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finally a victory
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West Brom was the perfect anecdote for Newcastle’s long winless streak as the Magpies went on to a 2-1 victory in front of 45,000 at St James’ Park. Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear gave the start to convicted violent offender Joey Barton and was rewarded with his goal from the spot nine minutes after the start [...]
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West Brom visits St James’ Park
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Following Saturday’s historic loss to Sunderland, Newcastle welcomes West Brom to St James’ Park. The Magpie’s sit second from the table bottom with five points and are in desperate need of their second win of the campaign. Tony Mowbray’s West Brom have made a strong return to the Premier League, sitting mid-table but will be [...]
Category: Team NewsSunderland ends twenty-eight year streak
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In front of a capacity crowd at the Stadium of Light, Roy Keane’s Sunderland defeated Newcastle 2-1, ending the twenty-eight year home victory drought against the Magpies.
Djibril Cisse gave the fans something to cheer about twenty-minutes into the match as he was fed a perfect pass from Steed Malbranque in-close and dispatched it quickly to [...]
Category: Team NewsDerby day preview!
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Newcastle travels to the Stadium of Light to face Roy Keane’s Sunderland tomorrow morn. For the Magpie’s the two consecutive draws have created a modest celebration and it appears that the free-fall has slowed and the club not enters a long slow phase of recovery. Of course, with the club mired in second to last [...]
Category: Team NewsHabib Beye red card rescinded
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Newcastle received a solid boost as they won the appeal on Habib Beye’s red-card from the Man City. He had been given a red-card by referee Rob Styles who had adjudged him pulling down Robinho in the penalty area. However from a different angle it was easy to see that Habib had first made contact [...]
Category: Team Newsa team of heart
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With each turn of the screw the Magpies are showing that they are a team worthy of loyal supporters. Against all odds, week after week they are giving their heart and soul on the pitch and fighting on for the crest. Todays match against Manchester City isn’t simply a rallying cry but a shot across [...]
Category: Team NewsMan City match preview
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Heading into the match against Man City, the fact of the matter is Newcastle is playing for pride and honour. The club has faced massive adversity and the question becomes how and when the slide will come to halt. Performance on the pitch, while they are out-manned has been notable and certainly deserving of respect [...]
Category: Team Newsdeserving
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Newcastle announced today that Michael Owen won the fan’s vote for Carling Player of the Month, out-pacing Shay Given.
Certainly the statistics validate this selection as the scored in each of the final three matches of the month however the real story is his leadership under fire. Long after the ownership situation is solved and [...]
Category: Team NewsMichael Owen - out, again
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Newcastle confirmed that skipper Michael Owen is likely to miss the upcoming match against Man City after straining a groin in practice. He has been an instrumental leader since Kevin Keegan’s departure and sorely missed.
Newcastle will have Oba Martins, Habib Beye and Jonás Gutiérrez spidey-sense back for the match.
Category: Team NewsToon VP Tony Jimenez leaves club
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Newcastle has announced that VP of player recruitment has left the club to “pursue other interests.” Mr. Jimenez joined the club under Mike Ashley’s management structure that brought in Dennis Wise from Leeds at the same time.
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