We saw a significant change at Newcastle United ahead of summer 2026.It became clear that the club were moving to a new model when it came to player recruitment and transfers in and out generally.Rather than the Head Coach Eddie Howe being the main man when it came to transfers, it was now Newcastle
The Premier League table is now beginning to take some shape.The seventh round of matches now completed apart from one game to come on Monday night.Almost a fifth of the way through the league season.At the very top end you have three teams clear of the rest.Manchester City with a perfect seven wins
Where did it all go wrong for Newcastle United?I have identified the moment where I believe we can trace the decline from.Exactly 17 months ago today.Before we get to that though, I want to talk about the red herring that preceded this.They say a lie becomes the truth if it gets repeated a thousand
That Coventry game has really knocked this Newcastle United season hasn’t it?Dreams of defending a place in the top four against likely challengers today went up in smoke, and hope was in short supply after Monday’s dismal showing.I had a slightly optimistic view.Earlier in the week, we discussed th
Saturday’s match ended Newcastle United 0 Aston Villa 1.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 Aston Villa one…A match that saw Newcastle United go into the break a goal down, with Villa havi
The young Newcastle United stars have started this season where they left off the last one.The United Under 18s in stunning form and that progressed yet another step on Saturday.A very different scenario compared to what we witnessed over a decade and a half of Mike Ashley.Significant investment in
Interesting to read through these BBC Sport ‘neutrals’ comments, following on from Newcastle United losing 1-0 to Aston Villa.A first defeat in six months at St James’ Park for Newcastle United.The last time United failed to score at home in all competitions was back in January, a 2-0 defeat to…Asto
Frustrations all around St. James’ Park, as the Newcastle United players lost another game (though not on a Monday), as Aston Villa under Unai Emery took all three points.Once again Newcastle United were not good enough, suffering their second defeat in a row after the international break.This artic
A lot of debate about the Sven Botman challenge on Nicolas Jackson at St James’ Park as Aston Villa ended up winning 1-0 against Newcastle United.This came just ahead of the 20 minute mark at St James’ Park.Joelinton had lost control of the ball and then threw himself into a tackle on Johan Manzambi
Unai Emery and his Aston Villa players left St James’ Park with all three points after this Newcastle United encounter.It was nine months since United had failed to score at home in all competitions, since a 2-0 January 2026 defeat to…Aston Villa.A first half winner from Manzambi, who Newcastle Unit
