Darius Defoe is confident Newcastle have the passion and fight to make it all the way to May’s BBL playoff final at London’s O2 Arena, writes Elliott Green. The veteran forward hopes to play a part down the stretch as he edges closer to a return from injury. And after gutsy displays at Leicester and London…
Leicester Riders
First, yes, it is April Fools Day but I’m posting this after 12:00pm so you know that it’s not a joke. Secondly, yes, it has been a long time since my last blog and for those thousands who have implored me to blog again, well the two or three of you anyway, I apologise for…
Friday night’s loss in London for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle completed a run of three road games in a row all ending in double-digit losses and effectively ending their Championship hopes, writes Jeff King. But as Eagles forward Jamal Williams reflected on the six-day stint he still took plenty of positives from the games despite…
Despite an almost heroic effort, a brave Esh Group Eagles Newcastle slipped to a second successive road defeat in Leicester last night, writes Jeff King. In doing so they let the reigning league champions Riders take the season series 2 – 1 and virtually confirm a fourth consecutive BBL Championship. An Eagles side once again…
Due to our player-coach Fab Flournoy’s recent injury, he has had to receive further treatment from doctors in Newcastle today and so despite his intentions to travel with the team to the Leicester Riders game he has been unable to make the journey. Our Assistant Coach Ian Macleod will be calling the shots from courtside…
Newcastle Eagles are in no mood to concede the league title to Leicester Riders despite the crippling injury crisis affecting the BBL’s second-placed club. Ahead of Thursday night’s top two clash in the East Midlands, assistant coach Dave Forrester promised the 2015 champions will keep fighting for every point. And in the absence of four…
As we enter the “business end” of the season there are a couple of fixture changes and an additional home game for which the dates have been confirmed by the clubs and BBL today. Our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle now play an additional game at home on Friday 2 March against either Worcester Wolves or DBL…
Newcastle Eagles will continue to rewrite North East sporting history under the ‘remarkable’ leadership of Fabulous Flournoy. That’s the verdict of former favourite Ian Whyte who spent five years on Tyneside before swapping hoops for Hollywood. And the 80-times capped ex-England international is confident the club’s imminent move to the brand new Eagles Community Arena…
It was billed as a game that Esh Group Eagles Newcastle could not afford to lose, a must-win game and a possible BBL Championship decider even with over three months of the season to go, lots of questions to be answered writes Jeff King. On Friday night, we got the answer. A superb 89 –…