Our Eagles have landed in the All-Star Fives for both the BBL and WBBL after last week’s huge weekend of wins. On Saturday against the odds our women’s team pulled off an overtime victory at Oaklands Wolves and then on Sunday it was silverware number 26 for the men in the BBL Cup. Firstly with…
Newcastle Eagles’ legacy gained another chapter last Sunday when they lifted the BBL Cup for the sixth time after a pulsating 84 – 77 win over London Lions. It was their 26th National title for the most storied franchise in British basketball. One man who has been ever present on the court during every one…
Following Fabulous Flournoy was never going to be easy but Newcastle Eagles head coach Ian MacLeod is rising to the challenge. Simon Rushworth wasn’t surprised to see the homegrown favourite lift a second piece of silverware inside 12 months. It’s every sports-mad Geordie’s dream: to coach your hometown team at the top level and deliver…
Down the stretch our Eagles sealed a memorable and historic seventh BBL Cup win – our 26th title!
Interviewed before the game, Newcastle Eagles head coac Ian MacLeod said that his team and he could only control their own destiny. After a pulsating 40 minutes of basketball that’s exactly what they did down the stretch to win the Eagles’ sixth BBL Cup, the seventh national cup title for the franchise. The Eagles had…
It’s the BBL Cup Final Day down at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. The battle for the first piece of silverware of the BBL season and it’s the league’s top two sides battling it out, Newcastle Eagles and London Lions. The two sides have clashed four times already this season, twice in the Cup Group…
This Sunday’s BBL Cup Final between our Eagles and the London Lions will now be played at the Morningside Arena in Leicester. The game was set to tip-off at the University of Worcester of Arena however due to exceptionally heavy rainfall in Worcester over the past week and the expected regional flooding, Worcestershire County Council have…
Our BBL Trophy First Round game at Bristol Flyers has been set for Tuesday 2 February 2021 with a 6pm tip-off and you can watch live on Flyers TV for £4.99 each. In addition to this, today we have also agreed to change the tip-off against Flyers at home next Friday 29 January to the…
In different circumstances Mike Morsell might have been midway through his second season in a Newcastle vest and well on his way to securing cult status as an Eagle. Twelve months ago the Maryland native was a permanent fixture in Ian MacLeod’s starting five and a huge crowd favourite among the ECA faithful. But then…
