Newcastle back to winning ways

With a low crowd at St James' this evening Newcastle took a step closer to automatic promotion with an 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace the win was not pretty but at this stage with Forrest creeping up, who cares how we beat them. West brom in third are now 8 points behind us.

Andy carol forced a first half own goal and Nile ranger got on the score sheet to settle the match late on with a good finish. That leaves us 3 points ahead of second place Forrest with 1 game in hand and a tricky game away to Leicester on Saturday.

FA Cup WBA v NUFC

The talk from Saturdays defeat to West brom was all about referee James Linnington and how he give us no hope of a tie against reading in the next round. Trelford mills name has not been heard of in years until this clown was put in charge of our cup tie with the baggies. Two penalties and a sending off and not a sniff of decision going our way West brom were left with a clear route into the next round leaving the Toon Army to once again concentrate our effort on league football.

Some good news in this week though with harewood unable to return due to injury and the Blackburn player kissyaknees (if you can) going out on loan to reading.
We have confirmed a 3 and a half year deal to sign QPR's Routledge and today we have got Portsmouth Mike Williamson although the club have not said on what basis, so it could be till the end of the season only?

Routledge

Both Players are eligible for tonight's championship clash with Crystal Palace at St James' Park.

Williamson

although this is good news as far as numbers are concerned we have still lost one of our best players for the rest of the season in Steven Taylor. Meanwhile Smith continues to refuse to wear any head gear for the facial injurie he picked up a couple of weeks ago.

Lets hope tight pockets Mike Rashley get his finger out his ass and buys some quality before Monday.

Newcastle Fail to take All the points.

Newcastle started this match with Peter Lovenkrands back after the loss of his father partnering Shola up-front. It was not long before the games first goal and no surprise as Newcastle's defence was all over the place, mistakes and bad positioning along with poor decision making brought back memories of last seasons downfall. So WBA went ahead after 12 Min's on the clock when a cross came in only to find Ameobi's man get away and flick the ball passed Steve Harper.

"lashed the ball passed a stunned Carson"

However Newcastle hit back through Guthrie after another 12 minutes of play when we earned a free kick just outside the area, with Ryan Taylor on the bench Guthrie stepped up and lashed the ball passed a stunned Carson who barely moved. So with the game at 1-1 Newcastle still managed to play some awful stuff while the baggies pushed on and in the first minute of the restart while the Newcastle players were still pulling up there socks and scratching there ..... Gorats ran down the left and put in a good cross for Bednar to head towards goal only for Harper to make an excellent save while coloccini looked on, instead of reacting to the situation Coliccini let Bednar finished the attack off by heading again but this time into the net and past the fallen Harper.


"dedicated the goal to his late father"

Again Newcastle hit back after only a short time and it came about by a cross from Enrique on the left, he whipped a great ball in to find Lovenkrands about 16yrds out and he beat Carson on his near post. He dedicated the goal to his late father when he pointed skywards and the cheer was for him.


"Nolan was gifted the best chance of the game"


Newcastle now back level and showing more signs of taking all three points, keeping possession and defending better when called upon. Nolan was gifted the best chance of the game for us when Gutierrez put in a fine run and played Nolan in but all he could do was pass the ball to the waiting Carson. Then a few minutes later WBA got what was the clearest chance but luck was on our side as 9 times out of 10 this chance would be put away no matter what level you are watching, but the ball didn't go in and we took a point from a game we really should have won.
We stay on top of the championship but forest are a close second but have played a game extra. So next up is WBA again, this time our 3rd game against them this season a second on the trot but its the FA cup at stake this time and a tricky tie at the Hawtorns. Though this maybe the case nothing is sure and Houghton may field a less experienced team due to our priorities of promotion, but I am sure the fans want a win and premier scalp for the next round.

What team in the prem would want to face us in the FA cup?

for the goals got to
http://videos.sapo.pt/J4J2ooKvAZ5e7TZgOn5H

JB stays with LU

Jermaine Beckford has decided to stay put at Leeds United after the cup win against Manchester united. Beckford was stunned by the response from the leeds fans after scoring the winner against Alex Ferguson and his sorry men as they fell to the leauge 1 toppers Leeds.

The official leeds website had this to say:

Leeds United are pleased to confirm that striker
Jermaine Beckford will be staying on at Elland Road for the remaining duration of his contract (to May 2010).

Conversations have been ongoing with the player and his representative since a transfer request was handed in on December 30.

The subsequent public knowledge of his transfer request has not been helpful in terms of stability, but having spoken with Jermaine all parties have decided it is in everyone's best interests that he stays until the end of the season and continues to help the club's bid for promotion.

This is despite several financial offers that have been made to the club.

Newcastle have made 3 bids in the region of £2m for the striker so we will now have to look elsewhere maybe roberts of Blackburn Rovers?

Beckford v man u

Newcastle ease into the 4th round FACUP

Newcastle United took the replay by the scruff of the neck on Wednesday evening and dispatched Plymouth with an hat trick from Peter lovenkrands just days before his father passed away. Newcastle now face West Brom on the 23rd Jan in the forth round at the Hawthorns after meeting them at home on Monday the 18th. Newcastle played a full strength team as it was the 2nd of Jan since we last played again a double header as we faced Plymouth in the league.

