The Magpies defender has missed most of the season with a knee-ligament injury but has revealed he could yet be fit to face the Toon Army's fierce rivals in April Newcastle's Ryan Taylor is looking to make his return to action in time to take part in the second Tyne-Wear derby of the campaign against Sunderland in April. The versatile defender has missed much of the season due to a knee inju...Full Story »

Newcastle players got to grips with some white water rafting during their pre-season tour of Germany - perhaps to prepare them for what could be a rocky ride. Last year they performed superbly to finish fifth and Alan Pardew's men will need to be ready for anything if they are in 2012-13 to repeat, or even better, their heroics. Manager Pardew celebrated his 51st birthday on Wednesday and 20...Full Story »

Newcastle climbed to fifth place in the Barclays Premier League after a 2-0 victory over Blackburn that left Steve Kean's strugglers rueing a host of missed chances. The visitors went ahead in the 12th minute when Ryan Taylor's speculative 25-yard effort took a wicked deflection off Scott Dann, but Rovers dominated the rest of the first half, with Danny Simpson clearing off the line and Leon Be...Full Story »

Ryan Taylor blasted Newcastle into second place in the Barclays Premier League as the Magpies extended their unbeaten start to 11 games with a 2-1 home win over Everton . Taylor's stunning 29th-minute volley ultimately edged the tightest of contests in front of a season's best crowd of 50,671 to take Alan Pardew's side, for a few hours at least, ahead of Manchester United. The victory ensured ...Full Story »

SUNDERLAND, England (AP)—Ryan Taylor’s second-half free kick gave Newcastle a 1-0 win over fierce local rival Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday. Taylor’s inswinging delivery from the left evaded everyone in the box, sailing over Sunderland goalkeeper Simon Mignolet’s outstretched arm and into the top corner in the 62nd minute. Newcastle felt it should have be...Full Story »

Ryan Taylor wrote his name into Geordie folklore by firing Newcastle to a 1-0 derby victory at Sunderland. The full-back, who played for Steve Bruce at Wigan, curled home a superb 62nd-minute free-kick to win a hard-fought contest which the home side dominated for long periods, but failed to take their chances. Alan Pardew's men, who were denied at the death at the Stadium of Light last season...Full Story »