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With a range of writers at every match, True Faith provides unrivalled matchday coverage: match reports and player ratings on the same day from the away end or from the stands at St James; Five things we learned and a free reaction podcast the following day. Not to mention the famous True Faith Preview and Flashback Friday nostalgia the day before. We’ve got it all covered!

PSG (a) – 28 November 2023

Player Ratings – PSG 1 (spit) Newcastle United 1

From Steve Wallwork in the away end at the Parc De Princes – follow Steve on @stevewallwork Parisian Superstar Geordies! It would be so tempting to give every one of those lads a 10/10 after their “win” in Paris. I say win because we did, didn’t we? A scandalous...

TF MATCH REPORT – PSG 1 – 1 Newcastle United

Almost but not quite. The overwhelming sense might be of disappointment, but try to look past that. Here is Sam Dalling from the away end in Paris. “Fiers de nos couleurs”. The sign adorns the top of the Parc des Princes, stretching out in huge letters above PSG's...

Bienvenue à Paris!

Whether you're there in person or following from afar, Martin Baker provides an essential guide to Paris and its immensely unlikeable, nouveau riche football club. There but for the Grace of God... *** Paris. A city famed for art, gastronomy, commerce, diplomacy,...

TF PREVIEW: Paris Saint Germain (A), 28th November 2023, 9PM

The Mags are getting their passports stamped for hopefully not the last time this season as we head to the City of Lights to play our rather disgruntled opponents, Paris Saint Germain. One of those traveling Mags is none other than our very own Freeman Mag, who has...

Previous Matches

Chelsea (h) 4-1

Five Things Chelsea (H)

What, apart from the fact we were by far the better team, can we take from Saturday's win over Chelsea. STEPHEN ORD gives us a few. NUFC at home are a completely different proposition If Newcastle United are playing at home, then the whole situation changes. As bad as...

TF Match Report – Newcastle Utd 4-1 Chelsea

Enjoying her priceless ballot Golden Ticket, Grace Laidler was TF's very own Charlie Bucket at St James' today. But would she come to a sticky end or get the keys to the football factory? Spoiler: it ended well! *** On a cold day in November, when all the young men...

TF Player Ratings – Newcastle Utd 4-1 Chelsea

On a glorious day at St James' - and a Saturday at 3pm to boot! - TF's perennial ratings man was on hand the dish out the scores. Over to you, Scott. *** Nick Pope - 6 Two things that Pope does every game happened again. Yes, he made the usual vital save from...

TF PREVIEW: Chelsea (H), 25th November 2023, 3:00PM

Chelsea, St. James’ Park Saturday 25th November, 3:00PM Current standings NUFC 7th P12 W6 D2 L4 GD+14 20 pts CFC 10th P12 W4 D4 L4 GD+5 16 pts *** Following another tortuous international break, Premier League football returns to Barrack Road this weekend....

Flashback Friday – Newcastle Utd 1-0 Chelsea, 20 Feb 2005

FA CUP 5th ROUND. 20 FEBRUARY 2005 NEWCASTLE 1, CHELSEA 0. Kluivert 4. *** NEWCASTLE: Given, Carr, Boumsong, Bramble, Babayaro, Dyer (Milner), Jenas, Butt, Robert, Shearer (Ameobi), Kluivert. CHELSEA: Cuducini, Johnson, Gallas, Carvalho, Bridge, Jarosik, Smertin,...

Bournemouth (a) 0-2

Five Things We Learned – Bournemouth (a)

While Twitter melts down (again) over our captain's Saturday night frustrations, Stephen Ord takes a more sober look as the lessons learned at the (lack of) Vitality. *** 1. Quantity might be more important than quality Newcastle United have been an unstoppable force...

TF Player Ratings – Bournemouth (a)

The maimed mags had their wings clipped on the South Coast, with the Vitality hurdle being one leap too far for Eddie's depleted squad. TF's Charlotte Robson was there to witness the fallout and supply the ratings. *** Nick Pope 9 Man of the match for me. Could have...

TF Match report – Bournemouth 2 – 0 Newcastle United

Not a great night for United. Boscombe. Back of the Net. Twice. Sam Dalling was there for TF. Newcastle United? Good time to play them. Look, no one can argue it hasn’t been coming. No one can say it wasn’t deserved. Out of breath; out of ideas; out on their feet....

