The whole squad will probley be sold cant see any of them playing in the championship besides Steve Harper and Ameobi..

Ameobi???

I wouldn't play him even if we did not have enough players!!

Saturday, 23 May 2009
Football League Two
Gillingham 1-0 Shrewsbury

Sunday, 24 May 2009

Barclays Premier League

Arsenal v Stoke, 16:00
Aston Villa v Newcastle, 16:00
Blackburn v West Brom, 16:00
Fulham v Everton, 16:00
Hull v Man Utd, 16:00
Liverpool v Tottenham, 16:00
Man City v Bolton, 16:00
Sunderland v Chelsea, 16:00
West Ham v Middlesbrough, 16:00
Wigan v Portsmouth, 16:00

Coca-Cola Football League One

Millwall v Scunthorpe, POF, 13:00

Sad day for the Toon Army..

More to follow......

I noticed Yogi hasn't posted in a few days... I hope he hasn't done anything drastic after Newcastle's relagation.

Im sure he's fine.. Its been coming for a while now...

Sunday, 24 May 2009

Barclays Premier League

Arsenal 4-1 Stoke
Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle (Newcastle are relegated)
Blackburn 0-0 West Brom
Fulham 0-2 Everton
Hull 0-1 Man Utd
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham
Man City 1-0 Bolton
Sunderland 2-3 Chelsea
West Ham 2-1 Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough are relegated)
Wigan 1-0 Portsmouth

Coca-Cola Football League One

Millwall 2-3 Scunthorpe

Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle

Newcastle United's 16-year stay in the top flight ended in the tamest fashion possible as they dropped into the Championship with defeat at Aston Villa.

Damien Duff's unfortunate own goal - deflecting in Gareth Barry's 20-yard shot seven minutes before the interval - ensured Alan Shearer's mission to save Newcastle from relegation ended in devastating failure.

Newcastle's performance was a prime example of why they have failed to survive this season, lacking any fire and urgency despite the scale of the prize on offer if they escaped.
And seconds before referee Chris Foy blew the whistle on Newcastle's Premier League existence, defender David Edgar summed up a desperate day when he was sent off for his second bookable offence after fouling Ashley Young.

Newcastle had opportunites to grasp at a lifeline in the first half, with Obafemi Martins firing off target and Mark Viduka having a shot cleared off the line by Carlos Cuellar.

But when Newcastle needed to find inspiration in the second half, all that was on offer was an almost passive acceptance of their decline as they failed to exert any serious pressure on Villa - at times seeming barely aware of the fate that awaited them if they lost.

Michael Owen made an appearance as substitute midway through the second half, but he made no impact and barely touched the ball. It now appears relegation will almost certainly mark the end of his Newcastle career.

Shearer led the applause for Newcastle's heartbroken fans as the despair of relegation sunk in - and it was clear their affection for the Tyneside icon has not diminished despite this bitter end to his spell in charge this season.

Owner Mike Ashley must now try to persuade Shearer to stay on and provide some semblance of stability to this most dysfunctional of clubs as they attempt to rebuild and reclaim their place in English football's elite.

Shearer may have been the manager when they dropped into the Championship, but the damage was largely done before he attempted to come to the rescue.

And Newcastle's hierarchy must now indulge in serious soul-searching after a season that saw Kevin Keegan's reign as manager end in acrimony and Joe Kinnear's surprise temporary appointment, which ended prematurely after he suffered health problems. Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood could not stop the rot, and the task of reviving Newcastle proved beyond Shearer.

For now, though, Newcastle can only try and digest the disappointment of relegation - and accept that they have been the architects of their own downfall.

It will be a summer of upheaval for whoever takes charge, with a collection of highly-paid players, led by Owen, likely to quit the club.

Owen was only fit enough to take a place on the bench as Newcastle went in search of the result that would preserve their Premier League status - but Shearer's side were lively in attack during the opening exchanges. Villa keeper Friedel almost let Duff's deflected shot slip in and Cuellar smuggled Viduka's goal-bound shot off the line as Newcastle pressed for an early breakthrough.

Martins also volleyed over the top when he found space 12 yards out in the penalty area, with boss Shearer showing obvious frustration on the sidelines as another chance came and went.

Newcastle, however, were nowhere near as convincing at the back and Fabricio Coloccini was regularly threatened with embarrassment by Gabriel Agbonlahor's raw pace. Craig Gardner brought a fine fingertip save from Steve Harper before Villa took the lead seven minutes before the interval, helped by a liberal sprinkling of good fortune.
Barry's shot was struck with power, but it was a crucial deflection off Duff that took it out of the reach of Harper and into the bottom corner of the net.

Newcastle's fans, who were in ecstasy when news of Manchester United's goal at Hull filtered through, were stunned into silence as their Villa counterparts celebrated.

There was still time for another opportunity for Newcastle before the interval, with Martins sending a glancing header just wide from Nicky Butt's free-kick.

Newcastle could not apply any pressure in the early stages of the second half, leaving Shearer to make his first change after 56 minutes. Jose Enrique replaced Peter Lovenkrands, leaving Duff to move forward into a more familiar attacking role on the left-flank.

And Shearer swiftly followed this move with the introduction of Owen, giving the injury-plagued England striker the opportunity to possibly end an unfulfilling spell on Tyneside with a flourish.

