Newcastle face Brighton in an FA Cup fifth round tie at St. James’ Park today. The Magpies will hope to continue a second domestic cup journey with a win. Newcastle have a date at Wembley for the Carabao Cup finals against Liverpool in two weeks.
Newcastle are coming off a defeat at Anfield in mid-week. However, they were without star striker Alexander Isak who returns today along with midfielder Joelinton. Newcastle are close to being at full strength.
This is the team Eddie Howe has selected with quite a few changes.
Up for the cup! ? pic.twitter.com/YWanrAhEAn
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) March 2, 2025
Here is who Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has named. Yankuba Minteh gets the start at St. James’ Park.
TEAM NEWS! ? Here's our starting XI to face Newcastle in the FA Cup. ?? pic.twitter.com/SswW4NCp2Z
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) March 2, 2025
Howay The Lads!
863 comments so far
Mund
Mar 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Comment #761JT
“You want some!” 😉
Wor B
Mar 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Comment #762Mund, Munster
Well done lads, keep on disagreeing on the footie by all means, but with respect and some good-natured banter.
I know from personal experience you’re both capable of doing the banter thing without descending into personal insults, keep it on that level and more folk might feel this is a better / safer place to post.
JaveaToon
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Comment #763Mund…Bring it on 😀
Well said WorB
Munster Mag
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Comment #764Forest win. We were a disgrace v city ffs
Bambams
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Comment #765The boys need to put on a performance on Monday.
It’s as simple as that, if we are hoping for Europe these are the difficult games we need to step up to.
I think we will, a tight victory that I hope doesn’t bring further injuries.
For what’s it’s worth, I would rest Isak and give Osula a start, he has pace and we have players who can pick him out.
magicmac54
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Comment #766Mund & Munster Mag,
Well done lads happy day’s,
Life is to short for the silly personal stuff.
Ok back to watching the Rugby,
Come on you boys in Green,
HWTL
lochinvar
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Comment #767Good win for Forest.
Maybe it’s City that have to fall away more so than Forest to help our chances of CL.
Reality is that’s what’s expected.
lochinvar
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Comment #768Mind
Good man, others to, getting back on track.
Reminiscent of Xmas Day truce in WW1 trenches, just make it permanent
Unlike Legohead, Klopp, Slott and Pep who seem to have issues controlling themselves !
Raj of Hailsley
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Comment #769The final nail in the blogs coffin. Mund and Munster to quit the away ground saga, just as it was about to surpass Crossroads as Britain’s third longest running soap 😕
Not another deJong
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Comment #770Ipswich A
ManU H
Villa A
Everton A
Spurs A
Brentford H
Palace A
Leicester H
Forest have a good run in to the end of the season
JaveaToon
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Comment #771Saints take the lead
cyprus
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Comment #772Agent Cyprus reporting from Anfield.
Can we play against Liverpool at the Southampton level?
Can we play with their confidence?
Liverpool have hardly threatened.
And Southampton leading.
magicmac54
Mar 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Comment #773It looks like France have simply to much Gallic flair for Ireland on this occasion unfortunately.
JohnJ
Mar 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Comment #774Our games v WHU
Previous meetings: 144
West Ham wins: 44
Draws: 41
Newcastle wins: 59
It would be good to get to 60 on Monday!
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Mar 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Comment #775Nunez scores – lucky boy should of seen red at end of first half.
JohnJ
Mar 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Comment #776So who in your opinion was Newcastle’s greatest player?
Sadly I never saw `Wor Jackie
But in my time following Newcastle United FC
I’ve seen Excellent football players, I’ll start in the far away past
Len White a class player – I’ll never understand how he wasn’t capped by England.
Wyn Davies known as Wyn the leap! A excellent player he used to terrify opposing defenders!
Malcolm Macdonald -SuperMac – I’ll never forget his goal against Burnley in the FA Cup semi in ‘74
Les Ferdinand, A superb & powerful player – I’ll never understand Toon letting him go.
Alan Shearer No need to say anything about him his boots did the talking!
Alexander Isak – a greatly talented player who could turn out to be the all time best iras I hope he commits long term to Newcastle.
But for me Big Al is thrall time best to pull on a toon shirt.
There’s many other names I’ve not mentioned but a special mention to Gary Speed – in my opinion a very classy player.
What’s your views?
