Soccer Central

With a 2-1 home win over West Brom tonight at St James Park, Newcastle have moved out of the bottom three and now sit 15th with 9 points from 10 games. With all other eighteen teams in the league playing tomorrow though there’s still a possibility that Newcastle will be back in the drop zone after tomorrow’s fixtures; a win has done Newcastle the world of good however and this result over West Brom was a much needed 3 points claimed against a team that is also likely to be fighting for its place in the league come the end of the season.

Wigan travel to Fulham tomorrow in a crunch relegation battle, Stoke meanwhile host Sunderland, and Bolton face Everton. Bottom team Tottenham will need to be in tip top form as they travel to the Emirates Stadium of Arsenal, and of the five teams currently below Newcastle; Tottenham is the only one that can’t catch them with a win.

A quarter of the way through the season and the Premier League table is already beginning to take shape; the only real major surprise at current is that Hull City are in third position whilst Manchester United are only fifth. Newcastle will undoubtedly face a tough season ahead, a win against West Brom is a big result for them however and one which will have done the sides confidence the world of good. Morale is still likely to be quite low Tyneside, it’ll surely have been lifted a little though and if Newcastle can progress from this with a positive result against Aston Villa at home next Monday then this could be the turning point in Newcastle’s season.

Aston Villa are currently flying high and sit fifth in the league, it’ll take a lot for Newcastle to defeat them and it’s not likely to be an easy game; two wins on the trot would be Newcastle’s best run all season though so it’s possible that Newcastle will come out fighting for all three points. This has been a very big win for Newcastle, West Brom have now lost three game in a row though and it’ll be interesting to see how they manage to pick themselves up from this.

There’ll be many happy faces in Newcastle tonight; it’ll be a long season yet though, and with 28 matches still left to play before the seasons out; the English Premier League could well once more be going right to the wire.