After reaching the League Cup final, Newcastle will try to advance in the FA Cup as they take on Birmingham City at St. Andrew’s this afternoon. The recently relegated Blues are on a strong run topping League One in a bid to get straight back to the Championship.
This is who Eddie Howe has selected for today’s match.
Today's team at St. Andrew's ? pic.twitter.com/eh2W4jFiFQ
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) February 8, 2025
Here is who Chris Davies’ will send out for the hosts. Former Mag Grant Hanley is on the bench.
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Five changes from Tuesday ?
Dowell in from the off ?
Jay up top ?#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/3DfeLhNccU— Birmingham City FC (@BCFC) February 8, 2025
Howay The Lads!
826 comments so far
Great White Hunter
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Comment #161Raj,Jail, Cheers mate…. I tried to get onto Discord in the early days and I struggled to get accepted, even TDS tried to get me on but to no avail. Never mind there’s still some very good,knowledgeable posters on here. GWH
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Comment #162Munster Mag
What is the Newcastle Irish platform that your on during games?
jimiley
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Comment #163What’s not to love about rugby players kicking lumps out of our players and injuring them while the ref does nowt?
You might think differently when we have no centre backs next game
JaveaToon
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Comment #164Jail…Aye, said that yesterday. I don’t think that ball crossed the line fully and the fact the keeper went so far behind the line fooled the lino.
GWH…Good to see you posting again.
Reet Chinese time. Later lads n lasses
lochinvar
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Comment #165GWH
Good to have you back
The stalwarts are still here, the craic is good and the mood much improved.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Comment #166Munster’s Irish channel is called the Roker roar or the Fullwell fewmer’s where slating the toon and bigging up the oppo manager gets the most ‘likes’ 😀
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Comment #167JaveaToon
Enjoy the Chinese young fella yum yum 😀
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Comment #168Raj Jail@166 😀 😀 😀
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Comment #169magicmac54,
Only joking Munster, just being mischievous 😀
Poet Of Prudhoe Park
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Comment #170Newcastle gave as good as it got. I mean 1 of theirs got stretchered off and the japanese sent flying into side boards by bruno. Too many pus-sies like coming home on here ffs
Poet Of Prudhoe Park
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Comment #171Although refs did miss yellow cards for challenges on osula and krafth
Saratoga
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Comment #172Proper cup tie they say.
Chucking it down.
Difficult conditions.
Not a very true roll of the ball due to surface water.
Hard to move the ball about quickly.
Had to stick in.
Ronny Radford goal.
Even the linesman from 66 got in on the act.
and the linesman he says yes.
Saratoga
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Comment #173Wouldn’t they just have loved it if that 2nd of theirs had been the winner.
Well, it wasn’t so stick that in your pipe and puff on it.
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Comment #174Raj Jail
Being mischievous, now where have i heard that before 😀 😀
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Comment #175Saratoga
While i was absolutely delighted we came out the right side of a truly magnificent FA Cup tie, i must admit that second goal for Birmingham will live long in the memory, what a ferocious shot, a real pick the bones out of that moment, Nick Pope never even moved, incidentally i thought Pope was brilliant yesterday, but no keeper on the planet would have saved that one marra.
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Comment #176Lochinvar
Loch are you going to watch the Rugby today, Scotland v Ireland at Murrayfield, it should be a cracking game, a 50/50 game i would imagine.
Talking about Rugby the old enemy England had a fantastic win against the French yesterday.
Raj of Hailsley
Feb 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Comment #177Apparently England won yesterday in the rugger, there’s a turn up for the books 😮
Saratoga
Feb 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Comment #178Magic
Yes the goal of a lifetime.
Thought oh no not Ronnie Radford again.
Will we have to watch it during the opening of MOTD for the next 25 years.
Thankfully not.
Saratoga
Feb 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Comment #179The Lino in 66 was Russian apparently and had lost a lot of his family in WW2.
