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BBL
September 14, 2022
Pre-Season Report: Eagles 96-59 USA Select

Newcastle Eagles’ energetic blend of youth and experience blew away the touring USA Select last night as Marc Steutel’s men put on an explosive midweek show. In stark contrast to Saturday night’s sobering defeat to Surrey Scorchers, the men in black jumped on their opponents from the start and never looked back. Steutel was able…

BBL
August 10, 2022
Announcing Our Eagles Biggest Ever Pre-Season

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…

BBL
September 11, 2021
Pre-Season Report: Eagles 95-85 USA Select

Fans flooded into the Vertu Motors Arena for the first time in 18 months last night as new-look Newcastle Eagles edged a tough pre-season test. A 1,000-strong crowd — a club record for a friendly — was rewarded with a typically frenetic affair against familiar foes. And with the bulk of Ian MacLeod’s roster yet…

BBL
September 10, 2021
Preview: Sold-Out Pre-Season Eagles vs USA Select

Having been starved of seeing their favourite club in action since the pandemic hit back in March 2020, the Newcastle Eagles faithful fanbase have responded in a spectacular way. Tonight’s pre-season encounter at the Vertu Motors Arena is a complete sell-out. It will be the Eagles’ biggest ever crowd for a pre-season game as they…

BBL
August 25, 2021
BBL Pre-Season On Sale Now

On Friday 10 September we will be opening the doors of the Vertu Motors Arena to spectators again for the first time since the last year as our BBL team take on USA Select in an exciting pre-season tip-off. Fans will have their first chance to see our 2021-22 BBL team in action in their 7:30pm tip-off…

BBL
September 6, 2019
Fletcher Looks Forward

The first pre-season game without Fabulous Flournoy as Eagles head coach ended in a dramatic 1-point defeat 84-83 against Team USA Select, a side that the Eagles normally shake off comfortably. But with so many outside influencing factors it was not perhaps surprising that the game virtually paled into insignificance. Although for those suiting up…

BBL
September 3, 2019
Pre-Season Report: Eagles 83-84 USA Select

The first fixture of the post-Fabulous Flournoy era tipped off against a backdrop of mixed emotions following the 6pm announcement that the BBL’s most decorated coach had accepted an assistant’s role in the NBA with reigning champions Toronto Raptors. And Newcastle’s players – who were told of their coach’s decision at a team meeting the…