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

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Excellent First Interview With Romain Amalfitano

July 9th, 2012 · 271 Comments

An excellent  first interview with Romain Amalfitano today on nufcTV by Rob Scanlon, and Romain doesn’t yet speak English, so he replied in French and it was translated by Rob. Romain Amalfitano in training – watched by John Carver

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Tags: Newcastle News · Romain Amalfitano · TV coverage

Gael Bigirimana Ponders Which Country To Play For

July 9th, 2012 · 139 Comments

There’s news in the AllAfrica web-site   that Gael Bigirimana, who signed a five-year contract at Newcastle United last Friday, may want to play for the Rwanda National team. Gael Bigirimana – after signing for Newcastle last Friday

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Tags: Gael Bigirimana · International News · Newcastle News · Newcastle Youth

Newcastle Interested In Top French Center-Back?

July 9th, 2012 · 37 Comments

We reported last Wednesday that Paris-Saint Germain’s top class defender Mamadou Sakho was available, after his French club said they would let him leave in the summer. Mamadou Sakho – top young PSG defender

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Tags: Newcastle News · Transfer News and Rumours · Transfer Target

Newcastle Could Lose Top Midfielder – But Only For Silly Money

July 9th, 2012 · 40 Comments

We must say it’s a little boring and even a bit annoying when we keep reading of some of our top players being targets of other top clubs, and today it’s Tottenham and new manager Andre Villas-Boas (AVB), who are linked with Ivory Coast International Cheick Tiote. Cheick Tiote – will only leave for silly money

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Tags: Cheick Tiote · Newcastle News · Transfer News and Rumours

Newcastle Squad Get To Know Season Targets This Week

July 9th, 2012 · 17 Comments

Mike Williamson has talked to the Newcastle Journal today, and says the two days the lads did at the Benton Training Grounds last week were reasonably gentle. Mike Williamson – season targets this week

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Tags: Europa League · European Competition · Mike Williamson · Newcastle News

Newcastle Defender Vows To Keep First Team Place

July 9th, 2012 · 37 Comments

We have to say one of our favorite players at Newcastle is Mike Williamson, and it’s not just because he’s one of the best buys made by Newcastle over the last three years or so, when Newcastle paid peanuts for him (we use the word from Joey Barton’s vocabulary) – £1M to be exact – [...]

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Tags: Fabricio Coloccini · Mike Williamson · Newcastle News · Steven Taylor

Didier Deschamps New France Manager – Bad News For Ben Arfa

July 9th, 2012 · 38 Comments

Didier Deschamps was last night named the new France manager, replacing Laurent Blanc, who resigned following the Euro 2012 tournament, after France had been beaten 2-0 in the quarter-finals by eventual winners Spain. Didier Deschamps – the new France manager

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Tags: Euro 2012 · Hatem Ben Arfa · International News · Newcastle News

Newcastle Striker Having Medical Today

July 9th, 2012 · 46 Comments

Lee Clark’s Birmingham City are close to completing a deal for former Newcastle United striker Peter Lovenkrands. Peter Lovenkrands – while at Newcastle

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Tags: Contracts · Newcastle News · Peter Lovenkrands · Transfer News and Rumours · Transfer Target