Newcastle United have become the latest club to ban the vuvuzela from their stadium. Rightly so in our opinion, St James’ Park has always had a fantastic atmosphere generated by ourselves - unlike some other grounds in the country who have to rely on that shite ‘dur dur dur’ music after they score.  We actually get behind the lads for the full 90 minutes. The...

Steven Taylor could be set to miss the first six weeks of the season through injury. The defender suffered a shoulder injury in last Saturday’s pre-season win at Carlisle and the Sunday Sun are reporting that Taylor has indeed dislocated his shoulder. Taylor was hoping for an injury-free campaign after missing the second half of last season with knee ligament damage.

Joey Barton has set himself the aim of returning to the England side. The Newcastle United midfielder has been capped once by England and feels that he is good enough to play for Fabio Capello’s side. “For me, first and foremost I want to do well for Newcastle United,” he told the Evening Chronicle. “But watching some of the performances in the...

Yannick Djalo’s agent has claimed that Tottenham and Newcastle have both made bids for the Sporting Lisbon player. The 24-year-old came through the ranks at the Portuguese club and caught the eye with some impressive displays last season. “Sporting will let him leave for a fee in the region of €7-8 million,” His agent Lionel da Silva told Record. “The...

Owen Coyle is unaware of any interest from Newcastle in Bolton players. Left-back Jlloyd Samuel has been linked with a move to St James’ and press reports had claimed that a £1million bid had been rejected. “I’ve not spoken to Chris Hughton on a football level and, to the best of my knowledge, neither has Phil Gartside,” Coyle said in the Daily...

Chris Hughton has ruled out any chance of Steve Harper leaving Newcastle United. The veteran goalkeeper has been linked with a move north to Celtic as a possible replacement for Artur Boruc. “I can categorically state that there is nothing in that,” Hughton told the Evening Chronicle. “We just won’t sell him. He’s our No.1 goalkeeper, he...

Bolton Wanderers have rejected a £1million bid from Newcastle United for Jlloyd Samuel, according to Sky Sports. The left-back has been identified by Chris Hughton as one of his key targets for the new Premier League campaign, but the intitial bid has been snubbed. Samuel has 12 months to run on his deal at the Reebok Stadium, but with Newcastle’s limited transfer...

Vladimir Weiss’ agent hints the Man City winger could consider a loan move to Newcastle. “On Newcastle, I only know what has been reported. We haven’t heard anything yet,” his agent Juraj Venglos, told the Evening Chronicle “Things will only be decided after the World Cup and I don’t know anything until then. Vladimir just wants to...

Newcastle have made a surprise move to sign Bolton left-back Jlloyd Samuel as they look to strengthen their side for the Premier League next season. The former Aston Villa player has been targeted by Chris Hughton as a player who he feels has the Premier League experience which his team requires. Hughton is reported to have been looking to land Samuel for a cut-price...

Chris Hughton is looking forward to the new Premier League campaign after the fixtures were released earlier today. The Magpies begin the season on the road at Manchester United and is relishing the test.”We are very confident that going into the season we will bring in the players that we need to bring in, and we wanted to keep the bulk of what we had,” he...