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Stoke City vs. Newcastle United (19:45)  Stoke City won yet again at the Brittania Stadium on Saturday, a stadium that has become one of the league’s most reliable fortresses. With the mid-table teams so close, every point the Potters can pick up will be extremely valuable:  –         Zero defeats, one goal conceded and […]
Southampton vs. Newcastle United, Sunday 15:00 Southampton got a much needed victory at the expense of QPR in their last league game, with Rickie Lambert and Jason Puncheon both scoring while Morgan Schneiderlin forced an Anton Ferdinand own goal Lambert’s goal was his fifth of the season, coming from 26 efforts at goal […]
Newcastle United vs. Swansea 15:00 – Newcastle were unable to beat manager Alan Pardew’s former club, West Ham, at home on Sunday. The Magpies are 10th and face Swansea, who are a position and a point behind them in the Premier League.  – Demba Ba was a revelation on Tyneside last season and […]
Ryan Taylor, James Perch, Haris VuÄŤkić and Sammy Ameobi take part in the FIFA 13 Newcastle United Tournament in Shearer’s Bar.
Liverpool v Newcastle, Sunday 16:00 Liverpool shared the spoils with Everton in the Merseyside derby last weekend as Luis Suarez took centre stage as his shot drew an own goal from Leighton Baines and he also scored the second Suarez now has six goals this season, but his 50 efforts at goal means his conversion […]
Newcastle v West Brom, Sunday 15:00 Yohan Cabaye scored Newcastle’s only goal as they drew 1-1 with North East rivals Sunderland Cabaye has been in providing more than goal scoring mood this season, delivering 30 crosses, the third highest in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index Cheick Tiote was sent off in a typically competitive […]
Looking beyond the disappointment of yet another failure to take three points off our nearest rivals on home soil, Pete Sixsmith sees a disturbing lack of initiative and quality from the boys in red and white. Judging by the grumblings of the fans leaving the Stadium of Light on Sunday, he is not alone. Here […]
Sunderland v Newcastle, Sunday 13:30 – Both teams competing in the North East derby this weekend are looking to bounce back from 3-0 defeats at the hands of the Manchester clubs from their last outing – Jack Colback has been at the heart of Sunderland’s play this season, receiving the ball 251 times, more than […]
Newcastle v Man Utd, Sunday 16:00 – Newcastle fans were spared defeat as their talismanic frontman Demba Ba scored twice in the second half to ensure a point returned north with the Magpies. It continued Newcastle’s fluctuating start to the season as they again turned to their prolific striker to rescue them on a day […]
The Premier League threw up its usual amount of excitement and quality again this weekend. Vote for your favorite goal of the weekend from the following 5 GIFS: 1.Demba Ba (Newcastle United v Reading) 2.Luis Suarez (Liverpool v Norwich City) 3.Nikica Jelavic (Everton v Southampton) 4.Gareth Bale (Spurs v Manchester United) 5.Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United […]
Reading v Newcastle 15:00 – Reading continued to struggle to find their form in the league against West Brom as they fell to a 1-0 defeat at the Hawthorns. Despite it being a relatively closely contested encounter, with Gareth McCleary and Jobi McAnuff in particular impressing, the Royals could not force their way through a […]
The Premier League threw up its usual amount of excitement and quality again this weekend. Vote for your favorite goal of the weekend from the following 5 GIFS: 1. Demba Ba (Newcastle United v Norwich City) 2. Ricky Lambert (Southampton v Aston Villa) 3. Steven Fletcher (Sunderland v West Ham United) 4. Steve Gerrard (Liverpool […]
Newcastle v Norwich 15:00 – A dramatic late goal from Demba Ba saved a point for Newcastle against an unfortunate Everton on Monday evening. Ba’s earlier goal, supplied by Yohan Cabaye, gave Alan Pardew’s side a needed point in a thrilling encounter. – French midfielder Cabaye epitomised Newcastle’s refusal to give up on victory against […]
Everton v Newcastle, Monday 20:00 – Everton’s 100% start to the season ended last time around against West Brom, falling to a 2-0 defeat at the Hawthorns. – While many have been hailing his eye for goal at the start of the season, Marouane Fellaini’s defensive work has been less impressive. He’s lost out in […]
The Premier League threw up its usual amount of excitement and quality again this weekend. 1. Ben Arfa (Newcastle v Aston Villa) 2. Podolski (Arsenal v Liverpool) 3. Dembele (Spurs v Norwich City) 4. Van Persie (first) (Man Utd v Southampton) 5. Van Persie (third) (Man Utd v Southampton) So there are 5 brilliant goals […]
Liverpool v Arsenal 13:30 • Liverpool came close to victory over reigning champions Manchester City after a very promising performance made up for their opening weekend defeat to West Brom • New signing Joe Allen was prominent throughout, and covered the most ground among the Liverpool players with 6.78 miles • That makes Allen’s performance […]