This Newcastle United season has not been good enough.The results and performances in the league, as well as losing two derbies, are not things to be proud of.However… we reached a Carabao Cup semi-final, an FA Cup last 16 and the last 16 of the Champions League. We lost in those competitions to Man
In the pub after the match, plenty of ranting and raving about the Newcastle United players.The defeat to Bournemouth difficult to take.I think it always feels worse when it happens at home, when the team lose at St James’ Park.The same when it comes to if you are at the match. If you have spent tim
“They didn’t play like an Eddie Howe team.”Not my words but the succinct summary of a Bournemouth fan I bumped into on the Metro heading towards the airport at about 8.30 last night.He added that it hadn’t been a good match, with little attractive football and that we were the better team in the sec
Sunday morning I was reading stuff on The Mag, no surprise that the mood amongst Newcastle United fans wasn’t great.A lot of articles talking about the Bournemouth match and of course the bigger picture.Saturday afternoon a 2-1 loss to the Cherries, Newcastle having equalised but then conceding late
Saturday’s match ended Newcastle 1 Bournemouth 2.Ahead of each game we ask one of our writers to come up with three positives and three negatives following the game.Plenty to talk about after this Bournemouth one…A match that saw Newcastle United manage to equalise and then look (not by much!) the b
We asked Dean Wilkins to give us his match ratings and player comments after Newcastle United 1 Bournemouth 2.Ramsdale 6Didn’t really have a chance with either goal and did okay otherwise. He wasn’t why United lost this match.Livramento 5.5I thought he did alright, got up and down the pitch well. Th
I am extremely sorry to be reporting this to you all but I am afraid I have to convey the terrible truth: the 2025-26 season is STILL not over.Yes, this apparent pandemic of misery that former heroes insist on inflicting upon us will continue to decimate weekends, sending miserable people home acros
Following our defeat to the village of the dammed, I wrote an article about how Eddie Howe had taken us as far as he can and losing to the unmentionables was the last straw.The headline of my article called for Rafa Benitez to be brought back to Newcastle United as Howe’s replacement.Although it was
Four days ago I wrote on The Mag about hoping for the best BUT fearing the worst, I talked about how even before the Crystal Palace match I was already looking ahead to Bournemouth and Brighton.With the current mood, it wasn’t difficult to see a bit of situation developing…Every match is important B
Andoni Iraola reacting after Bournemouth defeated Newcastle United 2-1 at St James’ Park.The Cherries moving into the top eight in the Premier League.Andoni Iraola hoping to end his Bournemouth stay on a high, with now only five games remaining until he leaves the south coast club.Andoni Iraola refl
