Men

March 2, 2020

Report: Eagles 67-75 Cheshire Phoenix [155-154 on Aggregate] (BBL Trophy Semi-Finals 2nd Leg)

It was the spring of 2017 when Fabulous Flournoy’s Newcastle Eagles finished second best to treble winners Leicester Riders in a playoff final to forget. Few anticipated it would be almost three years before the most successful franchise in the British game would make another domestic final. And it cannot be overstated just how important this one-point…

BBL

Men

March 1, 2020

More BBL Trophy Final Tickets Now Available and Selling Fast

Our Eagles have made it to the 2020 BBL Trophy Final with their one-point aggregate win over Cheshire Phoenix on Sunday. Tickets have been selling fast since they went on sale immediately after Sunday’s final buzzer with fans scrambling to get their seat to see the Sunday 15 March final and secure travel on the…

BBL

Men

March 1, 2020

Preview: Eagles vs Cheshire Phoenix (BBL Trophy Semi-Final 2nd Leg)

The Newcastle Eagles go into this afternoon’s BBL Trophy Semi-final second leg against Cheshire Phoenix buoyed by two factors in their favour. Firstly, they have a nine-point advantage from the first leg down in Cheshire and secondly, they go into the game on the back of a great 91 – 78 BBL Championship home win…

BBL

Men

February 29, 2020

Report: Eagles 91-78 Surrey Scorchers

At a time when Newcastle Eagles needed to show their mettle, enter the Rod of steel. The lacklustre hosts had limped towards the locker room at half-time trailing by eight to a Surrey Scorchers side without a league win since January 18. And for a team seeking to build confidence ahead of tomorrow’s BBL Trophy…

BBL

Men

February 28, 2020

Preview: Eagles vs Surrey Scorchers

Back-to-back Molten BBL Player of the Month CJ Gettys is out of this weekend’s homecourt double header. That’s the news every Newcastle Eagles fan feared as Ian MacLeod’s men go in search of a vital league win and a place in this season’s BBL Trophy final. The men in black host Surrey Scorchers at the…

Ian MacLeod

Men

February 27, 2020

Eagles Get Their Energy Back For Double-Header

One of the most interested spectators at Monday night’s superb EuroBasket 2021 International qualifying event at the Eagles Community Arena was Newcastle’s Frenchman, Sade Aded Hussein. Hussein who had seen his French comrades defeated by Germany last Friday looked on approvingly as he watched GB produce an excellent performance in front of a capacity crowd…

BBL Trophy

Men

February 20, 2020

Eagles Recharging Ready For Double-Header

Newcastle Eagles went into the current international break on the back of a bad defeat at Leicester last Friday night. However, there was no knee-jerk reaction from Head Coach Ian MacLeod and his coaching staff to alter a schedule that had long been agreed. As MacLeod explained it was always planned with no game scheduled for…

BBL

Men

February 15, 2020

Report: Leicester Riders 101-63 Eagles

Newcastle Eagles suffered a St. Valentine’s Day massacre down in Leicester last night. The Riders showed their fierce rivals no love at all as they recorded their biggest ever victory in any competition against a below-par Newcastle side. Leicester outplayed the visitors in every facet of the game and ended a two-game winning run from the…

BBL

Men

February 14, 2020

Preview: Eagles at Leicester Riders

Rodney Glasgow Jr has lifted the lid on the biggest battle of his basketball career after finally securing his coveted British passport. The talented playmaker feared he had reached the point of no return in his bid to represent Newcastle Eagles in the BBL Championship. But Glasgow Jr admitted he was overwhelmed by the support…

Leicester Riders