Premier League results:
Newcastle 2-2 Arsenal
Everton 2-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-3 Crystal Palace
Norwich 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-0 West Ham
Aston Villa 0-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-3 Bournemouth
Got knocked out of the Europa League after a 4-3 aggregate loss to Zenit.
FA Cup:
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
Tottenham 0-2 Newcastle (replay)
MK Dons 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-1 MK Dons (replay)
West Brom 2-1 Newcastle
Sold:
Good £500K
Thauvin £6M
Darlow £750K
Colback £3M
Taylor £500K
Osborn £4M
Janmaat £10M
Signed:
Chadli £10M
Butland £8M
Camacho £8M
Flanagan £2M
The 20 man squad as it stands:
Butland, Horn, Trippier, Flanagan, Dier, Chambers, Lascelles, Hector, Robertson, Gray, Camacho, Livermore, Stark, Hoffmann, Chadli, Wijnaldum, Wilson, Perez, Batshuayi, Armstrong
Tomorrow's post will feature the remaining Premier League fixtures, and the bare minimum I want is top 6, so at least we have another chance in Europe next season.
Premier League results:
Reading 2-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-4 Tottenham
Newcastle 0-2 Man Utd
Fulham 3-1 Newcastle
Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-3 Leicester
Newcastle 2-0 Southampton
Brighton 2-2 Newcastle
Swansea 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-3 Man City
Watford 1-3 Newcastle
Chelsea 2-0 Newcastle
Newcastle have finished 8th with 55 points. All in all, a disappointing season, but it has been one of transition, and the squad is much improved now compared to the start of the season.
Perez finished as league top scorer again, with 32 goals.
Gray broke the Premier League assist record, registering a total of 21 assists.
The board has given me £60M transfer budget for the summer, so I'll see where I can reinforce the squad.
Great budget that tbf will be interesting to see how you invest in the side
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Sold:
Wijnaldum £13M to West Ham
Camacho £16M to Arsenal
Flanagan £4M to Aston Villa
Signed:
James McCarthy £29M
Jack Wilshere £6M
Steven Moreira £9M
Jordon Ibe £20M
Andros Townsend £3M
17/18 Newcastle squad:
1 Jack Butland
2 Steven Moreira
3 Jonas Hector
4 James McCarthy
5 Eric Dier
6 Calum Chambers
7 Demarai Gray
8 Jack Wilshere
9 Callum Wilson
10 Ayoze Perez
11 Jordon Ibe
12 Michy Batshuayi
13 Timo Horn
14 Jake Livermore
15 Andre Hoffmann
16 Niklas Stark
17 Nacer Chadli
18 Andrew Robertson
19 Andros Townsend
20 Jamaal Lascelles
21 Kieran Trippier
22 Adam Armstrong
Eric Dier is club captain, with Jack Wilshere vice captain.
Once again, my Capital One Cup run was short lived, and only 2 fixtures occurred:
Newcastle 4-0 Walsall
Crystal Palace 2-1 Newcastle
Premier League results:
West Ham 1-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-2 Stoke
Crystal Palace 4-4 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Norwich
Newcastle 1-0 Leicester
Hull 4-5 Newcastle
Man City 3-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-0 Liverpool
Shocking start, but we've certainly improved over the last few games and the Liverpool win was a fantastic way to wrap up the day.
I also managed my 100th game in charge of Newcastle, which was that 4-0 win against Walsall.
Premier League results:
Tottenham 1-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-1 Chelsea
Brighton 2-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-0 Southampton
Newcastle 4-1 Aston Villa
Swansea 4-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-0 Watford
Man Utd 2-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-1 Everton
Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 QPR
Newcastle 5-3 West Ham
Newcastle 5-2 Crystal Palace
Perez scored 4 against West Ham, and Wilson scored 4 against Crystal Palace.
We are 4th in the league, with 40 points after 21 games.
Sold:
Timo Horn £15M to Juventus
Signed:
Gianluigi Donnarumma for £17M
FA Cup:
Newcastle 3-1 Reading
Newcastle 0-1 West Ham
Premier League results:
Stoke 1-1 Newcastle
Norwich 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-0 Hull
Leicester 1-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-1 Man City
Liverpool 0-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
Chelsea 2-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-1 Brighton
Southampton 1-1 Newcastle
Aston Villa 2-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-1 Swansea
Newcastle are 3rd, with 61 points after 33 games.
Premier League results:
Watford 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Man Utd
Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal
Everton 2-0 Newcastle
QPR 2-2 Newcastle
Finished 4th on 69 points.
Perez finished top scorer for the 3rd season in a row, with 36 goals.
Perez's league stats for the past 3 seasons are incredible:
110 games
106 goals
14 assists
I've been given just over £40M transfer budget. I'll be looking to move Townsend, Livermore and Hoffmann on to new clubs and replace them with next level quality. Next season, I want us to challenge for the title.
