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Wed 06 Jun |
| Antoine Sibierski claims he was driven from St James' Park by Freddy Shepherd ... but (for once) perhaps Freddy was right. |
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Wed 06 Jun |
| Sam Allardyce made his first transfer. Joey Barton,s future is on Tyneside, after signing (what is thought to be) a five year contract. |
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Wed 06 Jun |
| We all know Kieron Dyer loves playing for his country, and has offered to play at right-back ... something he refused to do at Newcastle under Sir Bobby Robson. |
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Wed 06 Jun |
| John Terry admitted to being "baffled" at Frank Lampard becoming the scapegoat for England fans, but the same happened to Scott Parker last season. |
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Wed 06 Jun |
| UEFA president Michel Platini has defended Liverpool fans after his organisation's spokesman William Gaillard called them "the worst-behaved fans in the world". |
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Wed 06 Jun |
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Toon striker Michael Owen fears minnows Estonia could put up a brick wall in tonight's crucial Euro 2008 qualifier. |
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Wed 06 Jun |
| Born in Greenwich, but raised in Newcastle, "Geordie Boy" Steven Taylor was on the scoresheet in Norwich as England Under-21s hammered Slovakia 5-0. |
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| Previously: |
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Tue 05 Jun |
| Newcastle have been given permission to speak to Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton, and I feel as though this could be the making of Newcastle United ... AND Joey Barton. |
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Tue 05 Jun |
| Scott Parker's move to West Ham is not quite the "cut and dried" deal many of us expected, because Parker wants to STAY at Newcastle and is not as keen as we thought to link up with his old boss. |
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Tue 05 Jun |
| Sam Allardyce is trying to sort out his backroom staff, and the club is advertising for a host of behind-the-scenes staff on the official website. |
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Tue 05 Jun |
| Kieron Dyer made his full England debut back in 2000 against Luxembourg ... at right-back. And Steve McClaren is considering taking a chance on him in defence in a win-or-bust gamble in Estonia. |
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Tue 05 Jun |
| Kevin Keegan once said he would never return to Hartlepool's Victoria Park after a pre-season friendly went sadly wrong. |
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Tue 05 Jun |
| Sam Allardyce said at the weekend that expected Gareth Southgate to fight to keep Mark Viduka at the Riverside, but the Middlesbrough striker has agreed "in principle" to join Newcastle. |
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Mon 04 Jun |
| Czech Republic international David Rozehnal looks set to snub Borussia Dortmund to join Newcastle.
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Mon 04 Jun |
| We once described Titus Bramble as "the man who gets Newcastle manager's the sack", but Sam Allardyce won't be part of the story. |
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Mon 04 Jun |
| Newcastle have confirmed Antoine Sibierski will not be offered the two year contract he wants, and the player is now a free agent. |
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Mon 04 Jun |
| The Magpies are understood to have offered more than half of the £5.5million required to get Man City to release Joey Barton of his contract, but Big Stan is ready to pay the full money if Scott Parker leaves. |
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Mon 04 Jun |
| You don't need me to tell you who's idea it was for David Beckham to move out of top class football to be nearer Hollywood ... the wife! And Alan Shearer suggests Posh should stand by her husband rather than dictate. |
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Sun 03 Jun |
| Sam Allardyce will have just one season to prove he is the man for Mike Ashley's £400 million dream of turning Newcastle into Premiership champions. |
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Sun 03 Jun |
| Freddy Shepherd is on borrowed time at Newcastle, and (proposed) new owner Mike Ashley wants former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein to step into his shoes. |
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Sun 03 Jun |
| When history recalls the players who have short-changed Newcastle United with lack of effort for every pound note paid ... Albert Luque will be in the top three. |
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Sun 03 Jun |
| I'll come clean here and admit I've had a couple of "disagreements" with Neil Farrington of the Sunday Sun over the years. But his article this week in the Sunday Sun is probably the best I've read in years. |
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Sun 03 Jun |
| Linking David Beckham with a move to Newcastle was always going to sell newspapers ... but I think most of us saw through it. |
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Sun 03 Jun |
| Although the deal with Pompey seemed "cut and dried" since Titus Bramble was released by Newcastle, there could be an interesting twist in the tale. |
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Sun 03 Jun |
| Michael Owen is confident he will soon be back on the goals trail, as he completed 83 minutes of Friday's friendly against Brazil at Wembley without finding the net. |
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