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Blyth Spartans host Newcastle United tonight at Croft Park 7:30pm with admission set at a very reasonable £5 (£2 concessions). A good cheap match to occupy the kids while they're off school and a chance to see some of the Toon's second string in action. There's rumours that Ben Arfa could...

As we all know (and anyone who has forgotten will be smugly be reminded by any Mackem), Newcastle are no longer in the FA Cup and as such, there will be no match at St James Park this weekend. Never fear though, if you're going to be missing your fix of live football or the kids are wondering...

I just met him at Croft Park. He was eating an apple and I was too shy to talk to him so I just shook his hand and walked off. Has anyone had a less glamourous celebrity encounter? Share your stories of tongue-tied awkwardness here. <ok>

For as long as I've been aware, Hartlepool have been 15th in League One. At any point in the season, any season, when the other North East clubs were bouncing around like billio I'd take comfort in the fact Hartlepool were always there 15th place in League One, safe from danger and no threat to...

Same old Shola, always scoring! <diva>

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/912352-newcastle-fans-could-swap-topless-fashion-for-all-in-one-baby-suits Quick poll. OPTION 1 - This is a good idea. OPTION 2 - This is the best idea ever. OPTION 3 - All of the above. <ok>

Blyth Spartans player Robbie Dale has this season passed the 100 goal mark for the club and to celebrate this I'm wanting to get 'Dale 100' printed on the back of my shirt. Newcastle's printers use numbering with the PL logo on it but I'd obviously want plain lettering, thing is I don't trust...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19288541 Shefki Kuqi has sealed a move to SPL side Hibernian after a short but fairly impressive spell with Oldham, scoring 11 goals last season in League One. Though he was never really used for us, Kuqi certainly left a lasting impression on a lot of...

I'm not a big watcher of basketball (or B-Ball as the kids call it) but I'm going to watch the game at 7 tonight on BBC3 out of curiosity. Though I'm not up to date with the sport, I know that USA will be staggering favourites for this but what would be a respectable result for us in terms of...

I plan to do a walking tour of the north east to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK, 100 miles in 8 days (bear in mind I'm a fat bastard) and I'll be stopping at pretty much every Iceland (I work for them) along the way to see what we as a company are doing during our 'charity week'. In...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18768078 Lovenkrands has joined Birmingham. <ok> Perfect move for him I reckon, the Championship is the perfect level for him at this stage in his career and I reckon he'll fair bang them in this season. Best of luck Lover!

Hello all, some of you may remember that last year I was doing some fundraising for Alzheimer's Research UK through Iceland and that I walked from Blyth to Whitley Bay dressed as a giant rat (on account of the fact I am human-sized). This year Iceland have chosen to support the same charity for...

This is just an article to recognise a recent act by Man City stiker, Edin Dzeko. It seems all we hear of footballers these days is them getting into fights, sexual harrassment cases and tweeting huffily but the good stories rarely reach the surface of the media pond. 17-year old Alan Maslo...

Newcastle United sit in 4th place with one third of the season already through ahead of the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, all clubs who have in recent years competed for and even won the title. More importantly, Newcastle are amongst a group of 7 clubs who have broken away from the...

I think this has probably been the best weekend for North East football in a while, all four of the region's league clubs won and climbed up their respective league tables. Bolton 0-2 Sunderland Newcastle 1-0 Wigan Middlesbrough 2-0 Derby Chesterfield 2-3 Hartlepool Even outside of the league...

(Taken from the BBC gossip page) So not only do they nick our starting Left Back, they're looking to sign the player we're after as his replacement?! I wouldn't put it past Comolli to have used a time machine just to throw us off the 'I'm copying Carr' scent, he's that much of a bastard...

The qualified teams have been determined, some big names have missed out, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, South Africa, Togo, Algeria, but here are the teams that qualified and their seeding for the groups (yet to be drawn). 1st seeded Gabon (co-hosts) Equatorial Guinea (co-hosts) Ivory Coast...

Bedlington Terriers made the papers not long ago as a novelty report but here's a full 30 minute programme on the BBCi player about American billionaire Robert Rich's involvement in the Northern League club. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b015r2nj/Mr_Rich_and_the_Terriers/ When US...

Tomorrow sees Blyth kick off their latest FA Cup run against neighbours Bedlington Terriers at Croft Park. Though the Spartans currently play three divisions above Bedlington, the Terriers have scored an astonishing 44 goals over their last 9 games and have already beaten three clubs to reach...

I remember back in 2006 when American billionaire Randy Lerner took over at Aston Villa. Having flirted with relegation the season just past he slowly set about stabilising the club with reasonable investment. In his first season he broke Aston Villa's transfer record by allowing MoN to sign...