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		<title>Newcastle Heading to South Africa This Summer</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2013/04/22/newcastle-heading-to-south-africa-this-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Savill (Editor)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, we posed the question to fans on where they would like to see Newcastle heading this Summer for pre-season. Having experienced an incredibly unprofessional, disorganized Summer schedule last July, it looks as though the club have begun this Summer&#8217;s plans early: we&#8217;re heading to South Africa, according to KickOff.com.  Both Newcastle and Everton are set [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=4098&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-Season Plans Underway &#8211; where would you choose?</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2013/03/27/pre-season-plans-underway-where-would-you-choose/</link>
		<comments>http://thespectatorsview.com/2013/03/27/pre-season-plans-underway-where-would-you-choose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harry Savill (Editor)</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fixtures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Pardew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Far-East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major League Soccer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After last Summer&#8217;s pre-season calamities,  Alan Pardew has confirmed that plans for next summer&#8217;s schedule are already underway, in a bid to avoid last minute tour cancellations. Newcastle were due to play in the Vodacom Challenge in South Africa last July, but a last minute cancellation left the club with a short amount of time to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=3816&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Pre-Season</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/17/the-importance-of-pre-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lowdon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pre-Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newcastle United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juventus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Gosling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leyton Orient]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Guadiana Trophy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A question in which tends to answer itself in recent years; what have we learnt from pre-season? The answer, going from the last few occasions is not much in all honesty. Cast your mind back to the US tour we embarked on last summer. Apart from a brief, small spark from Dan Gosling, nothing much [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=1989&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Season Preview: Five Players to Watch Out For</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/13/season-preview-five-players-to-watch-out-for/</link>
		<comments>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/13/season-preview-five-players-to-watch-out-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 08:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Tobin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Player Profile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Pardew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blackburn Rovers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bolton Wanderers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capital one cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carling Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheick Tiote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claude Makelele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Davide Santon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europa League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FC Twente]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graham Carr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatem Ben Arfa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nottingham Forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Elliot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romain Amalfitano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sammy Ameobi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stade de Reims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sylvain Marveaux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Krul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Rooney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the start of the season draws ever nearer, players will be fighting to catch the eye of manager Alan Pardew in an attempt to get as many games as possible over the forthcoming campaign. Here, we will take an in-depth look at 5 Newcastle United players, and try to decipher where they will stand [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=1958&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Signings are Essential &#8211; The Statistics Say it All</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/12/new-signings-are-essential-the-statistics-say-it-all/</link>
		<comments>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/12/new-signings-are-essential-the-statistics-say-it-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Tobin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pre-Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premier League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Pardew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arsenal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aston Villa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blackburn Rovers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheick Tiote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demba Ba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatem Ben Arfa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Carver]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shola Ameobi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swansea City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yohan Cabaye]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the start of the season draws ever nearer, we take a look at some of the key statistics of Newcastle United last season, and how it could affect the team next season. Humorist Evan Esar once said &#8220;Statistics are the science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures&#8221;. While this can be true at [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=1949&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Spectator&#8217;s Season Preview &#8211; #1</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/10/the-pre-season-preview-1/</link>
		<comments>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/10/the-pre-season-preview-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Tobin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pre-Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medhi Abeid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newcastle United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Papiss Cisse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xisco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yohan Cabaye]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the start of the season draws ever nearer, players will be fighting to catch the eye of manager Alan Pardew in an attempt to get as many games as possible over the forthcoming campaign. Here, we will take an in-depth look at 5 Newcastle United players, and try to decipher where they will stand [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=1929&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pardew Expecting Big Things From Ben Arfa Next Season</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/09/pardew-expecting-big-things-from-ben-arfa-next-season/</link>
		<comments>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/09/pardew-expecting-big-things-from-ben-arfa-next-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrace93</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pre-Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premier League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Pardew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[France National Team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hatem Ben Arfa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newcastle United]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has stated that he believes Magpie midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa can use his poor Euro 2012 experience with France to his own advantage – by excelling in the black and white shirt. Pardew feels Ben Arfa should use the coming season to prove France chiefs were wrong to leave him kicking [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=1922&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Kids on the Block &#8211; A Productive Pre-Season</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/07/new-kids-on-the-block-a-productive-pre-season/</link>
		<comments>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/07/new-kids-on-the-block-a-productive-pre-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Lowdon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-Season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transfers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curtis Good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gael Bigirimana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gateshead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newcastle United]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romain Amalfitano]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a matter of days before the season starts, United fans will remain glued to the back pages, refreshing their Twitter feeds as fast as they can in order to discover if more new arrivals have put pen to paper. Drawn out discussions and complex contract negotiations will continue to aggravate eager fans who simply [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=1916&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5: Pre-Season Friendlies</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/04/top-5-pre-season-friendlies/</link>
		<comments>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/04/top-5-pre-season-friendlies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Tobin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Top 5s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albert Luque]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andres Guardado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Braga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Hughton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damien Duff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darlington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Trezeguet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demba Ba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deportiva La Coruna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Krul]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The pre-season period is vital for every team, whether for confidence building, or to build up player fitness after the holidays, every team strives for a good set of pre-season friendlies. Here we will take a look at the top 5 pre-season friendlies that Newcastle United have taken part in. 5 &#8211; Darlington 0-2 Newcastle, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=1858&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Newcastle avoid the &#8220;Second Season Syndrome&#8221; curse?</title>
		<link>http://thespectatorsview.com/2012/08/02/can-newcastle-avoid-the-second-season-syndrome-curse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August is now upon us and this now means two things. Firstly, the summer is (well should be) in full swing. Secondly it means that the football season is nigh. Clubs all over the country are finishing off their pre-season matches and fitness regimes to get themselves ready for a long hard season ahead. At [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thespectatorsview.com&#038;blog=33070165&#038;post=1836&#038;subd=thegeordiejudgement&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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