Before the game Newcastle Eagles Head Coach Marc Steutel talked about how his roster was still coming together learning together and getting better every day. He talked about trying to find an Eagles side of basketball and upping their defensive intensity. They managed to do that on the night but unfortunately huge foul trouble across…
Sheffield Sharks
Our Eagles allocation for our BBL and WBBL double-header away trip to Sheffield on Sunday 23 October has sold out, but fans can still get discounted tickets to be there with an exclusive promo code from the Sharks’ ticket link. Both our teams will visit the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre with our Eagles facing the…
Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s game at Sheffield Sharks still looking for their first league win of the season The Eagles did pick up a terrific 77-75 win on the road at Plymouth last Sunday but that was in the BBL Cup. So, they’ll be keen to get that first victory in the Championship under…
Stability is the key for Marc Steutel as Newcastle Eagles’ head coach prepares to consign an unsettling period of flux to the history books. Donovan Johnson represents the penultimate piece in a puzzle that’s proved tough to solve during the first few weeks of an unexpectedly challenging roster-wide reset. And after the US star touched…
After an excellent win over Norrkoping Dolphins 24 hours previously, the Newcastle Eagles went head-to-head with more familiar opponents with Sheffield Sharks coming into Toon. Watching from the Eagles bench was new signing point guard David Cohn who had arrived during the day but didn’t suit up after a long journey from the United States….
Newcastle Eagles are delighted to announce the signing of 6’2” American point guard David Cohn. Head coach Marc Steutel and the club have been working hard to find a replacement for Travon Broadway Jr who was released earlier this week and have swooped to land Cohn in the last 48 hours. The former graduate of…
It’s been somewhat of a whirlwind week for Newcastle Eagles new head coach Marc Steutel with two wins from three games so far in pre-season and a change to his roster all inside a matter of days after returning from GB duties at EuroBasket. The decision was taken to rest Jermel Kennedy and Darius Defoe therefore…
This September our Eagles tip-off their biggest ever pre-season with six games for fans to watch at the Vertu Motors Arena in a packed two-week schedule. Top of the bill is Swedish top-flight basketball league champions Norrköping Dolphins who fly to the UK next month to face Leicester Riders before travelling to Tyneside taking on…
Another disappointing night in the BBL Championship for the Eagles down at Sheffield saw them slip to a third consecutive defeat and their fifth in a row to Sheffield in all competitions this season. The Eagles total points of 53 was their lowest total since December 1994 and their sixth lowest ever. A sobering thought…