Hey all and welcome back to La-Toon Newcastle as nobody but me and Freddy Shepherd are calling it. We’re deep into season 4 and lingering in 3rd in the table, a good few points off Man Utd. We still have domestic and european cups to fight for though….

Happy Saturday all. We’re back on Tyneside for another installment of Latin lunacy.

Last time out Newcastle were making good strides for a tilt at the title, but overhauling Man Utd may be a tough test. Before league action though, it’s league cup action against Bolton.

Morning. We’re back after a festive break with a check in on Tino and Co.

If you need a quick reminder, Newcastle are in the midst of a South American revolution with Julio Geordio leading the line, which in 3 seasons has not amounted to a whole lot to be honest.

Anyway, always time for that to change

We’ve convinced Newcastle fan, and blog host, Dave to squeeze in one more installment of our South American Tyneside adventure before matters turn to the World Cup and 25th Anniversary celebrations – Thank you Dave.

To recap where we are at, we’re at the end of Season 3. Last season we won the FA Cup and this season we’re pushing for a Champions League place, if not a tilt at the title, and glory in the Cup Winners Cup.

October is disappearing at an alarming speed. Here’s Matt trying to warm your hearts with some South American tales…from the North East of England…

Hello, what a time we’re having on Tyneside. We’re all South American here, but also all over the shop form wise. On paper, I have great defenders and a top goalie, but we keep conceding and our strikers can be somewhat toothless at times.

We’re also heading into the winter months, and we keep seem to be getting the flu….

Anyway, maybe a more moderate climate in Lithuania will help things?

Here’s Matt this fine Thursday…

Howay and welcome back to Latin Newcastle, where it’s always samba time.

Well, that’s not strictly true, as we’ve had our ups and downs over the past two seasons, but we ended last season as FA Cup Winners, so as we prepare for season 3, will it me a new dawn or more fog on the Tyne?

Maradona retired in the close season, and I’ve been begging Freddy for some more firepower:

Happy Thursday! Here’s Matt…

My second season in charge of an all South American Toon Army is not going well.

Brann knocked us out of the Uefa Cup and we whimpered out of the League Cup against Wolves. Our league form is crap. The only bright spark is our FA Cup run. Probably the only thing keeping me in a job right now.

Can Maradona, Romario and Solano end this second season on a high or will we be going Loco

First bit of business, get rid of some deadwood. Grande has not been so Grande for us. Bye Ariana.

Welcome back to my Latin love letter to Newcastle. Last time out season 2 started ok but we are hanging on in Europe and our star man, Julio Geordie picked up an injury to keep him on the sidelines for 3 months.

The table looks like this

Merry Thursday. Here’s Matt with some Latino Heat…

Season 1 was a bit of a limp ending for our Latin lovers in part 3. Failure in the Champions League semi-finals and finishing 3rd and having to settle for the Uefa Cup was not on Freddy Shepherds plans when he started his South American revolution. We also missed the opportunity to sign Tino Asprilla on a free. Still, with some money in the coffers, I can go looking for better players….

FFS

In the fictional Champ Man world of 1997, many things can happen. Dean Smith can be turning Japanese, Niall Warnock can be on a managerial odyssey or Newcastle can become a team of South American stars.

I use the term stars loosely, as my La-Toon team have crashed out of both domestic cups and are adrift in the league, sucking in Man Utd’s vapour trails. They are, however, still in European contention, but more of that later.

The early season buzz of a team containing Jose Chilavert, Rene Higuita, Carlos Valderama and Diego Maradona is starting to wane a little as optimism seems to have turned into frustation.