Welcome to the website of the Newcastle Falcons Supporters ClubFirst of all, thank you for taking the time to browse our website.
With our season over with the website is unlikely to be fully up to date so apologies for that but I feel it better to leave things as they are over the summer rather than have empty pages.
The Supporters Club is run by the Supporters for the Supporters and as an independent body, however we could not exist without the support of The Falcons. All decisions relating to the Club are made by an elected committee or the membership as a whole by way of Annual General Meetings.
Hopefully you will find the information you are looking for, there are lots of links on the aptly named Useful Links page and also dotted throughout to point you in the right direction but if you want to contact us, have any questions or want to bring something to our attention please email by clicking here
If you are more old school and prefer to talk in person you will always find some of us for a warm welcome behind the posts (at the back under the clock) in the South Stand at home games.
If you have not yet registered for membership with the Supporters Club, why not? Further details can be found by clicking the Join Now! tab. Fees for the 2024/25 season are just £15 for a family membership for up to 2 adults and up to 2 children (under 18 years) living at the same address or £10 for an adult member. Membership runs from the 1st August to the 31st July.
I have a theory that the majority of people think the Supporters Club is purely for those wanting to travel to away games and while that was the reason it was set up in the first place it has spread out from that single objective and has the potential for so much more as well as providing a vital link directly between fans and management through regular committee meetings. Personally I feel the best way I can support the Falcons is by being a season ticket holder and also a member of the Supporters Club. I usually go to games on my own (cue sad violin music) so I joined the Supporters Club as a way to get to know a few people and feel a bit more involved and try to play a bigger part in all things Falcons, so why not do the same?
Our Aims for 24/25 Season:
1: To increase membership of the Supporters Club. 2: To provide away travel to as many away games as realistically possible (please check our Away Travel and Next Away Trip pages for the latest information). 3: To provide members with increased access to players and support staff. 4: To run exclusive prize draws during the season. 5: The reintroduction of the Player of the Month Award to be presented by a member of the Supporters Club. 5: To promote the Supporters Club.
As always the Supporters Club is working with Newcastle Falcons to make sure that together we provide a great rugby experience at Kingston Park and at as many away games as possible.
We are pleased to announce the return of the Player of the Month and are delighted to welcome The Busty Bakery as sponsors of the award. Please go to our Player of the Month page for more about the presentations and to see all the photographs from them.
The April Player of the Month award was presented to Cameron Neild by Supporters Club member Joan Milne (who also sponsors Ben Douglas) after the final home Gallagher Premiership game of the season against Gloucester Rugby on 16th May.
Our player of the season award went to Murray McCallum and was presented by Maddalena and Nic from our sponsors the Busty Bakery. This award wasn’t just based on on field performances but also took into consideration personality, approachability and Murray always making time to find and engage with Supporters Club members.
Supporters Club members with our sponsors.
during the Premiership Cup Group A match between Newcastle Falcons and Sale FC at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday 22nd November 2024. (Photo: Chris Lishman | MI News)
We have set up a Whatsapp group for all Supporters Club members as an easy and quick way for us all to keep in touch and up to date with what any members are doing. All club members should have received an email about this already but if any missed it, or if there are any new members wanting to be included then let us know. (email by clicking here in the intro section at the top of the page)
Following on from filming for Fans in the Stand on Gallagher Premiership Unleashed (ITV’s Rugby Highlights Show) Anna will be continuing along similar lines on Instagram and TikTok. To view/follow in both apps go to falcons_faninthestand
A “short” journey down to Doncaster unsurprisingly meant our fullest coach of the season (so far! but hopefully we can beat that next time out)) and really nice to see such a mix of ages from young Seb, who is becomming a bit of a lucky mascot, up to…I will leave that bit blank but as I said good to see as providing a welcoming environment for all is something we pride ourselves on.
It did feel a bit strange and oddly civilised not to be leaving until 11am and to be back home before 8pm.
Castle Park is a really nice ground boasting the longest bar in Yorkshire although on Saturday it probably had the lowest takings in Yorkshire due to problems with the tills meaning most people just took their drinks as they couldn’t be bothered to join the hideously long queue for the one bar till that seemed to be working. Actually hideously long queues seemed to be the order of the day with the queue for the famous Donny pies even surpassing the bar till queue.
