We like to see competition for places at Newcastle, and the club has certainly had that this year. Ryan Taylor - nearly always a substitute this year And two of the players who cannot make the starting line-up these days are Ryan Taylor and Nicky Butt, but that's not to say they haven't made contributions for the [. Click to continue reading...

Watching former Manchester United starlets Jonathan Greening and Erik Nevland bravely battling away for Fulham in a vain attempt to try and salvage something for their club last weekend one could not...
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The Danish International Peter Lovenkrands picked up a knock on Wednesday night against Scunthorpe United. Peter Lovenkrands picked up knock against Scunthorpe The news this morning is not good about Peter Lovenkrands, as the in-form striker will probably miss the game at Bristol City tomorrow. It looks like Lovenkrands had picked up an ankle injury or a [. Click to continue reading...

Joey Barton plays for the Reserves at Hartlepool tonight in his continuing comeback from his foot injury, and the former Manchester City player has � come out today and said the Newcastle fans have been great to him since he joined Newcastle back in the summer of 2007. Joey Barton - fans have been great with me Joey [. Click to continue reading...

Back in the early 1950's Manchester United made a far sighted decision which had major ramifications for the club at the time and has continued to produce handsome dividends until this very day....
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The only result we want to see tomorrow afternoon is another Newcastle win, this time over visitors Barnsley. And certainly news on the injury front this week has been uplifting with Jose Enrique, Nicky Butt and Peter Lovenkrands all fit again and included in the squad for selection. Unfortunately new right winger� Wayne Routledge is still sidelined, [. Click to continue reading...

As far as injuries go this week, � Newcastle seem to have quite a few players on the mend. Peter Lovenkrands should start Saturday There's news this week that Peter Lovenkrands, Nicky Butt and Jose Enrique are all fit again, and will be included in the squad to play Barnsley on Saturday. Patrick van Aanholt finished his month-long [. Click to continue reading...

Jose Enrique � has had a great season for the Magpies, before he injured his hamstring back in December. Jose Enrique - back in full training Jose was injured during our 2-0 win at Coventry back on 9th December, and has taken some time to return� to the fold. But Chelsea's Patrick van Aanholt has been a great loan signing [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle will play at Watford on Saturday, and manager Chris Hughton has talked about the Newcastle injuries. Peter Lovenkrands - no update on Danish striker yet! It looks like midfielder Nicky Butt may be back in the squad for Saturday's test at Watford as� Chris said today: "Shola Ameobi won't be back, sadly. Click to continue reading...

Eric Harrison has exerted a tremendous amount of influence at Manchester United. As United's youth coach, he was the off-field genius who not only supplied Alex Ferguson with a band of young players capable of sustaining the team's success post Cantona but moulded some of ­English football's brightest individuals.

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The match against Cardiff on Friday evening, and the knocks to Alan Smith and Nicky Butt, gave Kevin Nolan a chance to wear the captain's armband, and it's becoming clear why, with the scouse lad becoming an integral part of Newcastle United and displaying leadership that we have been missing since a certain Alan Shearer [. Click to continue reading...

I'm sure I will be met with many in agreement when I say that right now, our main problem is in the middle of the park. It's a position that blights us in my opinion, filled with high earners and also very over-subscribed. As it stands right now, we have Nicky Butt, Alan Smith, Kevin [...] Click to continue reading...

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Who is the latest of a humongous amount of Arsenal players out injured... (LadyArse)

Looks like Rafa is off to Turin... (Caught Offside)

Who is the latest star to be linked with Man City?

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In an update to our earlier story, more news has come in from Chris Hughton on the Newcastle United injury situation with centre back, Steven Taylor, midfielder, Nicky Butt, and striker, Shola Ameobi. As reported earlier, the three hapless unfortunates were all knacked in the two titanic encounters with the butchers of West Bromwich Albion, [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton is playing the waiting game as he counts the cost of two costly games against fierce Championship rivals, West Bromwich Albion. Firstly, centre back, Steven Taylor "tweaked" his knee in the thrilling 2-2 league encounter with the Midlands club, and the Times's North East football corresspondent, George Caulkin, had reported that [. Click to continue reading...

One of the things that will determine whether we can get promoted come May is injuries to our major players. Steven Taylor no official word on his knee injury And we are still awaiting news from the club on the status of Steven Taylor's knee injury. There was a report on Friday in the Times, indicating [. Click to continue reading...

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The good old days
A quick Happy Birthday to the namesake of our blog, the uber-defensive of defensive midfielders, and the greatest player at the 2002 World Cup - Nicky Butt.
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Our chums over at the brilliant 3nil brought this brilliant video to our attention this week. The West Brom players showing that team spirit is good in the camp as they push for promotion...

Our latest friends over at A Football Report translating new Everton loanee, Landon Donovan's completely shameless advert for Mexican gambling.

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The previous review of the current squad, took a look at the Newcastle defence, an area that this season we've been surprisingly strong in, given our poor reputation in recent years. Today's review looks at arguably the fulcrum of a successful team, the midfield, the place that could and should control a game and dictate the [. Click to continue reading...

Butt's real buddies...
In breaking news of consequence only to Newcastle fans, Manchester United fans, and us, 34 year old midfielder Nicky Butt has announced that he is considering retirement.
Butt has been the inspiration for this footie blog - a gathering of analysis primarily on the Fantasy Premier League and EPL in general, but also on world football, sports trends, and other topics. Click to continue reading...

