£433 was contributed by Magicbox to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. They contributed £1 per Spiderman mask sold for the Newcastle vs Forest game. The idea was born on Facebook and publicised by NUST and others for a very worthy cause. Also received recently was the confirmation of the £4673.86 donation (pictured below) which were the proceeds of the auction of the signed Shola shirt worn during the Sheffield United game.

Pauline Buglass, head of fund-raising for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, says: "The ongoing support we receive from fans of Newcastle United and other clubs is wonderful and very much appreciated.

"We've never had a Spiderman fund-raising idea before and it certainly was a very different way to raise money. We're grateful to Newcastle United Supporters Trust for their continued efforts to raise money for Sir Bobby's charity. The money will help patients within the north east and Cumbria who are fighting hard against cancer."

The genuine Newcastle United shirt worn by Shola Ameobi during the match against Sheffield United at St James' Park on Monday 5th April 2010 ( the day the Magpies secured their return to the Premier League) has been auctioned for the excellent sum of £4800 in aid of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.

The delay in the announcement was just to ensure that the funds cleared - which they now have. Our thanks go the purchaser from Scotland and of course Shola himself for enabling such an excellent sum to be raised.

The shirt was signed by the Newcastle United first team and coaching staff, and was kindly donated by Shola Ameobi.

Signatures on the shirt include Shola Ameobi, Jonas Gutierrez, Fabricio Coloccini, Andrew Carroll, Steven Taylor, Joey Barton, Steve Harper, Peter Lovenkrands, Chris Hughton and more.

Sir Bobby Robson Foundation

These 2 bronze miniatures of Alan Shearer and Jackie Milburn will be auctioned at Woodhorn Museum, Ashington on 27th May 2010. They will be able to be viewed there from 1st May onwards.They are the artists proofs of the 8 feet high statues that were commissioned to go outside St James' Park - although these plans now seem to be on hold.

They are being auctioned on behalf of local charity Central Palz and the auction is part of their 10th anniversary art auction to raise funds. Central Palz provides a palliative care service to improve the quality of life for patients coping with a palliative illness, and their carers.

The miniatures are titled ‘Local Heroes’, sculpted by local sculptor Tom Maley, who originally had this to say about them :

Mick Mills has been announced as Suffolk's patron for the Sir Bobby Robson Charity. Mick in his new role will be presented to fans at St James' Park before this Saturday's Newcastle v Ipswich Town game. He will be accompanied on the pitch by Sir Bobby's three sons Paul, Andrew and Mark, who will be taking the opportunity to thank both clubs and their fans for their tremendous ongoing support for the Foundation.

To make a donation, view messages of support, or for more information on the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, please visit www.sirbobbyrobsonfoundation.org.uk or donate by sending a cheque to Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, PO Box 307, Heaton NE7 7QG.

RunGeordieRun is Mark Allison's sponsored run along a 3100 mile route from the west coast (Pacific) to the east coast (Atlantic) of the USA. The run starts in California and finishes in New York City, running through a total of 15 states. The run starts in May 2011 and will be done over the course of 100 days and Mark will therefore be running 31 miles a day on average.

Mark's motivation for such a feat is to raise funds for 2 local charities - St Benedict's Hospice and The Children's Foundation and he hopes to raise £50,000 (£25,000 for each).

See Mark's explanation of "What's it all about" here and Order a RunGeordieRun T-shirt here

Watch an online interview with Tyne Tees here

NUST wish Mark all the best with his gruelling training regime and his unbelievable task of 31 miles per day for 100 days! He really deserves your support - so please dig deep and donate on one of the below links.

Donate to RunGeordieRun (St Benedict's Hospice) here

Donate to RunGeordieRun (The Childrens Foundation) here

In honour of Jonas Gutierrez's recent outing of his long awaited Spiderman Mask, there are plans afoot to wear these masks at the Forest home game on Monday 29th March.  This idea has been circulating in cyber space for the last few days, you may have seen it developing on our official Facebook page and other NUFC forums and discussion groups.

Join the Facebook event here!

The idea is simple: you turn up to the next home TV game (Nottingham Forest on March 29) wearing a Spiderman mask in a public tribute to our fleet-footed Argentinian winger and encourage not only to keep his celebration, but to score more often!  Jonas recently declared he was looking to change his famous celebration... he might change his mind after this!

One outlet, Magicbox on Percy Street has agreed to donate £1 for each latex mask (at £9.99) that they sell  to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation,  whether bought in the shop or  from their website here.

Have you already bought your mask from somewhere else? You can still help!  Just head over to the SBRF donation page and donate what you can afford.  Every little helps.

NUST have no connection with Magicbox.

The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation Website

Spiderman Masks at the Magicbox online store (you can also get them directly from the store on Percy Street)

NUST Facebook group

UPDATE : The riders made it and have raised between £4000 and £5000 for the Help for Heroes charity. Well donefrom all at NUST!

A group of seven Newcastle fans will be riding their bikes from Newcastle to Plymouth, to coincide with Newcastle's forthcoming match down there,  in aid of 'Help for Heroes'. The ride will take 8 days and cover approximately 500 miles from April the 11th to April 18th 2010.

The route begins at St James Park travelling through Barnard Castle, Skipton, Macclesfield, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Bristol, Taunton and finally Plymouth Home Park. On route they will be staying in army barracks, one of the riders is an army medic.

Middlesbrough chairman Steve Gibson has agreed to become Teesside patron of north east cancer charity the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. The charity benefits cancer patients from across the entire north east region and Steve has agreed to become its official representative in Teesside.

Sir Bobby Robson achieved incredible success at home and abroad during a football career that lasted more than 50 years and took him almost as far as a World Cup Final. The former England player and manager began his professional football life at Fulham Football Club but it could so easily have begun on Teesside when he had a trial with Middlesbrough in 1948. Sadly for Sir Bobby his trial was unsuccessful, and Middlesbrough’s loss was Fulham’s gain on that occasion, but he always maintained a great regard for the club.

A Newcastle United supporter is hoping to do his bit for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation by trekking 33 miles just to see a game!

David Neale is planning to walk from his home in County Durham to St James’ Park for the Toon Army’s final home game of the season in April, when Newcastle welcome Roy Keane’s Ipswich Town, who Sir Bobby also managed during his career. The 22-year-old United season ticket holder has wanted to organise a fundraiser for the foundation ever since Robson passed away in July last year. David has set a target of raising at least £1,000 with the brave challenge, which will see him cycle home, in Newton Aycliffe, after the Ipswich game on April 24.

“I just want to raise as much money for the foundation as I possibly can,” he said. "Like all Newcastle and football supporters alike, I was deeply saddened by Sir Bobby’s death, but inspired by his bravery and determination to raise money for cancer research. I know people who have been effected by cancer so ever since Sir Bobby’s passing I’d planned to do something, just to do my bit. I thought the Ipswich game was the ideal fixture to organise it due to Sir Bobby’s fantastic managerial record with them as well, so that makes it all the more poignant. The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation raises a huge amount of money to help cancer patients in the North-East so the more I can contribute to that the better.”