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News, Views and Comment On Newcastle United Football Club By Ed Harrison, A Proud Geordie And Lifelong Fan

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Press Over-Reacting to Shay Given Comment

September 5th, 2007 · 67 Comments

There have been lots of stories about Shay Given yesterday and today about showdown talks with new manager Sam Allardyce. The tone is characterized as even hostile with Shay wanting to have it out with Big Sam.
But when you read what Shay actually said and forget about the sensational headlines, then it’s all very [...]

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Fewer English Players in Premiership Now

September 5th, 2007 · 29 Comments

The number of players qualified to play for English and starting in the Premier League has fallen from 184 in 1992 to 81 in 2007 (a 56% decline) and on the first weekend of the season only 37% of the starting elevens of the 20 Premier clubs were English.
Sir Trevor Brooking, the FA director of [...]

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Steven Taylor Captains England Under-21 Side

September 5th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Newcastle’s 21 year-old defender Steven Taylor has been named captain of the England Under-21team for the upcoming two games of England’s qualifying campaign for the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
This is not surprising news following Steven’s courageous efforts in the summer when he seemed to have the St. George’s Cross emblazoned across his forehead.

Steven [...]

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Allardyce – N’Zogbia Unsettled When I Arrived

September 5th, 2007 · 9 Comments

It’s always good to read good news about Newcastle United and one piece of very good news recently has been the form of Charles N’Zogbia. Not only has his form been little short of magical, but he has recently been selected for the France Under-21 squad and yesterday was given a new and improved 5 [...]

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Alex Ferguson - Sam Will do Well at Newcastle

September 5th, 2007 · 16 Comments

Alex Ferguson, probably the greatest British manager ever, has talked about three current managers in the Premiership whom he admires.
Sir Alex’ comments came at the Citizens Theater in his home town of Glasgow. He mentioned the managers in response to a question he was asked about who he thinks would succeed him as manager at [...]

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