Pod On The Tyne: an independent NUFC podcast

Usually, when you win at a ground for the first time in a decade (second time in four decades!), you'd be thinking limbs, cans, maybe even can cans. Newcastle's away end certainly enjoyed today's victory at Stamford Bridge, but there was no great spectacle or sense of an event. Reporting from Fulham Broadway, Chris Waugh is joined by a competition winner to recap a job well done, even if we're all...

Newcastle's hopes of progress to the Champions League quarter finals had a huge boost with Harvey Barnes late goal in the first leg of their last 16 tie against Barcelona... ...and then took an equally large hit with Lamine Yamal's late penalty. Was it the best performance of the season? Were Barca a little complacent? Where will Lewis Hall finish in the Ballon d'Or list? We also consider the smal...

Newcastle United are out of the FA Cup, having been thoroughly beaten by Pep Guardiola's Manchester City 3-1 at St James's Park. Chris and Luke Edwards analyse a deflating evening. With the cup exit, dreams of domestic silverware will have to wait, but Barcelona are the visitors in Tuesday's Champions League last 16 tie and Eddie Howe is certainly not underestimating the scale of that fixture.

Manchester United have been through some tough times recently but an unbeaten run under interim boss Michael Carrick brought them to St James's Park full of confidence. Yet, on a clear Wednesday night, Newcastle United defied their own dodgy league form, yet more questionable refereeing, and anyone else who wants some, to hold firm with ten men before a true moment of inspiration. Spring is in the...

Newcastle's form has seen a slight uptick in recent games, but absolutely not in the Premier League. Newcastle have lost five from six in the league, and this defeat makes it three successive league games at home for the first time under Eddie Howe. Having twice overcome their own attacking difficulties to equalise, they quickly gifted the lead back to Everton, who were also grateful to Jordan Pic...

Today's title is three things Eddie Howe has built his team around, but are desperately lacking from the podcast as we lurch from gaffes to factual errors via hungry cats. Yes, Newcastle are through to the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time since we did it before in a different format, which technically wasn't the last 16, it was the second group stage... anyway, it's a great achie...

Newcastle's mileage has topped 5,000 this week and they added a few hundred more with a journey to Manchester to take on City, who have had a week off. Confidence was rock bottom going into this one; the team's record at the Etihad Stadium is woeful but, while another defeat goes on the list, there were a fair few encouraging aspects. Chris Waugh is joined by the Daily Telegraph's Luke Edwards for...

Newcastle's agony at missing out on direct passage to the Champions League last 16 was eased slightly as they made light work of their play-off tie. Five first-half goals, four from centre forward Anthony Gordon, effectively put the tie beyond hosts Qarabag. Next up, Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.. it's a graveyard of geordie hopes and dreams, can three consecutive away wins trigger a chan...

Back-to-back away wins for Newcastle United, two goals for Sandro Tonali, and a first strike of 2026 for Nick Woltemade... a simple victory? Well, maybe not. George and Chris assess an obstacle-filled afternoon for Eddie Howe and co. Injury absences, including the captain, were as nothing compared to some of the refereeing decisions. Tell me ma...

This week has been about the hardcore... we delivered a special tribute to the away end on our Extra Tyne feed last night ( podonthetyne.supportingcast.fm) . It was about Newcastle's hardcore as well. Kieran Trippier and Dan Burn rolled back the years as starting fullbacks, Joe Willock bolstered the legs in midfield, and Eddie Howe's team outfought a Spurs team that, OK, may not have been the toug...

People are already calling it shambolic, a new low, embarrassing to see a man underperforming so badly... but, in Chris's defence it was supposed to be his day off. Live from St James's Park (and central Halifax), we look back at a woeful evening when Newcastle threw away a leading position, equalised, then threw away a point. Where do we go from here, other than to the Tottenham surgery... and ca...

Can you be dumped out of the cup in a semi-final? If so, that's what happened to Newcastle United at the Etihad Stadium, and thoroughly unceremonious it was too. Needing to overturn a two-goal deficit, Omar Marmoush (x2) and Tijjani Reijnders instead gave Manchester City a five-goal cushion at the break. Despite a nice goal for Anthony Elanga and several more chances, the game had been decided alm...

