So the Cheltenham Festival is upon us soon (aka the biggest Irish piss up other than St Paddys Day) and I thought, how many horses I could find that could have #nufc related names……abd who would be backing them.

Oscar Whisky (Joey Barton)
Get Me Out Of Here (Mike Ashley)
Long Run or Flat Out (Fabrice Pancrate)
Barbers Shop (Fabricio Collocini)
Im So Lucky (Shola Amoebi)

Any more……

Macclesfield Town manager Keith Alexander has passed away today at the age of 53.

A well-respected manager in the lower leagues, Alexander had recently returned to work after a spell out of the game following a brain aneurysm.

Our sympathies are with his family from all at Shite Seats and NUFC.

The Run in for #nufc #safc and #boro

Since January 1st till today, here are some of the stupid things people are putting into their browser to hit The Seats website #daftwats

Deirdre Barlow Joke

Clitor*s Photographs

Newcastle (United) are Shite

Burkha King

Go Compare!

NUFC Condoms

Shite UK

As The Doors put it….People are Strange.

17,551 site visits

53,846 page visits

75 different countries

731 different cities

2125 posts

Compared with February 8th 2010

16,797 site visits

51,872 page visits

73 different countries

699 different cities

PVA waved bye bye on Saturday to the 2500 travelling fans knowing it would be the last time he stood before them in the famous stripes.

PVA thanks for the solid performances in your short time at NUFC and best of luck with Chelsea, I’m sure showing such confidence and style at 19 that you will go on to greater success.

On leaving PVA was quoted as saying……….on nufc.co.uk (tv)

“The fans meant a lot to me - they like me, I think, and I like them,  They have been important for me during my time here and I wanted to show them that at the end. It was nice when they responded like that - they are brilliant fans and it has been an honour to play for Newcastle United.”

Cheers to a future star in the making - from the lads at The Seats

Saturday 6th March
Newcastle v Barnsley
Nottm Forest v Swansea
QPR v West Brom

Tuesday 9th March
West Brom v Sheff Wed

Saturday 13th March
Boro v Newcastle
Preston v Nottm Forest
West Brom v Blackpool

Tuesday 16th March
Barnsley v Nottm Forest
Swansea v West Brom

Wednesday 17th March
Newcastle v Scunthorpe

Well here we are in the first day in March with now just 13 to go and we still remain at the top of the tree, 9 weeks to go – 6 home games and 7 away games….gap starting to appear between ourselves and 3^rd place (7pts with game in hand and +14pts on GD) and a massive 20pts clear of a playoff spot.

Chris Hughton is also now the most successful NUFC manager  ever since his instalment as permanent boss.

The question posed around on local and national sites is will NUFC blow this, I’ll leave that up to you to decide – as a fan of 35 years I will make up my own mind and it’s pretty clear to me seeing the teams coming our way within the next 62 days.

Heres the latest standings based on season form.

P - W - D - L - F - A - GD - PTS

46 - 28 - 13 - 5 - 81 - 32 - +49 - 97

Newcastle have now been beaten only once in 19 matches since Chris Hughton was appointed boss on a permanent basis in October last year - and that is the best start ever by any Magpies manager.

Click Title for Obervers match review

49 mins: Danny Guthrie’s corner is headed home by Andy Carroll!

3 mins: Coloccini heads home to give us the lead

NUFC: Steve Harper, Danny Simpson, Fabricio Coloccini, Mike Williamson, Patrick van Aanholt, Danny Guthrie, Alan Smith (c), Kevin Nolan, Jonas Gutierrez, Leon Best, Andy Carroll
Subs: Tim Krul, Tamas Kadar, Fitz Hall, Ryan Taylor, Nile Ranger, Fabrice Pancrate, Ryan Donaldson

See here for live stream information…

Table as it stands:

…and quids in (Antony Stokes first scorer)

The U18 side made it into the Youth Cup Semi Final tonight with a 4-2 victory over Crystal Palace.

Read the report here

Video tribute to Pancake