Talk of the Toon: Newcastle United Podcast

Welcome to the fist, annual Talk of the Toon End of Season Awards show! We have a the pleasure of looking back over the season and handing out some awards.

We have five winners to announce with categories ranging from Goal of the Season, to Signing of the Season, to Player of the Season. We have chosen shortlists and our Twitter followers have voted for their winners. A huge thanks to everyone who has voted on our award polls.

And to top it all off, we discuss the imminent arrival of Italian international midfielder, Sandro Tonali, who looks to be joining Newcastle United from AC Milan.

Trophies are in the post...

The Curtain Rises Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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The curtain falls on what has been a fantastic season for Newcastle United. Eddie Howe's black & white army finish fourth in the table with Champions League football to look forward to next season.

With the season now finished, the TOTT boys dissect the current squad and share their opinions on who should remain in the squad, who should be loaned out next season and who should be sold to make room for new signings over the summer.

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Going into the penultimate game of the season, a point is all that was needed to secure a return to the Champions League for Newcastle United after a 20-year wait and a point is exactly what we got against 19th placed Leicester City.

Despite a totally dominant display, a 0-0 draw was the order of the day but it doesn't really matter...Jacob Murphy will be playing Champions League football next season.

Testament to everyone involved in the club from the players to the manager to the background staff to Wor Flags and most importantly - to the fans - for what has been a fantastic season, long may it continue. Howay the European Lads!

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A fantastic result for Newcastle United at they beat Brighton 4-1 at home to stay third in the Premier League and maintain a 4 point gap with Liverpool in our hunt for Champions League football.

This week Will and Gray discuss the key moments and best performances from the match as Callum Wilson takes his goal tally to 18 for the season, scoring a huge 11 goals since April (no other player in Europe's top 5 leagues has scored more).

With only 3 more points needed to guarantee Champions League football, we look ahead to our game at home against Leicester.

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Another frustrating result in the hunt for Champions League football as Newcastle United draw 2-2 away to relegation-threatened Leeds.

Will and Hodge discuss what was quite a turbulent match with 3 penalties awarded, 1 to Leeds and 2 to NUFC. Callum Wilson dispatches both penalties to take him to 17 Premier League goals for the season and Nick Pope saves Patrick Bamford's effort, really shifting momentum in the game.

Our midfield was poor again, can we still blame this on missing Sean Longstaff? What changes would you like to see Howe make ahead of our crunch match at home to Brighton...?

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After a great start with Jacob Murphy hitting the post and NUFC being denied a penalty, the dark arts of football prevail and time-wasting Arsenal get the better of NUFC, beating us 2-0 at home.

When they managed to stay on their feet, Arsenal's midfield trio get the better of Joelinton, Bruno and Willock, really highlighting the value that Sean Longstaff brings to our team. We see Wilson and Isak start together for the first time but this wasn't their day.

Next up are Sam Allardyce's Leeds United in our push for Champions League football.

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Another double header recording this week as the lads discuss two more Premier League wins for Newcastle United on our hunt for Champions League football.

Firstly, the toon dispatch Jordan Pickford's Scouse Mackems (Everton) away at Goodison Park with a convincing 1-4 away win and possibly the best assist we are ever likely to see from Alexander Isak.

Then Callum Wilson takes his goal tally to 15 for the season (and 5 in 3 games) as he bags a brace after coming on at half time against a Southampton team sitting bottom of the table.

A 3-1 home win against the Saints sees us remain in third place with second-place Arsenal next in our sights.

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A double header this week as Newcastle United make it five wins in a row in the Premier League with a 5-1 victory away at West Ham and a 2-1 win against Brentford, making it a very successful trip to London. We continue our push for Champions League football.

Will, Gray and Hodge discuss arguably our best performance of the season and the worst 45 mins of the season so far. Tactical genius, great substitiutes and our brilliant strikers see us home with 6 more points! Oh yeah...and Will was on Match of the Day.

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