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Fabricio Coloccini

Coloccini playing hard ball over new contract

NEWCASTLE United are set for more hard bargaining with Fabricio Coloccini after contract talks this week didn’t reach a resolution.Read

Pardew: Newcastle are not getting carried away

ALAN PARDEW will not talk about a top-four finish unless Newcastle hit the last six games of the season handily placed.Read

Ryan Taylor: Derby free-kick changed my life

AT roughly 1.15pm on August 20, 2011 Ryan Taylor’s life changed forever. With one majestic swing of his right boot at a football stadium on the banks of the River Wear, Taylor was transformed from bit-part battler into Newcastle United folk hero. Read

Ryan Taylor: I'd love to be offered new deal

RYAN TAYLOR hopes to be among the Newcastle United stars rewarded with a new deal this summer. The club are planning some big changes in the close season as the last of the big earners, Alan Smith, moves on. Read

Shay Given: I have no regrets over NUFC exit

IT is a moment that Shay Given never thought would happen. But when one of Newcastle United’s greatest ever servants makes an unfamiliar left down the St James’ Park corridor and enters the away dressing room for the first time, he will do so without a sense of bitterness, regret or unhappiness. Read

Given: Newcastle have blueprint for success

SHAY GIVEN reckons Newcastle have struck up the right blueprint for success – managerial stability.Read

James Tavernier won't be among United cull

JAMES TAVERNIER will be spared the reserve-team cull being planned by Newcastle United.Read

Alan Pardew

Newcastle United look to loan deals

NEWCASTLE will break their own rules and look to broker a loan move for a defender if Watford refuse to do business on Adrian Mariappa before Tuesday’s deadline.Read

Brighton 1 Newcastle United 0

NEWCASTLE United’s agonising wait for trophy goes on – and to that 43 years of hurt you can add a dash of agony at the Amex.Read

Peter Lovenkrands gunning for goal No 100

PETER LOVENKRANDS wants to make it to 100 not out with Newcastle United.Read

Pardew: Hatem Ben Arfa is so exciting

ALAN PARDEW has likened maverick forward Hatem Ben Arfa to Gazza – and promised Newcastle United fans there is much more to come from the France international.Read

UEFA rules are fair to all clubs, says Pardew

ALAN PARDEW believes UEFA’s controversial financial fair play rules will “level the playing field” and allow Newcastle United to challenge the Premier League’s moneyed elite.Read

Frabicio Coloccini

Fabricio Coloccini contract is Pardew's key aim

SMARTING Alan Pardew is hoping for a double defensive boost in the next days – by signing a Championship defender and taking a significant step forward in Fabricio Coloccini’s contract negotiations.Read

Danny Guthrie contract talks delayed by NUFC

NEWCASTLE have delayed contract talks with Danny Guthrie.Read

Andrew Johnson of Fulham is challenged by Davide Santon of Newcastle United

Fulham 5 Newcastle United 2

ONCE again craven at the Cottage, Newcastle United’s European tilt suffered a setback in a remarkable contest on the banks of the Thames.Read

Alan Pardew tips Demba Ba and Papiss Cisse for Cup honours

SORRY Cheick, your boss is backing Senegal to win the African Nations Cup.Read

Alan Pardew: I can’t explain what happened to us at Fulham

AFTER seeing his normally reliable back four collapse at Craven Cottage, Newcastle boss Alan Pardew admitted he was left with no defence for his side’s abject second-half effort.Read

Joe Bennett

Middlesbrough stars in reckoning for GB squad

TONY MOWBRAY has revealed that FOUR Boro stars are in the preliminary Great Britain Olympic squad.Read

Ravel Morrison

Real Madrid eye NUFC target Ravel Morrison

NEWCASTLE United face major competition in the chase for January target Ravel Morrison – from La Liga giants Real Madrid.Read

NUFC adopting a watching brief in transfer dealings

NEWCASTLE are hunting players to “push the club on” this January – but only if they provide value for money.Read

Author Profile

Mark Douglas is a sports writer who covers a wide range of sports in the North East. He moved to the region in March 2008 after working for the Wolverhampton Express and Star.