The Newcastle United Blog

This was hardly a surprise – but Mark Halsey has been removed from the list of referees for this weekend’s Premier League games, after he failed to see Wigan’s Callum McManaman’s terrible tackle on Newcastle’s Massadio Haidara. Mark Halsey – sent down to lower leagues

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There were some rumors today that for the second time in three summers, Newcastle United could be touring the USA, and it seems another possible venue could be the Far East.. Alan Pardew – looking at various scenarios

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When things go wrong there is always an opportunity – and the first opportunity is to put things right – and that’s what Newcastle United fans seem to have done with Wigan Cosmos. These are not true Newcastle fans They have brought nothing but  shame to our club

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We saw Michael Owen’s attempts at rewriting his Newcastle history yesterday, when he said that Newcastle had never offered him a new contract, and had even lied about it, and our advice to him at the time was to keep a diplomatic silence. Michael Owen – while at Newcastle

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News in the Sunday Mirror today that Newcastle were shocked when French International Hatem Ben Arfa attended his court hearing to do with an alleged speeding offense – and he was clearly overweight and looked bloated and unfit. Hatem Ben Arfa – returned for court hearing  overweight

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News today that the English FA are looking to change the rules that they said prevented them from charging Wigan Athletic’s Callum McManaman, for his horrific tackle on Newcastle United’s Massadio Haidara last Sunday. Massadio Haidara tackle by McManaman went unpunished

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33 year-old Michael Owen announced at the beginning of the week, that he will retire from football at the end of the season, and there’s no argument that Michael was once a world-class striker – but not since at least 2006, when injuries interrupted his career at Newcastle, Manchester United and now Stoke City. Michael [...]

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We had reported earlier today that a group of Newcastle fans (200-250 in number unfortunately) interrupted the Wigan Cosmos game against AFC Leigh on Sunday before the Wigan vs Newcastle game, and pulled their trousers down, stole corner flags, ripped the goal nets and some swung from the crossbar – and shamed the name of [...]

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