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...

! Article Start >Big spenders. To be frank, Peterborough squad are the 'Poundland' of the Championship. Promoted last year through the playoffs, some of the figures paid for Newcastle United players in recent times would pay for the whole Peterborough squad. They even make Scunthorpe look like Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >It appears that the current mutinous attitude of the Toon faithful is spreading around the country as fast as the H1N1 virus with the latest rumblings of discontent being voiced at Bramhall Lane, where more than 100 supporters stayed behind after Sheffield United's last home match, to demonstrate at their recent poor [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United's opponents the 'morra, the 'Vikings', or 'Rovers' as Doncaster are better known, have had a fairly similar history to Scunthorpe, their closest neighbour. They have yo-yoed through the lower divisions before dropping out of the football league altogether for a time about 10 years ago. Click to continue reading...

There are plenty of things going at St James' Park at the moment. Some of them have an indirect effect on events on the pitch, and others slightly more direct. One of those which is plainly obvious to some of us, is the direct effect the exclusion of Nile Ranger is having on Newcastle's first [...] Click to continue reading...

'The Iron' awaits Newcastle United this evening and no, not the dreaded domestic variety which partners an ironing board, but The Iron of sunny Scunny fame. Scunthorpe, built on one of the largest iron-ore fields in Europe, is home to one of the country's major steelworks, and the link with iron provides Scunthorpe United with [. Click to continue reading...

With all the flying guff surrounding the recent award to Kevin Keegan, there is still the small matter of a football match with the Robins of Bristol City to contend with at 3pm. Stiff test? City, who are renowned as much for their contribution to Cockney rhyming slang as their achievements on the pitch, are currently [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United have a great opportunity to extend their lead at the top of the table but QPR will make for stiff opposition. The three teams below us failed to win last night. West Brom suffered a surprise defeat by Barnsley, Preston lost at home to Reading and Middlesbrough lost at home to Leicester. Click to continue reading...

Kick-off Portman Road, Saturday, 5:30PM [live on BBC1]. Firstly of course, Newcastle United's Championship clash with Ipswich will be another game overshadowed by the memory of the great Sir Bobby Robson, who managed the 'Tractor Boys' for some thirteen years, building the Suffolk team patiently and taking them to the heights of both domestic and [. Click to continue reading...

Tonight's Carling Cup 3rd round tie with Peterborough is likely to see a few of Newcastle's youngsters get an outing. It's partly forced on Hughton as Ameobi, Gutierrez and Simpson are injured and Khizanishvili is cup-tied, but I think Hughton will also see this as an opportunity to rest a few players anyway. Click to continue reading...

Bottom of the table Plymouth make the pilgrimage to St James's Park today as the Toon hope to get back on track after the midweek defeat at Blackpool. Plymouth have a paltry 2 points from their opening 7 games, picked up via an away draw at Crystal Palace and a home draw against QPR in the [...] Click to continue reading...

Newcastle can regain the top spot with a point at Blackpool, although we should be expecting 3 points from our visit to Bloomfield Road if we want to match West Brom and Middlesbrough who both won last night. Blackpool are lingering in the middle of the table having taken 7 points from 6 games. They've only [. Click to continue reading...

Kick-off: Sunday 13th September, 2.05PM, Cardiff City Stadium. Referee: Andrew Hall (West Midlands). Sunday's away trip to the new Cardiff City Stadium sees Newcastle United missing Championship player of the month, Shola Ameobi, along with Andy Carroll and Jonas Guitierrez. However, despite the lack of senior strikers, young Nile Ranger has started to come to [. Click to continue reading...