The Newcastle United Post
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
Wilson Odobert was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 45. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
Nick Woltemade scores twice — 8.52
Two goals and a mark of 8.52 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Match6 Dec 2027
Newcastle United refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 32 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
The dugout6 Dec 2027
Matthew Pearson 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.
Match4 Dec 2027
8 unbeaten for Newcastle United
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Newcastle United did not have in the autumn.
Market6 Dec 2027
Igor Jesus has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Newcastle United can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Squad6 Dec 2027
A falling-out at Newcastle United
Rob Atkinson and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match4 Dec 2027
Nick Woltemade the difference as Newcastle United beat Wrexham
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Nick Woltemade. 3‑1 against Wrexham, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Match30 Nov 2027
Newcastle United see off Bolton Wanderers
Three points for Newcastle United, 1‑0 the final word against Bolton Wanderers in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Squad Number 50 for Nick Woltemade
- Match Newcastle United settle it inside twenty minutes
- Player ratings Joelinton was on a different afternoon to everybody else