Sold:
Andre Hoffmann £7M to Reading
Andros Townsend £4M to Aston Villa
Jake Livermore £7M to Burnley
Signed:
Will Hughes £16M from Derby
Nathan Redmond £9M from Stoke
Sokratis Papastathopoulos £7M from Dortmund
The squad heading into the 18/19 season:
1 Jack Butland
2 Steven Moreira
3 Jonas Hector
4 James McCarthy
5 Eric Dier
6 Calum Chambers
7 Demarai Gray
8 Jack Wilshere
9 Callum Wilson
10 Ayoze Perez
11 Nacer Chadli
12 Michy Batshuayi
13 Gianluigi Donnarumma
14 Niklas Stark
15 Nathan Redmond
16 Will Hughes
17 Jordon Ibe
18 Andrew Robertson
19 Sokratis Papastathopoulos
20 Jamaal Lascelles
21 Kieran Trippier
22 Adam Armstrong
Premier League results:
Newcastle 2-2 Aston Villa
Man Utd 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-2 Chelsea
Crystal Palace 6-4 Newcastle
Champions League playoff was a nightmare. Lost 9-3 on aggregate against Sporting. We must do a lot better in the Europa League to make up for this capitulation. My group has Ajax, Trabzonspor and Legia Warsaw.
Premier League results:
Liverpool 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 6-1 Arsenal
Leicester 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-0 Tottenham
Brighton 3-6 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-1 Southampton
Norwich 3-1 Newcastle
Europa League:
Legia Warsaw 0-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Ajax
Trabzonspor 1-5 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-1 Trabzonspor
The Capital One Cup run was once again terrible, as we lost 1-0 at home to Wigan.
Perez got a 4 month injury after the Brighton game. And we have the compacted winter fixtures to deal with in the meantime.
Nevertheless, after 11 games we are 3rd placed with 19 points.
In my 4th season at Newcastle, we finished 5th with 68 points.
Premier League results:
Newcastle 2-3 Man City
QPR 2-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 5-1 Sunderland
Everton 2-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 Bournemouth
Burnley 1-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-2 Swansea
West Ham 1-1 Newcastle
Aston Villa 0-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-1 Man Utd
Newcastle 2-0 Crystal Palace
Chelsea 3-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Liverpool
Arsenal 3-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 5-1 Leicester
Tottenham 2-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 5-0 Brighton
Southampton 1-2 Newcastle
Man City 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 QPR
Newcastle 2-1 Norwich
Sunderland 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-3 Everton
Bournemouth 0-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-1 Burnley
Swansea 3-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-2 West Ham
Got knocked out of the FA Cup by Burnley.
Got to the 2nd knockout round of the Europa League but was knocked out by Ajax.
Ayoze Perez once again ended as league top scorer, despite having had a 4 month injury.
Next season I want to win something. I've now got a squad which I believe can compete for the title, and that's exactly what I intend to do.
Extra little bit of news… I've pre ordered FM17!
Sold:
Sokratis Papastathopoulos £7.25M
Jordon Ibe £12.5M
Jamaal Lascelles £3M
Armstrong has been loaned out to Nottingham Forest for the season.
Signed:
Deulofeu £4M
Barkley £29M
Gomez £24M
Smalling (free transfer)
The squad for the 19/20 season:
1 Jack Butland
2 Steven Moreira
3 Jonas Hector
4 James McCarthy
5 Eric Dier
6 Calum Chambers
7 Demarai Gray
8 Jack Wilshere
9 Callum Wilson
10 Ayoze Perez
11 Nacer Chadli
12 Geoffrey Kondogbia
13 Gianluigi Donnarumma
14 Niklas Stark
15 Nathan Redmond
16 Will Hughes
17 Gerard Deulofeu
18 Andrew Robertson
19 Joe Gomez
20 Ross Barkley
21 Kieran Trippier
22 Chris Smalling
Wilshere got an 8 month injury in August.
Premier League results:
Norwich 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-1 Man Utd
Newcastle 5-0 West Ham
Blackburn 0-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal
Aston Villa 3-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-3 Chelsea
Southampton 2-2 Newcastle
My Europa League group has Dynamo Kyiv, Kobenhavn and Standard. Here are the results thus far:
Standard 0-4 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-1 Kobenhavn
Played a fixture in the Capital One Cup:
Bristol 1-4 Newcastle
Next round is away to Man City.
So as you can see, we've had a pretty good start to the season. At the moment we are 2 points off the top, and hopefully we can continue our title fight as well as trying to win a cup.
