Jolly exciting!Good afternoon Geordies. We’re up against Martin Jol’s Fulham at St James’ Park today as we attempt to continue our unbeaten start to the season.
Fulham have a good record against us and lead by 26 to 24 in the winning stakes and they apparently conceded fewer goals to set pieces than any other Premier League team last season, which is a shame as that’s been the best part of our game recently.
European football will no doubt have taken its toll on their players though and they’re without John Arne Riise as result of their midweek game against Dnipro.
For a full analysis, see Jimbob’s excellent match preview, but I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you that although our Prediction Competition is well under way, although there is still time to catch up if you haven’t entered yet.
As it stands – with yesterday’s results in – ‘sveinstrand’ and ‘El Toro’ are joint top of the table with 23 points each. (more…)
Win prizes!Last call for anyone wishing to win £100 in the NUFC Blog Prediction Competition.
You can of course enter at any time during the season but for the best chance of winning you should be there from the off. You have until midday today to enter your predictions for this weekend’s league games.
All you need to do is be a registered member of this blog and log in. Then follow this link to make your predictions for next week: https://nufcblog.org/prediction-competition/next-weeks-predictions/, then when you’re done predicting just hit one of the ‘Save’ buttons.
You have to be in it to win it!Don’t miss this year’s NUFC Blog Score Prediction Competition, with big cash prizes and more up for grabs!
In the Prediction League, there will be TWO chances a season to win:
First Prize: £100
Second Prize: £50
Third Prize: £25
Also, if we managed to get them designed and made on time, we will also be offering splendid NUFC Blog T-shirts to the top three prizewiners.
How it works
There will be two ‘leagues’ a season with one running from August until December and one running from January until May and there will be prizes for those that come first, second and third at the end of each league.
Each week you have to predict the scores in the Saturday, Sunday & Monday Premier League games and you will get 3 points if you get the right result and exact score, and you will get 1 point if you just predict the right result (ie. home win, draw, away win). (more…)
Win real money!NUFC Blog’s score prediction competition is back with a vengeance. Cash prizes on offer to aspiring pundits who can successfully predict Premier League scores.
All you have to do to enter is be a signed up member of this ‘blog and cash prizes are available:
First Place: £100
Second Place: £50
Third Place: £25
The first week’s games are already up there, so you can start making predictions now if you like, although you might want to wait until we’ve bought an expensive striker before you predict Newcastle United’s score against Arsenal for the first game!
Scores can be made and changed up until midday on the Saturday before the games take place.
Can’t you just taste the excitement? No? Well please yourselves, but have a crack at it anyway.
Are you Mark Lawrensen? (If so, beat yourself up with a brick).
Around the Grounds by Chris Nelson.Some of my best days supporting Newcastle have come away from St James’ Park. I don’t mean that as a criticism of our home ground as, quite simply, it isn’t.
Being at a match at St James’ Park can be a unique experience which is unrivalled so far on my travels, but being the adventurous type, combined with a lack of time, and sometimes a lack of money or transport, means that a lot of my support is now done away from SJP.
I would like nothing better than to be able to make every home game, but unfortunately I can’t. It costs me roughly £150 for a day at St James’, and sometimes that just isn’t possible.
Many of you know that I also work nights nowadays, and that it can roll into a Saturday morning, which also counts against me trying to make the 420-mile round trip to Newcastle. So as a compromise, I try to do as many games as my time and money allows me to, although perhaps inevitably most of these games come away from St James’ Park. (more…)