GOALS

photo soured from http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/01/13/article-1243009-07D9BE09000005DC-141_468x319.jpg

Plymouth Away

Plymouth Argyle 0 - 0 Newcastle United
Att 16,451

Derby county Home

Newcastle United 0 - 0 Derby County

Att 47,505

Shef wed Away

Shefield Wednesday 2 - 2 Newcastle United
Varney 14 Nolan 19
O'Connor 59 Ameobi 22

Att 30,030

Newcastle v Middlesbrough

Newcastle 2 - 0 Middlesbrough
Harewood 16
Ameobi 59

Att 49,644

Barnsley Take Two

As Barnsley take two points from United its a far cry from last season where a draw would have given us some comfort in the fact we weren't beaten, however after 7 straight wins in the championship united fans may indeed feel a little upset as our run of wins comes to an end. We did lead the game twice but both times Barnsley hit back with goals from Hallfredsson 52, Hassell 87. The united faithfull took over 7,000 fans to Oakwell giving them there best gate this season and probably there cup final. Nolan back after suspention carried on where he left off by slotting the ball home after 6mins to give us the advantage and his 10th goal this season and that was about it for first half action. Early in the second Barsley grabbed one back after persistant attacks by throwing what they could into the box. Pancrate and Carroll both missed good chances in the second half and both wingers looked knee deep in shit all day. Style of play was direct from Steven Taylor to Andy Carroll though the United fans did get something to cheer as Harewood grabbed another goal with 12 minutes remaining on the clock only for Barnsley to grab an equaliser 3 mins from time. A fair score at 2-2 keeps us top of the pile and 8 points clear till at least Monday evening when West Brom play QPR.

No Silver Lining For Sky Blues

Newcastle snatched all 3points and a seventh straight victory at the Rioch Arena on a night to forget. The home side as poor as us did hit the woodwork twice but it was due to the united Goalkeeper keeping another clean sheet. Pancreat Made his first full debut and looked good in the first half while Ameobi returned to the side with another goal to make it his 6th of the campaign so far. The Second half United held out for the first 20 minutes as Coventry came at us but it was United who found the net again, again another bit of class on a miserable evening Nile Ranger put his first goal in for the toon who had a strong following of around 3000 on Wednesday night in the midlands. Next up Barnsley away 3pm KO.

No Sting from the Visitors

Newcastle run out 2-0 winners against a decent Watford side at St James' Park and extend the winning run to 6 games. this has not been seen for 13 years and also our home record stays unbeaten.

Magpies Take The Swans

Newcastle ran out 3-0 winners at St James' park on Saturday and pushed further away from the chasing pack bar West brom. Goals from loan player, Harewood and one from Lovenkrands gave us a 3-0 lead at half time but the visitors were unlucky not to have scored as they put Newcastle under pressure in the second half. We held out to record another home win and hopes of a quick return are still alive and well.
A home tie to Watford is up next with Ameobi ready to go.

Preston v Newcastle

Newcastle win a gritty encounter at Preston with a fine strike from none other than top goal scorer Nolan.

After a good first half from the home side United had to improve. the game was looking likely to finish a goalless draw after a few missed chances until the ball fell kindly at the feet of Nolan who swivelled around and found the target,united went 0-1 up and looked the better team in the second half although we did hang on to the 3 points. Another good job on the road saw us climb back onto top spot and 2points clear of West brom who had a good win on Saturday.

Next up is a home game against the swans who are in fine form.

Ameobi could be back for this one although it looks like he will start on the bench. A striker is certainly needed at St James' if we are to carry on like this and get back to the prem. We are lucky we have a player of Nolan's calibre in this division, with 9 goals our top goalscorer has got us quite a few points this season but I feel a fresh face is needed up front and someone with pace and the ability to score 15/20 goals per season. Can you imagine going into the premiership with Ameobi clearly not cut out for the top league and Carrol who has only played regular football in the championship. Well if you cant let me tell you RELEGATION again that's what so January will see the intentions of a certain pretender who watches us from time to time. Whatever happens tho we need to get this so called man out before its too late or before the term yo yo club is used in the same sentence as our great club.

Preston 0-1 Newcastle United

Join the campaign to bring Newcastle Back to the people.

NUST (Newcastle United Supporters Trust)
http://www.nust.org.uk/the-ultimate-protest-confirmation-of-launch-of-the-yes-we-can-campaign


The Guardians Coverage
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2009/nov/11/newcastleunited-mike-ashley


The Times Coverage
http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2009/11/newcastle-fans-launch-takeover-campaign.html

Yes We Can

NUST Launch Day:"The Ultimate Protest"
"Yes We Can"

Tuesday 9th November sees the launch of the Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) an attempt to buy the club.

Further details of the "Yes We Can" campaign can be found at www.nust.org.uk the - they have released the following statement.


Today the Newcastle United Supporters Trust formally launches an ambitious bid to take back our football club. We need supporters like Yourself to back a supporter takeover.

There are a number of ways to invest in the club and after discussions with serious Newcastle-based investors we believe that the time is right for the fans to lead the charge and reclaim their football club.

