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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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Taylor, Milner Help England Under-21s To Win

October 12th, 2007 · 10 Comments

The England Under-21 side maintained their perfect record in qualifying games for the 2009 European Under-21 championships in Sweden when they beat Montenegro 1-0 on Friday night.
England won through a 20th minute goal by Matt Derbyshire of Blackburn Rovers.
The game was played at Walker’s Stadium in Leicester and both Taylor and Milner played the full [...]

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Newcastle’s Babayaro and Carr Still Injured

October 12th, 2007 · 21 Comments

Newcastle have thankfully dropped off the top of the PhysioRoom.com Injury League Table with Manchester United now on top with 9 injuries
Newcastle are lower down the table at 4th place with 7 injuries. Let’s take our regular look at the injuries we currently have, since we think this will be an important aspect of [...]

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Beardsley Backs Newcastle For Europe - VIDEO

October 12th, 2007 · 11 Comments

Peter Beardsley, one of the most skillful players ever to wear the famous black and white shirt is backing Big Sam to take Newcastle right back into Europe next season.
It’s ironic that Bolton are in the UEFA cup this year and will now play Bayern Munich in the next round - but everyone knows it [...]

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Four of Newcastle’s Upcoming Fixtures Rescheduled

October 12th, 2007 · 9 Comments

The Premier League have informed Newcastle United that four of their upcoming fixtures have been rearranged with either new dates or rescheduled kick-off times.

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Sam Got Abdoulaye Faye For Heading Ability

October 12th, 2007 · 18 Comments

Most fans will agree that Abdoulaye Faye had a solid game on Sunday in the center of Newcastle’s defense in our welcome win against Everton.
Sam has talked about the player he bought from Lens to Bolton for £750,000 in 2005, and then from Bolton to Newcastle for £2M last summer.
He looks to be a great [...]

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Newcastle Players Fully Involved in Community

October 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Newcastle United footballers have been out and about helping local charities and community groups in recent weeks, as part of the Premier League’s new Creating Chances scheme.
We think it’s just fantastic that the Newcastle club is getting more involved than ever in the local community and even Chairman Chris Mort has been fully involved.
This is [...]

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Sam - Emre Pushing For First Team Place

October 12th, 2007 · 23 Comments

Sam Allardyce has been talking to the Shields Gazette about his new found star Emre, who won a tight game for us on Sunday against a solid Everton side. His 86th minute strike was a joy to watch.
Sam, as usual with his players, is talking about getting Emre fitter than he’s ever been before.
Once [...]

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Funny Football Quotes and Beautiful Woman

October 12th, 2007 · 14 Comments

Who is this beautiful woman - an Academy Award winner no less

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Ameobi - The Forgotten Man at Newcastle

October 12th, 2007 · 24 Comments

Shola Ameobi, almost the forgotten man at Newcastle these days, has been talking about his injury and the fact that he wants to impress manager Sam Allardyce at Newcastle.
But we think Shola is almost on borrowed time and has to quickly establish himself at Newcastle, before the end of the year.
But as Shola admits, it’s [...]

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Owen to Manchester City – What Nonsense

October 12th, 2007 · 71 Comments

There’s news exclusively in the Sun today that Manchester City manager Sven Eriksson would like to sign Michael Owen in January from his current club Newcastle United.
The report says that Owen is unsettled at Newcastle and it opens the door for Eriksson, who has always been keen on Owen as a top class player.

Michael [...]

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