Do you fancy owning some unique Newcastle United memorabilia? NUFC's charitable arm - the 'Newcastle United Foundation' is hosting an online auction of exclusive Newcastle United items with all proceeds helping them to continue their good work in the community.

Items include Steve Harper's gloves, Fabricio Coloccini's boots, a shirt worn by Jonas Gutierrez and a home shirt signed by the whole squad.

Supporters can bid for an array of exclusive memorabilia from the 2010/11 campaign, after Newcastle players and management donated match-worn boots, shirts, shorts, training gear and other items from the season, hoping it will prompt an incredible response from fans who want to show their support for the Foundation.

The auction is online now and runs until mid-July, with new items being added each week. In addition to worn and signed merchandise, look out for unique items from the stadium and pitch such as corner flags and penalty spots.

All items will be listed on the Foundation's ebay auction site and every penny raised will go to Newcastle United Foundation (registered charity no. 1124896).

Foundation's Online Auction

Update : Now over 2900 - Please help to get it over 3000!

The fans petition to attempt to get Newcastle United to relocate the singing section has now reached over 2300 signatures. Please sign up and help raise the numbers.

Though not initiated by NUST, the Trust are right behind this petition as we think that this section has definitely improved the atmosphere at home games, which has undoubtedly benefitted the players, supporters and the football club.

Original article here

Sign the petition here

Montagu Jaguars are holding a fundraising night on Saturday 2nd April. The Jaguars are a newly formed under 12s girls' team playing in their first season and are part of the larger Montagu and North Fenham FC. Being a new team they need all the support that they can get. With tickets at only £4 each please help them out and have yourself a good night into the bargain.

Event details and how to get tickets here

World Cup 2018 bid bites the dust

As decision time approached it looked like things were heading Newcastle and England’s way, the bookies’ odds tumbling and an excellent presentation by England’s bid team in Zurich. The 3pm announcement time came and went, the delay then exasperated by the leaked news that not only had England/Newcastle failed but we had finished fourth in a four runner race. As one of the Newcastle bid’s many local partners, the Trust could see the massive potential benefits to our region, both economic and cultural. Tens of thousands visiting Tyneside for the first time and a chance for us all to show off our great city, as billions also looked in via TV.

That is now all gone and it is only left for us to congratulate Newcastle’s arm of the England bid for an excellent campaign, which the leader of Newcastle City Council, David Faulkner, eloquently and passionately summed up as the decision was awaited in Newcastle.

So near and yet so far, in Newcastle we do have some experience of that feeling.

A big thank you to all NUST members and visitors to this website who rang up to register their vote in support for Wallsend Boys’ Club’s bid to expand their street-based work with young people in North Tyneside. There’s a happy end to this story as Wallsend came out on top in the voting and now have £50k heading their way to help them in the great work they do.

(The following is reproduced from Wallsend Boys’ Club website – visit www.wallsendboysclub.co.uk to find out more)

"As you may be aware by now, we were successful in our bid to the People's Millions for £50,000 worth of funding. This will now enable us to purchase & convert a Camper Van, and employ a youth worker for a year, which will in turn allow us to expand on the street-based work we currently provide to the young people of North Tyneside.

On behalf of all the young people and the staff & volunteers at the Club, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who voted for us and supported our bid.

Very special thanks go to our Members and their Parents & Guardians; our Ex-Players; North Tyneside Council; our local Schools; The Evening Chronicle & Journal; YMCA North Tyneside; Barnardos; Connexions; Newcastle United Supporters Trust; True Faith fanzine; Potts Printers; Tyne Metropolitan College; Tyne Tunnels 2 Limited; Radio Newcastle; and VODA - you all went the extra mile!

Thank you for your continued support, it is greatly appreciated."

Oi! FA are a small group of Fans from different clubs who are working with the FSF. They united in their dislike of the trend for clubs to be saddled with inflated debts. Oi! FA want the FA, or other bodies, if appropriate, to improve their financial oversight of clubs. This means going further than recent steps to look more carefully at the financial fitness of would-be Chairmen.

The primary aim of Oi! FA is to build up a large petition which they can then forward on to the FA and other relevant bodies to voice our concerns over the ownership rules of our beloved football clubs.

To find out more or to sign their petition visit here

I am currently partaking in a research project that hopefully is of interest to NUST members: I aim to explore the way in which we, the fans, view football and football management before looking at how and for who's benefit it has changed our footballing experience. If you would like to aid my research I would be grateful if you could take the time to fill out a short online survey or if you wish to express your views further you can contact me on to arrange an informal interview. If you email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it I will send you the survey link or make appropriate arrangements for an interview.

Thank you, Louis Wigston, NUST member.

Germany's top division have recorded a higher attendance overall than England's top division for the first time in their history. Sporting Intelligence's Nick Harris lays the blame squarely at the door of Newcastle United. "This was the first season since 2005-06 that the Premier League dipped below 13m fans and it was mainly down to Newcastle United’s absence."

"The Bundesliga began in 1963-64 and never before in its 46 year history has Germany’s top division attracted more fans in total than England’s top division, until now. The year-on-year decline in the Premier League can partly be assumed to be down to the recession but probably more attributable to the absence in 2009-10 of Newcastle, whose massive crowds will probably take Premier League averages back up again next season, almost certainly towards the 13.5m levels seen in 2008-09."

At least somebody missed us!

Link to original article

The Evening Chronicle are keen to set up a regular dialogue with anyone who is heading out to South Africa for any stage of the World Cup. If you are - please let us know at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will put you in touch with their Journalist.

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