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Jan 25, 2022 • 58min

Relief at Leeds Lifeline with Robbie Elliot

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and special guest Robbie Elliott.Eddie Howe's men finally held on to a lead, at Leeds, with a committed performance, one that saw them gain ground on most of the teams around them and gives real hope of avoiding relegation with reinforcements expected before the transfer window closes.Robbie Elliott lived the dream during three spells at the club, and it sounds like he continues to do so on the West coast of America. We caught up with him to talk about his part in the club's success under Keegan and Robson, and picked his brain on how the new owners can realise their ambitious goals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 18, 2022 • 54min

Another Win Bites the Dust

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin.Newcastle threw away yet another lead, this time against relegation rivals Watford. Can Eddie Howe and his coaching staff fix the mentality of a squad that shows significant signs of anxiety.Off the pitch the mood is much brighter with the new owners passing their 100th day in residence. They haven't changed anything significant in such a short period of time, but some early worries have been allayed as they begin to turn the ship around. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 11, 2022 • 51min

FA Cup: 4th Round Holiday Booked

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin, joined this week by Adam Leventhal.Newcastle's hysterically bad FA Cup record continued with yet another third round exit, this time to League One side Cambridge United. Credit goes to the visitors, whose winner came from an Alan Shearer fan with a famous surname... but there were worrying signs for Eddie Howe with concerns about his team's body language and attitude.Watford come to SJP next, and while it's a big week for the Toon it's a massive one for the Hornets: they have to play all three relegation rivals inside six days thanks to the hastily re-scheduled trip to Burnley. Adam Leventhal is The Athletic's Watford writer and he confessed to feeling a little sick about the next few days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 5, 2022 • 44min

Newcastle Can't Get Trippier? Think Again

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and special guest, Spurs and England Writer Jack Pitt-Brooke.The transfer window has arrived and, if reports are true, the club is starting with a real statement of intent by signing one of European club football's best defenders.The mood is positive around the club after a December that didn't yield many points, but saw us actually gain a little ground on the other teams at the bottom, and the FA Cup tie with Cambridge should be a fun fixture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 21, 2021 • 1h 1min

To George, Best Wishes, Isaac Hayden

Taylor Payne hosts your snow-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin.We've decamped to the Forth for our Christmas special, so there's gift-giving, crackers, and reflections on an entirely miserable 2021 with one remarkable highlight.There's a bit of admin as well, we review the recent backroom appointments at the club and look back over a week of football when some more controversial refereeing decisions were rendered entirely moot by Newcastle's hapless defence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 14, 2021 • 46min

True Hope is Swift: No Defence at King Power

Taylor Payne channels Mark Lawrenson and Sean Connery this week on your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin.The team were full of regret this week after a thrashing at Leicester reminded them of the first rule of Newcastle Club, never be confident. Not that that will be a problem this week; back-to-back games against Liverpool and Manchester City are a daunting prospect.The January transfer window opens in just two weeks, but it's difficult to bring players in at the start of that month and, anyway, who wants to come to Newcastle right now? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 7, 2021 • 49min

Bad Signs Banished from SJP

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with Senior Writer, and LIVING legend, George Caulkin.As the Sports Direct signs were ripped out of St James's Park, we look back at a Newcastle win, yes you read that correctly, which has put to bed much of the doom and gloom lingering from the previous ownership.We head to the Walkers Stadium next Sunday, and we managed to grab a few minutes with The Athletic's club correspondent Rob Tanner just before he jetted out to Italy for the Foxes' European tie in Naples. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dec 2, 2021 • 47min

Stormy with a (Strong) Chance of Relegation

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin.Two games have passed since our last podcast, and unfortunately the club remains winless in the Premier League. We've a special report on the dramatic draw with Norwich at St James's Park which saw Newcastle play with ten men for most of the game.With nothing going right on the pitch, we're keeping our spirits up by sticking two fingers up to all the Newcastle haters and executives who talk a lot but say nothing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 23, 2021 • 50min

Two Birds, Dropping Like Stones?

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and special guest, Norwich reporter Michael Bailey.Eddie Howe was forced to work from home on his first match-day as Newcastle manager; an exciting match saw his side come from behind twice to take a point against Brentford. It was encouraging, but was the result good enough?The Magpies are now the only winless side in the Premier League after Norwich City won for the first time, and then repeated the trick, swapping managers in between. Michael Bailey joins us to talk about the relegation picture as we prepare to welcome the Canaries to St James's Park. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Nov 16, 2021 • 58min

Newcastle 2.0: Reboot Underway

Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and special guests Peter Rutzler and Iain Macintosh.Peter is The Athletic's Fulham writer but was posted to Bournemouth during Eddie Howe's time at the club, and he gives chapter and verse on the way Newcastle's new manager operates.We also heard from Amanda Staveley this week, with the owners appearing at the NU Foundation dinner as well. And, we check up on The Athletic's gaming section, currently dominated by the launch of Football Manager 22, in which Newcastle are proving a popular choice for some reason. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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