Up until recently, it had been doom and gloom at St James’ Park. The team were doing badly every week, with the 2-1 home defeat to Blackburn at the end of September a particular low in the season. Kevin Keegan has gone, Mike Ashley is selling up, but now things are starting to look up […]

The Blues missed out on signing Robinho in the summer, with the Brazilian instead opting for the extra money better career propects at Manchester City. Despite Didier Drogba now back in the squad and Nicolas Anelka banging in the goals, it appears that they fancy another front man.

While many people are describing Fabio Capello’s decision to leave Michael Owen out his 23-man England squad as controversial, others less prone to knee-jerk reactions can see the reasons behind this decision. After all, Sir Bobby Charlton and Sir Geoff Hurst had excellent scoring records for the national team, although nobody would think about picking […]

Fabio Capello has picked his latest 23-man squad for the upcoming matches against European giants Kazakhstan and Belarus, with England looking for maximum points from these two games. In seriousness, Tranmere Rovers could probably beat both of their opponents, yet it hasn’t stopped people getting their knickers in a twist about the Italian’s decision not […]

Newcastle United are entrapped in a mesh of problems at the moment and virtually all their players have been linked with moves away from St. James’ Park. Latest reports suggest their captain, a certain Michael Owen, will be the first to jump ship - and that could happen as early as January.
It has been reported […]

Newcastle United are in a mess and it is speculated that there will be an exodus of top players soon. According to former Toon manager Graeme Souness, star striker Michael Owen could be one of the players who decides to ditch St James’ Park.
Souness was sacked by Newcastle in January 2006 after a run of […]

Fabio Capello has picked his England squad for the upcoming qualifiers against the super-powers that are Andorra and Croatia, and the Italian has produced a couple of surprises. It had appeared that the latest man to solve ‘The English Problem’ was reverting back to the ways of his predecessor, making John Terry the permanent captain […]

It’s clear that Mike Ashley has tightened the purse strings at St James’ Park, and the consequences could be bad as far as the team is concerned. Many fans will have been disappointed to see Newcastle lose James Milner, even if they did get £10 million from Aston Villa for him, and the words of […]

First came news that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was scrimping over the suits of his players, making them pick up the tab for their sartorial needs. Next came word that Ashley hadn’t completed his due diligence and so was completely unaware that his team still owed instalments on several players.

The S*n reports that Newcastle United are preparing a sumptuous contract for little Mickey Owen - the biggest in their history - in a bid to keep him at St James’.
Newcastle have been through a lot with their pint-sized Mickey Owen, holding his hand whilst his groin was fiddled with by German doctors, telling him […]