Having seen the pictures from Saturday, its fair to categorically say that it looked incredibly wet around St James’ Park. Unofficial reports of seeing an ark floating down Barrack Road have yet to be confirmed, but it was certainly enough to whet the appetite for the competitive season that starts this Saturday. Suffice to say [...]

So, the new season is creeping up upon us, with only 3 weeks until the first proper action. The only home pre-season friendly is against Fiorentina on August 6th, and this is a great chance to be looking at how to travel to the match for the season ahead. Indeed, why not make a day [...]

So, the fixture list is out tomorrow. That’s always a day I look forward to, as it marks the start of planning those away days for next season. Typically with television etc, some of the attractive ones will always be midweek evenings at times when thoroughly impossible for away fans on public transport, but I’m [...]

Just so all fans know, the Metro is back to operating normal timetable between Byker and Tynemouth, with all stations now open. The slight exception to this is North Shields, where platform 2 (the platform for trains to St James) is closed. This gives a couple of options – either travelling from platform 1 the [...]

Hey all Don’t forget the survey is still ongoing to look at how fans travel to matches. The link is on the home page, and we have an excellent prize, well worth winning of a signed 2010/11 Newcastle United shirt. Winners of this will be announced some point after April 11th. We’re enterring the end [...]

We’re right into the midst of the Metro improvement works now. Don’t forget when travelling to the game that the line is closed between Byker and Tynemouth until April 3rd. The initial feedback that we have had is that replacement buses are working ok in getting people around, although clearly there is a need to [...]

Well, I thought that I had surpassed myself the other night. Needing a pick me up, I thought it a good idea to get a hotel booked in Annan, and travel over to Galabank on a Tuesday night to watch the mighty Berwick try to re-ignite their playoff bid on a freezing cold evening in [...]

First off – Boxing Day. Although we don’t yet have the finalised traffic counts for the day, by all intents and purposes it was a success. This was the first year that we’ve managed to get buses into the city from the hinterlands of Northumberland and Durham, and we have learned a lot from the [...]

Well, the weather has made travel by all modes a little interesting to say the least. Although I should point out that it seems to be those travelling by car that are suffering the most. We’re very lucky in Newcastle to have such an efficient Metro system, which, touchwood has managed to get through these [...]

I’m currently in the process of working out travel arrangements for Boxing Day, so that is a case of ‘watch this space’. Sadly there are no trains running anywhere in the UK (except the Gatwick Express) on December 26th, and while it is confirmed that the Metro is running, there will be very limited commercial [...]