Newcastle have an unenviable record at many of the Premier League's more illustrious venues, but Anfield stands with the best of them. Could this time be different with Eddie Howe throwing a striker-free 4-3-3 curveball at Arne Slot and Anthony Gordon capping a positive start to give Newcastle the lead... No.

Another trip to Paris, another 1-1 draw, but instead of deflation there was a sense of pride and encouragement. That was despite confirmation of a play-off place for Eddie's Mags rather than direct passage to the quarter-finals. A back three and some interesting rotations made it look like the manager had at least one eye on the Liverpool game but they overcame an early onslaught from the European...

Newcastle don't win when Bruno Guimaraes doesn't start. That holds true to a tally of eleven games now and, with PSG away in the Champions League on Wednesday, nerves are frayed in the PotT bunker at St James's Park. That PSG game is the first in a hugely testing run of fixtures, six of the next seven are also away from home, and it could be a make or break stretch for the team should they wish to...

A facile win over PSV Eindhoven at St James's Park means Newcastle have qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time ever (big asterisk). They will now travel to Paris to face holders PSG knowing that they can finish in the top 8 of the league and bypass the first play-off round. What does success look like in the competition this season, and how is it compatible wi...

Why are you here? Newcastle drew 0-0 at Wolves, and it was life-draining. Honestly; listen to the podcast by all means, there's a discussion about strikers and away form and you can hear from Eddie Howe as well, but the fact you're still reading this is a cause for concern.

Newcastle United have been close to invincible in the Carabao Cup in recent years, but now face a challenge tougher than anything they've done before; go to the Etihad Stadium and turn over a two-goal deficit. In a tightly contested first leg of the semi-final, at St James's Park, Manchester City retained possession but refused to over-extend themselves and wastefulness in front of goal cost Howe'...

Another day, another madcap finish in a Newcastle match. Or should that be three? Not only did Anthony Gordon’s injury-time penalty prevent an FA Cup exit but, having seemingly won the tie through red hot Harvey Barnes late extra-time header, passage to the fourth round was up in the air again when Bournemouth equalised in the few seconds that remained. Progress they did, though. An encouraging pe...

It's the morning after the night before; a remarkable finish in Newcastle's 4-3 Premier League win over Leeds United. We have a go at analysing some of the action, but it's a bit like trying to organise jelly; jelly that's on fire. As many thousands have already pointed out, there could have been no more fitting tribute to the great Kevin Keegan. It was lovely to see such warmth for the great man...

Newcastle United opened their account in 2026 with a Premier League win at home against Crystal Palace. Individual fortunes within the team were a mixed bag, Malick Thiaw and Lewis Miley were terrific again, Jacob Murphy struggled. The captain, Bruno Guimaraes, summed up the whole affair. It was an imperfect performance, but he scored the opener on another day when he refused to let the story end...

Newcastle won away... at Burnley... and made hard work of it. But, Yoane Wissa got another early goal on another debut, Joelinton put a Big Joe shift in, and we got the three points. Looking at the rest of 2025, it's difficult to imagine it being more of a mixed bag. Newcastle won a major domestic trophy for the first time in 70 years and celebrated like it. They also qualified for the Champions L...

Well, that wasn't very Christmas-y, at all. Not only did Newcastle not build on the positive first-half performance at home against Chelsea, they reverted to their worst away-day selves. Failing to create enough chances against a heavily-depleted Manchester United team, shorn of their captain and several senior figures, we were also profligate with the few we had. It's difficult not to be feeling...

2025 has been a historic year for Newcastle United as they won their first domestic trophy in 70 years. Remarkably, part-way through the season, manager Eddie Howe was hospitalised with pneumonia. Talking about that incident, and the care he received from the NHS and Newcastle Hospitals, Howe agreed with the suggestion that nothing happens in a vacuum; the city, the people, and the football club a...

The early Saturday kick-off hasn't been kind to Newcastle in recent times, especially when it comes to fast starts. Different story against Chelsea today, as crowd and team were on it from the first minute. Just like old times, and at half-time the major concern was that we hadn't put the third, or even fourth, goal past Rob Sanchez. As energy levels dropped in the second half an improved Chelsea...