2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (296+ words) I've read a lot of football books and the best ones are about more than just the game itself. Mostly they're about history, personalities, struggle, friendship, emotion and hope. In fact the entire human condition broken down into countless categories…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (774+ words) To my immense relief Nick Pope was back in the United goal and although our "keeper has his flaws (and displayed them on Saturday) he is head and shoulders a better goalie than Ramsdale who will surely not be around…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (585+ words) One sunny Saturday afternoon in early September 1992, KK's lads were away at Bristol Rovers. Football was changing. For one thing, United were winning, which really was a novelty for a teenager whose first match had been five years earlier and…...

5+ day, 42+ min ago  (924+ words) Premiership Game 34 (W12 D6 L15 " 14th): Season 2025-2026 Date: Saturday 25 April 2026, at 5: 30pm, Live on Sky TV at the 60, 704 all seater Emirates Stadium. Football Trivia: Arsenal fans sometimes refer to their ground as Ashburton Grove as a reaction against sponsored stadiums " something which I think is…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (937+ words) So it falls to me - possibly due to views expressed on the podcast and in further writing here - to discus whether blame should lie with a specific person within the organisation that now calls itself Newcastle United. I understand that…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (489+ words) Like so much that passes for discussion and debate these days, assertions about the quality (or otherwise) of football managers are generally, not to put too fine a point on it, bollocks. To develop this further, the quality of a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (767+ words) For a few moments after Osula's equaliser I thought we had it in us to maybe go on and beat Bournemouth. Such a win would've been a travesty and hardly deserved but desperate times and all of that " You know…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (527+ words) Pyrotechnics and cheerleaders? What the fuck's that all about? Those are two things that definitely do not belong at a football match. I mean, if you need fireworks to generate an atmosphere, then there really is something wrong with your…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1849+ words) Newcastle have released their financial accounts for the year 2024/25. This was a season where we qualified for the Champions League and won our first domestic trophy in 70 years. To many fans, I suspect football finances are as interesting as algebra....

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (915+ words) Three Sundays ago, as I stood outside the Trent with the first pint of the day mixing incongruously with the taste of toothpaste in my mouth, I was in uncharacteristically optimistic spirits. There was a buzz about the town. Everything…...