| Thursday, 12th July 2007: |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| Most of us in our lifetime have never seen our club taste success like Leeds United fans have experienced. FA Cup, League titles, League Cup ... and we last won a domestic trophy long before I was born! |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| Sunderland boss Roy Keane will be hoping to persuade Michael Chopra to join the Mackems today, much to the anger of many fans over at the Stadium of Light. But is it such a big deal? |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| Mike Ashley is now in the position to buy out every Newcastle United share ... whether stockholders like it or not. |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| At long last ... Michael Owen has come out of hiding and insists he is committed to Newcastle and is determined to produce his best for the club next season. |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| Newcastle target Gabriel Heinze has enough on his plate without worrying about transfers. After all, scored in Argentina's 3-0 Copa America semi-final victory over Mexico last night. |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| In the summer of 1996 Sir John Hall found £15m to break the world transfer record when "Alan Shearer came home". After news the current record is about to fall, we ask ... will Newcastle United ever be in that position again? |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| The world now knows that, due to some shoddy work from the Newcastle chairman, the extra clauses in the contracts of Michael Owen and Oba Martins confirm they are officially available for transfer. |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| Kevin Keegan scrapped the Reserve side when he was manager at Newcastle because he said it "degraded international players" and was seen as "a punishment". But Sam Allardyce wants to rid the stigma. |
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Thu 12 Jul |
| Albert Luque has tied the knot and now he claims he is set to settle down and win back his place in the first team. Although I'm sure 52,000 Geordies won't be taking him at his word. After all, he's had more 'come backs' than Status Quo! |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| The trip to the Austrian "boot camp" for Newcastle's first team was never going to be all "sweat and toil". More a "getting to know you" for the new players and managerial staff. And Big Sam says everyone is "United". |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| We said yesterday that Michael Chopra was heading back to the Premiership with a "mystery club" offering £3m, but Cardiff wouldn't say who. We discounted the Mackems because Chopra is die-hard Toon fan ... but we were wrong. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| We told you earlier today Joey Barton had to face the police today. The Toon midfielder has been re-bailed by police investigating an alleged assault on former team-mate Ousmane Dabo during a training ground bust-up. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| The e-mails have been arriving thick and fast after we covered the story on Steven Taylor, who said he wanted Newcastle to be "hated" like Bolton Wanderers. Them Trotters o'er in Bolton didn't like it one little bit. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| Today is the day, Joey Barton is about to discover whether or not he is to face prosecution following an alleged training ground assault on former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| Steve McClaren says Steven Taylor will be the next Newcastle player to be capped by England. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| West Ham United are interested in Charles N'Zogbia but Sam Allardyce wants to see first hand why London clubs are trying to coax him to Capital City. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| For some reason we have had a Brazilian media company asking about our dear friend Mirandinha's time on Tyneside. I'm not sure why he is suddenly popular back in his home country, but they are set to include him in a TV show. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| Glenn Roeder allegedly tried to get Robbie Fowler to sign a two-year contract for the Toon, just days before the Newcastle manager got the sack. However, it didn't come off and now the Scouse striker is heading to Australia! |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| It seems 'reality has kicked in' with Chelsea new signing Steve Sidwell. Newcastle made him an offer (we thought) he could not refuse, but then Chelsea gate-crashed the welcome party. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce is reportedly in talks with Marseille in a bid to sign their captain Habib Beye, in what is described as United's 'final offer'. |
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Wed 11 Jul |
| April 25th 1992 the Magpies beat Portsmouth 1-0 with what many describe as the "most important goal in the history of Newcastle United Football Club". |
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Tue 10 Jul |
| The Magpies open the new season with a visit to Hartlepool United next Tuesday, and Newcastle claim there will be close to 5,000 Geordies making the visit. So ... here are the directions. |
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Tue 10 Jul |
| I'm sure Robbie Elliott will hate the fact we are mentioning him in the very same sentence as Sunderland, but he DID play for them. And he will line up for his new club Hartlepool against the Mags next week. But his Mackem pal won't. |
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Tue 10 Jul |
| With speculation growing that Oba Martins is heading to Arsenal for £13m, Sevilla have slapped a £10million price tag on Sam Allardyce target Fredi Kanoute. |
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Tue 10 Jul |
| West Ham have confirmed today the signing of Liverpool striker Craig Bellamy for a club record fee of £7.5million. |
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