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...

! 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...

When Newcastle played Peterborough on 22nd September, we rested most of our first team squad, and started with 6 teenagers. Steve Harper - another super save form the local lad But when Peterborough deservedly won that game, there was not one word mentioning this on their club site report of the game,� and nothing from manager Ferguson, [. Click to continue reading...

Steve Harper has been a top player for Newcastle this season, and he's certainly taken the chance offered to him, when Shay Given left Tyneside� for Manchester City last January. Steve Harper - in great form this season And of course the other motivating factor for Steve � is certain Ditch youngster, Tim Krul, who will no doubt become [. Click to continue reading...

Chis Hughton this morning praised the magnificent play of goalkeeper Steve Harper last night, as the Magpies scraped together a second successive win to remain top of the Coca Cola Championship. Steve Harper 3 great late saves Chris also praised the spirit of his players, as they again stuck at it and came out of a [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Newcastle United's 1-0 win last night wasn't pretty but it did the job. Newcastle go back to the top of the table, clear by 2 points. Hughton had this to say about last night's game: "It was an ugly win. Sheffield play a style which makes it difficult. You have to be strong and [. Click to continue reading...

There aren't many things worse than what's happened to our club over the past week or so, and I was hoping that it wouldn't have too much of an impact on the NUFC players. Fortunately (and rather fortuitously), they battled to a hard fought victory over Sheffield United.

The Blades made the Newcastle players work hard for this victory, which on another day, could so easily have gone against us.

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! Article Start >Once again, Newcastle United managed to leave us feeling slightly underwhelmed, and yet still went top of the league after taking all three points at Bramall Lane. The fact that we managed to grind out a 1-0 win against the red and white half of Sheffield was largely down to luck at [. Click to continue reading...

Steve Harper pulled off some fantastic saves to help Newcastle to three points and back to the top of the Championship table.

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Newcastle United regained the top spot in the Coca Cola League Championship after edging Sheffield United 1-0 away from home. The Magpies went into Monday evening a point behind West Bromwich Albion but an own goal from Blades skipper Chris Morgan stunned Bramall Lane.

Fortunately for Newcastle, there was no coming back from the hosts.

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Just how much can you discuss the same thing, day after day? Well to be fair, we've given it a good go but rather than rant on about the off-field stuff, I thought it might be time to reflect on the on-field matters at Newcastle United. We're almost a third of the way through our [...] Click to continue reading...

Well what a miserable bloody night.....stuck in a pub where I could only just about see and hear the game in the first half and where the locals seem to treat the bar as a place to lounge rather than a place to buy a drink. I was already hacked off before the game kicked [...] Click to continue reading...

While in some games this season Newcastle have looked a classy outfit, in other games we've been made to work hard for what we've got. Steve Harper - we've done nothing yet And at Blackpool, in our only league defeat so far, we were outfought and outplayed on the night, although the lads came back well [. Click to continue reading...

Sitting at the top of the Championship, it's tempting to think Newcastle United have had it easy but the truth is we've had to work hard to get points in some games. On paper we've arguably got the best team in the Championship, populated by ex-Premiership players with skill and experience. There have been moments when [. Click to continue reading...

The situation we have at Newcastle remains uncertain at best, as we still have Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias in place, and they have shown they are absolutely clueless in running a football club. Mike Ashley has no idea how a club should be run And as we mentioned yesterday there is every probability that [. Click to continue reading...

Steve Harper has come out today and said again what a great atmosphere Newcastle have in the dressing room this season, which is a far cry from last season, to be sure. Steve Harper dressing room is very special Steve talked to the Newcastle Journal this morning about Newcastle's great team spirit: "It does feel like [. Click to continue reading...

Thanks to a late goal from new loan signing Marlon Harewood, Newcastle United managed to avoid defeat, and with it, go three points clear at the top of the Championship.

It wasn't all plain sailing though and QPR proved they were no pushovers. They went in front on the 7th minute after a mistake from Jose Enrique allowed Ben Watson to slide the ball past Steve Harper.

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Newcastle manager Chris Hughton thought that his side showed character and determination, to come from a goal behind to get a draw against a good Queens Park Rangers side. Marlon Harewood scored his maiden goal after 70 minutes QPR took just seven minutes to find a breakthrough, when Ben Watson's shot was deflected beyond Steve Harper by [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle's � longest-serving and one of the most loyal players ever, Steve Harper, will equal Kevin Carr's club record of six consecutive clean sheets, if Newcastle can stop Blackpool scoring tonight. Steve Harper - a leader on Tyneside Steve talked last night about the rehabilitated Newcastle team this season: "It has been a great team effort," [. Click to continue reading...

