The Wednesday Villa and the Saturday Villa
Read more: The Wednesday Villa and the Saturday VillaNewcastle’s reply to Coventry meets Unai Emery’s tired legs at St James’ Park Newcastle United v Aston Villa | Premier League | St James’ Park | Saturday 17 October, 5.30pm (UK) Seconds before Coventry’s third goal on Monday night, Joelinton collects the ball inside his own penalty area and tries to dribble out of trouble.…
Coventry 4-1 Newcastle: The ball was ours, the moments were theirs
Read more: Coventry 4-1 Newcastle: The ball was ours, the moments were theirsNewcastle had 67% of the possession and 19 shots at the Coventry Building Society Arena. They also made four mistakes, and Coventry punished every one. Lukas Hornicek has the ball. Then he doesn’t. Six minutes into a Monday night in Coventry, with 30,811 inside the arena, a routine ball drops out of his hands and…
A goalkeeper’s long ball, Jaissle’s press: two rebuilds meet in Coventry
Read more: A goalkeeper’s long ball, Jaissle’s press: two rebuilds meet in CoventryCarl Rushworth, Coventry City’s goalkeeper, hit it long. Jay Dasilva, their left wing-back, ran onto it and scored: the club’s first Premier League goal since the Morocco international Mustapha Hadji’s in May 2001. The pass bypassed Nottingham Forest’s midfield altogether. It is the detail Matthias Jaissle will have circled this week, because making midfields uncomfortable…
Hall’s corner, Wissa’s goals, Touré’s late strike: how Newcastle’s internationals left their mark
Read more: Hall’s corner, Wissa’s goals, Touré’s late strike: how Newcastle’s internationals left their markHow six Newcastle players performed for their senior national teams over the international window: Lewis Hall, Yoane Wissa, Bazoumana Touré and Malick Thiaw carrying their club form with them, Lukáš Horníček and Matias Fernandez-Pardo finding it tougher. We also keep an eye on how the club’s young stars fared for their U21 sides, before turning…
Five years of patience: How Newcastle United turned a rescue into a project
Read more: Five years of patience: How Newcastle United turned a rescue into a projectOn the day PIF bought the club, one of its new co-owners asked supporters to be patient. Five years later, patience looks less like a plea and more like a strategy. Newcastle lost 2–1 at Wolves on 2 October 2021. Five days later, nobody on Tyneside was talking about it. On 7 October, the Premier…
Why Newcastle Changed Their Crest
Read more: Why Newcastle Changed Their CrestThe club has redrawn its badge for the first time since 1988. The symbols are the same. The drawing is not. Here is why it happened, and what it means for the club now and in the future. Newcastle United have a new crest, and at first glance you might not notice. The castle is…
Twenty-One Months to a Verdict. How Long Until an Ending?
Read more: Twenty-One Months to a Verdict. How Long Until an Ending?Manchester City have until Friday to appeal. The League’s own process should take weeks. The courts, and the compensation claims that follow, could take years. It took 21 months. That is how long an independent commission needed to reach its verdict on Manchester City after the hearing ended in December 2024. The answer was guilty…
The Long Way Round: Patience Was Always an Option
Read more: The Long Way Round: Patience Was Always an OptionTwo owners, thirteen years apart, made almost exactly the same promise. The first came in an open letter to City supporters as Sheikh Mansour’s takeover was completed in September 2008. The new owner said he was ambitious for the club, “but not unreasonably so”, and that building a team able to hold a top-four place…
Justice, Theoretically: Why No Punishment Fits What Manchester City Did
Read more: Justice, Theoretically: Why No Punishment Fits What Manchester City DidAccording to a Guardian report picked up widely after the verdict, the independent commission did not simply find Manchester City guilty of 114 breaches. It found the club had acted in bad faith. Two words, and they matter more than they look. Bad faith is not a filing error or an honest dispute over accounting…
The Receipts: Nine Seasons, Eight Trophies, and the Clubs Left to Count the Cost
Read more: The Receipts: Nine Seasons, Eight Trophies, and the Clubs Left to Count the CostOn 27 April 2014, Steven Gerrard’s studs went from under him on the Anfield turf, Demba Ba ran clear to score, and a Liverpool title challenge that had carried the whole city began to come apart. A fortnight later, Manchester City were champions by two points. On the findings of the independent commission that has…
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