Steve Stone interview & Brighton stalemate
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast with Senior Writer George Caulkin, club correspondent Chris Waugh, and special guest Steve Stone. George made his annual pilgrimage to Brighton as Chris sunned himself on the Costa del... Carlisle? Anyway, this was certainly the club's best performance, and result, at the Amex Stadium in a good long while. And late last week we took the o...
49m Aug 16, 2022
49m
Feeling Good: A New Dawn on Tyneside
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Wor Flags did it again, and the team dismissed Nottingham Forest in convincing fashion amid jubilant scenes at St James's Park. George has been scurrying around behind the scenes and this week he bore the fruits of his labour, documenting 24 hours in t...
51m Aug 09, 2022
51m
Bumper Edition: 22/23 Season Preview
Taylor Payne hosts a special edition of your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and True Faith's Charlotte Robson. It's the eve of the 2022/23 season, and we're all uncharacteristically excited about the team's prospects. There are so many questions to answer: where will we finish, who is next in line for Howe-ifi...
1hr 14m Aug 02, 2022
1hr 14m
Pre-Season Angry & Atlanta Connections
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and North American football writer Felipe Cardenas. Felipe returns to the podcast to tell us a bit more about Darren Eales, NUFC's new CEO and former President of MLS franchise Atlanta Utd. Eales was an early appointment after Atlanta earned their place in...
57m Jul 27, 2022
57m
Pre-Season, New CEO, Greek Meats, and Derek Wright
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and another very special guest. Pre-season is now officially underway, with matches in front of (a few fans) against 1860 Munich and Mainz. Chris attended both, but has he finally met his match in the Austrian hotel buffet? Meanwhile, the club have appoint...
1hr 2m Jul 19, 2022
1hr 2m
(Re?) Birth of the Entertainers: 30 Years On
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and a very special guest. It's 30 years since Kevin Keegan celebrated keeping Newcastle in the old second division by splashing out on an eclectic collection of big-money signings and winning the first ten games of the new season. One of the first signing...
55m Jul 14, 2022
55m
Newcastle's Transfer Transformation
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and a special guest, Tifo's Seb Stafford-Bloor. Tifo, The Athletic's analytical affiliate, are hard at work putting together some "Sensible Transfers" for every Premier League team and Seb joins us for a detailed look at the dramatic change in Newcastle's transfer fortunes over the last...
55m Jul 04, 2022
55m
Pope In, Botman Pending, What Next?
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Burnley writer Andy Jones. Goalkeeper Nick Pope has been signed from The Clarets after their Premier League relegation and it looks like a bargain fee for an England international. The club could round off their defensive incomings with Lille centre-half, and long-time target Sven B...
54m Jun 28, 2022
54m
Summery Dismissal, Derby Dearth, and Big Dan Burn
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and news reporter Phil Buckingham. George is a little thrown this week as he's usually on his yacht in St Tropez at this time of year. Instead, we're podding through the heatwave with an exclusive Dan Burn interview, a look ahead to next season's fixtures,...
55m Jun 21, 2022
55m
PotT LIVE: Geordie Night
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and author Michael Chaplin. This first show of "the new season" was recorded live at the Tyneside Irish Centre on Thursday 9th June as part of a fundraising event for the West End food bank. For more information on how you can donate, go to https://newcastlewestend.foodbank.org.uk/. H...
49m Jun 10, 2022
49m
The Season in Black & White with Alan Shearer
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and special guest Alan Shearer. It's our last podcast of the season so we're looking back over a seriously eventful campaign, one that saw us winless from our first fourteen games before the sale of the club brought renewed investment, energy, and ambition...
1hr 15m May 25, 2022
1hr 15m
MAG-nificent Monday: Signing Off at St James's in Style
Taylor Payne hosts your snow-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Eddie Howe's team have produced an astonishing surge up the Premier League table in 2022, but inspired by a rousing display from Wor Flags and the resulting atmosphere, they produced their most complete performance of the season to beat Champions Leag...
49m May 18, 2022
49m
Catching Up with City and Paul Ferris
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Manchester City were convincing winners and, along with last week's defeat to Liverpool, the team have been left in no doubt as to how much they must improve to challenge at the top of the table. But, how much can Newcastle's new management take inspira...
