Opinion

Newcastle United have just lost to Liverpool and Manchester City.

I now have a question for you.

Think carefully.

When was the last time before that, when Newcastle United lost consecutive matches?

Have a good think.

Can you work it out yet? OK, if you can’t identify from memory when this last happened, have a guess at how long ago it was.

Weeks? A month ago? Two or three months ago? Four or five months ago?

Considering the way that certain journalists and Newcastle United fans are going on, with the negativity and indeed in some cases, abuse aimed at Eddie Howe and his players, surely it couldn’t be any longer ago than that, could it…?

Well, how about nine months?

These are the most recent instances of Eddie Howe and Newcastle United losing consecutive matches.

February 2026 – Liverpool (Away) and Manchester City (Away)

36 games going by in between before you get to…

May 2025 – Arsenal (Away) and Everton (Home)

10 games going by in between before you get to…

March 2025 – Liverpool (Away) and Brighton (Home)

23 games going by in between before you get to…

October 2024 – Brighton...