It is rare for Newcastle Eagles to embark upon a BBL season as anything other than favourites to lift British basketball’s biggest prizes. Normally emboldened by a familiar air of invincibility, the men in black are accustomed to wearing the weight of expectation like a badge of honour. In the past, simply turning up on…
Cheshire Phoenix
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle finally get their 2018/19 season underway at Sport Central with a home game tipping off against Cheshire Phoenix at 7:30pm. It’s a much-changed roster from last season when the Eagles failed to live up to the very high expectations and standards they set themselves. Two returnees, three new faces and six…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle start their BBL Championship season this coming Friday night with a home game tipping-off at 7:30pm at Sport Central against Cheshire Phoenix and for one of their 2018/19 roster, the day can’t come fast enough. Despite it being his 14th season as a professional, all of them spent in The BBL…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are hoping that their seventh signing of the summer is the man to take them to the Promised Land and return them to the top of the BBL as they land a player they have coveted in the past. Victor Moses is a 6’7” powerhouse American forward that will bring huge…
For the first time in almost 5 years, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have lost three home games in a row following Friday night’s 100 – 83 defeat by BBL Cup holders Cheshire Phoenix, writes Jeff King. The latest loss coupled with Leicester Riders incredible double-overtime victory on the same night at Sheffield just about extinguishes…
It was a brief snapshot in time that might have gone unnoticed by the majority of those inside Sport Central had the venue’s observant match-night announcer not celebrated a truly historic feat. In the context of British basketball’s most successful franchise, the work of the club’s proud player-coach and the development of homegrown talent it…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle go in to tonight’s crucial BBL Championship clash against Cheshire Phoenix looking for a first win in three home games, something that is not supposed to happen to a Newcastle side usually so dominant on their home court, writes Jeff King. Last week against London Lions, the Eagles slipped to a…
AJ Basi concedes the time has come for our Eagles to shore up the club’s leaky defence and kick a sickening habit for blowing leads. The in-form benchman has emerged as one of the few positives during a rocky period for the BBL’s most successful franchise. But Basi shares the pain of his below-par colleagues…
The Esh Group Eagles Newcastle got back to winning ways in Cheshire last night after Friday’s disappointing loss against Sheffield in the Trophy Quarter Final, writes Jeff King. In a tough, tight affair, The Eagles came good in the final quarter to take a vital road win. With only the League Championship and Play-Offs up…