The Newcastle United Blog

It was simply a wonderful piece of skill from Sammy Ameobi yesterday, when he smashed the ball into the back of the net from all of 30 yards out,  and when you […]

Newcastle were interested in Storting Lisbon winger Diego Capel last season, but it seems that the £5M price tag on his head at that time, was too much for owner Mike Ashley. Diego […]

Newcastle United winger Sammy Ameobi is in the last year of his contract at Newcastle, and he was in danger of leaving the club just one year after his older brother Shola […]

We could be wrong about this, but somehow we don’t think Sammy Ameobi is going to be able to make it this season at Newcastle, and for the sake of the team and […]

Over the last two or three years Sammy Ameobi has promised much at times, but he just hasn’t come through, and time is about up for the 22 year-old younger bother of former […]

Shola Ameobi has finally been linked up with a club for next season, and he has just signed a one year deal at Turkish second division club Gaziantep Buyuksehir Belediyespor – try […]

France beat Nigeria tonight in the round of the last 16 to reach the quarter finals of the World Cup, and Newcastle’s Mathieu Debuchy played the whole game for France, and had a […]

France drew their final game last night against Ecuador 0-0 in the World Cup to win Group E and advance to the round of the last 16, and Moussa Sissoko again played […]

The A League down under in Australia is a growing football league, and they are keen to get players from top leagues like the Premier League, and news today that Sydney FC […]

At the age of 32, Newcastle’s veteran striker Shola Ameobi has made the Nigerian World Cup squad of 23, so in the twilight of his career he will get to take part […]

Newcastle have today announced nine players who will be leaving the club this summer, when their contracts run out at the end of June. Shola Ameobi – in action in his final […]

If Loic Remy hadn’t scored 4 goals for Newcastle last season we may have been in another relegation fight and certainly when he was injured in early March playing for France, we […]

We certainly didn’t expect Shola Ameobi to be given a new contract at Newcastle this summer, but with Loic Remy and Luuk de Jong almost certain to be leaving Newcastle in the […]

Shola Ameobi may yet get a new contract at Newcastle this summer, but we’d be very surprised if he does – but there seems to be no doubt that Shola has become […]

There’s news in the Northern Echo today that Newcastle are set to begin talks with Shola Ameobi at the end of the season, with a view to giving him an extension on […]

With Newcastle simply looking hopeless over the last three games, there have been calls from Newcastle fans to give youngster Adam Armstrong some sub appearances, because after all – he is the […]

It was not good news when Alan Pardew said that Loic Remy would not be available for the game against Manchester United tomorrow, because we were hoping a return by Loic would […]

Fabricio Coloccini, the Newcastle captain has finally broken his silence after the disgrace at Southampton last Saturday, and he has said it is no excuse for the players – that Alan Pardew […]

After Sammy Ameobi returned from his knee injury last week – would you believe it – he’s picked up another injury and now faces some time on the sidelines – again. Sammy […]

Yesterday was one of those games when the Newcastle crowd – an impressive 51,588 (only 799 short of the 52,387 capacity) – willed the side  to get the single goal that would […]