1hr 6m May 10, 2022
1hr 6m
Bank Holiday Bonanza
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and Women's Football Writer Charlotte Harpur. Liverpool came to St James's Park on Saturday lunchtime and showed us the level required to be a world-leading club side. Eddie Howe's team have exceeded expectations this season, so how do they get closer to J...
47m May 03, 2022
47m
Cloud Ninth with Risky Rafa and Pete the Promoter
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin (sporadically), and Fulham writer Peter Ruzler. Eddie Howe's team has gone from strength to strength to strength to strength since the humbling defeat at Spurs and we've a rundown on the two most recent wins with a formidable test against Liverpool next. G...
50m Apr 26, 2022
50m
Revival and Survival: Resurrection Complete
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. A change of ownership and coaching staff breathed new life into the team this season, so it seemed appropriate that we'd all-but seal Premier League safety on Easter weekend. We try not to get ahead of ourselves here on PotT, but we have a little daydr...
46m Apr 18, 2022
46m
Wolves Sent Packing by New Newcastle
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with Senior Writer George Caulkin and this week's guest, Alex Hurst of the NUFC Supporters' Trust. Friday night's atmosphere at St James's Park, featuring another superb display from Wor Flags set the stage for a great win over Wolves. That vital three points eased the slight relegation worry that had crept back in after ...
43m Apr 12, 2022
43m
The Athletic's NUFC Live-Room
Taylor Payne, along with Chris Waugh and George Caulkin, hosted a special interactive live chat on The Athletic on the evening of Thursday 7th April. After a decidedly scratchy start (which has been cleaned up for the podcast) it was a really engaging conversation with Newcastle fans from around the globe! To participate fully in future live-rooms, you need a subscription to The Athletic. Sig...
1hr 7m Apr 08, 2022
1hr 7m
LNER Facilities: In-Depth Report
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. We saw the worst 45 minutes of football so far under Eddie Howe as his Mags gave Spurs the freedom of North London. It wasn't all about freedom on Sunday, though, as Chris can readily testify. It's about time we had a home game, and we won't have to wa...
44m Apr 05, 2022
44m
Paraguay, Paraguay, Paraguay...
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and SENIOR Writer George Caulkin. Even though we all needed a rest, we're struggling with the boredom of international break. Luckily, Miguel Almiron's goal in South American World Cup met with quite a reception. There's also some encouraging news for the women's team, a familiar name ...
47m Mar 29, 2022
47m
Two's Company: Everton Reaction
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and nobody else. Our dynamic duo reflect on a surreal St Patrick's Day evening at Goodison Park, one which left us all feeling like we'd been cable-tied to a goalpost. Better news on the injury front, though, as the squad jetted off to Dubai for warm-weather training and a couple of ou...
56m Mar 22, 2022
56m
VAR and Away: Newcastle Beaten but Safety Beckons
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and special guest Thomas Concannon. We've two games to look back over, a great win at Southampton and a controversial defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, the latter attracting media attention because of the debate about club ownership. They made up half...
1hr Mar 15, 2022
1hr
Fraser on Fire & French Fancies
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Brighton were the latest victims as Eddie Howe and Ryan Fraser celebrated award nominations with yet another win. Could Fabian Schar be the next in line for honours? Dan Ashworth will be staying in Sussex for the time being but we've an update on his E...
50m Mar 08, 2022
50m
Black & White: Night & Day
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Eddie Howe's side made light work of ten-man Brentford after Josh da Silva's red card but the performance was in stark contrast to the chaos of the corresponding fixture at St James's Park. As we reflect on a near-unimaginable upturn in form we also he...
1hr 5m Mar 01, 2022
1hr 5m
Competence is Bliss
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. We're revelling in Newcastle's new-found functionality this week. The players have defined roles that fit their skillsets and the midfield of Jonjoe, Joe, and Jo, is anything but stuttering. No rest for the wicked, though, and we're back in the capital...
43m Feb 22, 2022
43m
Trippier, Winning, and Howe!
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. News of an injury to the inspirational Kieran Trippier has taken the edge off things slightly but we're in a state of disbelief after Newcastle won their third match in a row. It was a nice way for manager Eddie Howe to bring up 100 days in charge, and...
