NEWCASTLE United’s attempt to escape from their Coca Cola Championship incarceration has been methodical and relatively risk free as they have gradually chiselled their way towards their target all season.Read
Andy Carroll and Peter Lovenkrands blasted Newcastle six points clear at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship table as fourth-placed Cardiff were routed on Tyneside.Read
A WEATHER-enforced exile had seen Newcastle United Reserves go eight weeks without a competitive fixture, but their return to action at Scunthorpe United was cut short after just 55 minutes because of a frozen pitch.Read
THERE will be no Moses to lead Newcastle United to the Premier League promised land but, on current form, we can be assured of plenty of toil and hardship before their top flight Exodus is ended.Read
NEWCASTLE’S ability to grind out results has been their most impressive trademark this season, and it was the only redeeming feature of their performance against Crystal Palace as they somehow eked out three vital points.Read
PETER Lovenkrands came to Newcastle United's rescue against West Bromwich Albion as the Magpies were given the toughest examination of their promotion credentials last night.Read
IT was the game neither team really wanted to play in the middle of a crowded Championship fixture list and it was the game nobody really wanted to watch either with the lowest crowd at St James' Park since 1992Read
A miserable year came to a fittingly-disappointing conclusion last night as Newcastle United were held to a frustrating goalless draw by struggling Derby County.Read
A COMBINATION of Derby goalkeeper Stephen Bywater and the woodwork prevented Newcastle from restoring their eight-point lead at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship.Read
FOR all the sober warnings delivered by Chris Hughton and all the stark messages scrawled on white boards dotted around the club’s training ground, nothing will warn Newcastle United against the perils of complacency better than afternoons like this.Read
WHEN Newcastle United and Middlesbrough last met, in May, it was as equals unsuccessfully fighting relegation. When the Championship fixtures computer paired them a week before the crucial Christmas period, it looked like this Tyne-Tees derby could be almost as important, but for the right reasons.Read
IT was like Dunkirk on wheels in South Yorkshire on Saturday night, with seemingly every coach and minibus on Tyneside commandeered to evacuate the footsoldiers of the Toon Army from Barnsley.Read
THE Ricoh Arena echoed to the sound of classic Christmas numbers ones in the run-up to kick-off, but it was another festive favourite who sprang to mind as Newcastle United stretched their lead at the summit of the Championship to a daunting seven points.Read
NEWCASTLE UNITED reserve-team coach Alan Thompson was left fuming at the end of his side’s 1-0 defeat against Grimsby Town at Blundell Park yesterday.Read
