Pod On The Tyne: an independent NUFC podcast

It wasn't Newcastle's best performance of the season so far, but they were "ruthlessly efficient" in front of goal and ran out easy winners at Southampton. It's a mark of significant progress, since Eddie Howe took charge a year ago, that such a win could be viewed as routine. With two games to go until the World Cup break, the club is in rude health. Meanwhile, we're just rude, especially to Chri...

Fresh from the 4-0 battering of Aston Villa, Taylor Payne and Athletic duo George Caulkin and Chris Waugh are here for another joy-filled edition of Pod On The Tyne, and the three of them are pinching themselves that - with a third of the season now gone - the Toon are sitting comfortably in fourth, eight points ahead of Liverpool, and with the meanest defence in the Premier League. So, dare we st...

On a soaking wet Sunday afternoon in North London, Eddie Howe masterminded a 2-1 victory over Spurs built on a titanic team effort. An uncontroversial goal from Callum Wilson and yet another great strike from Miguel Almiron helped, of course, but Newcastle dominated every area of the pitch with dynamic new signings and massively improved squad players. Produced by Ollie Bellwood. Hosted on Acast....

A goalless draw at Old Trafford saw Newcastle go out on their own as the Premier League's tightest defence. Fabian Schar played a crucial role but the whole back four, and keeper Nick Pope, were superb. Approaching the game Newcastle's CEO, Darren Eales, and Sporting Director Dan Ashworth entertained a press pool and outlined some of the finer details in the club's plans. Produced by Ollie Bellwoo...

Miggy Almiron was on the scoresheet again as Newcastle coasted to victory against Brentford, but Bruno Guimaraes was the star of the day with two goals for him as he ran the show. We examine both players in depth, and Newcastle's overall improvement, with football statistician Kevin Lawson. Or was he? Our very own George Caulkin finally had his name up in lights as part of an elaborate pre-match d...

No apologies for a bumper edition this week, with the anniversary of the takeover at the forefront of our minds despite a huge win at Fulham over the weekend. Chris and Taylor review the match, George joins for a pre-recorded assessment of the club's progress, and Oli Kay tells us how Newcastle United are viewed in Saudi Arabia after his fact-finding trip. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...

Newcastle had hoped to get a few injury problems resolved during the international break; unfortunately, it seems they've picked up a few more issues instead. Can they get three points at Craven Cottage with a depleted strike-force? They'd love to have former no. 9 Aleksandr Mitrovic, who has already scored six times in the Premier League this season... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast with Senior Writer George Caulkin and club correspondent Chris Waugh. Newly promoted Bournemouth came to St James's Park with a predictable gameplan, but Eddie Howe's Newcastle side were unable to break down the low block despite having the lion's share of possession. We examine our own frustration and try to figure out if it's justified. It w...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast alongside The Athletic's George Caulkin and Chris Waugh. Ten months since he arrived at Newcastle and ahead of his former club's visit to St James' Park on Saturday, we're focusing this week on Eddie Howe. Steady Eddie's turned around performances and results, fostered an 'us against them' mentality, and readily admits that he's fallen in love...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast with Senior Writer (and VERY secret agent) George Caulkin, and club correspondent Chris Waugh. As much as we didn't want to, we had to talk about the Video Assistant Referee. On a dismal weekend for match officials we were deprived of a much-desired three points against Palace and there were similar problems for the women's team. With tensions...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast with Senior Writer George Caulkin and club correspondent Chris Waugh. The transfer deadline has passed with no significant last-minute incomings. Are the Premier League's "higher ups" starting to play hardball with us in the market? Of course, just a week ago the club broke their record transfer fee to bring in Swedish striker Alexander Isak,...

Taylor Payne DOESN'T host your go-to Newcastle United podcast, so you're stuck with Senior Writer George Caulkin and club correspondent Chris Waugh. They are still unbeaten in the Premier League, but Newcastle are feeling the effects of a bruising few days, so wd welcome the news of a club record signing in Real Sociedad forward Alexander Isak. Becky Langley's women's team are also unbeaten and Ge...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast with Senior Writer George Caulkin, club correspondent Chris Waugh, and special guest Lynsey Hipgrave. Eddie Howe's Mags took the game to Premier League title-holders Manchester City at St James's Park on Sunday and they very nearly came away with all three points. After the magical victory over Arsenal, the bar has been raised again, so it's a...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast with Senior Writer George Caulkin, club correspondent Chris Waugh, and special guest Steve Stone. George made his annual pilgrimage to Brighton as Chris sunned himself on the Costa del... Carlisle? Anyway, this was certainly the club's best performance, and result, at the Amex Stadium in a good long while. And late last week we took the opport...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Wor Flags did it again, and the team dismissed Nottingham Forest in convincing fashion amid jubilant scenes at St James's Park. George has been scurrying around behind the scenes and this week he bore the fruits of his labour, documenting 24 hours in the li...

Taylor Payne hosts a special edition of your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and True Faith's Charlotte Robson. It's the eve of the 2022/23 season, and we're all uncharacteristically excited about the team's prospects. There are so many questions to answer: where will we finish, who is next in line for Howe-ificati...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and North American football writer Felipe Cardenas. Felipe returns to the podcast to tell us a bit more about Darren Eales, NUFC's new CEO and former President of MLS franchise Atlanta Utd. Eales was an early appointment after Atlanta earned their place in MLS...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and another very special guest. Pre-season is now officially underway, with matches in front of (a few fans) against 1860 Munich and Mainz. Chris attended both, but has he finally met his match in the Austrian hotel buffet? Meanwhile, the club have appointed a...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and a very special guest. It's 30 years since Kevin Keegan celebrated keeping Newcastle in the old second division by splashing out on an eclectic collection of big-money signings and winning the first ten games of the new season. One of the first signings fro...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and a special guest, Tifo's Seb Stafford-Bloor. Tifo, The Athletic's analytical affiliate, are hard at work putting together some "Sensible Transfers" for every Premier League team and Seb joins us for a detailed look at the dramatic change in Newcastle's transfer fortunes over the last twe...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Burnley writer Andy Jones. Goalkeeper Nick Pope has been signed from The Clarets after their Premier League relegation and it looks like a bargain fee for an England international. The club could round off their defensive incomings with Lille centre-half, and long-time target Sven Botma...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and news reporter Phil Buckingham. George is a little thrown this week as he's usually on his yacht in St Tropez at this time of year. Instead, we're podding through the heatwave with an exclusive Dan Burn interview, a look ahead to next season's fixtures, and...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and author Michael Chaplin. This first show of "the new season" was recorded live at the Tyneside Irish Centre on Thursday 9th June as part of a fundraising event for the West End food bank. For more information on how you can donate, go to https://newcastlewestend.foodbank.org.uk/ . Hosted...

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and special guest Alan Shearer. It's our last podcast of the season so we're looking back over a seriously eventful campaign, one that saw us winless from our first fourteen games before the sale of the club brought renewed investment, energy, and ambition bac...

Taylor Payne hosts your snow-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Eddie Howe's team have produced an astonishing surge up the Premier League table in 2022, but inspired by a rousing display from Wor Flags and the resulting atmosphere, they produced their most complete performance of the season to beat Champions League c...