NUFC match previews
Venue: Loftus Road, London. Date: Sun 12th May, 2013. Kick off: 3.00pm. Referee: Lee Probert (Gloucs). UK TV: None. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our penultimate "match banter" for the season. This time of course, the Magpies face Queens Park Rangers and with Alan Pardew once again seemingly unable to find a win for [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. Date: Sat 27th April, 2013. Kick off: 5.30pm. Referee: Andre Marriner (W. Mids). UK TV: ESPN. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to our "match banter" piece for this afternoon's late kick off at St James' Park, which sees Newcastle United taking on Liverpool in a bid to finally [.
In our game against Southampton this afternoon, along with our next one against Swansea City, we will be facing the teams of the two most talented and admired young coaches in the Premiership, Mauricio Pochettino and Michael Laudrup. Of course, English fans including those of Newcastle United are very familiar with Laudrup the coach now, [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Weds 2nd January, 2013. Kick off: 8.00pm. Referee: Martin Atkinson (Yorks). UK TV: Sky Sports. Hello, good evening and welcome to our "match banter" for this evening's game against Everton at St James' Park. Of course, this will be our first game of 2013, and the last of what [.
With the news that Newcastle United will be facing Metalist Kharkiv over two legs in the the next round of our Europa League campaign, I thought it might be a good idea to probe this side from the north east of Ukraine. Going on what Alan Pardew said when he was interviewed about the draw, [...]
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Sat 15th December, 2012. Kick off: 12.45pm. Referee: Andre Marriner (W.Mids). UK TV: Sky Sports 2. Newcastle United's Christmas of horror begins with a visit from last season's Premier League champions, and the only club whose name sounds like a Gay night at Rockshots, Man City.
Venue: Britannia Stadium, Stoke. Date: 28 November 2012. Kick off: 7:45pm. Referee: Howard Webb. UK TV: None. This evening's game will see Newcastle United seek to avoid their fourth defeat in a row against the Premiership's tallest side, Stoke City, who are unbeaten in their last 13 games at the Britannia Stadium.
Venue: St Mary's Stadium, Southampton. Date: Sunday, 25th November. Kick off: 3:00pm Referee: Martin Atkinson. UK TV: None. This game will see our own Silver Supremo squaring up to his Southampton Silver Supremo successor, Nigel Adkins. Adkins did what Pardew couldn't quite manage to do, get the South coast side promoted from League One, then [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Thursday, 22nd November. Kick off: 8:05pm Referee: Danny Makkelie (Holland). UK TV: ESPN. This will be our penultimate game in Europa League group stage, with Newcastle United facing their second (away) leg against Bordeaux for the final game after this one. As things stand, the Magpies lead the group [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Sunday, 17th November. Kick off: 3:00pm Referee: Phil Dowd. UK TV: None. St James' Park will be honoured to receive football royalty to St James' Park as the greatest footballer of the 1990s, and indeed one of the greatest ever, Michael Laudrup, brings his Swansea City side to St [.
Well, alot has happened in the world of Club Brugge since since our 1-0 victory against them at St James' Park two weeks ago. Back in those dim and distant days, their manager was Georges "Mack the Knife" Leekens (that's his nickname, honest!) and they were top of the league, having just suffered their first [.
This Sunday, NUFC attempt to right a good few wrongs against Brendan Rodgers's Liverpool at the home of the Red Bin Dippers. Our record at Anfield is marginally better than that at Old Trafford unfortunately in reality its still poor. Since we joined the Premier League back in 1993 we have won only once in [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Sunday, 28th Oct. Kick off: 3:00pm Referee: Chris Foy. UK TV: None. The Toon return to Premier League action when the Baggies visit for a non-televised 3pm kickoff on Sunday. The "Boing Boing" Baggies have proved a real thorn in our side at SJP in recent years and Alan [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Thursday, 25th Oct. Kick off: 8:05pm Referee: Martin Hansson. UK TV: ESPN. Brugge come to St James' Park this evening as leaders of the Belgian Pro League, though on the back of a fairly heavy 4-1 defeat against Oud-Heverlee Leuven (the home of "Stella Artois" beer).
