The England team v Uruguay has been announced.A 7.45pm kick-off on Friday night at Wembley.England have already qualified for the 2026 World Cup finals as top of the group, so two friendlies.It is England v Uruguay tonight, then it is England v Japan kicking off at 7.45pm on Tuesday 31 March.Thomas
The Premier League Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel is in the news once again.The KMI panel has five members, made up of three former players and/or coaches, plus one representative each from the Premier League and PGMOL.It was set up at the start of the 2022/23 season to give an independent assessme
There are now seven remaining Newcastle United fixtures to be played.Friday afternoon has seen the Brighton match at St James’ Park decided, as the TV choices announced for the first week in May.Newcastle v Brighton left untouched and will go ahead at 3pm on Saturday 2 May.That is one of four Newcas
Recently, I had an article (‘As an American, I worry about how American owners can be the ruin of football’) published on The Mag.In the article, I put forth my opinion on the risks of English Football, particularly The English Premier League, of having a majority of American ownership.The reasons w
All is not well with our club and the Newcastle United fanbase lately.This season has been a roller coaster ride with peaks of excitement in the cups, contrasting with troughs of despair in the league, culminating in what seems to have become traditional capitulation to our Wearyside neighbours.Ther
In my case, it was a used motorbike.Back in the day, with seasonal work on the horizon at Gateshead Council, I spent hard earned savings to buy a bike to get to work on.I was so impatient I didn’t get my mechanically minded mate over to check it out and test ride it.Instead, I had a very short ride
The gutter press were at it again on Wednesday, claiming as fact that Newcastle United have told Sandro Tonali they will be willing to sell him, if they don’t qualify for Europe.However, this claim of a ‘Gentleman’s agreement’ has been rubbished by the club.The gutter press just making up yet more n
Sandro Tonali was star man for Italy on Thursday night, as he scored and got an assist in a man of the match performance. A 2-0 win over Northern Ireland that now leaves the Newcastle United star and his international teammates one win from the 2026 World Cup finals.A lot of Newcastle United fans ha
An excellent Thursday night for these three Newcastle United players, as the trio all progress to the World Cup play-off finals.Anthony Elanga starting for Sweden against Ukraine. The Newcastle United winger playing his part as Sweden won 3-1, Gyokeres scoring a hat-trick. Elanga subbed off on 94 mi
Sandro Tonali was able to resume light training earlier this week, the Newcastle United midfielder having been injured against Barcelona eight days ago in the Champions League match, forcing him to miss the Sunderland derby at the weekend.Essential to Italy, he was able to start for them on Thursday
