Wednesday night the Newcastle Eagles lost their sixth successive SLB Championship game down in Manchester 105-79 after a dramatic second half collapse. At the half Manchester had been 39-35 ahead but those initial twenty minutes gave no real hint of what was to come. In the final two periods of basketball the Eagles lost the…
Another tough night in the SLB Championship for Newcastle Eagles down in Manchester led to a sixth successive league defeat as their domestic struggles continue. Indeed, in all competitions Newcastle have only won one game this calendar year against SLB opposition. Their last Championship win came on 30/12/2025 away at Surrey 89ers by 88-82. Ironically…
Newcastle Eagles and Maldron Hotel Newcastle are celebrating a major milestone in their long‑standing partnership as they mark six years of working together, including four consecutive seasons with the hotel proudly positioned on the back of the Eagles men’s team’s kit. The popular city‑centre hotel has become a key pillar of the Eagles’ operations over…
After a ten-day break, the Newcastle Eagles will return to the court on Wednesday night down in Manchester looking to break a five-match SLB Championship losing streak. Last time out it was a devasting loss on the final play of the game 102-100 to Leicester Riders. The Eagles have in in that run of defeat…
A dramatic game of basketball down at the Mattioli Arena Leicester on Sunday went in the end to the hometown Riders who came from a double-digit deficit in the first half to turn the game around in the second. For the Newcastle Eagles and Head Coach Marc Steutel they would have travelled home wondering exactly…
Newcastle Eagles astonishing 128-68 win in the ENBL game against BK Olomoucko on Friday night was not enough to help them qualify for the end of season play-offs in that competition, but it was a morale-boosting win to take to Leicester on Sunday afternoon. Ray’Sean Taylor led the way for Newcastle with 38-points, and the…
It was a record-breaking night for the Newcastle Eagles as they brought the curtain down on their 2025/26 European North Basketball League campaign. In a spectacular shooting performance, they completely outplayed and outshot their Czech Republic opposition. BK Olomoucko simply had no answer to the Eagles superior power and all-round play as the basketball continued…
Newcastle Eagles narrowly failed to add to their twenty-eight domestic national basketball titles down in Birmingham on Sunday against London Lions in the SLB Trophy Final. Despite a superb fightback in the second half Lions just edged home by 74-68. Head Coach Marc Steutel was naturally disappointed at the final buzzer as gathered his thoughts…
It was the Newcastle Eagles 33rd National Final in the last 30 years of their storied franchise’s history. They took a massive loyal following of over 300 fans to Birmingham to see if they could defend the Trophy they won last year in the same venue against Bristol. But in the end what many thought…