No mention of the actual game here, please see The Story So Far section on the View from the South Stand page for a few lines on that but you can see the ambitions the Knights have and how they can develop their ground for extra capacity (planning permissions already in place and approved I believe) should they win promotion.
Actually we should have marked Seb’s height on Kiran and use him as a measuring stick throughout the season
Seb meets Seb. I really should include surnames to help tell them apart.
A special mention to Murray McCallum for taking the time, as he always does to come and find and engage with Supporters Club members…top man.
Thanks as aways to Keith for arranging everything and a special thanks also to Jonathon for another of his quizes for the journey on the way down, general knowledge (or maybe general ignorance?) this time. A close result and recount needed for this one so the prize will be carried over to the Leicester trip.
The results and answers follow so like myself you can kick yourself…there were more I really should have known and some I just couldn’t pull out of the deepest parts of my brain where anything useful is burried under loads of totally unimportant and useless information…I know what osmosis is and how ox-bow lakes are formed which I’ve never needed since school so why I retain those pearls of wisdom but can’t remember what happened yesterday is beyond me…anyway.
Joint 1st place: Gordon, Byron & Rupe, Lisa & George and seat no 27 so I’m guessing someone forget to put their name on (schoolboy error!)
5th place: Vic & Caz
Joint 6th place: Neil, Anna and Georgina
I can’t upload the answer sheet as it doesn’t appear clear enough on the page so a quick recap of the questions with answers so as I said you can kick yourself.
Answers: 1, most popular TV show on Xmas day – Gavin & Stacey. 2, who painted the Mona Lisa – Leonardo da Vinci. 3, odd one out Bassenthwaite as it’s a lake and the others were waters. (a reminder to myself to read the question properly and probably get new reading glasses as I read Emmerdale instead of Ennerdale!!). 4, the former Knight and current Falcon pictured was John Kelly. 5, Au is the symbol for Gold. 6, a parliament is the collective noun for a group of owls. 7, Scott Mills replaced Zoey Ball on the radio 2 breakfast show. 8, Chevington is a cheese not a service station, 9, Brad Pitt has been married to both Jennifer Anniston and Angelina Jolie. 10, Gladiator 2 was the film sequel releaed in 2024, 24 years after the original. 11, Roald Dhal wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 12, it was Taylor Swift’s Era’s Tour. 13, Trigger always called Rodney Dave in OFAH. 14, Bob Mortimer was a Solicitor before being a comedian. 15, 15th Aug 2025 will be the 80th anniversay of VJ Day. 16, Isla Malvinas is know in the UK as The Falkland Islands. 17, the anagram – Rythmic Gymnastics. 18, the first vegetable grown in space – potato. 18, The Norfolk Black is a breed of Turkey. 19, The former Harry Potter and Downton Abbey star who died in Sept 2024 was Dame Maggie Smith. 20, photo was Alexander Armstrong. 21, Gordano is a service station (on the M5) not a cheese.
Even with the quiz the most keenly contested event of the day was between Caroline and Anna to see who could get the most “high prized selfies” I’m not sure how the scoring or ratings for this competition were worked out and it’s probably best not knowing! I don’t know the result either but wish Byron all the best having to referee this contest which I imagine is ongoing!
Anyone who has any photos from the day they would like to share please forward to me and I will include some on the Gallery page.
Remember to check out what a great job Anna is doing on Tik Tok and Instagram falcons_faninthestand
Further Afield
No Supporters Club trip to Pau but good to see Jean and friends flying the flag for us over there.
