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Chris Waugh
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#NUFC correspondent for The Athletic. Part of Pod on the Tyne, the Newcastle United podcast. Views my own. Also on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisDHWaugh
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Chris Waugh @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social · Oct 2
🔲 Additional show a week option 🗣️
🔳 No-ads option ❌
🔲 But free (with ads) Midweek & (weekend) Matchday pods continue regardless 📻
🔳 MORE independent #NUFC pod content 🤯

🎧 @taylorpayne.bsky.social explains our next paid-for model for @podonthetyne.bsky.social:
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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: PotT joins Supporting Cast
Hate the ads? We have a solution for you.PotT has joined Supporting Cast which means you can pay a small fee to listen without any adverts. There's also a second tier of subscription which will hav...
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Newcastle keep on keeping on. A fine performance & a great night in Paris stirred the senses, but the more they see of the Champions League the more they want to stay there and staying with the elite is tough.

#NUFC

www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
Newcastle United are clinging on to the elite – just
Eddie Howe's side are finding out that staying in Europe's top tier of clubs is harder than getting there in the first place
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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🔲 Battling Paris draw for the ages 🇫🇷
🔳 Pen nonsense 🤬
🔲 Colossal BDB 🙌
🔳 Willock praise ⚽
🔲 Ramsey emerges 💪
🔳 Waugh to Monaco? 👑 @georgecaulkin.bsky.social hitchhiking to Qarabag? 👍
🔲 Hopkinson/Wilson live-show short clips 🗣️

🎧 New free @podonthetyne.bsky.social for #PSG 1-1 #NUFC:
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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: Valiant Paris draw but Newcastle face Champions League play-off
Another trip to Paris, another 1-1 draw, but instead of deflation there was a sense of pride and encouragement. That was despite confirmation of a play-off place for Eddie's Mags rather than direct...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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⚫ #UCL play-off vs Monaco 😎 OR Qarabag 🗺️
⚪ Howe's bold set-up 😱
⚫ Willock delivers ⚽
⚪ Penalty nonsense again in Paris 🤯😤
⚫ Marathon season stretches to 55+ games 👟
⚪ 6 away games in 7 ✈️

📝 #PSG 1-1 #NUFC analysis, w/ @markcarey93.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
PSG 1 Newcastle 1 – How far can Howe’s side go? Why did PSG drop off? What is a CL handball?
Our writers break down the action for the decisive matchday eight game at the Parc des Princes.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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What an effort from #NUFC. Looked like they could fold early on, but in the end they were so unfortunate not to win in Paris. Another 1-1 draw at Parc des Princes.

It's a play-off for #NUFC, so 2 additional fixtures. Still other games to be completed, but 2nd leg at home.

#UCL
January 28, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Considering how that 1st half could have gone after (nonsense of the) early penalty & then 8th-minute concession, #NUFC rallied well - & what a way to end it.

#PSG dominating possession, but #NUFC restricting them - & a real threat from set-piece situations.

Huge goal.

#UCL
January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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“It felt like I was in a simulation. It was so weird.”

PSG 1 #NUFC 1 in 2023 was the only time James Huntley was in a matchday squad for Eddie Howe’s first team, which was ravaged by injury at the time. Huntley is now at Morpeth Town, rebuilding his career.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...
When Newcastle last played in Paris: A local boy’s dream, an inspiring team talk and late heartbreak
Eddie Howe's side's last visit to Paris Saint-Germain ended in last-minute agony but was a memorable occasion for several different reasons
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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🔲 "Entitlement" creeping in? 🤔
🔳 Striker decisions ⚽
🔲 Goalkeeper change in summer? 🧤
🔳 #NUFC imports who 'got it' 😍

🎧 New @podonthetyne.bsky.social 'Extra Tyne' for subs - w/ special guests Alan Shearer & Steve Harper from our @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk live show:
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Pod On The Tyne | Pod On The Tyne
An independent podcast covering Newcastle United Football Club with Taylor Payne, Chris Waugh, and George Caulkin.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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Laurent Robert tells the story of his Newcastle United career to @newcastleunited.com

⚫ The chance meeting which led to move from PSG
⚪ Playing for Sir Bobby Robson & living in the North East
⚫ His favourite goal (not the one you might think)
⚪ THAT emotional SJP farewell

