True Faith NUFC Podcast
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Another week of transfer woes so we took the opportunity to revisit the frustrating lack of progress on the stadium situation. Si was again joined by Michael Martin and Stephen Hodgson who is True Faith's resident Chartered Building and Project Manager to get into it.
We had a similar podcast with Stephen and Mick in June 2024 and we caught up to ask:
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Si was the host this week joined by True Faith OG Michael Martin and Adam P to get into what is going on with Newcastle's recruitment as yet another key target is swooped away at the last second by a big 6 club.
Is it too early to panic as it's only June and there's a World Cup going on or should we be worried about another summer with all the same things happening?
Steve Nickson is departing, yet another similarity with th...
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June 14, 2026 • 59 mins
Alex hosts Charlotte, Ben Spratt and Adam Pringle to talk through how Newcastle United realistically reach their stated goal of being competitive for the biggest honours in the game by 2030. They discuss:
What David Hopkinson really meant with the ideaa of 2030 - is it simply just being a regular fixture in the Champions League?
Transfers and transfer strategy - how can we get better selling our best players and are there s...
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June 6, 2026 • 50 mins
Alex hosts Mark Douglas of the iPaper to talk about a difficult campaign for Newcastle United bur more importantly, what the club have to do this summer to get back into the top 6 next season. Topics discussed are:
How did Mark feel Eddie Howe navigated a poor run of games at the end of the season after our discussion the last time Mark was on about David Hopkinson's comments
Mark responds to listeners comments that NUFC...
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May 31, 2026 • 72 mins
The curtains drawn on 2025-26, we can finally look back on the season as a whole and how bad (or good?) it was.
Si hosted this one joined by Jonny Greenwood and Mick Martin to look back, and forward, from a position of relief that we made it to the end of the season.
Was this the lowest point of the project and is that as bad as we think it'll get? If so, are we comfortable with 12th being the bottom of our limit now? Who is ...
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May 24, 2026 • 49 mins
Alex hosts Si and Mark to discuss Fulham 2 Newcastle United 0. The discuss:
A momentum killing defeat. Why did the manager feel the need to change the team and formation?
What the defeat does to the season, and if the players were 'on the beach?'
What needs to happen in the summer to reenergise the football club and put it back on the right track
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May 17, 2026 • 45 mins
Alex hosts Charlotte, Si and ordy to talk through Newcastle United 3 West Ham United 1. They discuss:
Another good home win that gives us a chance of a top ten finish
Nick Woltemade and Will Osula - the future?
A promising team selection that provides a template for next season?
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May 10, 2026 • 42 mins
Si was back in as host this week, joined by our Adam P and Mark immediately after Nottingham Forest 1-1 Newcastle United.
Different game, same problems? Or were there positive signs here? Is any away point OK?
Hall RB, Wolt back in in a new position, what is actually going on?
Barnes and Ramsey change the game with the only piece of true quality but why don't they start? ...and what of Gordon?
The lads are perplexed on...
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May 3, 2026 • 41 mins
Alex hosts Charlotte, Jon and Chris Currie to talk through Newcastle United 3 Brighton 1
Why the win mattered so much to Eddie Howe and the season
Have any of us changed our point of view on the future after one win?
Howe's post game comments on who he picked and who he didn't
Will Osula and Nick Pope performances discussed
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Si was this week's host, joined by the 2 Adams to talk immediately after Arsenal 1 -0 Newcastle United. They discuss:
Was there signs of life in this Eddie Howe team or was this just a jittery Arsenal that made hard work of the game?
Is it Brighton or bust now for us and the manager this season?
Was the team selection evidence of the manager changing things up or running out of ideas and sticking with his trusted favourit...
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Alex hosts Si, Jon Lane and Charlotte to talk about Newcastle United 1 Bournemouth 2 . They discuss:
8 defeats in 11 PL games. We discuss our Howe in v Howe out positions
How many of the problems that are evident week after week are the responsbility of the manager
Lewis Hall -scapegoat?
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April 12, 2026 • 52 mins
Alex hosts Ordy, Adam Pringle and Si to talk through another ruinous defeat for now fourteenth place Newcastle United. The lads talk through:
Is time surely up for the manager. Should Howe stay, go now, or in the summer?
25 points dropped from winning positions. This isn't an issue of fatigue, two games per week or anything else - is it it purely on the manager?
Has the manager lost the players? Or have certain players ...
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Alex hosts Charlotte, Ordy and Si to talk through Eddie Howe and is Newcastle United future:
Si makes his case that Howe is the best man for the job and his overperformance to date should allow him one poor season
The structure of the club moving forward and the need to be a 'trading' football club instead of buying 'readymade' PL talent - is Howe really the man to deliver this?
Howe has done almost a decade at this level...
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Alex is joined by Michael Martin and special guest Mark Douglas to discuss the release of Newcastle United's 25/26 accounts and the press briefing given by David Hopkinson where he touched on the future of Eddie Howe.
We discucss:
A huge loss through no European football turned into a paper profit through the transfer of the lease on St James' Park
Newcastle United no longer owining their own stadium, a reason to be worri...
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March 29, 2026 • 61 mins
Alex hosts Michael Martin, Chris Currie and Scott Anderson to discuss what direction Newcastle United are headed in the wake of a ruinous derby defeat. The lads talk through:
Eddie Howe in the spotlight for alleged failings but is really the fallguy for the failure of a PIF project that has stalled?
Is talk of competing for major honours by 2030 helping or hindering the immediate future of the club?
The lack of progress ...
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Alex hosts Charlotte, Ordy and Si to talk through the pathetic defeat at home to rivals safc. We discuss:
A cowardly showing once again in the Tyne-wear derby. Pathetic tactics, performance, subs - the lot. Particularly at one nil up
Why it was so poor and why the worst part of these capitulations is it is the plan. They mean to play like this when in the lead. Why?
Changing the back four again - a terrible call
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March 19, 2026 • 42 mins
Alex, Norman and Kyle chat from their Barcelona hotel room the morning after FCB 7 NUFC 2. Gutted, the lads talk through:
The madness of the worst second half imaginable
Eddie Howe's comments about the mentality of the players at half time. A worry
Changing the back four after a clean sheet at Chelsea
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Alex hosts Chris Pattinson and Si to talk through Chelsea 0 Newcastle United 1. The lads discuss:
The rarest of away wins at Stamford Bridge - a great performance and feeling that changes the season?
Clean sheet and back five brilliance - a welcome change for NUFC away from home
Anthony Gordon and Jacob Ramsey - NUFC's first names on the team sheet?
Looking to Barcelona and sunderland
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Char, Si and Ordy gathered immediately after the heartbreaking last minute draw with Barcelona tonight at SJP, to discuss:
How unfair was the ending to this match? 1-0 up and injury time over, Ramsdale has barely made a save...
Was this better than we hoped for or do we actually feel worse due to the way it happened?
Why were we so good and who stood out? (alongside Hall obviously...)
Can we get through and what happen...
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March 7, 2026 • 49 mins
Si was joined immediately post game by Adam and Jon to reflect on the FA Cup exit at SJP. The lads discuss:
What happened? 1-0 up and cruising to that abject second half...
Why do we always seem to lose so comfortably to this Man City team?
What were the changes to the team selection about?
Where can the season realistically go from here? Were we saving something for Tuesday?
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