Guardian sport on Friday, 05 December 2025

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

Van de Ven may be key for Spurs, Wissa could make Newcastle debut and Dyche deserves warm Everton welcomeArsenal’s recent memories of Aston Villa are of awkward opponents. Mikel Arteta’s side squandered a two-goal lead at the Emirates Stadium when the teams last met, in January, Arsenal dropping two

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PA Media on Thursday, 04 December 2025

Former Newcastle goalkeeper Hislop reveals treatment for prostate cancer

Hislop had surgery for ‘fairly aggressive prostate cancer’Cancer has spread to pelvic bone of 56-year-oldThe former Newcastle, West Ham and Portsmouth goalkeeper Shaka Hislop has revealed he has prostate cancer, which has spread to his pelvic bone. Hislop said he had been diagnosed with “a fairly ag

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Louise Taylor on Thursday, 04 December 2025

Newcastle United’s new chief executive says team can be world’s best by 2030

David Hopkinson says revenue growth is core focusTeam are Saudi PIF’s ‘favourite investment’, CEO addsNewcastle United’s chief executive regards the club as a rocket ship and believes that, by 2030, it could house the world’s best team. David Hopkinson has hit the ground running since succeeding Dar

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Harry Paterson on Wednesday, 03 December 2025

Sunderland are a welcome throwback to days when promoted teams thrived

Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Ipswich have all had fast starts after promotion – but they did it decades agoBy WhoScoredSunderland have not so much defied expectations as torn them to shreds. You have to go back 20 years to find a promoted side that has picked up as many points after 13 games – W

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Scott Murray on Tuesday, 02 December 2025

Newcastle 2-2 Tottenham: Premier League – as it happened

Cristian Romero’s late overhead kick salvaged a point for Spurs after Newcastle were awarded a contentious penaltyTottenham Hotspur kick off. A fine early-evening-pints-fuelled atmosphere at St James’ Park. Spurs are kicking towards the Gallowgate in this first half.The teams are out! Newcastle in t

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Louise Taylor at St James' Park on Tuesday, 02 December 2025

Cristian Romero overhead kick snatches late Tottenham draw to deny Newcastle

Two late goals from Cristian Romero enabled Thomas Frank to leave Tyneside celebrating the sort of dramatic draw that can be construed as a form of moral victory.The Tottenham captain’s equaliser in stoppage time, his second leveller of the scrappiest of games, not merely camouflaged plenty of visit

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Guardian sport on Monday, 01 December 2025

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s football

Ruben Amorim is happy to ‘steal’ from others, Phil Foden is central to City and Thomas Frank is in trouble at TottenhamLatest Premier League table | Top scorersAs Barney Ronay has noted, Arsenal are facing a weekly renewal of the Game You Just Have to Win If You Want to Be Champions. Did this repres

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Andy Hunter at Hill Dickinson Stadium on Saturday, 29 November 2025

Malick Thiaw doubles up in Newcastle’s impressive mauling of Everton

Delight will have been tinged with bewilderment for Eddie Howe as Newcastle finally clicked on the Premier League road this season. Howe’s team were superb as they routed Everton, scoring more goals in one devastating evening than in their previous seven away games combined. He may well question why

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Rob Smyth on Saturday, 29 November 2025

Everton 1-4 Newcastle: Premier League – as it happened

Malick Thiaw scored twice as Newcastle ended their run of away defeats with a crushing victoryA wicked inswinging corner from Lewis Miley is headed in from three yards by Malick Thiaw. It was a good header, steered decisively wide of Pickford, but the delivery from Miley was outstanding.19 secs: Pic

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Guardian sport on Friday, 28 November 2025

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

Cherries fans wait on word of Semenyo, Gueye’s red card could leave Everton blue and Nuno needs new plansWith Thomas Frank, Bryan Mbeumo, Yoane Wissa, Christian Nørgaard and Mark Flekken leaving Brentford in the summer, the Bees looked the established club most likely to go down, thereby allowing a

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PA Media and Reuters on Thursday, 27 November 2025

Newcastle to lodge Uefa complaint over ‘unacceptable treatment’ of fans at Marseille game

Supporters ‘targeted with pepper spray and batons’French police used ‘excessive tactics’, claim NewcastleNewcastle are to complain over the “unacceptable treatment” their fans endured after Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at Marseille in the Champions League. The Premier League club accused French police of us

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Louise Taylor at Stade Vélodrome on Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Aubameyang fires Marseille to win as Newcastle fail to heed Howe’s warning

Newcastle cannot complain that they were not warned. Eddie Howe had cautioned his players that Pierre‑Emerick Aubameyang was “as good as ever” and would need to be “controlled” but, ultimately, the visitors proved powerless to prevent the 36-year-old transforming both the match and Marseille’s Champ

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George Boxall on Tuesday, 25 November 2025

Leonardo Balerdi on Marseille, Lionel Messi and proving angry fans wrong

The centre-back had a difficult start in Ligue 1 but now he is captaining the club and dreaming of winning the World CupBy Get French Football NewsLeonardo Balerdi bursts into laughter as he describes the moment a police van stopped in front of his car in Marseille, sirens blaring, only for four off

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Louise Taylor in Marseille on Monday, 24 November 2025

Eddie Howe hopes Newcastle can banish travel sickness on mission to Marseille

Magpies’ away record is a worry before Champions League meeting with Roberto De Zerbi, Mason Greenwood and coNewcastle fans are travelling to Marseille with a soundtrack of uncertainty echoing in their ears. Quite apart from the official warnings about rampant pickpocketing, street crime and potenti

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Guardian sport on Monday, 24 November 2025

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s football

Spurs punished for negativity, Dyche’s gameplan downs Liverpool and Wharton’s quality shines through againTop scorers: check the latest race for the golden bootAmid Liverpool’s deepening crisis and the growing scrutiny on Arne Slot, it is only right that Nottingham Forest’s role in it is given some

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Scott Murray on Saturday, 22 November 2025

Newcastle United 2-1 Manchester City: Premier League – as it happened

Harvey Barnes was Newcastle’s two-goal hero as Eddie Howe tasted Premier League success against City for the first time in his career25 seconds: Donnarumma gets away with a dreadful pass out from the back. Joelinton nips in ahead of Foden, who didn’t want the ball, and pokes to Barnes. The Newcastle

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Louise Taylor at St James' Park on Saturday, 22 November 2025

Harvey Barnes double helps Newcastle derail Manchester City revival

Newcastle’s recent slide left them 15th in the Premier League at kick-off but, by the end of an always absorbing, sometimes almost anarchic, evening they had ascended to Cloud Nine.It is very hard to argue that Eddie Howe is not an elite coach – what price he ends up eventually being poached by Live

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