Premier League results:
Newcastle 4-0 Hull
Swansea 0-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-2 Man City
Sunderland 2-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-1 Burnley
Tottenham 2-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-1 West Brom
QPR 2-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-1 Liverpool
Brighton 2-4 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-2 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 0-0 Norwich
Man Utd 2-0 Newcastle
West Ham 1-3 Newcastle
Arsenal 0-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-1 Blackburn
Newcastle 0-0 Aston Villa
Europa League:
Finished 2nd in the group, facing Braga in the first knockout round. This is how the group fixtures finished:
Newcastle 2-2 Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv 2-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-1 Standard
Kobenhavn 2-5 Newcastle
Capital One Cup:
Man City 2-3 Newcastle
Leicester 1-2 Newcastle
Tottenham 3-2 Newcastle (semi final)
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
FA Cup:
Charlton 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Charlton (replay)
West Ham 0-1 Newcastle
Sold:
Smalling £1.5M
Robertson £13M
Signed:
Umtiti £32M
Sarr £11M
Finished my 5th Premier League season in 7th place with 63 points, which puts us in the Europa League next season.
Premier League results:
Chelsea 0-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Southampton
Hull 0-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-0 Swansea
Man City 4-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-2 Sunderland
Burnley 2-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-2 Tottenham
West Brom 0-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 0-1 QPR
Crystal Palace 3-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Brighton
Liverpool 2-1 Newcastle
A club takeover has happened, which means plenty more money! Will hopefully be able to get some marquee signings done in the summer to get us ready for out title push.
Got knocked out of the Europa League in the 2nd knockout round by Leverkusen after a 4-3 aggregate loss. I had beaten Braga 5-2 on aggregate in the 1st knockout round.
Got knocked out of the FA Cup after a 2-1 loss away at Blackburn in the 5th round.
I have a whopping £77M transfer budget, so expect some marquee signings.
Sold:
Trippier £4M to Norwich
Deulofeu £5M to Everton
Hector £4M to Leverkusen
England won the 2020 EUROs, beating Belgium 2-1 in the final, with Butland, Dier, Chambers, Gray, Wilshere, Barkley and Wilson all featuring!
Signed:
Leroy Sane £33M from Schalke
Alberto Moreno £20M from Liverpool
Matteo Fedele £12M from Roma
The 20/21 Newcastle squad:
1 Jack Butland
2 Steven Moreira
3 Alberto Moreno
4 James McCarthy
5 Eric Dier
6 Samuel Umtiti
7 Demarai Gray
8 Jack Wilshere
9 Callum Wilson
10 Ayoze Perez
11 Leroy Sane
12 Geoffrey Kondogbia
13 Gianluigi Donnarumma
14 Niklas Stark
15 Nathan Redmond
16 Will Hughes
17 Nacer Chadli
18 Malang Sarr
19 Joe Gomez
20 Ross Barkley
21 Calum Chambers
22 Matteo Fedele
Eric Dier continues in his role as club captain, with Ayoze Perez promoted to vice captain.
Europa League:
To get into the Europa League group stage, we first had to play Rangers in the 3rd qualifying round, which we won 7-1 on aggregate. Then we had to do a playoff against Qarabag, which we won 5-0 on aggregate.
My group has Napoli, Twente and Athens.
Group results:
Twente 0-4 Newcastle
Newcastle 5-0 Athens
Napoli 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-3 Napoli
That last game was unbelievably unlucky for us. Hit the woodwork so many times, no way did we deserve to lose that one.
Capital One Cup results:
Arsenal 1-3 Newcastle
Fulham 1-3 Newcastle
Premier League results:
Swansea 2-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-4 West Ham
Hull 1-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-0 Aston Villa
Man Utd 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham
Chelsea 4-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 4-1 Everton
Newcastle 3-0 Brighton
Norwich 0-4 Newcastle
Perez became the club's all time top goalscorer after the Everton match.
Umtiti got a 4 month injury after the Napoli away win, which is a devastating blow.
So overall, a great start. Only 2 losses out of 20 games, and we're top of the league. Can't complain about that!
Premier League results:
Newcastle 2-1 Burnley
Watford 1-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 5-0 Leicester
Man City 3-2 Newcastle
Newcastle 1-2 Arsenal
QPR 3-0 Newcastle
Newcastle 2-0 Liverpool
Sunderland 1-3 Newcastle
Newcastle 3-0 Southampton
Newcastle 6-2 Swansea
Europa League results:
Newcastle 4-0 Twente
Athens 2-3 Newcastle
We finished 2nd in the group, despite our goal difference being nearly twice as good as Napoli's.
Capital One Cup:
Newcastle 1-0 Bournemouth
Now in semi final against Aston Villa.
The new owners have given me a new 4 year contract, which is always great news.
St James' Park has had an extension so it has a capacity of 60,000.
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