2007 April

Entries from April 2007

Could Allardyce do the job at Newcastle?

April 30th, 2007 · 7 Comments

The surprise news yesterday that Sam Allardyce has resigned as manager of Bolton Wanderers will obviously stoke the fires of anticipation at Newcastle â€“ who are yearning for success â€“ under any manager – and are coming off a mediocre season.

Argentinian Fabricio Coloccini target for Newcastle?

April 29th, 2007 · 10 Comments

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp has reportedly launched a move to sign Argentinian World Cup central defender Fabricio Coloccini from Deportivo La Coruna.
Coloccini played for Argentina during last year’s world cup and looked a commanding player – and would seem to fit the bill at Newcastle.

Kieron Dyer is Going Nowhere

April 29th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Don’t believe the reports going around recently suggesting that Kieron Dyer is a target for Tottenham in the summer – and may be on his way out of Newcastle. He may be a target – because he’s a good player – but surely Dyer is going nowhere.

Why Newcastleâ€™s Youth Policy is Vital to Future Success

April 27th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Former Newcastle striker Joe Allon was recently interviewed by the Evening Chronicle and spoke specifically of up and coming 18 year old striker Andy Carroll, one of the Academyâ€™s best youngsters, who has just signed a new four deal with the club.

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Tags: Players

Newcastle blew it with Woodgate

April 26th, 2007 · 13 Comments

The sad news for Newcastle fans broke today that Jonathon Woodgate has indeed signed for his home club Middlesbrough for a reported $7M on a four year contract.

Newcastle’s unwillingness to take a chance on Woodgate last summer has cost them resigning probably the best center back ever to wear Newcastle’s colors.

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STATS

LEAGUE STANDINGS


Pos Team      Pld   GD   Pts


1 Newcastle     35   40    73
3 WBA           36   31    69
2 Notts Forest  36   21    64
4 Swansea       36    8    60

GOALS

Player     PL  FAC CC Total

Nolan       12   0   1  13
Lovenkrands 10   3   0  13
Carroll     10   2   0  12
Ameobi       7   0   1   8
Guthrie      4   0   1   5
Harewood     5   0   0   5
Taylor R.    4   0   0   4
Ranger       2   0   0   2
Coloccini    2   0   0   2
Gutierrez    2   0   0   2
Taylor S.    1   0   0   1
Geremi       0   0   1   1     
Duff         1   0   0   1
Pancrate     1   0   0   1 
Simpson      1   0   0   1
Routledge    1   0   0   1

PL – Premier league
FAC – FA Cup
CC – Carling Cup

Author

Dr. Ed Harrison is a retired IBM Consulting Group Executive who now has time to write about his lifelong passion - Newcastle United Football Club.

Ed was born and bred in Newcastle Upon Tyne, and watched his first game at St. James’ Park in 1949 as a 4 year-old with his parents and was told to look out for Newcastle's number 9 - Jackie Milburn – the great Wor Jackie - and was he fast!

Ed played for the Newcastle U11 and U15 schoolboys and Northumberland schoolboys, and then went on to study at both King’s College, London (BSc - Electrical Engineering) and Newcastle University (PhD - Computer Science). He played for Newcastle Universities and England Universities from 1967 until 1970.

Ed was at Newcastle United for a couple of years from 1960 as an amateur while still at school, and played with Bobby Moncur and David Craig, amongst others, for the Newcastle United Under-18 side (Newcastle N’s in those days), during the relegation season of 1960-1961. The season after Ed left Newcastle, the U18s won the FA Youth Cup for the very first time - and now we know why.

But a short couple of years after Ed joined IBM in 1970, he was shipped over to the USA, with his new wife Madeline, a beautiful local Newcastle girl.

At IBM Ed was in computer systems and network design for 22 years, and then in his final 12 years at the company, was in executive management, where he ended up running IBM's Americas' Network Consulting Practice for 6 years from the late 1990s, and was instrumental in forming the prosperous IBM networking alliance with Cisco Systems in 1999.

Ed and Madeline live just outside Raleigh in North Carolina. Their twin sons Paul and Neil, and daughter Elaine, are now in their 30s and live close by, and Neil has carried on the family tradition by becoming an avid Newcastle United supporter.

And one final thing - you can take the boy out of Newcastle but you can't take Newcastle out of the boy!

Howay The Lads!!

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News, Views and Comment On Newcastle United Football Club By Ed Harrison, A Proud Geordie And Lifelong Fan