Ian MacLeod can’t wait to unleash a competitive and committed Newcastle Eagles on the BBL this afternoon as the new season finally gets underway. False starts, financial concerns and illness within the camp have presented British basketball’s most successful franchise with a slew of problems in recent weeks. But all of that will be forgotten…
Newcastle Eagles will finally tip-off the delayed BBL season with a tough clash at London Lions on Sunday. The fixture is the first of six mouthwatering ties in a talent-stacked Group 3 of the remodelled BBL Cup. Newcastle face the Lions, Leicester Riders and fierce rivals Sheffield Sharks home and away — with the top…
The last time Rodney Glasgow Jr suited up for Newcastle Eagles there were still three teams fighting it out for the Premier League title. Boris Johnson was still battling to take the UK out of Europe as leader of a Conservative party clinging to power. The final instalment of the Star Wars saga was still…
Newcastle Eagles face possibly their biggest weekend of the season so far with two vital games in two different competitions. On Sunday they travel to Cheshire Phoenix in the first leg of The BBL Trophy semi-final but before that they face London Lions tonight. The clash against Lions is at the Eagles Community Arena and…
This Friday night’s BBL Championship game when GB’s Ovie Soko and the London Lions visit Newcastle is now completely sold out across the entire Eagles Community Arena. Fans can still catch this game live on the BBL YouTube channel: As the scramble for tickets to the ECA escalates and our BBL team’s charge on silverware…
The regular BBL Championship season for 2018/19 came to an end for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle at The Eagles Community Arena on Friday night with a 99 – 80 loss against London Lions. It was a result that meant Newcastle for the 15th consecutive season have finished in the top three of the Championship which…
League titles have become synonymous with Newcastle during Fabulous Flournoy’s unprecedented reign as Eagles’ player-coach. The only disappointment tonight was the unfamiliar name on this season’s Championship crown. That London Lions – and their abrasive playcaller Vince Macaulay – finally secured their coveted regular season prize in the North East left a sour taste in the…
Going in to the London Lion’s den this afternoon it was Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s last chance to make one final effort to land The BBL Championship for this season but they had to win, writes Jeff King. However, long-time league Lions were just too good over the 40 minutes and ended the Eagles hopes….
Down by 18 points in the first half, BBL Player of the Month Victor Moses having limped out of the action late in the first quarter and his front-court partner Darius Defoe far from fully fit having missed training all week, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle needed some inspiration. It came with the introduction of Player-Coach…
