Three young actors are feeling their way into the characters they’ll embody in The Bounds, a play set in Northumberland in 1553. This, according to Live Theatre, was ‘the true golden age of English football’, although its further assertion that ‘men will die today’ raises doubts about that. Ryan Nolan and Lauren Waine play Percy …
Maybe Mel O’Connor can see the future… as well as a way forward for world class athletes to significantly improve their eyesight and move more efficiently. It’s 20 years since the North Tyneside-based entrepreneur hatched his idea for revolutionising professional sport but that long-term vision is finally paying off. “We’re ready to do this for …
While the pampered (male) players of Newcastle United were staging the latest instalment of their bid for European football at St James’ Park, at the Theatre Royal came a reminder of an earlier (female) giant of the game. This was the first of three weekend performances of Wor Bella, Ed Waugh’s play which, having been …
A century ago tomorrow (April 26), Newcastle United goalkeeper Bill Bradley found himself living the football dream as he stepped out at the new Wembley stadium. Bradley, born in Wardley in Gateshead, was drafted at the last minute into United’s FA Cup final team against Aston Villa on April 26, 1924. He had been second …
As a Sunderland season ticket holder, Jack Ramsey wouldn’t normally tune in to watch Newcastle United. But there was something far more important than regional rivalry at work during the Magpies’ Premier League clash with Tottenham earlier this month. In a footballing first, a group of deaf and hard of hearing Newcastle fans were kitted …
“Bella Reay, born in Cowpen, centre forward for Blyth Spartans Ladies (1917-1919) and England… scored 133 goals in one season and was part of the team which went on to win the Munitionettes’ Cup in May 1918.” With that phenomenal tally, you do wonder whether defence existed as a footballing concept a century ago. But …
If you were one of the tens of thousands of fans who flocked to St James Park in the heady days of Keegan, Shearer, Tino and Darren Peacock, then you may well be the star of a new photo collection. Lower Block specialise in publishing books, photo zines and prints that aim to celebrate football …
Amid FA Cup disappointment on Tyneside following the weekend’s defeat to Manchester City, there is hope that a Newcastle United team could yet win some silverware. Thousands of the club’s fans will head to Kenilworth Road on Saturday hoping to see one in-form side make history. The feelgood factor over the past two years at …
Earlier this month I read with interest news of the freak storms passing through the US states of Utah and Nevada which brought about an unprecedented invasion of tumbleweed. Helpless residents became prisoners in their own homes as thousands of bone dry plants piled up against their doors and windows, preventing entry or exit. Time, …
Mark Knopfler enjoyed an emotional return to Newcastle at the weekend as he offered a capacity crowd at St James’ Park an exclusive preview of a new recording of the anthem, which signals the start of every home game for Newcastle United. More than 50,000 fans were encouraged to pre-order Going Home (Theme from Local …
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