In 1978 I began playing cricket at Derriaghy which is situated between Belfast and Lisburn. A lot of the cricket players also played football and in 1982 a group of…
It is now over eight weeks since the Newcastle United takeover was passed to the Premier League. Widely reported that on 9 April 2020, 57 days ago, both Mike Ashley…
Isaac Hayden was with Southend United as a kid. He then joined the youth set-up at Arsenal when he was aged 13 but only ever managed two senior appearances for…
Henry Winter is arguably the best and most reliable national football journalist around. Chief Football Writer at The Times, Winter has regularly over the years called out Mike Ashley for…
Graeme Souness was / is arguably the worst ever Newcastle United manager in living memory. He is certainly the one who did the most damage at St James Park. Dismantling…
Seeing Matty Longstaff about to sign for another club shows that there is no one looking after the best interests of Newcastle United at the moment. That is looking at…
It is easy to believe in curses when supporting Newcastle United. The usual rule over the years: if anything can go wrong, it often does. Perhaps more so in the…
If you are a Geordie, you might be forgiven for not knowing the significance of the 9th June 1862. If you are a Newcastle fan and you don’t, kindly leave…
As a young Newcastle United fan, the first inkling – ‘Get your coat on wor Ian, we’re ganning to the match.’ The excitement starts… bus to the Haymarket from North…
