Newcastle United announced their list of retained players (players who's contracts have expired but are being renewed) earlier this evening. Of course though, these lists are usually at least as notable for the players are being released as much as those who are being returned. Firstly, the once seemingly never ending saga which was Alan [.

Regular readers of my efforts for this blog will know that, like many other United fans, I place little credence in 90% of the stories which appear in the media about who is leaving and who is joining our illustrious club. There is so much media "noise" going on at the moment about movements, and [..

My esteemed colleague, Jimbob, has already taken a look back at the season past, you have already voted Fabricio Coloccini as our "Player of the Season," but now it is time to look forward to next season. Being the hopelessly deluded, stereotypical Geordies that we are, Alan Pardew seems to think that our expectations will [.

The Newcastle Journal have recently published an exclusive interview with Chris Hughton, in which the ex United Manager reflects on his time at the club and gives an insight into what is, I suppose, his side of the story and his feelings both at the time of his sacking and in the period since. [...

The Newcastle Journal have recently published an exclusive interview with Chris Hughton, in which the ex United Manager reflects on his time at the club and gives an insight into what is, I suppose, his side of the story and his feelings both at the time of his sacking and in the period since. [...

The speculation season has started in earnest for the British football press. With the domestic season over and the European Championships yet to begin, there is still a need for footy hacks to justify their bloated salaries and write stuff that sells newspapers. And they never let the truth get in the way of a [.

Well, 1411 of you have voted at the time of writing this, and we can finally declare that the NUFC Blog readers' "Player of the Season" is (drumroll): Fabricio Coloccini! Second in our 2010 vote, and third in 2011, it's a case of third time lucky for the curly locked Capitán Colo after beating second [.

France begin their warm up schedule for the Euros at 8pm tonight against Iceland at the Stade De Hainaut in Valenciennes. The match will be televised in the UK on ESPN. A number of players deployed by Les Bleus are regarded as fringe players who can still force their way into the final French squad [.

The England football team play a friendly this evening, so I thought I might raise an issue which I have wondered about for some time how many Newcastle United fans are also England supporters? I realise to some of you, that might seem like a daft question, but I don't think it is. I [...]

Well, Newcastle United have finally managed to finish in the top half of the Premiership under current owner, Mike Ashley. This is our first top ten finish, and qualification for European competition, since Glenn Roeder's Intertoto "Dream Team" managed seventh, and Europe, after a storming finish in the 2005-06 season.

Newcastle United number 9 Papiss Cisse has been talking about his (half) season with Newcastle and claims the best is yet to come. Whilst I was browsing around some French sites I came across an interview with Papiss Demba Cisse. I found it on a site called 'Furturs Medias', although I'm not sure if that's [.

One question which will hang around for United fans this summer until it's resolved is the one about the future of Demba Ba. Tottenham manager "Droopy" announced to the world before the last January transfer window that he had discovered Ba had a £7M release clause in his contract. Since then, United have [.

As I reported back in March and April, Reims midfielder, Romain Amalfitano, had signed a pre contract agreement to join Newcastle United on a free transfer when his Reims contract expired. Well, as you may know already, he's been in Toon in the last couple of days to make things official, wave a shirt around [.

In yesterday's London Evening Standard, Newcastle United's Silver Supremo gave a fairly lengthy and candid interview to the Standard's Mihir Bose. In it, he spoke of his ambition to replace Roy Hodgson as the next England manager, and also how he intends to "educate" Newcastle United fans that we cannot expect to compete in Europe [.

Congratulations to the Newcastle United youth team players on winning the Hong Kong "Soccer Sevens" seven a side Championship in er, Hong Kong. It was the first time Magpies had participted in the competition, and after beating Celtic and Blunderland on their path of glory, they triumphed 2-1 over a team of young Aston Villans [.