The Newcastle United Blog

It was in November of 2013 that Newcastle announced the club would invest £25M in the Benton Training ground to convert it into a world-class facility that had things like a swimming […]

Rafa Benitez and his lawyers spent 10 days negotiating with Lee Charnley and Mike Ashley at the end of last season, so he could have all the control he wanted at Newcastle and […]

Rafa Benitez only signed on full time to manage Newcastle for the next three years on May 25th – a short five weeks before players reported back for pre-season training. So there […]

Take a look at some of the improvements made in the last four weeks to the inside of the Benton Training grounds – all carried out to Rafa’s specifications. Maybe Andros would […]

Rafa Benitez does not let the grass grow under his feet and being a natural workaholic helps – in fact it helps a lot. 🙂 Rafa identified changes he wanted made at the […]

The Chronicle is reporting today that Rafa Benitez will appoint additional medical staff next week and that is part of the manger’s efforts to vastly improve the club’s injury record, which over the […]

It’s not surprising that Rafa Benitez has been working around the clock this summer to get things ready for what will be a crucial season for Newcastle next season in the Championship, when […]

Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez was with Managing Director Lee Charnley yesterday and started to put into action some of the changes he has recommended at the club, following his nine weeks […]

Rafa Benitez has been given full powers at Newcastle to come in and do what’s necessary to save Newcastle from relegation this season, and it looks he’s getting whatever help he asks for, […]

We were wondering when we would get a decent video screen at St. James’ Park, since most of the Premier League clubs already have them installed at their grounds. The magnificent St. […]

Rob Lee has commented on Newcastle owner Mike Ashley today in the local press, and Rob mentions that Mike seems to take one step forward followed by two steps back – and […]