Venue: Stadium of Blight, Blunderland. Date: Sunday, 22nd Oct. Kick off: 1:30pm Referee: Martin Atkinson. UK TV: Sky Sports 1. This will be referee Martin Atkinson's second outing this season in charge of a Newcastle game, after handling our season opening home victory over Spurs. His previous engagement with us was at SJP back in [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Thursday, 4th Oct. Kick off: 8:05pm Referee: Antonio Miguel Lahoz. UK TV: ESPN. As I have already written a fairly extensive piece on Girondins de Bordeaux where I have already taken a look at some of the things we focus on in our usual previews, I will try to [.
Venue: Madejski Stadium, Reading. Date: Saturday, 29th Sept. Kick off: 3:00pm Referee: Andre Marriner (Sheldon, W.Mids). UK TV: None. Today sees Alan Pardew (complete with his new eight year contract), returning to his managerial alma mater, Reading. Where José Mourinho and André Villas-Boas had Sir Bobby Robson, and Pep Guardiola had Johan Cruyff to guide [.
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester. Date: Thurs, 26th Sept. Kick off: 7:45pm Referee: Anthony Taylor (Manchester). UK TV: Sky Sports. The Toon begin this season's League Cup campaign with a remarkably tough opening fixture away to the Mancs at Old Trafford. Kick-off is at 7.45pm and the tie, which will be settled on the night via [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Sun, 23rd Sept. Kick off: 3:00pm Referee: Neil Swarbrick. UK TV: None. Chris Hughton will make his first public appearance at St James' Park since he managed a 1-1 draw for the Toon against Chelsea in November 2010. We all know that shortly after that game, with the team [.
Venue: Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira. Date: Thurs, 4th October. Kick off: 6:00pm Referee: Robert Schorgenhofer. UK TV: ESPN. Before I begin, I wrote a previous piece giving some general background on Maritimo in my series probing our Europa League Group Stage opponents. In this preview, I will concentrate more on Maratimo's style of play [.
Venue: Goodison Park, Meerseyside. Date: Monday, 17th September. Kick off: 8:00pm Referee: Mike Jones. UK TV: Sky Sports 1. With the international break finally over, we can get back to the nitty gritty of the Premier League when Everton take on Newcastle United at Goodison Park on Monday night. Both sides have aspirations of finishing [.
Team: C.S. Maritimo. League: Portuguese Primeira Liga. Position last season: 5th. Stadium: Estádio
dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira. Last major trophy: Campeonato de Portugal, 1926. Fixture dates:
Thurs, 4th Oct (A), Thurs, 22nd Nov (H) Though Maritimo play in Portugal's Primeira Liga, Maritimo
(Maritime) are situated on the island of Madeira, some 600 miles from the [.
Team: C.S. Maritimo. League: Portuguese Primeira Liga. Position last season: 5th. Stadium: Estádio dos Barreiros, Funchal, Madeira. Last major trophy: Campeonato de Portugal, 1926. Fixture dates: Thurs, 4th Oct (A), Thurs, 22nd Nov (H) Though Maritimo play in Portugal's Primeira Liga, Maritimo (Maritime) are situated on the island of Madeira, some 600 miles from the [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Thusday 30th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 8:00pm. Referee:
Stephen Studer . UK TV: ITV 4. Hello, good evening and welcome to our latest "match banter"
feature for this evening's Europa League game against FC Atromitos of Athens. With a shortage of
success in the transfer window so far, Alan Pardew [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Thusday 30th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 8:00pm. Referee: Stephen Studer . UK TV: ITV 4. Hello, good evening and welcome to our latest "match banter" feature for this evening's Europa League game against FC Atromitos of Athens. With a shortage of success in the transfer window so far, Alan Pardew [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Thusday 30th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 8:00pm. Referee: Stephen Studer . UK TV: ITV 4. With the sides evenly matched at 1-1 after last week's first leg Europa League tie in Athens, Newcastle United entertain FC Atromitos at St James' Park this evening to determine which club will take the [.
