Late last year we shared the untimely loss of Newcastle Eagles’ director and much-loved former player Ken Nottage, who passed away aged 64. On Friday 22nd March, at our Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles men’s tip-off against Surrey Scorchers, the club unveiled the renaming of the Vertu Motors Arena’s East Stand as the Ken Nottage Stand,…
In-form Josh Ward-Hibbert faces Surrey Scorchers at the Vertu Motors Arena tonight with a glowing endorsement from head coach Marc Steutel ringing in his ears. One of this season’s frontrunners for the British Basketball League’s sixth man award continues to make a key contribution off the bench for Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles. And one of…
It is with great sadness that we share the untimely loss of Newcastle Eagles’ director and much-loved former player Ken Nottage, who passed away yesterday aged 64. Nottage had been involved with the club for over four decades after being recruited to the then-Sunderland franchise in 1981. A former England international, Ken spent 14 of his…
Without Ken Nottage there would be no Newcastle Eagles. It was the former Sunderland and England star who, alongside managing director Paul Blake, rescued the franchise from the ashes of the Newcastle United Sporting Club in the late 90s. And it is Nottage who has continued to guide and encourage his co-owner during two decades…
