Phoenix Rising’s Peter Ramage named Newcastle United U-23 assistant

Phoenix Rising FC assistant coach Peter “Rambo” Ramage was named Tuesday as an assistant coach for Premier League club Newcastle United FC’s Under-23 side, the USL Championship team announced.

This won’t be Ramage’s first spell with Newcastle as a coach or a player.

The Englishman started his youth career with NUFC in 1996 and eventually made his first Premier League start with the club against Manchester United at Old Trafford in 2005.

After leaving his boyhood club in 2008, Ramage would then go on to play for the likes of Queens Park Rangers (2008-12) and Crystal Palace (2011-15) before eventually winding up with Phoenix Rising’s franchise, then-Arizona United, in 2016.

The former defender played two seasons with PRFC, compiling two goals in 36 appearances (3,139 minutes) across all competitions in that time.

Ramage hung up his boots as a footballer following the 2017 USL Championship season and became an academy coach for Newcastle prior to joining Phoenix’s staff in 2018.

“Phoenix Rising gave me the ability to find myself as a coach,” Ramage said in a press release. “Working with Rick [Schantz], Blair [Gavin] and Cory [Robertson] has been a great experience to learn and develop my own personal philosophy within the structure of the club philosophy, which we built.

“The four of us have worked closely over the last two years to create a winning mentality, which doesn’t happen on a game day. It happens as soon as the game is finished … Sunday through the next Friday, to be sure the guys are ready.”

Ramage’s last match with Phoenix Rising will be on Saturday as PRFC hosts El Paso Locomotive FC at Casino Arizona Field at 7:30 p.m. He’s asked for three points as a parting gift, per manager Rick Schantz.

“To work each day on the style of play, the philosophy, the methodology — it has been an unbelievable experience that has allowed me to grow as a coach,” Ramage said.

“I will take a lot of what we have built here with me back to Newcastle.”

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