After last night’s 100-point in over USA Select in our first of two home pre-season games, let’s put the “meat on the bones” so to speak and see how we go there – seeing as we don’t have the BBL website to break it down in pre-season. Scoring Sequence: 1st Quarter – After 5 minutes 11 –…
At the fourth time of asking, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle picked up their first pre-season win and it was made all the sweeter as it was in front of their faithful fans at Sport Central. The Eagles who will continue to play out of Sport Central for the commencement of the 2018/19 as they await…
It may be 0 – 3 so far in 2018/19 for the guys but it’s not doom and gloom and remember last season we started in spectacular style and looked like world-beaters. Obviously, one does not mean the other will happen so what does it mean at this stage? Well, we’re still unbeaten in the…
After their 93 – 52 drubbing at the hands of Spirou Charleroi, the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle had less than 24 hours to recover and look for a better performance against their second opposition of the weekend, Okapi Aalstar, writes Jeff King. In the end they managed to do both although it was not quite…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle tipped off their 2018/19 campaign in the far-flung lands of Neufchateau, Belgium against crack Belgian Millionaires outfit Siprou Charleroi and there were hard lessons to learn as they fell to a crushing defeat. However, it must be remembered that this was Newcastle’s first game together as a new-look unit and after…
Bristol win on aggregate 163 – 157 Esh Group Eagles Newcastle crashed out of the BBL play-offs in Bristol yesterday afternoon after another disastrous away performance in keeping with what has happened since the turn of the year, writes Jeff King. Quite where the Eagles hierarchy go after one of the most disappointing seasons in…
Earlier this week Newcastle Eagles’ owner Paul Blake suggested it was time to shake up the BBL playoffs and reintroduce a three-game series at the quarter-final stage. In the wake of this demoralising 11-point defeat on Tyneside, one match might seem more than enough for a well-beaten Bristol Flyers. It is difficult to imagine the…
Newcastle Eagles face Bristol Flyers in a mouthwatering repeat of last season’s playoff quarter-final following a day of intense drama in the BBL. Yesterday’s final round of regular season fixtures threw up a raft of different permutations with Fabulous Flournoy’s men tipping off against Surrey still in with a shout of second spot. But defeat…
Arch rivals Leicester Riders might have wrapped up the regular season title without breaking into a sweat but Newcastle Eagles aren’t about to give up on second place without a fight. The most successful franchise in BBL history heads to Surrey Scorchers on Sunday with the runners-up spot firmly in its sights. And a stunning…