50m Feb 15, 2022
50m
Everton Overwhelmed... George Excited
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. We're all on cloud nine after the St James' Park faithful raised the roof and the team, inspired by Kieran Trippier, put in a performance to be proud of, sealing back-to-back Premier League wins. It looks like Dan Ashworth will become Newcastle's Techn...
57m Feb 10, 2022
57m
Deadline Trio: A Satisfying Transfer Window
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin, wrapping up a pleasing January transfer window. Bruno Guimaraes, Dan Burn, and Matt Targett completed the club's January business and we were so pleased we provided a musical welcome to the much-needed reinforcements; the results were, let's say, mixed....
59m Feb 02, 2022
59m
Relief at Leeds Lifeline with Robbie Elliot
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and special guest Robbie Elliott. Eddie Howe's men finally held on to a lead, at Leeds, with a committed performance, one that saw them gain ground on most of the teams around them and gives real hope of avoiding relegation with reinforcements expected bef...
58m Jan 25, 2022
58m
Another Win Bites the Dust
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Newcastle threw away yet another lead, this time against relegation rivals Watford. Can Eddie Howe and his coaching staff fix the mentality of a squad that shows significant signs of anxiety. Off the pitch the mood is much brighter with the new owners ...
54m Jan 18, 2022
54m
FA Cup: 4th Round Holiday Booked
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin, joined this week by Adam Leventhal. Newcastle's hysterically bad FA Cup record continued with yet another third round exit, this time to League One side Cambridge United. Credit goes to the visitors, whose winner came from an Alan Shearer fan with a fam...
51m Jan 11, 2022
51m
Newcastle Can't Get Trippier? Think Again
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and special guest, Spurs and England Writer Jack Pitt-Brooke. The transfer window has arrived and, if reports are true, the club is starting with a real statement of intent by signing one of European club football's best defenders. The mood is positive around the club after a December ...
44m Jan 05, 2022
44m
To George, Best Wishes, Isaac Hayden
Taylor Payne hosts your snow-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. We've decamped to the Forth for our Christmas special, so there's gift-giving, crackers, and reflections on an entirely miserable 2021 with one remarkable highlight. There's a bit of admin as well, we review the recent backroom appointments at the cl...
1hr 1m Dec 21, 2021
1hr 1m
True Hope is Swift: No Defence at King Power
Taylor Payne channels Mark Lawrenson and Sean Connery this week on your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. The team were full of regret this week after a thrashing at Leicester reminded them of the first rule of Newcastle Club, never be confident. Not that that will be a problem this week; back-to-back games ag...
46m Dec 14, 2021
46m
Bad Signs Banished from SJP
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with Senior Writer, and LIVING legend, George Caulkin. As the Sports Direct signs were ripped out of St James's Park, we look back at a Newcastle win, yes you read that correctly, which has put to bed much of the doom and gloom lingering from the previous ownership. We head to the Walkers Stadium next Sunday, and we mana...
48m Dec 07, 2021
48m
Stormy with a (Strong) Chance of Relegation
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Two games have passed since our last podcast, and unfortunately the club remains winless in the Premier League. We've a special report on the dramatic draw with Norwich at St James's Park which saw Newcastle play with ten men for most of the game. With...
47m Dec 02, 2021
47m
Two Birds, Dropping Like Stones?
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and special guest, Norwich reporter Michael Bailey. Eddie Howe was forced to work from home on his first match-day as Newcastle manager; an exciting match saw his side come from behind twice to take a point against Brentford. It was encouraging, but was the result good enough? The Magp...
50m Nov 23, 2021
50m
Newcastle 2.0: Reboot Underway
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and special guests Peter Rutzler and Iain Macintosh. Peter is The Athletic's Fulham writer but was posted to Bournemouth during Eddie Howe's time at the club, and he gives chapter and verse on the way Newcastle's new manager operates. We also heard from A...
57m Nov 16, 2021
57m
So Many Questions: The Answer is Howe
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh, Senior Writer George Caulkin, and special guest Oli Kay. Moments before our podcast recording (hooray!), Eddie Howe was announced as the new Head Coach and he has a gargantuan task ahead of him if he's to steer the team clear of relegation. The Athletic's Senior Football Writer Oli Kay...