Of course that did not affect his decision. The ball was clearly over the line.
Davas
Feb 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Comment #180Egb
Sorry, I wasnt on the blog for a while so just went back and saw your sad, sad news. My condolences to you and your family. Take care.
Davas
Feb 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Comment #181Gwh
Good to see you back.
Davas
Feb 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Comment #182Having gone back through the blog from the Fulham game, it would appear that that other platform must’ve been down. Or….
😉 😀 😀
JaveaToon
Feb 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Comment #183Jimiley @163…I’m assuming that was in response at my comment. Yep I’d complain if we had no cb’s but that was a proper cup tie and I’d question anyone who didn’t enjoy that match as such. If they didn’t then maybe they’re new to cup football and cup games aren’t for them and they should stick to more gentile pastimes maybe. 😉
WLtoon
Feb 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Comment #184Might not have been pretty to watch but at least the Toon lads won the BATTLE at the Brum.
I can`t blame the Birmingham players for trying to rough up more talented PL players, it happens all of the time in cup games, but there was no reason for the ref to encourage it, which he basically did, he was fkin useless.
Good to see Willock get on the score sheet and young Osula looks like he has good potential with a good attitude.
The lasses didn`t make it through to the next round of the cup , they lost 2-0 to Palace.
WLtoon
Feb 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Comment #185Get in Plymouth.
Knock those horrible fkers oot the cup.
JaveaToon
Feb 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Comment #186Howay Green Army!
JaveaToon
Feb 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Comment #187https://youtu.be/5tuVGST_1gE?si=z2l-2yq5DJ3QjNwx
Green Army!
jane
Feb 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Comment #188with Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea out of the FA cup Newcastle stand a good chance of getting to another cup final this season.
magicmac54
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Comment #189Get in Plymouth:) 🙂 🙂
Happy Happy days, I’ve been watching the Rugby but keeping an eye on the score at Plymouth, Arsenal Liverpool and Chelsea all gone, things looking very favourable at the moment folks 🙂 🙂
HWTL
Davas
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Comment #190We’re the only team that can do a domestic cup double now 🙂
jimiley
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Comment #191Cup double is on.
Avoid Bournemouth
onmeedsun
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Comment #192Was so pleased to see Eddie rotate the team yesterday and even better that that team came through with a win, against a very physical team at a hostile away ground. A win like that really improves the squad. On Osula, didn’t watch the whole match, but whenever I’ve seen him play he seems to go a bit OTT with his leg movements. Often to the point where he can mix control the ball. I feel he just needs to slow down at key moments. But he shows real promise, can run all day and is fully committed. We could easily have lost that game but didn’t.
onmeedsun
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Comment #193I’ve been checking my online NUFC account to double check how many home cup games I attended in readiness for the ticket sale for the final. I went to the Arsenal and Brentford matches and there is a note against these matches that says ‘unattended transaction’. This worries me that the club think I didn’t attend the match. Has anyone else seen this on their account?
SiOliver
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Comment #194Word is that those in the cup scheme will have priority and that away games will get you in the first groups.
lochinvar
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Comment #195And Manu at least should have been playing extra time and mcquire was years offside for his goal. They could have been out of the cup as well
Incidentally Willocks goal was good and the linesman flagged correctly. Just seen an image on BBC and the ball is clearly inside the woodwork and over the line.
The draw will be interesting. Let’s see who makes it and which hot balls are used
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Comment #196Toon – Only team that can win the domestic treble – ? smiley face
SiOliver
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Comment #197All my home cup tickets say unattended transaction presumably because it was an automatic transaction.
Poet Of Prudhoe Park
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Comment #198Haha no quadruple for liverpoo
lochinvar
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Comment #199Villa one up v Spurs after. 1minute due to goalkeeper mistake
Don’t think Spurs players want Ange around
They will probably get their wish.
lochinvar
Feb 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Comment #200Charlie.
Worth a big grin that.