What has been your favourite season following the Toon? My first two seasons of going week in/week out to home games were the 1977/78 relegation season and the dismal following…
Well obviously there’s more than one! Seriously though, what is the point of keeping big Shola on the books? He still has the capacity to spin your head 360 degrees…
This Summer saw an escalation of our French recruitment drive with Yohan Cabaye spectacularly leading the way to Newcastle United.
In seasons gone by it has been the fashion to look at foreign players (especially French ones!) as a bit dodgy in the commitment stakes, Vive La Difference!
According to Alan Hansen on Match Of The Day, the Newcastle fans didn’t like Alan Pardew when he arrived. Obviously his extensive research at the time probably stretched to chatting…
Watching Newcastle United in the late seventies and eighties was a sobering experience. Expectations were generally low, although the arrival of Kevin Keegan as a player gave us a brief…
The shock of six thousand empty seats against Spurs was certainly an eye-opener for me and maybe more importantly for the club hierarchy. Yes it was on TV and yes…
So have Mike Ashley & Derek Llambias reinvented the (football) wheel, or have the lads had a kind set of opening fixture, carried some luck and actually played some pretty good football?