56m Nov 09, 2021
56m
Flagging: New Manager Now Please
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. This week's special guest is representative of the Wor Flags group, Thomas Concannon. Chelsea came, they strolled, and they conquered, in a Hallowe'en match that proved nightmarish for the home supporters, despite a marvellous display from the aforement...
51m Nov 02, 2021
51m
Wilson Wins Us a Point at Palace: Enough?
With Chris Waugh away, Taylor Payne is joined by The Athletic's Senior Writer George Caulkin, and Gallowgate Shots podcaster Stephen 'Besty' Best. After Steve Bruce's drawn-out depature, interim manager Graeme Jones took charge of the first team at Selhurst Park. The consensus is it was a good point, if a slightly fortunate one, but it may not be enough with a string of tough games between now...
47m Oct 26, 2021
47m
EMERGENCY PODCAST: The Bruce Era Ends
Taylor Payne hosts ANOTHER emergency edition of Athletic's Newcastle United podcast with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin to discuss the news that Steve Bruce's time as manager is over. Bruce's future had been in serious doubt since the club was sold by Mike Ashley just days ago and, although he remained in charge for the visit of Spurs, his 1,000th game in footb...
33m Oct 20, 2021
33m
New Era: Same Old Newcastle (For Now)
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic, in conversation with club correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. Tottenham were the visitors at St James' Park for the first match under the new ownership and, for a brief moment after Callum Wilson's early goal, it seemed the overwhelming wave of emotion might carry the team to victory. Unfortunate...
53m Oct 19, 2021
53m
Week One in Takeoverland
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and our Senior Writer George Caulkin. We're one week into new ownership and as the dust begins to settle, everyone has been surprised to see Steve Bruce is still Newcastle manager. Will he make it to the Spurs match? If he does, it'll be his 1,000th game in club management. The Athleti...
49m Oct 14, 2021
49m
EMERGENCY PODCAST: The Ashley Era Ends
Taylor Payne hosts our podcast reaction to a whirlwind 48 hours for Newcastle United with The Athletic's Chris Waugh and George Caulkin. Mike Ashley's ownership of the club came to an abrupt end, seemingly out of the blue, and we're still processing the news. The sense of relief is strong but some fans will feel conflicted by money coming into the club from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fun...
37m Oct 08, 2021
37m
Fighting Amongst Ourselves
The Athletic's Newcastle United correspondent, Chris Waugh, was ringside for the club's latest courtroom melodrama, and he tries to report the details through persistent heckling from host Taylor Payne and Senior Writer, George Caulkin. George attended the Wolverhampton match in Chris's absence and, despite good numbers in the away end, the atmosphere was flat. That was, of course, largely bec...
49m Oct 05, 2021
49m
Statistical Update: Puttin' it in the Net
Taylor Payne is joined by The Athletic's Newcastle reporters Chris Waugh and George Caulkin to reflect on the trip to Watford, one that really should have yielded three points. First-half dominance was squandered and a golden chance late on for Jacob Murphy nearly broke John Anderson. George channels Shakespeare, Sean Connery, and Ozzie Ardiles in a statistical report on the club's attempts to...
49m Sep 28, 2021
49m
Friday Night Frights: Basketball beats Football
Taylor Payne presides over a dissection of Newcastle's Friday night match with Leeds. Providing eye witness reporting and in-depth analysis are The Athletic's NUFC correspondent Chris Waugh and Senior Writer George Caulkin. The Sky Sports production from St James's Park got the seal of approval from many fans and George, watching from his sickbed, agreed that it was a refreshing change of dire...
51m Sep 21, 2021
51m
Powderkeg Diplomacy: Beware Giant Squibs
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with club correspondent Chris Waugh and the UK's Senior Football Writer George Caulkin. Another visit to Old Trafford, another defeat, but did the team actually play OK? And even if they did, is that enough? Callum Wilson will now miss crucial games over the next few weeks, and points are desperately needed. After the ga...
53m Sep 14, 2021
53m
A Statement of No Intent & Santi's Dream Begins
Taylor Payne hosts your go-to Newcastle United podcast from The Athletic with regular panellists Chris Waugh and George Caulkin. Following criticism of the club's transfer window, an unusual statement was published via official channels. We pick out the main points and consider the motivations behind it. One of only two players signed was Mexican teenager Santiago Munoz. We get the inside tra...
1hr Sep 07, 2021
1hr