Barry then missed the chance that would have condemned Newcastle to Championship football. He robbed Butt 20 yards out, but then sent a curling shot inches wide with Harper helpless.


Newcastle were surprisingly lacking any sense of real urgency, and Shearer played his final card with 20 minutes left by sending on Shola Ameobi for the tiring Viduka.

Carew then contrived to waste another opportunity to finish off Newcastle when he somehow failed to find the target after being set up by Agbonlahor six yards out.

Newcastle, despite the increasing desperation of their situation, were offering nothing and Ashley Young fired just over the top after a powerful run.

Enrique's speculative cross almost spared Newcastle in the dying seconds - but it drifted agonisingly wide and referee Foy's final whistle was the catalyst for predictable tears among travelling supporters.

Barclays Premier League : Table 24 May 18:06

| Home | Away
Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS
1 Man Utd 38 16 2 1 43 13 12 4 3 25 11 44 90
2 Liverpool 38 12 7 0 41 13 13 4 2 36 14 50 86
3 Chelsea 38 11 6 2 33 12 14 2 3 35 12 44 83
4 Arsenal 38 11 5 3 31 16 9 7 3 37 21 31 72
5 Everton 38 8 6 5 31 20 9 6 4 24 17 18 63
6 Aston Villa 38 7 9 3 27 21 10 2 7 27 27 6 62
7 Fulham 38 11 3 5 28 16 3 8 8 11 18 5 53
8 Tottenham 38 10 5 4 21 10 4 4 11 24 35 0 51
9 West Ham 38 9 2 8 23 22 5 7 7 19 23 -3 51
10 Man City 38 13 0 6 40 18 2 5 12 18 32 8 50
11 Wigan 38 8 5 6 17 18 4 4 11 17 27 -11 45
12 Stoke 38 10 5 4 22 15 2 4 13 16 40 -17 45
13 Bolton 38 7 5 7 21 21 4 3 12 20 32 -12 41
14 Portsmouth 38 8 3 8 26 29 2 8 9 12 28 -19 41
15 Blackburn 38 6 7 6 22 23 4 4 11 18 37 -20 41
16 Sunderland 38 6 3 10 21 25 3 6 10 13 29 -20 36
17 Hull 38 3 5 11 18 36 5 6 8 21 28 -25 35
18 Newcastle 38 5 7 7 24 29 2 6 11 16 30 -19 34
19 Middlesbrough 38 5 9 5 17 20 2 2 15 11 37 -29 32
20 West Brom 38 7 3 9 26 33 1 5 13 10 34 -31 32

I am 38 years old and first went to see the Toon in 1977. In all my years we have never won anything and we have had some crap times.

This season is the worst of all. A terrible,terrible experience. The city is in mourning and the immediate future is grimmer than grim


P.S. i know he doesn't come round no more, but consolations to Chopper's Blades who lost to burnley today. He will be suffering heartache also....

I was rooting for Burnley today.. Burnley have had a fantastic season doing well in both cups as well..

I heard today that Burnley are rewarding this years season ticket holders with free ones for next year?

What a tremendous gesture that is!

It has to be said (and I've been saying it for a long time), Shola Ameobi isn't good enough for professional football. I genuinely believe that. Our continued investment into him is becoming embarrassing; again, Newcastle thinking with their hearts ("Homegrown Talent!") and not their heads.

And I think it's far too early to be crying "Shearer" for a permanent, long-term contract. He's won one of eight games in charge and I don't think he's ready at all to be a manager. I'd prefer him in an assisstant's role, I think, like when Roeder was in charge.

Still, congrats to Turi's Scunny. He was at the game, too, bless him. (Great match.) We'll be playing them next season. Woo Hoo!

Yes indeed. Congrats to Turi and Scunny.

We may scrape a point off them next year

Just make sure you take 6 points off Forest..

Unlikely mate

Funnily enough,my next door neighbour is a Forest fan for some reason and he was crowing over the back fence about them taking 6 points off us next season!!!!!

Whilst he was waffling on though he missed my cat creeping into his prize bushes to take a crap so i let him drone on......

Saturday, 30 May 2009
The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
Chelsea 2-1 Everton

Hers a link to all the fixtures for the 2009-10 season.

Premiership


Championship Yogi you need to look at this one for the Toon


League 1

League 2

Without Ronaldo and Tevez you lot will be joining us in the Championship next year

Talking of young Ron i see he wants more than £200,000 a week to join Madrid. This recession must really be getting to him

we'll be better without Ronaldo...

My thoughts exactly... So does anyone think Tevez will be leaving too?

Is he really boinking Paris Hilton?

Yuck.

I bet he is..

Has anyone been watching the Confederations Cup?

There have been some terrible games,the pitches look awful and those horns blaring constantly give me a migraine

I am not a huge football fan, but I find the transfer fee system fascinating. Does one guy really make that much of a difference? How do you even price these fees? Do they use some sort of financial model to determine (i) effect on Win-Loss, (ii) effect on attendance revenues, (iii) effect on marketing revenues, (iv) other?

Like I said, fascinating.

Bring on the WC 2010..

You weren't kidding about the horns!

I finally get a chance to watch a couple of games today but I'm not sure I can stand it with those horns going the whole time. Is that just something the fans in South Africa do? Do they think it sounds good? Or they think it's fun to make obnoxious noises? I don't get it!

I just found out the World Cup is going to be in South Africa also? Are we going to have to listen to these blaring horns the whole WC as well?