Mike Ashley will be a happy man after Newcastle managed to move on Geremi as early as the third day of January. High-earner Geremi has only made nine appearances for us this season and Turkish side, Ankaragücü have signed him on an 18-month deal, where he'll join former Aston Villa and Man City forward Darius [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United were once again, found wanting in front of goal as they face Plymouth in the third round of the FA Cup. Boss Chris Hughton decided to use the full squad with players such as Krul, Kadar, and Nile Ranger getting first team run-outs.

The Toon Army, who descended on the South Coast in their thousands, could be forgiven for wondering why Newcastle weren't taking the FA Cup seriously.

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John Anderson probably summed it up nicely towards the end of his Radio Newcastle commentary, that both managers would have been happy with a draw before this game. But as the referee blew the final whistle with the score at 0-0, it will surely be Plymouth boss Paul Mariner who will be happier than his [. Click to continue reading...

Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.
I'm very proud to announce that Never Captain Nicky Butt has landed on the iPhone.
The hit iPhone app Fantasy Football Manager has just been updated and is live for download on the App Store and has included our website as one of its news sources - so you can stay up to date with the latest player news or other breaking news from around the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >I was just going to write the word 'garbage' and leave it at that for my write-up on the Derby game, my feelings shared by many Newcastle fans spilling out of St Jame's Park after last night's game. However, my choice to indulge in some enjoyable ales on the way back to [...] Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Well let's hope the lads have worked off the excess turkey they were clearly suffering from against Sheff Wed, before they meet The Rams at St James Park Monday evening. Despite our lacklustre performance on Boxing Day, resulting in a 2-2 draw with Sheffield Wednesday, Newcastle United still go into the Derby [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >If you asked me at half-time if I'd be happy with a repeat of the first half after the break, we'd have walked away with three points following a 2-0 victory and I would have been bemoaning the obvious lack of quality in our side once again. As it was, the scoreline [...] Click to continue reading...

Manchester United skipper Gary Neville has appreciated the young Red Devils and believes they are competent enough to start in the Premier League. The veteran voiced his views after United knocked out Spurs from the Carling Cup at Old Trafford. Sir Alex Ferguson had fielded a less experienced side to what he normally does in the tournament, signaling a possible new era of Fergies Fledglings. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United skipper Gary Neville has appreciated the young Red Devils and believes they are competent enough to start in the Premier League. The veteran voiced his views after United knocked out Spurs from the Carling Cup at Old Trafford. Sir Alex Ferguson had fielded a less experienced side to what he normally does in the tournament, signaling a possible new era of Fergies Fledglings. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi became the first Ballon D'Or winner from Argentina last night, eclipsing runner up Cristiano Ronaldo (last year's winner) by a 240 - point margin.
Of the 10 finalists, 7 players ply their trade outside of the English Premier League - which got me thinking, who would you love to see come over from the continent to join arguably the greatest league in the world? Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton has admitted that he is pretty laidback as the hour approaches and the 'temporary loan signing' window shuts at 5pm tomorrow night until February. It has long been reported that Leon Cort has been on Hughton's radar but Hughton has been telling the Chronicle that he's not in any rush to sign players just [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United's ginger playbreaker, Nicky Butt, has been giving his thoughts on life in the Championship so far, with the lads about to face their seventeenth league game of the season against Preston North End at Deepdale. "It's a bit of a strange division and one that is very hard to predict." Butt mused. Click to continue reading...

Lambert makes Patrick Viera and Roy Keane look like choir boys compared to her
Got this video above from a buddy in my inbox this morning, "BYU # 21 is a babe."
But that really isn't what we should be focused on at all. It's the crazy, violent play of Elizabeth Lambert that may catch your eye. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United fans revised the Nicky Butt chant for Rodrigo Possebon as he started to shine in League Cup performances last season.

The same has been done for Gabriel Obertan, particularly during his impressive display against Barnsley, which has made him feel very welcome.

"I'm very proud of that," he told MUTV.

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He ain't pretty, but he gets the job done as much as Gerrard does
Liverpool's season is on the line today as they travel to France to take on Lyon. Without their influential captain Steven Gerrard, and having already lost two straight in the Champions League, things don't look good for Rafa Benitez's club in crisis. Click to continue reading...

Every one is giving it a go to out do Bobby Zamora's miss from against Man City.

Arsenal were rampant against Spurs on Saturday, where do you think they will finish? Vote here (Never Captain Nicky Butt)

Adel Taarabt scores yet another cracking goal... Time for Spurs to bring him back?

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Yesterday's review of the current squad, took a look at the Newcastle defence, an area that this season we've been surprisingly strong in, given our poor reputation in recent years. Tonight looks at arguably the fulcrum of a successful team, the midfield, the place that could and should control a game and dictate the style of [. Click to continue reading...

Club captain Nicky Butt will return to the Newcastle United team for Saturday's game with Doncaster Rovers. Nicky Butt will play on Saturday Nicky missed the midweek defeat at Scunthorpe because of illness, but it would have been a surprise had he started that game. The 34-year-old midfielder had to withdraw from the squad having felt sick [. Click to continue reading...

Alan Smith will miss his second game because of suspension on Saturday and that is not particularly good news for Newcastle. Alan Smith misses game through suspension on Saturday But Alan plays in such an aggressive way and often his reputation goes before him,� and he will always pick up more than his fair share of [. Click to continue reading...

Nicky Butt has recently called for Chris Hughton to be made permanent manager of Newcastle United, but what are the options? Apparently Derek Llambias will shortly be reviewing the positions of Hughton and Calderwood in light of our great start and Nicky Butt hopes that their positions are made permanent until the end of the season. Click to continue reading...