So, settled in to the hotel at Plymouth which according to my match report is a suburb of Bristol, my roomie Mr Forrester and I took advantage of my free BT Sport subscription and watched the first part of England’s demise in The Ashes up to lunch. That was all we watched, sleep was needed…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle flew in to Bristol and shot down the home-town Flyers with perhaps their best defensive display of the season so far, writes Jeff King. The Eagles were in the main disciplined in their intent and carried out their game plan well to take their ninth consecutive win. In doing so they…
With Esh Group Eagles Newcastle facing a tough and long road trip taking in two games in two days this weekend, who better than to preview those games than new signing Jamal Williams, writes Jeff King. Williams debuted in last Friday’s tight home win against Sheffield playing almost 15 minutes in a great cameo appearance…
So, we’re off on a road trip that for me starts in and finishes in Cramlington visiting Byker, Bristol, Plymouth and Byker again. If I have my maths right, a little old round trip of 848 miles for 80 minutes of basketball, I must be mad! No, I must be dedicated, and I must be…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s preparations for this weekend’s vital double-header road trip at Bristol and Plymouth has been hampered by international call-ups, writes Jeff King. But, the players know that they must put that behind them and come-up with the formula to keep their 100% BBL Championship record complete. One of those players that has…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle marched on in The BBL Championship with their eight-straight victory on Friday night over DBL Sharks Sheffield whom many consider to be a major rival for the Championship, writes Jeff King. But, as always seems the case these days, their 100 – 93 victory was not achieved without fourth quarter thrills…
An in-form Darius Defoe believes his Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have what it takes to keep The BBL League Leaders on their unbeaten Championship run against a tough DBL Sharks Sheffield tonight at Northumbria University Sport Central, writes Jeff King. Defoe who has been an inspirational figure for The Eagles this season so far, averaging…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have taken the opportunity to strength their roster further and to address any potential issues in the future by signing 6’ 5” forward Jamal Williams. If the name’s familiar so will be the face as it’s none other than current Eagles player, Kai Williams’ brother who played alongside Kai for London…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle maintained their 100% BBL Championship record with a tough, hared earned road win at Cheshire last night writes Jeff King. Whilst it was a modicum of revenge for the cup defeat in Newcastle just over a week ago, more importantly it was another step forward for Fab Flournoy’s team. The undoubted…