Poet Of Prudhoe Park
Mar 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Comment #777https://x.com/PremiershipYrs/status/1898092788568539372
coming home
Mar 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Comment #778Trucegate
Munster to break the truce 1/33
Mund to break the truce 5/1
Raj to start a fight between truce lads 1/10
Lesh to join the truce 300/1
😆
Mund
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Comment #779😆
coming home
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Comment #780Serious note well done Mund takes a big personality to take all that shite and still offer a truce
coming home
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Comment #781Munster,Magic et Al your boys took a hell of a beating of the frogs tonight
JohnJ
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Comment #782It seems to have gone very quiet on here!
Saratoga
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Comment #783Did not follow the Liverpool game closely.
Seems they were made to work for the win.
Still a contest until near the end.
Best we could have hoped for.
The Bard of Bensham Bank
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Comment #784I’m trying to take time out and keep a lower profile
But the news from the Boro and the Emerald Isle
Has brought me back onto the blog once more
As this talk of a ceasefire has shocked to the core
“Peace in our time”, could it be true?
Mund and Munster will post without any chew?
Mind there’s more chance of that, I would deduce
Than Tuffers and Lesh ever calling a truce!
HWTL
coming home
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Comment #785Bard to knock a poem up on trucegate even money 😆
onmeedsun
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Comment #786Mund and Munster
Proud of both of you, but that doesn’t mean you have to agree on everything!
Different opinions on the blog make it interesting.
One of these days we’ll be celebrating a trophy and there’ll be beers all round.
coming home
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Comment #787Bard
You can’t start something the keep a low profile
You just can’t do that
Hoy your dodgy poems out and suffer the consequences or retire
Your call
The Bard of Bensham Bank
Mar 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Comment #788CH,
I’m planning to retire in May.
You’ll understand why I’ve chosen that date when it comes around
😉 🙂
lochinvar
Mar 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Comment #789Apparently Nunez should have had a red card and missed the final.
Talk is that Liverpool get into the box to increase the chance of getting penalties or to act in such a way as to force the officials to give them a decision. Playing the percentages.
Sunday we will need to prevent them and put them on the back door.
coming home
Mar 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Comment #790Bard
My birthday?
onmeedsun
Mar 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Comment #791The French today were helped by a couple of yellow cards, but they were magnificent with the ball. Their winger is something else. Glides over the pitch. Grand slams really difficult these days.
magicmac54
Mar 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Comment #792Coming Home
Good evening young man, i will have to agree as we did indeed take one hell of a beating today, as with life all good things come to an end my friend.
Oh and i was having a brief look on discord and i see your back home in England mate, is that you back home permanently now?
magicmac54
Mar 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Comment #793onmeedsun
How`s the form fella, on the Rugby today, we had them pinned back the first 20 minutes and they were under huge pressure, but after that they took control of the game and were worthy winners, they played with great flair and imagination, and Ireland simply couldn`t match them on the day.
Poet Of Prudhoe Park
Mar 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Comment #794Villa above Newcastle
onmeedsun
Mar 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Comment #795Magic
I just love the rugby crowds. All mixed together, plenty of banta but no aggro. I’m gearing myself up for the final. Have my ticket and Italian booked for 12 in Soho. Let’s hope the match is equally as good as the pre match. A win would be off the charts, but at the very least I want to experience us scoring at Wembley, and not an own goal! I’d like us to be in the match right to the end, and then let’s see how the dice fall.
coming home
Mar 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Comment #796Magic
Just banta with the Rugby mate I watched it in the golf club but understand very little about Rugby
I’m retired Magic so will go back and forth but it’s too hot to live there permanently, I’ll plan to go for winters from November -march and maybe a month in May
magicmac54
Mar 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Comment #797onmeedsun
Ah that`s brilliant to see you are heading to the final mate, i hope your only heading to Soho for a meal 😀 😀
On a serious note it should be a truly magnificent occasion, we all know Liverpool will be red hot favourites, but football is so so unpredictable, and anything can happen on the day, it`s well past time of always being the Bridesmaid mate.
magicmac54
Mar 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Comment #798Coming Home
I knew it was banta mate, and in any case you were 100% spot on as we did take one hell of a beating 😀
As you know i`ve been to the Philippines myself in the past, so well aware of the weather conditions over there, i had no problem with the heat as i love the sun, it was the horrible humidity i couldn`t handle, i also experienced a few of those monsoons into the bargain.
So with you back in the Country again there is every chance of meeting up for a bevvie in the future lad.
coming home
Mar 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Comment #799Magic
If there’s ever a poster I’d enjoy a bevvie with it’s you mate
We’d get on like a house on fire in real life would be good banta
My missus is nagging me to visit Ireland
Munster Mag
Mar 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Comment #800Ch just to warn u mate the massages over here aren’t up to snuff compared to where u are. A mate told me, honest guv it wasn’t me 🙂