Colin Veitch
1899-1914
Defender
322 apps, 49 goals
Veitch was arguably Newcastle's first star player. He won 3 league titles and 1 FA Cup while at the club and he earned 6 England caps. He was also a playwright, composer, conductor and producer in the theatre business!
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MAY
UEFA Champions League Semi-Final 1st Leg
Lineup - Donnarumma, Aarons, Montes, Godfrey (Varela), Chilwell, Tonali
(Longstaff*), Palacios, Dembele (Sancho), Olmo, Mbappe, Silva
We take charge of the tie with a huge victory over Man Utd. Our first goal was a fluke as their keeper kicked the ball of Silva and it rolled into the net for his 40th of the season. Mbappe then missed a penalty but from the resulting corner Sean Longstaff scored to seal the win.
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Lineup - Donnarumma, Aarons, Montes, Godfrey, Chilwell,
Tonali*, Palacios, Dembele, Olmo (Mejbri), Sancho (Bellingham), Silva (Pinamonti)
We are 1 win away from retaining the title now as Karamoko Dembele's goal got us the points.
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UEFA Champions League Semi-Final 2nd Leg
Lineup - Donnarumma, Briggs, Varela, Godfrey, Chilwell, Tonali, Longstaff,
Mbappe*, Olmo (Mejbri), Sancho (Dembele), Silva (Pinamonti)
We reach the final but make no mistake - Man Utd battered us here. Mbappe got his 30th and 31st goals of the seasons to see us through while Pinamonti had one disallowed and Donnarumma crucially saved a penalty when we were 2-1 down. We will play PSG in the final.
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Lineup - Donnarumma, Briggs, Varela, Lascelles, Renan Lodi, Longstaff (Rees), Bellingham, Dembele, Mejbri, Fati, Pinamonti (Telles)
CHAMPIONS AGAIN!!!!
We were announced as champions before the match so I decided to throw out my backups and we got beat lol. Fabio Telles missed a few golden opportunities to bring us level.
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Lineup - Donnarumma, Aarons, Varela, Lascelles,
Renan Lodi*, Longstaff, Palacios, Dembele, Mejbri (Rees), Fati, Pinamonti (Telles)
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Lineup - Donnarumma, Briggs, Varela, Lascelles, Renan Lodi, Longstaff, Bellingham, Dembele, Mejbri (Rees), Fati, Pinamonti (Telles)
Meh - An end of season game that meant nothing although Renan Lodi volleyed in from 25 yards which surely will be goal of the season.
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FA Cup Final
Lineup - Donnarumma, Aarons, Montes, Godfrey, Chilwell, Tonali, Palacios, Mbappe, Olmo (Mejbri), Sancho (Fati), Silva (Dembele)
We win the FA Cup but it wasn't pretty as Liverpool were the better side. We started off well but soon faded and were fortunate to still be level after an hour which is the time I usually make my subs. This time I made all 3 and shortly after Palacios scored a fluke to put us ahead. Mbappe rounded things off and Liverpool's reply came too late.
This win means we have won every domestic trophy available to us this season - let the dominance begin!
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UEFA Champions League Final
Lineup - Donnarumma, Aarons (Pinamonti), Montes, Godfrey, Chilwell (Renan Lodi),
Tonali*, Palacios (Bellingham), Mbappe, Olmo (Mejbri), Sancho, Silva
We retain the Champions League but by god we were lucky!!!! It was an even match and they took the lead when Paul Pogba fired in from the edge of the area. They held the lead until the hour mark when Sancho levelled with a great individual effort (he scored 2 in last seasons final) but when Ousmane Dembele powered in a long range effort late on it was game over. But no!!! We levelled when Andreas Christensen put the ball into his own net to take us to extra-time and then penalties. Christian Eriksen missed for them and we scored all ours and it was Sancho who struck the winning penalty.
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SUMMARY
We finish the season by winning al the remaining competitions which means we win everything this season. We got over the line in the league but it was a damp squib and in the final games I played my backups and it was pretty boring tbh although Karamoko Dembele excelled.
In the FA Cup we beat Liverpool in the final 2-1, slightly fortunately, and in the Champions League we were much more fortunate as an 89th minute own goal rescued the match for us and we won the game on penalties.
All trophies won - now for the Club World Cup (hopefully lol).
End of season post to come
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH
KARAMOKO DEMBELE