The Newcastle United Post
Squad20 Dec 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Adam Harrison
23 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Newcastle United lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market20 Dec 2027
Joelinton puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Newcastle United, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings20 Dec 2027
Nobody could get near Anthony Elanga
Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout20 Dec 2027
Fabian Schär keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Newcastle United may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match18 Dec 2027
10 unbeaten for Newcastle United
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 10 matches without defeat is a foundation Newcastle United did not have in the autumn.
Match18 Dec 2027
Nobody wins at Newcastle United
10 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Market20 Dec 2027
Robert Wright steps up from the Newcastle United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Wright has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market20 Dec 2027
Newcastle United promote Jack Thompson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jack Thompson 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.
Market20 Dec 2027
One of our own: Christopher Atkinson joins the Newcastle United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christopher Atkinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Player ratings Jacob Ramsey was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad A row about effort at Newcastle United
- Match Honours even between Newcastle United and Norwich City