A night of pure nostalgia and glimpses of an exciting future underpinned a memorable night celebrating 50 years of franchise basketball in the North East. Members of Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’ new-look men’s and women’s rosters rubbed shoulders with big names from the club’s storied past. And there was even a poignant video message from…
One of the founding fathers of BBL basketball in Newcastle is refusing to write off the Eagles’ bid for silverware this season. And Ploutos Vourliotis pointed to the ever-reliable Darius Defoe as an example of the club’s never-say-die attitude and potential to win big when it matters most. Vourliotis joined Newcastle Comets in 1995 just…
Next season we will celebrate our 25th as Newcastle Eagles and so to mark this occasion we have been going through the archives to pull together this collection of every team photo since that first ‘Eagles’ tip-off in 1996, along with the names of everyone both on the court and on the bench. The most recent…
Just for fun have a go at guessing some of our Eagles players and coaching staff, past and present, from our emoji clues… Let us know how you do, but no spoilers for everyone else playing along on social media and see if you can come up with some more by commenting on our Facebook…
