalty following a […]