Comparing Newcastle United’s Age Distribution – 2009/10 vs 2016/17
A statistical analysis of Newcastle United’s Age Demographic between the current Championship season and the previous Championship-winning campaign of 2009/10 shows a [...]
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Did Pardew ever give Ben Arfa a fair chance? Stats and Analysis
Monday 2nd September 2014 brought to an end one of the longest debates in toon history: Hatem Ben Arfa’s role at Newcastle. This much documented debate was brought to [...]
Newcastle’s All-Time Best Premier League Eleven
Thank you to Newcastle Stats (@NewcastleStats) for the article – you can see more of their [...]
VIDEO: 2010 Interview Foreshadows Pardew’s Downfall
Following Saturday’s utterly disgraceful performance in the 4-0 defeat to Southampton, I was doing a bit of digging online for what Southampton, West Ham and Charlton [...]
The Curious Case of Hatem Ben Arfa: Statistical Analysis
Written by Kain Watson (@kainnufc) Few players have lit up St. James’ Park in recent years in quite the same way that Hatem Ben Arfa has. When he’s on the pitch there’s [...]
Magpies Soaring High with the Unlikely Lads
After the dismal showing of last season, in which we narrowly avoided relegation, followed by the farcical summer transfer window, Newcastle were among the favourites for [...]
Part 2: Inside the World of Mike Ashley and His Friends in the North
If you missed PART 1, click here. Part 2, What Fettle Geordie Lad? Let’s start with the positives. Has Newcastle the best squad of players since the days of Robson?? [...]
Part 1: Inside the World of Mike Ashley and His Friends in the North
Part 1 – Don’t Look Back in Anger I don’t know Mike Ashley. I’ve never met him. I’ve written to him several times without reply. So to write about MA is as a [...]
The Transfer Policy Debate: Fringe Investment
There are essentially three main transfer strategies that Newcastle could take this Summer. And today, in the first installment of a three-part series, we are looking at the [...]
When a ship is sinking, you plug the leak before you hold an inquiry
I’ve read a mountain of articles about Newcastle’s plight; who should be picked/dropped; who should be [...]
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