Some photos from a fantastic night both on and off the field at KP as Saracens rolled into town no doubt fully confident of extending their lengthy winning streak against us, these as always are to give some idea of what goes on at KP on matchdays. Thanks as always to Chris Lishman, if you want to see the full gallery of photographs including those from the game on his website click here
during the Gallagher Premiership match between Newcastle Falcons and Saracens at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday 29th November 2024. (Photo: Chris Lishman | MI News)
during the Gallagher Premiership match between Newcastle Falcons and Saracens at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday 29th November 2024. (Photo: Chris Lishman | MI News)
during the Gallagher Premiership match between Newcastle Falcons and Saracens at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday 29th November 2024. (Photo: Chris Lishman | MI News)
during the Gallagher Premiership match between Newcastle Falcons and Saracens at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday 29th November 2024. (Photo: Chris Lishman | MI News)
during the Gallagher Premiership match between Newcastle Falcons and Saracens at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday 29th November 2024. (Photo: Chris Lishman | MI News)
during the Gallagher Premiership match between Newcastle Falcons and Saracens at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday 29th November 2024. (Photo: Chris Lishman | MI News)
during the Gallagher Premiership match between Newcastle Falcons and Saracens at Kingston Park, Newcastle on Friday 29th November 2024. (Photo: Chris Lishman | MI News)
Firstly, a few thank yous are in order. To all club members, for being members. To my fellow committee members Gillian Watson, Lynne Crowe and Keith Evans for their time, dedication and commitment to the cause. To our co-opted members Jonathon and Lisa Crossman and Byron and Anna Weites, as their help has been invaluable this past season To Chris Lishman for the use of his fantastic photographs. To Smithy and Tom for their help in promoting all things Supporters Club through the Falcons media.
Another season ends with the phrase “the end of an era” ringing in our ears due to the players moving on and again so much uncertainty surrounding the club.
I’m sure everyone is aware of all the rumours but that’s all they are so I’m not going to speculate at all, surely there will be some announcent in the very near future.
Another season finishing bottom of the pile and we now have the unwanted record for the most consecutive away losses, a record we should not have as we were robbed down at Sandy Park. We should also have beaten Saints but we didn’t so have to accept the league table and all the statistics as they are and again they do not make easy reading.
Going back to the preseason talk in with Dimes and the we’re not here to make up the numbers message but again that is how the rest of the teams saw us, apart from Exeter who must feel very lucky not to have finished bottom as we did have the beating of them and were robbed at their place as previously mentioned
We did get a couple of league wins and had a great run in the Prem Cup. our attack has really come on and we look dangerous and capable of scoring now but our downfall has been individual and collective errors, switching off at times and we found out in quite a few games that it only takes 10 minutes for the game to be completely out of our reach.
I don’t think anyone can fault our effort and togetherness, we were so unlucky with injuries from the outset which, with such a small squad proved to be a major factor but that gave a chance to others and people like Freddie Lockwood, Micky Rewcastle, Joe Davis, Oscar Usher and the Hancock twins really stepped up and made the most of their opportunities.
For the first time in a few seasons a lot of our new signings made a huge impact and have become fan favourites, Sammy Arnold, Tom Gordon, Cam Nield and Alex Hearle all took player of the month awards and Ethan Grayson, Connor Doherty and Max Clarke were often in the running and all our signings were what I think can be termed as “Dimes style players” Callum Chick and Jamie Blamire were again models of consistency and durability and will obviously be missed but so were Murrary McCallum, Brett Connon, Sam Stuart, Adam Brocklebank and Ben Stevenson so yes, with the players we have lost it is the end of an era but if we can bring in more players of the same caliber as we did last summer and if we can get some new investment then there is a lot to be hopeful about and to look forward to.
As for the Supporters Club we had a couple of very well attended and successful away trips and the Player of the Month has been fantastic to be involved with. Please have a look at the Player of the month photographs (thanks Chris!) as they really capture what the awards are all about. Great that Jean Thornton got to make a presentation on her birthday and that real stalwarts of the Supporters Club like Chris Henderson, Joan Milne, Phil Hood, Margaret and David Gray also got to present awards along with younger members Anna Weites and Matthew and Catherine Pattman along with the Pattman family.
To have different generations involved is brilliant and what the Supporters Club is all about as far as I’m concerned.
Supporters Club AGMThe AGM will be held on the 6th August, all members will receive all relevant paperwork around a month before
A special mention and thanks to Chris who takes all the matchday and event photographs for the Falcons and supplies us with any photographs we need. These really brighten up and add interest to our website, it would look very different without them so thanks again Chris.
I’m not sure what has happened to the photo galleries from each game on the new Falcons website, if anyone knows where they are please let us know but you can find them all on Chris’ website, where you will find not just sports images but some great landscapes from the whole of the north east, well worth a look.
To get to his website click here
