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• Newcastle United Season Preview: Prepare for a Slog on the Tyne
• By Jason Mellor 09/8/2010 7:30 AM GMT
• Cast your mind back 17 years to Newcastle's previous elevation to the Premier League. Under the guidance of Kevin Keegan, they were soon dubbed 'the entertainers' and promptly became just about ... More »
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• Newcastle United Reckon Signing Sol Campbell is a Risk Worth Taking
• By Jason Mellor 27/7/2010 7:25 AM GMT
• James Perch, Dan Gosling, and now, subject to a medical, Sol Campbell. Chris Hughton's summer signings are getting more high profile with each new arrival. Whatever next? Maybe Raul is heading to ... More »
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• Why Newcastle's Numbers Game Piles the Pressure On Andy Carroll
• By Jason Mellor 23/7/2010 2:10 AM GMT
• Andy Carroll confessed it was 'fantastic' and 'amazing' to be allocated Newcastle United's iconic number nine shirt for the first time in his fledgling career. Well, he would do, wouldn't he? ... More »
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• On The Bench ... With Newcastle's Haris Vuckic, a Teenager in Demand
• By Jason Mellor 28/5/2010 4:20 AM GMT
• It's a sign of the rapid development of Haris Vuckic that Newcastle face a fight to hold on to the in-demand teenager even before he has kicked a ball in the Premier League. The Tyneside club, who ... More »
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• Play or Pay: The Dilemma Facing Daryl Murphy and Players on the Fringes
• By Jason Mellor 21/5/2010 7:25 AM GMT
• There's a generation of footballer out there who, when hanging up their boots in the near future, will be able to reflect on their bank balance with rather more pride and satisfaction than their ... More »
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• Hull v Liverpool Preview: Final Curtain Falls on Iain Dowie and Rafa Benitez?
• By Jeremy Cross 07/5/2010 11:46 AM GMT
• PREMIER LEAGUE: KC STADIUM, SUNDAY MAY 9, 2010. KICK-OFF: 1600 BST ... More »
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• Man City 3 Aston Villa 1: Bellamy Keeps City On Course For Champions League
• By Neil Johnston 01/5/2010 11:53 AM GMT
• Craig Bellamy completed an impressive fightback to keep Manchester City's hopes of a top-four finish alive and kill off Aston Villa's Champions League prospects at tension-packed Eastlands. Dubbed a ... More »
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• Turf Moor Diaries: Relegation Confirms Something We Feared All Along
• By Alastair Campbell 26/4/2010 9:41 AM GMT
• In a bizarre sort of way, getting relegated via a 4-0 hammering was less hurtful than a late, scrambled single-goal defeat might have been. We had not expected much as the day began. And looking at ... More »
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• Safe to Bet on Arsenal Beating Wigan Any and Every Which Way
• By JP Shaw 17/4/2010 8:46 AM GMT
• Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull has erupted, causing all the planes in England to be grounded and Peter Crouch given strict orders to stay inside. It's not clear what damage could result but when Mount ... More »
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• Trouble Ahead as Premier League Plan to Increase Parachute Payments
• By Ian Edwards 14/4/2010 6:37 AM GMT
• Premier League mandarins have had a long-standing battle with the Football League - ever since they decided to break away and form their own lucrative club in 1992. From the paupers' seats in the ... More »
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• Every Once in a While Beauty of the Game Puts Its Intrigues in the Shade
• By Ian Ridley 13/4/2010 8:05 AM GMT
• Managers' programme notes are usually pretty anodyne reads with their frequent references to groin strains and being unlucky. Jim Gannon's parting shots at Peterborough before handing over to Gary ... More »
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• Newcastle United - Welcome Back to the Big Time That is the Premier League
• By Ian Ridley 06/4/2010 6:29 AM GMT
• All the talk has been about Barcelona but their English counterparts are back in business. Yes, Newcastle United have secured their return to the Premier League after just a season away. Newcastle - ... More »
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• Stoke 2 Hull City 0: Fuller and Lawrence Strikes Leave Hull Stuck in Drop Zone
• By FanHouse UK 03/4/2010 10:30 AM GMT
• Iain Dowie watched his Hull side waste a glorious opportunity to load the pressure on West Ham at the foot of the Premier League as they went down to Stoke at the Britannia Stadium. Hull could have ... More »
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• Wolves 0 Everton 0: Another Valuable Point For McCarthy's Relegation Battlers
• By Ian Edwards 27/3/2010 10:42 AM GMT
• David Moyes managed to avoid any further touchline alteractions with opposing managers, but then only the foolish would pick a fight with Mick McCarthy, who is steering Wolves slowly, but surely to ... More »
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• Portsmouth 3 Hull City 2: Pompey Late Show Leaves Iain Dowie Stunned
• By Dean Jones 20/3/2010 10:34 AM GMT
• There is no doubt the Premier League still matters to Portsmouth after Kanu's dramatic late winner left home fans at Fratton Park celebrating an unlikely result. Iain Dowie thought he was about to ... More »
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• Remember When... Newcastle And West Brom Were Premier League Clubs
• By Ian Edwards 08/8/2009 4:00 PM GMT
• Ashley Out – Shearer In. The message from Newcastle United's travelling support came across loud and clear during the 1-1 draw with West Brom. The fans have long lost patience with the soap ... More »
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• Steven Thompson Claims Goals Not the Problem for New Boys Burnley
• By Graham Chase 29/7/2009 3:13 AM GMT
• Owen Coyle may be preparing to strengthen Burnley's attacking options for their first tilt at the Premier League, but striker Steven Thompson feels the Clarets will not struggle for goals in the top ... More »
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