Black & White & Read All Over

This blog has been a wonderful rollercoaster ride for me. It's allowed me a creative outlet to express my opinions about my club, the club that I care about, that is and remains a part of my life...

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It's fair to say that the last ten years have been eventful. Within a week of this site coming into being, the club had bid more than £20m for an 18-year-old Wayne Rooney - a move that, with hin...

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Over the past decade legions of players have come and gone - some making a significant impression and carving out a lasting place for themselves in our hearts, others whose departures were cause ...

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Sheer, unadulterated joy and unfathomable despair: we're on nodding terms with the former, and know the latter so well we've got the Samaritans on speed dial. We kick off our look back over the l...

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Way back in the mists of time - well, August 2004, to be precise - two Toon-supporting university friends decided to join forces and Black & White & Read All Over, a blog "dedicated to th...

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Congratulations to James Tavernier and Haris Vuckic, who are all set to strut their stuff at Wembley with Rotherham in the League 1 play-off final next Sunday. The Millers booked their appearance...

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As Ben has already summarised, the last season was very much one which promised so much, but which was pretty much over as soon as Cardiff triumphed in the FA Cup. So what needs to be done to see...

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Primary objective of a top half finish secured; six places higher than last season, and above the Mackems; never in any danger of relegation; tremendous victories (complete with clean sheets) at ...

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So Dan Gosling, out of contract in July, may be off to Bournemouth? That figures - the life of a lazy seaside convalescent whose best years are receding into the distance will suit him well. Mean...

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Poor Perchinho. He's been doing his very best to ensure a memorable and successful season for Wigan, but without much joy. First he scored the winning goal against Man City that took the Latics t...

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"Newcastle are looking to recruit a host of English-based players this summer after making a flurry of French signings for the 2013/14 campaign." I'm not sure quite what the Daily Star's Gary Jon...

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Liverpool 2 - 1 Newcastle Utd At last - a campaign that became positively purgatorial is finally over. Not with a win, naturally, but with a game that handily reminded us of the story of our seas...

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As Newcastle fans we're well accustomed to being grateful for small mercies. Last month, that meant not having a fixture on April Fool's Day, in light of the disappointment, disaster, embarrassme...

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While we survey the wreckage of our season and wonder what might have been, at least Dreamboat's departure wasn't in vain - he was in the PSG side that picked up the Ligue 1 title on Wednesday, d...

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While his long-term future may still be uncertain, with the hierarchy reportedly unwilling to grant the Silver Fox's request for a contract extension, Big Lad's short-term prospects look bright. ...

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Newcastle Utd 3 - 0 Cardiff City A clean sheet, a victory, a change in fortunes - all causes for celebration perhaps? The guarantee of a top ten finish (albeit one which ultimately came following...

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When Loic Remy took up compatriot Bacary Sagna's invitation to sit in his executive box at the Emirates to take in Arsenal's victory over West Brom on Sunday, he must surely have known it would g...

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"I feel sad and frustrated, but not angry. I want to help my team and I can’t. It hurts a lot. I want to take the ball and give the maximum for the team. When I see we are losing games 3-0 or 4...

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Arsenal 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd Well, that was everything we expected, and worse. Arsenal could and should have butchered us, but instead - like a particularly sadistic cat toying with a poor, defenc...

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If you were hoping that a spark of magic from HBA might secure us an unlikely result at the Emirates tonight, then you'll have to face the bitter reality that he's not going to feature at all. An...

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Last year, it was Conor Newton and Paul Dummett (and very nearly Curtis Good); this year, the Toon loanee collecting a medal while his parent club's trophy cabinet continues to gather dust is Meh...

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What to make of the weekend's results, with regard to our particular prospects? Well, the welcome home defeats for Stoke and Crystal Palace kept us in ninth, as we try to cling to that top-half p...

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Oh, just look at that: the Lone Ranger is once again a wanted man. By the police, that is. One suspects he may not be wanted by current employers Swindon for much longer...

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Time for some light relief, courtesy of Paul's friend Brian, a Ronny Gill reporter who has branded this "the best story I've written, ever". Given the nag's apparent penchant for watching teams i...

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I'm not sure what's most surprising in this article: the fact that Tim Krul has lost his place in the Dutch national squad or the claim that, were he to leave in the summer in a bid to regain it,...

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