Dortmund (a) 0-2

TF Player Ratings – Dortmund (a)

Ted Edwards with your essential TF player ratings on a chastening evening in Dortmund (on the pitch at least) for a depleted United. *** Pope - 7 - Solid enough and pulled off a couple of good stops to keep us in it, as he had done in Milan. Couldn’t blame him for...

TF Match Report – Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Newcastle United

SAM DALLING (@SamJDalling) reports from the away end at the Westfalenstadion, on a difficult night for NUFC... *** Dortmund: Kobel, Suele, Hummels, Schlotterbeck, Ryerson, Sabitzer, Oezcan, Adeyemi (Reus 81), Nmecha, Brandt, Fullkrug (Moukoko 87) GOALS: Fullkrug 26'...

TF PREVIEW: Borussia Dortmund (A), 7th November, 6.45pm (local)

Signal Iduna Park Champions League Group F 6.45pm local time / 5.45pm UK, 7/11/23 Tale of the tape BVB Bundesliga 4th W6 D3 L1 GD +5 21 Pts Champions League 2nd W1 D1 L1 GD -4 4 Pts NUFC Premiership 6th W6 D2 L3 +16 20 Pts Champions League 3rd W1 D1 L1 +2 4 Pts*...

Arsenal (h), 1-0

Five Things We Learned – Arsenal (h)

Matthew Philpotts with our usual reflection on lessons learned from the weekend's events on Barrack Road. *** 1. Lascelles goes all Rolls Royce on us The list of Eddie’s retread projects is lengthy and familiar. Joelinton, Longstaff, Murphy, and Miggy are all players...

TF Player Ratings – Arsenal (H)

The scores on the doors, with our man SCOTT ROBSON... Pope - 7 -I think if someone had said beforehand that old Popey would have had as little to do as he did they would have bitten your hand off. The obligatory sky into the East Stand naturally did happen, but apart...

TF Match Report – Newcastle United 1 – 0 Arsenal

SAM DALLING (@SamJDalling) with the match report, as three monstrously satisfying points are harvested in NE1... *** Newcastle: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Lascelles, Burn (Livramento 45), Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton, Almiron (Murphy 63, Ritchie 79), WIlson...

Flashback Friday: Newcastle Utd 0-1 Arsenal, August 2019

NEWCASTLE 0 ARSENAL 1 (Aubameyang 58) Sunday 11th August 2019. Attendance 47,635 . NEWCASTLE: Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Dummett, Manquillo, Hayden, Shelvey, Sean Longstaff, Ritchie, Almiron, Joelinton. Subs: Willems, Saint- Maximin. ARSENAL: Leno, Maitland-Niles,...

TF PREVIEW: Arsenal (H), 4th November 2023, 5:30PM

Arsenal, St. James' Park Saturday 4th November, 5:30PM Live on SKY SPORTS *** After beating one red team in midweek, the Mags face another on home turf in the form of Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal. A tricky team for us in the past decades, but Lee Forster fancies our chances...

Man Utd (a) 3-0

TF Match Preview – Man Utd (h)

After the traditional home comforts of a Saturday 3pm - which Eddie's never lost at SJP - it's back to the weird and (less than) wonderful diktats of the TV barons. 8pm on a Saturday night? At least it should guarantee a feisty atmosphere against our new-found...

TF Match Report – Man Utd 0-3 Newcastle Utd

You’ve seen United, now fuck off home! *** Is that it? Really? Is that honestly all you've got? I mean, it’s supposed to be harder than this. A flukey 1-0... Penalties… Anything… Something… After 30 years of uninterrupted pain (I missed the Cabaye match) at the...

Player Ratings – Man Utd (A) (Carabao Cup 4th Round)

MICHAEL MARTIN (@TFMick1892) with the scores on the doors from a memorable night at Old Trafford... Dubravka - 8 - One save towards the end of the first half which looked a bit dramatic for me. Laundry won't need to wash his shirt. Livramento - 9 - Absolutely...

TF PREVIEW: Manchester United (A), 1st November 2023, 8:15PM

Following a cold and rainy teatime in Wolverhampton, the Mags are hitting the road again to head to exotic Salford, to face Manchester United. Will it be a repeat of last year’s cup final or a repeat of when we flattened them a few weeks later? Freeman Mag hopes it’s...