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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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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
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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
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🎙️🍿 What a buzz that was! Such a fun, energising evening for another sold-out @podonthetyne.bsky.social Live at @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk.

⚫⚪ A privilege to have David Hopkinson & Ross Wilson, #NUFC's CEO & sporting director, join us, & the legendary Alan Shearer & Steve Harper, the ultimate duo.
January 24, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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A great night again with @podonthetyne.bsky.social, @georgecaulkin.bsky.social, @chrisdhwaugh.bsky.social, @taylorpayne.bsky.social & @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social

Plus some special guests in Gosforth’s own Alan Shearer, Steve Harper and @newcastleunited.com CEO David Hopkinson and DoF Ross Wilson!
January 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
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🎙️🍿🎭 @podonthetyne.bsky.social live at @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk tonight.

👀 Featuring @georgecaulkin.bsky.social, @taylorpayne.bsky.social, @jacobwhitehead.bsky.social, Producer Ollie, myself & 'friends'.

⚫⚪ Insight & nonsense guaranteed. Not necessarily in equal measure... #NUFC
January 23, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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Calm before the storm…
Projector screen in theatre with Pod on the Tyne LIVE imagery
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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◾ Bruno Guimaraes "hope" 👀
◽ #NUFC still assessing Guimaraes' injury but optimism it isn't serious 🤞
◾ Dan Burn in with a chance of returning to squad too 🙌

🗣️ Eddie Howe with a promising fitness update for #NUFC ahead of #AVFC on Sunday:
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Newcastle ‘hope’ to have Bruno Guimaraes for Aston Villa game, Dan Burn could return
Guimaraes sustained an injury midweek, while Burn has not played since December 14.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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⚫ Regulations protect status quo 📜
⚪ Different transfer approaches 🔄
🟣 Matchday & commercial revenue challenges 💸
🔵 Managerial stability 🤝

🤑 #NUFC, #AVFC & their respective uphill battles to consistently break the "Big 6" hegemony, w/ @jacobtanswell.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/699...
Newcastle, Aston Villa and the difficulty of breaking financial stranglehold of the ‘Big Six’
They are two teams who have broken into the Champions League places in recent seasons - but how can you break into the financial 'Big Six'?
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January 23, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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Last call for questions before we take the stage tonight at @gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk .

Can be about anything you want, but #NUFC -related seems a sensible plan of attack.

Emails to podonthetyne@gmail.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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🔲 How far can #NUFC actually go in CL? 🔮
🔳 What should the priority be? 🔢
🔲 Wissa now first-choice striker? 👀
🔳 #AVFC showdown 🥊
🔲 Steve Harper on U21 coach churn 🗣️

🎧 New free-to-listen weekly @podonthetyne.bsky.social w/ @taylorpayne.bsky.social @georgecaulkin.bsky.social: pod.fo/e/37e7f8
Pod On The Tyne: A show about Newcastle United: What is Champions League success for Newcastle?
A facile win over PSV Eindhoven at St James's Park means Newcastle have qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time ever (big asterisk).They will now travel to Pari...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:34 AM