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Eddie Howe's Freedom of Newcastle confirmed
Eddie Howe's Freedom of Newcastle confirmed

BBC News

time28-05-2025

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Eddie Howe's Freedom of Newcastle confirmed

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe's freedom of the city status has been confirmed by Magpies boss was nominated following the club's Carabao Cup win in March - the side's first major trophy in have now voted to approve the motion to give him the highest civic honour the city can has previously been awarded to other leading figures in Newcastle's football history including Sir Bobby Robson, Alan Shearer and Jackie Milburn. Howe was put forward by council leader Karen Kilgour after the club's 2-1 win against after his status was confirmed, she said he would be "forever be a hero to Newcastle United supporters for his achievements during his time at the club".She added: "That special day at Wembley gifted Geordies something they hadn't seen in 70 years – domestic trophy success."For a city that lives and breathes sport, with a football club around which so many lives revolve, the wait to see black and white shirts lift a trophy at the home of football had long felt it would go on forever."Hundreds of thousands of fans lined the streets of Newcastle when the trophy was taken through the city centre on 29 March in an open-top bus parade.A further celebration event was staged on the Town Moor, hosted by Geordie TV presenting duo Ant and club went on to secure qualification for next season's Champions League on the final day of this season despite a 1-0 loss at home to Everton. Kilgour added Howe was "a fantastic ambassador" for the city and described him as "passionate yet calm, inspiring and polite".The council said it would work with the club to arrange a celebration to present Howe with his status is ceremonial and sees recipients presented with a scroll and their name carved into the sandstone wall of the Civic Centre's Banqueting is not the same as being a hereditary Freeman of Newcastle, a centuries-old group whose members must swear an oath to defend the city and have traditionally had special rights and duties – including the right to graze cattle on the Town Moor. Follow BBC North East on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.

Newcastle scramble over the line
Newcastle scramble over the line

BBC News

time25-05-2025

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Newcastle scramble over the line

Newcastle United's players got the message loud and clear before kick-off with a giant banner stretching the length of the famous Gallowgate End reading: "You entered the pitch as players, you left it as legends."It could all have been so different when Everton led and Aston Villa were drawing at Manchester events elsewhere ensured Newcastle's players and manager Eddie Howe were able to take a glorious lap of honour at the final whistle and bask in the afterglow of a campaign that brought success at home and a passage into the Champions were nowhere near their best as Everton controlled the game in front of an increasingly frantic St James' Park crowd, and the Geordie nerves were really jangling when Carlos Alcaraz stole in on Vitaliy Mykolenko's cross to beat Nick Pope with 25 minutes was a stunned silence until huge roars swept round the stadium in an attempt to shake Newcastle out of the anxiety that had gripped them from the end, the loudest cheers came from those following events at Old Trafford, as Manchester United's belated attempt to secure some joy from a dismal season by beating Aston Villa spread all the way to was still a short wait after the final whistle until Villa's crucial defeat was confirmed, allowing Newcastle and their supporters to officially celebrate qualification for the Champions League.

Arsenal's second wind blows Newcastle off course
Arsenal's second wind blows Newcastle off course

Irish Examiner

time18-05-2025

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  • Irish Examiner

Arsenal's second wind blows Newcastle off course

Premier League: Arsenal 1-0 Newcastle United NOBODY BEATS Arsenal four times in one season. Mikel Arteta has broken many club records in his five years as Arsenal manager and has avoided adding the unwanted statistic of losing to the same side in four matches in one term. A second-half Declan Rice goal secured the victory that both confirmed Arsenal's return to Champions League football next season and all but mathematically guarantees a third successive runners-up finish in the Premier League table. It was the great late American tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis who explained how he managed to end a career-long run of 16 consecutive defeats by compatriot Jimmy Connors by saying 'nobody beats Vita Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.' And Arteta showed what he had learned from the punishing three defeats by the Geordies this season – including the two-legged League Cup semi-final - to score this morale-boosting victory that ensures another trophyless season ends on a high. His voice cracking with emotion afterwards, the proud Spanish coach said: 'The season is not over but we got what we wanted today. We had a clear dream. We wanted to deliver a big trophy this season. That was the aim and we will be back stronger next season. 'Most teams would have collapsed had they had to cope with the issues we had this season in terms of injuries and other problems. We did not and we never will. 'We clearly are very disappointed because we wanted to be here with the Premier League or the Champions League. Our dream needs to not get blurry. What we have done to sustain the level this season with everything that has happened is incredible. "Because of the culture and the standards we set, we have to think for the best. If you raise the expectations, then you have to analyse what you have. We have been there [second] for three seasons." Arteta was not only boosted by the majority of the 60,000 here chanting his name during and after the game, but also by the programme notes of co-chair Josh Kroenke pledging summer transfer funds to get the club to the promised land of major silverware. Arteta added: 'The support has always been there and our summer plans are done. The timing of them can be dictated by many things but we know what we want to do. I cannot promise trophies next season but I do know we will do everything to give our supporters what they want. I feel they are behind me and what the club is doing now but I know they want more too.' One of Arteta's summer targets will be Newcastle striker Alexander Isak who missed the game with the recurrence of a groin injury. Pressed on whether his star player would start next season in the club's back and white strip, manager Eddie Howe admitted: 'I want my best players to stay and I want to add to them for next season but I can not and never will make any guarantees.' Howe's immediate concern is his super Swede's fitness going into their final match of the season at home to Everton this Sunday. He added: 'We will await the results of his scan. We're still in a strong position and it's still in our hands." Rice fired Arsenal in front on 55 minutes. Anthony Gordon conceded possession with a sloppy pass, Bukayo Saka pounced to feed Martin Odegaard, who rolled a pass to the edge of the area where Rice curled in what is rapidly becoming a trademark, unstoppable curling right-foot strike. Bend it like Declan! Rice commented: 'After coming so close in the league last year, we were poor this year by our standards. To go out of every cup competition - with the players and the manager we've got - we need to be competing for titles and trophies, we can't take anything for granted. We're probably going to lose a few players so we need to sign more players. We'll strengthen over the summer. We're going to come back more hungry and stronger wanting to win something for this club." The Arsenal supporters raised the sound levels further when their leading scorer – the nine-goal German Kai Havertz came on for the first time since undergoing hamstring surgery at the start of February. There were also sentimental appearances from the bench at the end for departing duo Kieran Tierney and Jorginho. Arteta concluded: 'Kai has come back quicker than expected and that is to his credit and the medical staff who have also worked so hard. 'It was emotional in the dressing room afterwards. Not everyone will be back next season. I know what it is like as I have been there. We know how to look after our players.' ARSENAL: Raya 6, White 6, Saliba 6 (Calafiori 46), Kiwior 6, Lewis-Skelly 6, Partey 6, Rice 8, Odegaard 6 (Jorginho 90), Saka 7, (Havertz 76), Martinelli 7, Trossard 6 (Tierney 88). Subs: Neto, Zinchenko, Henry-Francis, Nwaneri, Sterling, NEWCASTLE UNITED: Pope 8, Schar 6, Burn 7, Botman 6 (Krafth 64), Murphy 5 (Miley 63), Tonali 7, Guimaraes 6, Livramento 6, Barnes 6 (Willock 76), Wilson 5 (Osula 64), Gordon 5. Subs: Dubravka, Lascelles, Longstaff, Neave, Ruddy Ref: S Hooper 6 Att: 60,160

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