This Month's News & Features

21/04/06 Moore defends Magpies' under-fire stars
CRAIG Moore is championing the cause of Newcastle United's much-maligned centre-backs, claiming the club boast strength in depth amongst their defensive ranks.

19/04/06 Fergie praise for Shearer
SIR Alex Ferguson last night hailed Alan Shearer as the ultimate British centre-forward and forgave the Newcastle striker for famously turning down the chance to sign for Manchester United.

19/04/06 Shepherd will turn to Roeder if O'Neill says no
FREDDY Shepherd will appoint Glenn Roeder as Newcastle's next permanent manager if Martin O'Neill pulls out of the race to succeed Graeme Souness.

18/04/06 Watching Brief: Derby defeat rubs salt into Black Cats' wounds
AND to think there were Sunderland fans thinking things could got not get any worse. As if a season of uninterrupted strife had not been hard enough to bear, the Black Cats will now to depart to the Championship haunted by successive defeats to Newcastle.

18/04/06 Roeder fury helps to turn game
A JUBILANT Glenn Roeder last night revealed a rare display of anger had contributed to Newcastle's rousing second-half revival in yesterday's 4-1 derby win at Sunderland.

14/04/06 Magpies disappoint Shepherd
NEWCASTLE United chairman Freddy Shepherd has admitted he has been disappointed by his under-achieving Magpies this season.

13/04/06 Rangers could take Boumsong back to Ibrox
Newcastle United defender Jean-Alain Boumsong could be a surprise target for Rangers' new boss Paul Le Guen.

12/04/06 Roeder has to rein Taylor in
GLENN Roeder admits he has struggled to keep defender Steven Taylor on a tight leash in training recently.

10/04/06 Talking point Shepherd chases Dutch ace
WHEN Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd announced he was looking to sign Feyenoord striker Dirk Kuyt on Friday it not only opened a window into the club's transfer policy - it revealed another intriguing chapter in the club's history.

10/04/06 Watching Brief: Bragging rights mean little to top dogs Boro
WHILE Peter Ramage's loyalty to his master is both admirable and understandable, his assertion that Newcastle remain North-East football's top dog is at best misplaced, at worst a downright perversion of the truth.

10/04/06 We have bigger fish to fry than Magpies says Boro boss McClaren
MIDDLESBROUGH boss Steve McClaren, while unhappy at losing yesterday's derby with Newcastle United, admitted he had bigger fish to fry.

06/04/06 Boumsong's Newcastle career hanging in balance
WITH his inability to hold down a place in the Newcastle team threatening to cost him a trip to the World Cup, Jean-Alain Boumsong is expected to head to the St James' Park exit door this summer.

04/04/06 Roeder tells Ameobi to make his critics eat their words
GLENN Roeder has urged Shola Ameobi to ram his numerous critics' words right back down their throats after claiming the much-maligned striker is the victim of a witch-hunt.

04/04/06 Owen is embarrassed at shortage of action
AN "embarrassed" Michael Owen last night revealed he was desperate to save face by featuring in the final stages of Newcastle's season.

03/04/06 Moore is the merrier as he puts injury hell behind him
HE might have been dubbed the 'Invisible Man' because of his seven-month spell on the sidelines, but Craig Moore insists he was even angrier than Newcastle's long-suffering fans when he was forced to sit out the majority of the season.

03/04/06 Watching Brief: Midfield maestros
NEWCASTLE United can attribute their first Premier League victory in four to an inspirational display from the home side's midfield quartet.