TF Preview – West Ham (h) 30 March 2024
Mathew Philpotts on Friday, March 29 2024

TF Preview – West Ham (h) 30 March 2024

12.30pm, Saturday 30th March 2024 Premiership, St James’ Park, ‘Live’ on TNT Sports NUFC 10th: P28 W12 D4 L12 +11, 40 pts WHU 7th: P29 W12 D8 L9 -4, 44 pts *** After a couple of weeks of boredom, the international break is now finally over. It was nice to see Bruno and AG resplendent...The post TF P

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Club versus Country
Mathew Philpotts on Wednesday, March 27 2024

Club versus Country

I recently had an awkward conversation at work. I’d been recruited to help with a project outside my own business. A secondment with no leniency. I’d have to put in extra hours for no extra money. It was fun, a job well done, new skills acquired and it may enhance my career, but I’m absolutely...The

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I love Eddie Howe – but I’m worried!
Michael Martin on Tuesday, March 26 2024

I love Eddie Howe – but I’m worried!

At the most recent True Faith live event, Telegraph journalist, Luke Edwards revealed that Howe was unaware of the criticism aimed towards Dan Burn. If we are to take Howe at his word – which is probably unwise given his tendency to mislead – this is a pretty astonishing claim and is further evidenc

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TF Match Report – Hashtag United Women 2-1 Newcastle Utd Women
Mathew Philpotts on Monday, March 25 2024

TF Match Report – Hashtag United Women 2-1 Newcastle Utd Women

A Newcastle team in a cup final? What could possibly go wrong? Charlotte Robson was at Kenilworth Road for #nufccupfinalheartache. *** Nothing is more Newcastle-y than going on a great run of form and then losing a final. Or just maybe losing a final. And so, in true Newcastle-y fashion, NUFC Women

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England 0 – 1 Brazil
Sam Dalling on Sunday, March 24 2024

England 0 – 1 Brazil

International breaks. Got to love them, right? Sam was at Wembley to watch England lose to Brazil. But then, who really cares anyway? Long before confirmation of time to be added, Wembley Way was performing a passable impression of the Haymarket at rush hour. After all, why would one stay until the

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News from Nowhere – Non-league review March 2024
Mathew Philpotts on Saturday, March 23 2024

News from Nowhere – Non-league review March 2024

With the international break here to bore us to tears, it’s traditional now to catch up with the local non league scene, in which we’ve had takeovers, teams back from the dead, and teams playing home games 115 miles away. Just normal, then. Scott Robson has the run down. *** Let’s start with the ren

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Pass and Move – Newcastle United News – 22/Mar/24
Michael Martin on Friday, March 22 2024

Pass and Move – Newcastle United News – 22/Mar/24

Shirt off your back We shouldn’t really be surprised that Ashley is rattling sabres about not getting the new Newcastle United Adidas kit to punt from his minty shops as litigation is part of his business operation. It is common in my opinion for him to attempt to bully people into submission. He di

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ANNE – ITV Drama documentary
Michael Martin on Friday, March 22 2024

ANNE – ITV Drama documentary

Anne – ITV Documentary This review previously appeared in issue 159 of the TRUE FAITH hard copy fanzine. I’ve written on these pages before about Hillsborough, reviewing books and the seminal news events following a tragedy which touched me more than any other in my lifetime. I’m far from alone as a

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The Revolution Will Be Televised!
Michael Martin on Thursday, March 21 2024

The Revolution Will Be Televised!

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past. Fidel Castro How is it going for you? This 5/10 Newcastle. This impostor. This toothless Bruno and the ghost of Joelinton. A struggle it most certainly seems to be, but one as Castro suggests marked by the transition from the p

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TF Talking Point: New stadium? No thanks
Yousef Hatem on Wednesday, March 20 2024

TF Talking Point: New stadium? No thanks

YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef_1892) thinks we should stay put. St. James’ Park, like all football stadiums, lies dormant over 95% of the time. Besides a few offices and conferencing facilities (which take up only a tiny fraction of the land on which it sits), it stirs into life only for a few hours on a ho

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