Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a name that we will commit to memory for ever as Newcastle United’s new owner, or a name that will be uttered in more venomous tones on every occasion that we curse another day under the ownership of Mike Ashley. This bank holiday weekend has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. Having trundled into yet another weekend with no news of Rafa’s new contract, things were certainly starting to look more grim for the future of United with each p
Once vilified, now idolised, it had been a strange old season for our 25 year old Spaniard. Ayoze Pérez has now been at Newcastle for half a decade and his time on Tyneside has been anything but boring since joining for £1.8m from LaLiga2 side Tenerife. He’s seen relegation and promotion, to and form the Championship, but this season has to be seen at a huge turning point in his professional career. With United getting off to the worst possible start in 18/19, a run that saw
A tremendous climax to a season at St James Park in everything but the result ended with Liverpool taking all three points and keeping their title challenge alive. A 2-3 loss for United, punctuated with defending errors, tells nothing of an evening full of incident, pride and passion in what could still yet be Rafa’s last home game at Newcastle United. Equalisers from Christian Atsu and Salomon Rondon had cancelled out first an unmarked header for van Dijk and then a great fi
The lovely feeling of entering a game with no pressure, other than that imposed on themselves, against a Brighton side who still had all to play for. With Cardiff losing to Fulham earlier in the day, Brighton knew that a win would pretty much secure their Premier League future, taking them 6 points ahead of their relegation rivals with a much better goal difference. In the end through there would be a good deal of disappointment for those supporting Newcastle United. Having b
After nine games of the season United trailed last seasons points tally by a massive 12 points. And whilst everyone knew Newcastle had one of their toughest starts to any Premier League campaign, on paper at least, a missed penalty away to Cardiff and even an early thumping from Forest in the League Cup did little to calm the nerves. Roll forward to today and after a another fantastic win, this time against a rejuvenated Southampton side hot on the heels of an equally impress