The Newcastle United Post
Squad20 Aug 2029
Aaron Ramsdale keeps Newcastle United in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match18 Aug 2029
The wait goes on for Newcastle United
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Newcastle United
Nick Woltemade was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Words at Newcastle United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bruno Guimarães is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad20 Aug 2029
Nick Woltemade gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
12 academy players handed senior numbers at Newcastle United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match18 Aug 2029
Newcastle United make home a hard place to visit
9 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Boardroom20 Aug 2029
Clément Michelin will join Newcastle United for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Clément Michelin has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Newcastle United have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Market20 Aug 2029
Newcastle United promote Nathan Fisher from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nathan Fisher has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Newcastle United promote Nathan Butler from within
- Market One of our own: Jacob Atkinson joins the Newcastle United first team
- Market Newcastle United promote Daniel Miller from within