An unrepentant Marc Steutel will not think twice about fighting his players’ corner despite being thrown out of Saturday’s feisty clash at Surrey Scorchers. The passionate playcaller revealed a build-up of frustration was behind his emotions boiling over towards the end of a tetchy affair in Guildford. And Steutel insisted he would continue to campaign…
After a disappointing home loss to the Bristol Flyers, the 7th placed side in the League standings, the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles were looking to bounce back to winning ways down in Surrey on Saturday night. The Eagles faced a Scorchers side sitting in eighth place needing a victory to keep their hopes of a…
Determined Darius Defoe insists Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles are down but far from out as the Jekyll and Hyde of the British Basketball League look to bounce back at Surrey tonight. The most decorated player in domestic hoops cut a forlorn figure as he reflected on the disastrous finish that gifted Bristol Flyers victory on…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on another night of fluctuating fortunes at the Vertu Motors Arena. Marc Steutel’s men led by 12 points heading into the final period after a 14-0 third quarter tear broke a feisty affair wide open. But not for the first time this season Bristol…
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,…
Until the emergence of the heavily-backed London Lions, the most fierce rivalry in the British Basketball League was always the clash of heavyweight powerhouses Leicester Riders and Newcastle Eagles. This season both sides have had spells when they have looked like returning to former glory but conversely both sides have also struggled to turn their…
A Quade Green masterclass silenced the Vertu Motors Arena as border raiders Caledonia Gladiators fought for a hard-earned win on Tyneside. Gritty Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles battled back from a slow start to establish a winning position heading into the fourth quarter of a typically feisty affair. But MVP Green — who bagged 32 points…
Despite an explosive home outing on Friday night against Surrey Scorchers to get back to winning ways, the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles did not carry that momentum into Sheffield yesterday afternoon. For a third successive game against their closest geographical opponents the Eagles slipped to a double-digit defeat to lose the season series three to…
It was the night Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles honoured one of their own as club bosses named the new Ken Nottage stand. And the men in black celebrated the late, great guard’s impact and legacy in suitable style with a thumping win against Surrey Storm. Sharp-shooter Nottage would have loved the swarming offensive intensity that underpinned…
