Board Expectations: UEFA Cup spot.
Media Expectation: UEFA Cup spot.
Your Expectations: Champions League spot.
League record: 2nd, W22, D12, L4, F57, A29, GD+28, Pts 78.
FA Cup: 5th Round.
Peterborough: 5-1 (3rd Round).
Arsenal: 2-1 (4th Round).
Liverpool: 1-2 (5th Round). League Cup: 3rd Round.
Chelsea: 1-1, Chelsea win 4-2 on penalties (3rd Round). Community Shield: Runners-Up.
Man United: 1-2. Champions League: Runners-Up.
Austria Wien: 1-0 & 1-0 (3rd Qualifying Round).
Real Madrid: 2-1 & 0-2 (Group Stage).
Brugge: 4-0 & 1-1 (Group Stage).
Bucharest: 1-1 & 0-0 (Group Stage).
Sporting CP: 1-0 & 3-0 (1st Knockout Round).
Real Madrid: 1-0 & 2-1 (Quarter Finals).
Man Utd: 2-2 & 3-3 Newcastle win on away goals(Semi Finals).
Porto: 1-1 Porto win 4-2 on penalties (Final). First XI start of season: Shay Given (c), Micah Richards, Steven Smith, Fabricio Coloccini, Joleon Lescott, Javier Mascherano, Joey Barton, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Peter Crouch and Valeri Bojinov.
First XI end of season: Shay Given (c), Micah Richards, Steven Smith, Domenico Criscito, Fabricio Coloccini, Javier Mascherano, Joey Barton, Charles N'Zogbia, David Bentley, Alex Fernandez and Valeri Bojinov.
Top Scorer: Valeri Bojinov (30).
Top Assister: Charles N'Zogbia (15).
Fans Player Of The Year: Valeri Bojinov.
Your Player Of The Year: Shay Given - improved a hell of a lot from last season and didn't miss a single minute of our entire season! Great player and great captain.
Transfers In: Domenico Criscito (£5.75m from Juventus), Peter Crouch (£7.5m from Liverpool), Micah Richards (£21.5m from Man City), David Bentley (£14m from Portsmouth).
Best Buy: Javier Mascherano - Found him on the transfer list whilst searching for a DMC to replace the ageing Nicky Butt and somehow managed to get him for the knockdown price of £10m after Liverpool set an asking price of £14m.
Transfers Out: Daniel Neary (Released), Frank Waife-Danquah (Released), Alex Patterson (Released), Callum Morris (Released), Fabio Zamblera (Released), Matthew Grieve (Released), James Marwood (Released), Mark Bertram (Released), Alan Smith (£6.75m to Aston Villa), Tamas Kadar (£140k to Q.P.R.), Mark Doninger (Free to Walsall), Peter Ramage (Free to Preston), Jonny Godsmark (£100k to Millwall), Alex Francis (Free to Stoke), Wesley Ngo Baheng (£140k to Stoke), Obafemi Martins (£14.75m to Inter), Geremi (£1.5m to West Brom), Patrick McLoughlin (£95k to Bristol City), Phil Robinson (Released), Mick Porter (£140K to Wolves).
Best Sale: Geremi - I've been trying to sell him from the start of last season but to no avail then suddenly I get offered his value from WBA. I was certain I wasn't going to get £1m for him but I did.
Reflection: I'm really chuffed that I managed to put in a good charge for the Champions League but I'm dissapointed that the Premier League title was out of my reach pretty early in the season. I was also disappointed to go out so early in the League Cup and I was expecting to reach, at least, the semi finals of the FA Cup. I really hope next season we can build on that and get closer to winning the league and actually win a trophy.
Screenshots. Premier League Table. 
Champions League Final - FC Porto. 
Community Shield - Manchester United. 
Transfers. 
Newcastle Squad. 
Best Eleven 2008/09. 
Best Eleven Overall. 
Biggest Win - Peterborough United. 
Biggest Defeat - Middlesbrough. 
