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Ciaran Kelly

Newcastle United writer

Based inNewcastle

Ciaran is our Newcastle United writer and covers the team home and away. Originally from Galway in the west of Ireland, Ciaran joined us from the Manchester Evening News, where he was Manchester United writer, in February, 2019. Ciaran previously wrote a book on Jose Mourinho entitled 'The Rise of the Translator'.

What Yasir Al-Rumayyan told chancellor about Newcastle investment as he meets Prime Minister
Yasir Al-Rumayyan
Newcastle United chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan was among those in attendance at the Global Investment Summit and the PIF governor discussed the impact of the club's takeover
Newcastle owners are about to get 'special' stadium wish and UEFA make telling move after farce
St James' Park
Newcastle United part-owner Mehrdad Ghodoussi appealed for supporters to be 'louder' at St James' Park but he won't have to do that when AC Milan rock up for a crucial Champions League clash next month
Luis Enrique gives spiky response after Newcastle's anger over controversial PSG penalty
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Newcastle United were frustrated at referee Szymon Marciniak's decision to award a 98th-minute penalty but PSG boss Luis Enrique unsurprisingly did not want to get drawn into it
Referee's reaction before Newcastle bombshell and Kieran Trippier's heated Mbappe exchange
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Newcastle United were denied a win to remember after PSG were awarded a controversial penalty in stoppage time by referee Szymon Marciniak who had got the decision right at first
Newcastle wronged after ref ignored board and Kylian Mbappe dig can't hide truth - 5 things
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Newcastle United came within minutes of defeating PSG in the Champions League before referee Szymon Marciniak's controversial penalty decision and here are five things we learned in the 1-1 draw
PSG send 'fire' warning to Newcastle and 'anyone still doubting' after St James' Park nightmare
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Newcastle United can expect a hostile welcome from PSG at the Parc des Princes when the teams do battle in their crucial Champions League group stage clash
Newcastle flex should shame Chelsea further after £271m truth as Mykhailo Mudryk gets angry
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Newcastle United were so secure against Chelsea that Eddie Howe was able to take off key players and give Alex Murphy, Amadou Diallo and Michael Ndiweni their Premier League debuts in the 4-1 win
Chelsea's 'soft' riposte to Newcastle naming three goalkeepers on bench as players punished
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Newcastle United named Martin Dubravka, Loris Karius and Mark Gillespie on a depleted bench and Mauricio Pochettino has been asked if Chelsea were over-confident after seeing the team sheets before suffering a 4-1 defeat
Chelsea's late Newcastle humiliation UK TV cameras missed as Reece James stadium dig buried
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Newcastle United hammered Chelsea 4-1 at St James' Park and the Magpies have now gone three Premier League games unbeaten against the Blues for the first time since 1995 in a measure of how much has changed
Newcastle have last laugh after Chelsea's Saudi taunt as £232.5m move doesn't matter - 5 things
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Newcastle United hammered Chelsea 4-1 following goals from Alexander Isak, Jamaal Lascelles, Joelinton and Anthony Gordon and here are five things we learned from the game
Sandro Tonali has 'best' response to ban as 'huge' Newcastle prediction is made
Sandro Tonali
Newcastle United will be without Sandro Tonali until August but the Italy international has not trained like a player who is not unavailable following his lengthy ban
Newcastle's 'bit strange' response to Premier League vote paranoia after 'irritate' question
Newcastle United FC Transfer News
Newcastle United were one of eight Premier League sides who voted against a temporary ban on loans between clubs with the same owners and Eddie Howe has given his take
Everything Eddie Howe said on injuries, Chelsea and loan ruling at Newcastle press conference
Eddie Howe
Live build-up, updates and reaction from the Newcastle manager's pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday's clash vs Chelsea
'Him and his family made decisions' - Chelsea got a sell-on fee but Newcastle got so much more
Tino Livramento
Newcastle United defender Tino Livramento will come up against boyhood club Chelsea at St James' Park on Saturday and ChronicleLive has taken a look back at the youngster's departure from the Blues
Newcastle respond to prospect of building new state of art training ground after £10m move
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Newcastle United have invested around £10m to bring the club's current training ground up to scratch and sporting director Dan Ashworth referenced this when discussing the possibility of building a new facility
Graeme Jones' 'outlandish' Newcastle superstition you might not have spotted
Graeme Jones
Newcastle United assistant Graeme Jones has amusingly taken to wearing 'younger style' trainers if his boyhood club have previously won while he has had them on
I read Manchester United title winner's living in Newcastle jibe and he has got it so wrong
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Newcastle United have more than an ambitious project to offer signings and former Manchester United defender Paul Parker got it so wrong when he questioned 'why on earth' Joachim Andersen would want to live on Tyneside
'The flame still burns' - Newcastle may make Manchester United pay with £100m-plus saving plan
Newcastle United FC Transfer News
Newcastle United have brought in Marcel Bout and ChronicleLive has taken a look at what the former Manchester United and Bayern Munich scout will bring to the club
Newcastle make Financial Fair Play move to bring in millions with 'high-value' deals
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Newcastle United are looking to increase the amount of money coming into the club with the hiring of a head of partnership development as the Magpies target 'high-value' deals
Jason Tindall's reaction after being 'hammered' by Newcastle players for becoming a 'meme'
Jason Tindall
Newcastle United assistant manager Jason Tindall certainly saw the funny side after the players gave him stick for the attention he has received on social media
I've seen Newcastle's amazing new Adidas kits and they will absolutely blow Geordies away
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Newcastle United's new Adidas kits will be unveiled next year and ChronicleLive caught up with Craig Buglass who has seen the plans and knows a thing or two about designing shirts
Newcastle's Financial Fair Play strategy makes even more sense after £19.5m Everton bombshell
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Newcastle United have repeatedly stressed the need to comply with Financial Fair Play and the severe punishment dished out to Everton by an independent commission following a breach of the Premier League's profitability and sustainability rules was a reminder why
Jordan Pickford's reaction to Kieran Trippier's Newcastle move can't be said on camera
Kieran Trippier
Newcastle United defender Kieran Trippier is close friends with England team-mate Jordan Pickford but the former Sunderland goalkeeper did not hide his displeasure when the defender joined the Magpies
Newcastle 'well-aware' of being in unwanted away stadium company but it doesn't tell full story
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Newcastle United have already lost as many away games in the Premier League as the whole of last season and injuries and suspensions have ravaged the squad