Of course, just when you think that Mike Ashley's unpopularity with the Newcastle United fanbase has bottomed out and just couldn't get any lower, it usually does. However the only man who has offered him any kind of lifeline is Chris Hughton, who has resolutely chosen to ignore wherever possible almost everything at Newcastle that [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton, has been talking about bringing players into the club, either on loan or permanently. His main emphasis seems to be on promotion first, leaving the onerous task of building a squad that is fit for another long spell in the Premiership and beyond until that objective has been achieved. Click to continue reading...

It's been announced on the official site that Newcastle United have struck a sweet deal for Fabrice Pancrate. The French midfielder/stirker has secured a deal until the end of the season, after impressing Chris Hughton in his two week trial, which involved a run out for the reserves against Hartlepool United, with yours truly in [. Click to continue reading...

I recently wrote a short piece on the announcement of Newcastle United having made a deal with Merseyside-based Marketing company, Ampersand. Anyone who read it will know that it was tongue-in-cheek, although I did make references to the timing of the announcement being so close to the renaming of St James' Park and begged the [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have agreed to extend the loan of bright young keeper Fraser Forster to Norwich City until the end of the season. Forster is Newcastle born and bred, playing for the Toon since the age of 11. After a brief spell on loan at Bristol City, the Hexham born keeper has really impressed at [. Click to continue reading...

On recent evidence, probably not. If you came thinking this was going to be another intense post after the previous one, I'm afraid it won't. Previewing a Sunderland match just doesn't have the same amount of appeal as say, previewing, I don't know a match against Newcastle. Whoops. Cross that out.

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Ex Newcastle United hitman, Obafemi Martins, who moved to German Bundesliga champions, Wolfsburg, for £9 million last June, is being sued for £300,000 by his agent, Chris Nathaniel. Nathaniel, who was behind a somewhat dubious Nigerian bid for the Magpies in the latter part of 2008 is attempting to sue Martins for £284,000 plus interest [. Click to continue reading...

The yanking of my chain continues with cooler statements from Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton regarding the potential signing of Sol Campbell. Rumours abound as he seeks to reinforce the squad in the January transfer window. When asked about signing Campbell, Hughton replied; "I think there is always an interest in quality players that might become [. Click to continue reading...

In the wake of Ireland's heartbreaking aggregate defeat to France, where Thierry Henry's handballed assist for William Gallas to score an equaliser in extra time denied a team who had performed magnificently to haul themselves level, we pay tribute to five of the greatest footballing heartbreakers in recent memory.

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When Barry Moat's Newcastle United takeover bid failed, a lot of supporters feared that without money to invest in players, we'd struggle to add to our already depleted squad. The current Newcastle squad is probably just good enough to get out of the Championship, but without further investment, it's looking bleak for our future Premier League survival.

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News has come in from Newcastle United's official website that Tyneside's messiest hitman, Shola Ameobi, will definitely be returning to training next week after the big lump went and knacked his foot while getting into the swing of what could have been the most prolific scoring period of his career so far. Click to continue reading...

Toon midfield dynamo, Danny Guthrie, has been expressing his admiration for Newcastle United's 'Three Amigos', Jose Enrique, Fabricio Coloccini and Jonas Gutierrez. As Newcastle United prepare for a wet Monday evening at Deepdale in Preston, Guthrie mused on how they have defied the stereotypes about fancy foreign players who aren't up for a good scrap [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton was impressed by Fabrice Pancreate. Is he the new Robert? Is he the new Ginola? Who knows? Hughton was impressed with his performance in the reserves though, saying: "He did well and I enjoyed what I saw," said the Toon chief after watching a double from Phil Airey and a strike from [. Click to continue reading...

And I'm not just talking about spending some hard-earned cash to go and cheer on The Three Lions. Shola's talking about actually playing in the World Cup 2010. I know, I know, this is a kid who could barely get in the Newcastle first eleven until this season and has repeatedly underacheived year on year. Click to continue reading...

Found this list online, here, and thought it was interesting. Good for Spurs and Villa fans at least.

The list is correct as of 17/11/09.

Top 20 Teams For Producing England Internationals (all time):

1. Aston Villa 68
2. Tottenham 62
3. Everton 59
4.

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Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton has been speaking in the aftermath of yesterday evening's friendly victory against Hartlepool Town. In the interview, Hughton reiterated that he wasn't "desperate" to bring players in just for the sake of it, but that he would assess any opportunities that come up. Click to continue reading...

This is a guest post from Ben Woolhead, co-founder of the esteemed Newcastle United Blog, Black and White and Read All Over. Ben turns his attention to the ongoing furore surrounding the naming rights to St. James' Park.Earlier this month it was announced that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley had taken it upon himself to rebrand St James' Park with an unwieldy new name, crowbarring in a reference to Click to continue reading...

strong>Cold, damp and pretty miserable, and that was just my fatha. Well no actually, the weather did a good impersonation of mid-December (or else I'm just getting auld). And the first half of the Newcastle vs Hartlepool reserve match sort of felt a bit sorry for itself at times. But with the news that Fabrice [. Click to continue reading...

