More Silly Transfer Rumors

The latest transfer news involving players. I'll have a post up later on Perrin and possible managers tomorrow. Outgoing: It's always the same old story with ...

Could Michael Owen Really be Headed to Japan?

The EPL season is over. The new league champions have been crowned. What does this mean? It means: Cue the latest round of rumors ...

Gallery: Chelsea 2, Newcastle 0

Photo of the Day: Maloudacriss

Florent finishes off Newcastle, and keeps the Premier League race alive. ... LOUDA!

The High And The Lows...

It's difficult to think of an even amount of highs and lows, hence the title of this post - so I'm going with 3 of ...

Weekend Recap: Heartbreak and/or Male-Bonding Hugs

It's that nailbiting time of the season in most leagues, especially for those teams that are close to the top and in the title race, ...

Sunderland Fan Loses a Bet and Has to Kiss the Newcastle Badge

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waG-riwVdzg[/youtube] Tyne-Wear derby + bet between mates + YouTube = suffering/hilarity. Seems these lads had a bet on yesterday's Newcastle vs Sunderland game, with the loser ...

Weekend Watch: Don't Get Chicken

Big weekend for plenty of teams. Let's hope they keep their heads. Saturday Real Zaragoza vs Recreativo Huelva While the La Liga title race hasn't quite lived up ...

Why is Sky hatin' on Chelsea?

So Sky Television and the Premier League have decided to move another Chelsea fixture. Just two weeks after rescheduling the Everton game for next ...

Spurs Looked Worse then I Felt After Watching

Holy crap! That was awful, just plain awful. You remember when you were a kid and your folks would make you eat some vegetable that ...

Werder Bremen Housing Pugilists

A locker room/training room fight once in a season is excusable. It's a passionate game played by passionate players. Two brawls between teammates in the ...

Weekend Watch: Crowd Control

Saturday Dinamo Zagreb v Hadjuk Split: The Eternal Derby. The teams, and fans, dislike each other. Dinamo is running away with the Croatian title (14 points ...

Spurs vs Newcastle... in China?

Wait, I thought the Premier League's moneygrabbing 39th game was pretty much dead and buried. The idea has got the middle finger from the international ...

Weekend Watch: Comparing Cleats

A few games to keep an eye on this weekend: Saturday Japan vs South Korea The East Asian Cup wraps up this weekend with the final round of ...

Football is the Only Cure for Gazza

Sad sad news about Paul Gascoigne today. The former Newcastle, Spurs, Lazio, Rangers and England midfielder was arrested at a Hilton Hotel in Gateshead (near ...

Big Sam Takes The Mature Route

Sam Allardyce has decided to take the high road and run with the "you weren't good enough for me anyway!" method of dealing with breakups, ...

Daily Dose 2.7.08

Some new to read as you ponder the fact that Tom Jones' chest hair is insured for millions: Premier League subs benches may need lengthening (EPL ...

Transer Window Winners and Losers in the Premier League, Pt. 2

We continue our Premier League January transfer window roundup by naming the winners and shaming the losers. Part One is here, Part Two is below, ...

How To Get Yourself Transferred 101

(Doesn't he look a little bit like a Czech Chris Bale from The Machinist there?) Start yapping to the press on deadline day. David Rozehnal ...

It's Contract Time, Baby

Two of the more high profile players whose contract negotiations have been in the news lately took part in cup ties yesterday. Mancini, whose contract ...

Classic Goals: Philippe Albert v Manchester United

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YdXlDRxEA4Q&feature=related[/youtube] I got an email from a friend earlier this week telling me he's too young to know anything about Kevin Keegan's Newcastle, but that Keegan ...

Dennis Wise Leaves Leeds for Gig as a Newcastle Suit

In a move that seems to have surprised Kevin Keegan slightly, (former) Leeds United manager Dennis Wise has joined Newcastle as "super executive" (or, as ...

Daily Dose: 1.28.08

Things to read as you cheer on a meter maid ticketing a Bugatti: Boca beat River for the first time in seven matches. So what if ...

Classic Goals: Dennis Bergkamp v Newcastle

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-17b3PVo3Gs[/youtube] Arguably the best goal of Dennis Bergkamp's long, illustrious career was this big of magic against Newcastle (and, more specifically, against poor Nikos Dabizas). Pure ...

The Premier League Just Got Exciting Again

You've probably heard today's gigantic news story already. Newcastle have officially run out of fresh managers to appoint and have started recycling old ones, starting ...

Toon Say No to the Golden Boy

[Edit: As of a few seconds ago, Keegan is back. More to come.] The specter of Gaffer Al has been hanging over St. James' Park for ...

Photo of the Day: Same Gesture, Different Meanings

Nick over at ManU Offside gives us this photo of Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Newcastle's Stephen Carr, taken after Ronaldo scored one of his ...

The Pros and Cons of Potential Newcastle Managers

Seems like Newcastle superfan and chairman Mike Ashley (pictured) had a perfectly reasonable plan. Step one: Sam Allardyce out. Step two: Harry Redknapp in. Very ...

Daily Dose 01.12.08

Something to read while you're locked in a freezer for two days... Liverpool may have been thisclose to getting a certain German manager (Buzzin' Football) Clarence ...

Harry Redknapp Learnt From 'Big Sams' Mistakes

I can't even describe how delighted and relieved I am that Harry didn't take the job up north! While I never thought he would leave, you ...