#NUFC
'Newcastle have a chance' - Laurent Robert's verdict as two former clubs meet - Newcastle United
There was no chance of a quiet entrance.
www.newcastleunited.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Went from Bristol Rovers to Preston to Darlington to talk to fans about endurance and commitment. No online sense of entitlement here, just real supporters and good people who understand hard times. And still go through that turnstile. www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...
Who are the hardest club in England to support?
The Athletic spends time with fans who have endured miserable results, injustice and the tedium of stagnation in the same division for years
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January 27, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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Pod on the Tyne: matchday

A rare - & fully deserved - win for Villa at #NUFC which @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social & I pick over, featuring Bruno’s absence, xG inflation, chances missed, away game glut & other stuff I can’t remember.

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Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: Matchday: Aston Villa (h), Attacking edge still eludes Newcastle
Newcastle don't win when Bruno Guimaraes doesn't start. That holds true to a tally of eleven games now and, with PSG away in the Champions League on Wednesday, nerves are frayed in the PotT bunker ...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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⚫ No Bruno Guimaraes, no wins (still) ❌
⚪ Big chances missed 🫣
⚫ Ruthless Villa from distance ⚽
⚪ Rare home defeat - w/ daunting away run to come 🔮
⚫ Joelinton injury blow 🤕

📝 #NUFC 0-2 #AVFC briefing, w/ @georgecaulkin.bsky.social: #NEWAVL www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
Newcastle 0 Aston Villa 2 – A game of spurned chances? How much did they miss Guimaraes?
Newcastle United lost at home in the Premier League for the first time since September as Aston Villa left St James' Park with a 2-0 victory
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Full-time: #NUFC 0-2 #AVFC

A damaging home defeat, especially given the away run to come.

Villa clinical, whereas #NUFC were wasteful - though home side also lacked invention & missed Guimaraes' drive.

#NUFC are 9th, 4 points adrift of fourth place.

#NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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8 minutes of added time.

#NEWAVL #NUFC #AVFC
January 25, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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#NUFC 0-2 #AVFC

Game over.

From the corner that followed a magnificent Pope save from Watkins, Villa put the ball back into the box, Watkins ghosts into the back post unmarked & heads beyond Pope.

Awful defending.

#NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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2-0 Villa. Watkins.

#NUFC #AVFC #NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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83: #NUFC sub - Tonali is replaced by Willock. Miley goes to No 6, Willock right-sided No 8.

#NUFC #NEWAVL #AVFC
January 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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62: #NUFC double sub - Elanga & Woltemade replace Gordon & Wissa.

#NUFC #AVFC #NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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48: #NUFC substitution as Joelinton is forced off & Jacob Ramsey comes on to replace him against his former side. Looks to be a groin problem for Joelinton. Not good, with Guimaraes already absent...

#NEWAVL #NUFC #AVFC
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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We're back under way at St James' Park, where #NUFC trail 1-0.

No changes for either side at the break.

#NUFC #AVFC #NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Half-time: #NUFC 0-1 #AVFC

A real test, this.

Tonali should have scored inside 37 secs, but then Villa had best of it. Buendia with a cracker.

Miley forced a great save from Martinez, but #NUFC went 41 minutes between shots.

Need to find a way back without Bruno.
#NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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#NUFC 0-1 #AVFC

Some goal, this. #NUFC started well, but Villa have been growing into it.

Tielemans plays a short pass into Rogers, he immediately passes to Buendia who, on the right-hand side of the box, whips a lovely shot into the far corner beyond Pope.

#NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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Buendia. 1-0 Villa.

#NUFC #AVFC #NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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We're under way at St James' Park, where #NUFC are hosting #AVFC.

#NUFC are shooting towards the Gallowgate End during the first half after being turned around, looking to win a first Premier League in which Bruno Guimaraes has not started since his full debut.

#NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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#NUFC XI vs #AVFC: Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Miley, Tonali, Joelinton; Barnes, Wissa, Gordon

#NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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☁️ Moody Sunday-morning sky over SJP - dampness in the air & may be raining & breezy during the game. 🌧️

⚫⚪ #NUFC host #AVFC, looking to extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to five games. Villa haven't won here in 17 visits. 🏟️

#WaughWeatherReport #NEWAVL
January 25, 2026 at 11:23 AM