Venue: St James' Park, Toon. Date: Thusday 30th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 8:00pm. Referee: Stephen
Studer . UK TV: ITV 4. With the sides evenly matched at 1-1 after last week's first leg Europa
League tie in Athens, Newcastle United entertain FC Atromitos at St James' Park this evening to
determine which club will take the [.
In a football world which is used to great turns of fortune, the two protagonists in today's game
at Stamford Bridge, Swiss Supremo, Roberto di Matteo, and our own Silver Supremo, Alan Pardew, have
arguably seen two of the greatest. Firstly, there is the fall and rise of Chelsea manager, Roberto
di Matteo.
In a football world which is used to great turns of fortune, the two protagonists in today's game
at Stamford Bridge, Swiss Supremo, Roberto di Matteo, and our own Silver Supremo, Alan Pardew, have
arguably seen two of the greatest. Firstly, there is the fall and rise of Chelsea manager, Roberto
di Matteo.
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London. Date: Saturday 25th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 5:30pm. Referee: Phil
Dowd. UK TV: ESPN / HD. Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea await the Magpies this Saturday, as Newcastle
United return to Premier League action in the capital for another live ESPN scheduled encounter.
Alan Pardew will look to build on last weeks 2-1 [.
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London. Date: Saturday 25th August, 2012. Kick-Off: 5:30pm. Referee: Phil
Dowd. UK TV: ESPN / HD. Roberto Di Matteo's Chelsea await the Magpies this Saturday, as Newcastle
United return to Premier League action in the capital for another live ESPN scheduled encounter.
Alan Pardew will look to build on last weeks 2-1 [.
With the Newcastle United being drawn against footballing aristocrats Benfica for their Europa League quarter final on Thursday, here is part two of my guide to Benfica. In part one, I took a look at some aspects of Benfica's history, including it's links to Newcastle United and the North East in general.
As Newcastle United's next Europa League opponents are the Portuguese footballing aristocrats of Benfica, I have been inspired to write a two part guide to the club. In this first part, I will taking a brief look at the history of the club, as well as tking a look at the links between Benfica, Newcastle [.
Venue: Craven Cottage, London. Date: 10th December 2012. Kick off: 8:00pm. Referee: Lee Mason. UK TV: None. After an much needed win and a much needed change in tactics in our last Premiership game against Wigan, we now find ourselves facing Fulham away, a team who despite a recent lack of form can be very [.
Venue: The Wonga Loan Shark Arena? Date: Sunday, 7th Oct. Kick off: 4:00pm Referee: Howard Webb (Manchester United). UK TV: Sky Sports 1. Once again, Manchester United will, very helpfully, be bringing their own referee along for this game. Of course, I am referring to Howard Webb, who they also kindly brought along for the [.
Part one – C.S. Maritimo. Team: F.C. des Girondins de Bordeaux. League: French Ligue 1. Position last season: 5th. Stadium: Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux. Last major trophy: Ligue 1, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des champions 2009. Fixture dates: Thurs, 4th Oct (H), Thurs, 6th Dec (A). A silver haired Supremo in his early [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Sunday 2nd September,2012. Kick-Off: 4:00pm. Referee: Lee
Probert. UK TV: None. Sunday brings Premier League football back to St James' Park as Aston Villa
provide the opponents for a 4pm kick-off. There will be no UK TV broadcast of the fixture so it
will be time to scour the [.
Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle. Date: Sunday 2nd September,2012. Kick-Off: 4:00pm. Referee: Lee Probert. UK TV: None. Sunday brings Premier League football back to St James' Park as Aston Villa provide the opponents for a 4pm kick-off. There will be no UK TV broadcast of the fixture so it will be time to scour the [.
Greek Cup Final 2012 Olympiacos 2 1 Atromitos (AET) I just thought I'd include this post as a kind
of addendum to Andymac's excellent Atromios v Newcastle United match preview for this evening's
game, which kicks off at 6:00pm. Atromitos have been losing finalists in the last two Greek Cup
finals.
Greek Cup Final 2012 Olympiacos 2 1 Atromitos (AET) I just thought I'd include this post as a kind
of addendum to Andymac's excellent Atromios v Newcastle United match preview for this evening's
game, which kicks off at 6:00pm. Atromitos have been losing finalists in the last two Greek Cup
finals.