Steve Harper has been at Newcastle since 1993 and he thinks he could write a best-seller about goings-on during his time on Tyneside we don't doubt that one little bit. Steve Harper - been at Newcastle 13 seasons Steve's had 18 different first team managers during his time at St James' Park but is saying he [. Click to continue reading...

It seems that in-form Newcastle goalkeeper Steve Harper has come to terms with our relegation of last May, and wants to bring the good times back to St.James' Park and get the club promoted next May, at the first attempt. Steve Harper - relegation is ancient history With Newcastle top of the league right now, and going [. Click to continue reading...

Steve Harper has said that Newcastle United can use their tag as Championship table-toppers after 5 games, as a platform for an immediate return to the Premier League and if the lads can get promoted this season, there are going to be multitudes of happy Toon fans around the world. Steve Harper - we're fighting [. Click to continue reading...

We thought Steve Harper was Man Of� The Match last night, because if it was not for him in the first half, even Danny Guthrie's wonderful strike in the second half wouldn't have been enough to get us all 3 points. Steve Harper - pleads for more players But in our Man of the March poll yong Nile [.. Click to continue reading...

Steve Harper's first-half heroics during last night's 1-0 victory over Leicester City, showed just exactly why he's Newcastle United's No.1 goalkeeper this season. Steve Harper - fantastic save from header after 21 minutes Harper twice stopped The Foxes last night with great saves as they looked to be getting on top of Newcastle, and at half [. Click to continue reading...

Black and white, sitting on top, doing alright! That's Newcastle United, after another win in front of the watching Sky cameras puts us in the driving seat after five games. Leicester City came to town and although The Foxes showed wily endeavour in the first half, it would be hard to argue that the result [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United continued their impressive start to the season and went top of the Championship with a well earned victory over Crystal Palace.

Regardless of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the club, the Toon players are showing they are more than up for the fight with goals from Kevin Nolan and a cracker from Ryan Taylor.

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Chis Hughton has admitted that the 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday was far from pretty, and he's right. Steve Harper two great saves from Newcastle 'keeper But a win is a win, and the more 1-0 wins we can get shows the lads have both the spirit and that winning mentality. Chris Hughton also admitted he [. Click to continue reading...

A single goal from that goals man Shola Ameobi, was enough to give Newcastle a good win tonight, but it took a couple of great saves from goalkeeper Steve Harper to keep the clean sheet tonight. In front of a fantastic crowd of 43,904, a Championship record in only our second home game of the season, [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United make one change from the side which drew at West Brom last Saturday with Joey Barton replacing Damien Duff. Newcastle will again go with a 4-4-2 system with an up-front pairing of local lads Andy Carroll and Shola Ameobi. Steve Harper returns in goal, after being taken off at half-time at WBA because of [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle have signed right-back Danny Simpson on loan from Manchester United, but will be without both Nicky Butt (hand) and Danny Guthrie (hamstring), for the first home game of the season against Reading, tomorrow night. Goalkeeper Steve Harper was taken to hospital for tests after suffering a head injury at West Brom, but the goalkeeper [. Click to continue reading...

Being relegated has apparently done very little to humble Joey Barton. But instead of fighting with opponents and random people on the street, Joey has turned his rabid anger on his own team.

He started the season with a training ground bust up with caretaker manager Chris Houghton that results in Barton being reduced to substitute duty against West Brom last week and now he's successfully alienated himself from the temporary manager, he's hoping he can do the same with his teammates namely, goalkeeper Steve Harper.

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(All times - UK)
Saturday 15th August
12.45 Chelsea v Hull City, Premier League, Sky Sports 1 / Sky Sports HD1
The Premier League begins right here (as Sky are probably only too keen to remind you). Hull earned a creditable goalless draw here last season but few will predict anything similar this time around. Click to continue reading...

(All times - UK)
Saturday 15th August
12.45 Chelsea v Hull City, Premier League, Sky Sports 1 / Sky Sports HD1
The Premier League begins right here (as Sky are probably only too keen to remind you). Hull earned a creditable goalless draw here last season but few will predict anything similar this time around. Click to continue reading...

New today that Steve Harper will start against Reading on Saturday, having fully recovered from the head injury which forced him off during last weekend's opening-day draw at West Brom. Steve Harper - fit again for Saturday Steve got a nasty knock at The Hawthorns on Saturday, as WBA scored their first goal after 39 minutes. Click to continue reading...

Tim Krul showed the� many scouts at the Holland England U21 game last night, just how good a goalkeeper he can become, with another clean sheet for Holland – just three days after his brilliant performance for Newcastle, in the second half at The Hawthorns. Tim Krul - another clean sheet last night Newcastle captain Alan Smith [. Click to continue reading...