The investment is backed by a local consortium of companies advising the Trust, and we've made sure that any investment is safe and guaranteed to be returned to you if the bid fails.

The "Yes We Can" campaign will run for 6 weeks, and we have a financial target which we are not announcing yet, as we want to negotiate from a position of strength with Mike Ashley.

The fans can lead the way where others have failed - by standing together and investing together - we can make our club the shining beacon of honesty and integrity and bring the city together to save our club from the current regime, its mistakes and its calculated snubs.

When Derek Llambias said the fans could not buy the club - we said YES WE CAN - and now we aim to prove it with your support.

Newcastle United Supporters Trust on Behalf of the City of Newcastle and Geordies everywhere.

Newcastle v Peterborough

Newcastle united saw another day of protests for the latest off field decisions made by the remaining Cockney mafia. The atmosphere was good however and the crowd got behind the team and were repaid with a golden moment just 15 minutes into the game. Gutierrez got the ball on the halfway line and took the ball on a mazy run until dispatching it in the back of the net for what was his first competitive goal for Newcastle Utd. Soon after young Andy Carrol had flicked a cross into the net to give the Posh an uphill struggle. With ST JAMES' PARK buzzing Newcastle went further ahead in the second half with another first goal, this time from Danny Simpson in the 52 minute. After going 3-0 up Newcastle should have gone on to embarrass the Posh but instead it was them who found the net, only one however and the game finished at 3-1.

With fans happy butt still reeling from the stadium name conversion the team once again put in a good shift and collected the points to see us take the lead at the top of the Championship table by 2 points (33) above West Brom (31) and a gap is now emerging above the playoff positions who all sit on 27.

pic sourced from http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,19764,11065_3150031,00.html

Sheffield United v Newcastle United

Newcastle earned a massive three points last night while not really impressing the Geordie fans who travelled down to Sheffield. The game was pretty dismal and the blades did there job quit well by trying to stop any play by Newcastle Towards the end Sheffield United could have got the goal they were looking for as United sat back and invited Sheffield forward time and time again despite having three forwards on the pitch. I for one did not enjoy but expect more games like this in this division. I would love to see great football but at this moment in time promotion is the only issue for Newcastle, so three point from an terrible game is acceptable at this time.

Andy Carrol put in a good shift last night, he was facing Morgan who is a experienced and tough character. He should have had a penalty as Morgan hauled Carrol down but the ref who had his head up his own arse the whole game and gave the foul the other way.

Steve Harper also saved us from losing the points by making a couple of great saves, but the two centre half's didn't look very comfortable throughout the match. Steven Taylor ans Ameobi are being missed by the team so the sooner we get them back the better. Gutierrez another candidate for the chop made too many mistakes again last night so i hope we get rid asap.

Newcastle United Radio Talk In

Dont forget to tune into Steve wraiths radio talk in tomorrow with plenty more Newcastle United news to discuss. http://www.facebook.com/toontalklive the show is from 6pm-8 pm monday nights only.

Change to this weeks normal show:
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St James' Park or TKMAX Stadium

Just when you think things can't get worse, Ashley does not disappoint. What is going on in this mans head; I don't know and will never know. Now after waiting patiently all these months for Mr Ashley and his buddy lamearse to clear out and sell up, he announces he will be staying in the Toon and has placed Hughton as manager. Hardened Newcastle fans (actually all Newcastle fans are hardened from years of shite and and underachieving) probably came to terms with this situation months ago long before the season kicked off but he has been trying to con us for too long and now the announcement of the St James' naming rights auction is just the final straw -the last twist of the knife or is it?

St James' has been home to football since 1880 and now some fat tart from the south wants to make back some cash that he lost from his terrible decisions by selling the rights to name St James' Park.

Is he a Mackem who wants to destroy NUFC or is he getting his revenge for the protests and songs aimed at ousting him? He has certainly proved it's difficult removing shit from a seat as he still lingers around St James' Park. Has he been advised by Denis Wise or some other tool? God knows . How can this man with all his wealth not see that St James' Park and the football team that plays there (or sometimes plays there) affects so many people in the North East, he must know what would be the reaction to this and that's probably why he has done it. I mean why does he care, we will never take him back in the away end again. He is hated in the city and he has lost money. He would sell his granny to get his money back. The man is still worth a fortune and is worried about a few million he lost as the owner of Newcastle United.

"He would sell his granny to get his money back"

What is the ground to be called if he does sell the rights? TKMAXX stadium? He has played yet another hand no one could predict and that's because he is the only person capable of making stupid decisions again and again and again and again...

We must stand up to this impostor and rid ourselves of his evil ways if we want to walk with pride wearing the black and white stripes. We must hit him where it hurts, in his pocket as that's the only language he understands whereas our language is football and right now it's getting worse all the time. Please go to this link http://www.nust.org.uk/rename-petition and sign the petition to save St James' Park. We must start thinking about the protests we had when Keegan left and start them again as its the only way to get rid of the idiots in charge.

Please leave comments below and any suggestions on how we as Newcastle fans or any football fans can rid ourselves of this lumbering fool of a man.