Well after Worky posting that wonderful photo of one of my all time favourite players, I felt we couldn't leave it at that. So, being a little indulgent, I wanted to share with you my reminiscences of a great Newcastle United footballer (and gorgeous guy), one of the best exports to make it out of [. Click to continue reading...

According to the Sunderland Echo, Danny Simpson stated that he would not mind leaving Manchester United to join Newcastle where he is currently on loan. He said,

"Obviously, I'm enjoying my football here, and if I do well enough to get an offer, then I'll consider it, as I'm enjoying my football at the moment .

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In his most recent interview, on loan Toon assassin, Marlon Harewood, opened his heart on Aston Villa, getting back into form, new strike partner Andy Carroll and the spirit in the Newcastle dressing room under the 'Chuckle Brothers' dream team of Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood. Harewood, who has been under some pressure to perform [. Click to continue reading...

strong>It's a cold, damp and blustery day over here in Newcastle, so what better way to spend your evening than to go and watch a reserve game eh? Well that's what the Bowburn branch of nufcblog.org has decided to do tonight, and I've even roped in my old man to come and keep me company. Of [...] Click to continue reading...

Arsenal are watching Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul.
The People says Arsenal scouts will be keen spectators when Krul skippers the Dutch Under-21 side against Spain, in Rotterdam, on Tuesday.
Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are also keeping tabs on the 21-year-old, who is understudy to Steve Harper at St James' Park. Click to continue reading...

The people linked with Newcastle United are either perpetually stupid or completely inept.

Barry Moat has finally broken his silence regarding the Newcastle United takeover and his failure to buy the club. In comments released yesterday Moat admitted that he too would consider selling the naming rights for St.

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Danny Simpson left Manchester United under a bit of a cloud after mistakes in his personal life saw Sir Alex Ferguson ship him out to Blackburn Rovers. The move was supposed to be as a favour to Paul Ince but Danny struggled to get in the team and the move became a bit of a waste of time.

Simpson is enjoying himself a lot more at Newcastle though and reckons he would sign for them if he was asked in January or at the end of the season.

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It's about time The Predictorship weaned itself off the beetroot and tackled some of the pressing football-related matters of the day. Aping Newcastle United's rib-tickling example, this week's report is brought to you courtesy of suffolkscribes.com @ The Predictorship. I know Kedington's finest, the much-maligned Moonerazzi, would heartily approve of the catchy moniker as she [. Click to continue reading...

strong>Yes I know, the headline is as subtle as a brick but it may as well be the Raul, because the latest rumour is that we're after Espanyol hotshot Raul Tamudo, capped by his country, all-time top goalscorer for his club and generally the sort of fella that a) we've been told we'll not be [...] Click to continue reading...

strong>"The wild boys are calling On their way back from the fire In august moon's surrender to A dust cloud on the rise" It's been a while since I made any musical references in a headline so I thought this was as good a time as any, and it's mainly for MT's benefit. Of course there's a slight play [. Click to continue reading...

Barry Moat still thinks there's a chance of him buying Newcastle United in the future. Apparently, whilst Moat has no immediate plans to launch another bid, he will continue to think about how he might wrest the club for Ashley in the future. Speaking to Sky Sports News he said: "For one reason or another it didn't come [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton thinks we should be scoring more goals in our home games. Having not lost at home, perhaps Hughton thinks it's time to entertain a little more. He said: "I don't think that it is necessarily the case that someone is due a beating, but we know that we can play better in [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United are interested in Portuguese under-21 forward Ukra. Well, maybe. It comes from the Daily Mail, which is to newspapers what 'Snakes on a Plane' is to film history, and it doesn't quote anybody saying they're after anyone, so take a large pinch of salt with your porridge this morning on this one. Click to continue reading...

strong>Having so far failed in his efforts to raise the funds to tempt Mike Ashley into selling Newcastle United to him, Barry Moat has now gone on record to suggest that the famous St James' Park name wouldn't necessarily have been safe in his hands either. It appears he can see exactly what Ashley is [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Farid Belkacemi, agent of Newcastle United's ex PSG out of contract signing prospect, Fabrice Pancrate, has been giving the full blather about his potential move to Tyneside. Pancrate's had a three day trial with the Magpies last week, and is reported to be returning on Monday. As is usual with agents who [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Quiet man turned motormouth, Chris Hughton, has calmed speculation on a Newcastle United move for Jermaine Beckford in January, and expressed confidence that the recently troubled Peter Løvenkrands will return to form. Speaking of the 25 year old Leeds goal machine, Hughton said: "It's obvious that we will be mentioned with players [. Click to continue reading...

strong>In contrast to Chris Hughton's recent statement that he was more than happy with the squad he has leading into the festive period, it's being reported that Newcastle are interested in signing what be the latest in a line of French wingers. Apparently following in the footsteps of David Ginola and Laurent Robert, Fabrice Pancrate could [. Click to continue reading...