In 1998, ageing Catholic prelate and Newcastle United fan Cardinal Basil Hume offered his resignation as Archbishop of Westminster, hoping to devote his last years partly to the highly penitential exercise of following his beloved team.If someone had told the cardinal (who died in office a year late
It has now been reported in Italy that Newcastle United have made an enquiry for Giorgio Scalvini.Journalist Gianluca Di Marzio says that his information is that an approach has been made by United to the player via his agents to enquire about potential availability.No contact reported as yet though
Saturday brought news via the media in Portugal that Lukas Hornicek was going to travel to La Manga rather than Tyneside to take his medical.This followed Newcastle United triggering the goalkeeper’s €30m (approx £25.7m) contract release clause.Now Sky Sports have confirmed that Lukas Hornicek did i
I have never met Eddie Howe, yet over the past five years he has brought more happiness into my life than he could ever know.When the news broke that he had resigned as Newcastle United manager, I felt heartbroken.Not because football managers don’t move on. They always do. I was heartbroken because
Now revealed by Sky Sports that Arsenal have still not made direct contact with Newcastle United about Bruno Guimaraes.This bizarre saga has dragged on right across the summer.It was back in June when Arsenal used the media to first put out the message that they wanted to sign Bruno Guimaraes.Since
A consortium fronted by Amanda Staveley has agreed a £150m deal to buy a 25.1 per cent share in West Ham United.The Times report that Daniel Kretinsky already owns 27 per cent of the club and his proposed deal to buy shares from the Gold family would have made him the biggest shareholder.However, wi
When the Saudi-backed takeover happened, Newcastle United looked like a club with a clear vision.Amanda Staveley became the face of that project, Eddie Howe transformed the team, Dan Ashworth oversaw recruitment, and supporters genuinely believed we were watching the foundations of a title-winning c
Matthias Jaissle has now arrived in La Manga and joined the Newcastle United players,The United squad flew out on Friday from Tyneside for this pre-season training camp.Sky Sports report that Newcastle United are set to formally announce Matthias Jaissle as Eddie Howe’s replacement today (Sunday 2 A
If success is measured by silverware, Eddie Howe is definitely the best manager that has graced St James’ Park since Joe Harvey won the Fairs Cup back in the summer of 1969.Eddie Howe, ‘the fella that got Bournemouth relegated’, the fella that saved Newcastle United from a fate possibly as bad as th
Walking on air back to Wembley tube station, 16th March 2025, is a memory I will cherish forever.The queues didn’t matter, the pushing and shoving neither.The night was going to last forever, and it very nearly did, thanks to an accommodating landlady in the back streets of Bloomsbury. Propping up t
