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Sat 08 Nov |
| Our very own messageboard poster 'Slimfella' has got the double up! Not only the highest FootyMad Premiership poster of the week - on the Newcastle site - but highest on the Mackem board too. |
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Sat 08 Nov |
| Joe Kinnear ... like Kevin Keegan before him ... has written a wish-list of the players he wants. Will he get them? Not if Dennis Wise has anything to do with it. |
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Sat 08 Nov |
| Joe Kinnear has warned Joey Barton not to give his critics any further ammunition. Will he listen? |
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Sat 08 Nov |
| It took Joe Kinnear five minutes in the job to find out the London press are out to "get" Newcastle, and he was quick to hit them with a 52-swear word bombardment. |
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Sat 08 Nov |
| Interim Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear admits there could be "dozens" of clubs lining up to talk to Magpies captain Michael Owen in January. |
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Sat 08 Nov |
| Shay Given is back on top form, and once again he is being linked with a move to North London. But not Arsenal this time ... rumour suggests Spurs will be after him in the January transfer window. |
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Sat 08 Nov |
| Shay Given talks about his worst moment in football. |
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Sat 08 Nov |
| Spoilt for choice? Not Roy Hodgson. He will persist with the same first-choice line up he has used all season. |
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| Previously: |
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Fri 07 Nov |
| Our last three visits to Fulham. |
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Fri 07 Nov |
| Hull manager Phil Brown insists he has no interest in replacing under-fire Gary Megson at Bolton ... who is reported to be one defeat away from the sack. |
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Fri 07 Nov |
| Newcastle's Youth team have been drawn against the winners of Oldham Athletic and Rotherham United in the Third Round of the FA Youth Cup. |
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Fri 07 Nov |
| It is no secret Mike Ashley tried to sell Michael Owen on the last day of the transfer window ... after Kevin Keegan had insisted he wanted the striker to stay. |
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Fri 07 Nov |
| Never a man for controversy ... Michael Owen says he was hit hard by the departure of Kevin Keegan, but the Magpies skipper claims he is right behind interim manager Joe Kinnear.
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Thu 06 Nov |
| As if he doesn't have enough problems, former Toon star Paul Gascoigne is to be taken to court by the tax man! |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| Newcastle fans head to Fulham on Sunday .... the one club who can sing "London calling - we live by the river!" |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| Shay Given gives his verdict on Monday's 'Thriller against the Villa'! |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| The Premiership has arguably the best players in the world, but one thing is certain ... the wimps are quickly being spotted. |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| The Journal has asked for Newcastle supporters to back a campaign to have one of the stands at SJP named after Sir Bobby Robson. |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| Although Mike Ashley has insisted he will not "spend a penny" on new players during the next transfer window, Newcastle's squad remains thin and it has been pointed out that the threat of relegation is putting off potential clients. |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| Andy Carroll scored for Newcastle reserves against Hull City this week (and missed a penalty) but Joe Kinnear gave the game a miss. The young striker wants to remind the gaffa he is ready for action. |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| Wolfsburg's German Under-21 international striker Ashkan Dejagah is allegedly interesting Newcastle. Well ... not Joe Kinnear ... but Dennis Wise. |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| Kevin Keegan left Newcastle back in 1996/7 and joined Fulham, so connections to the London side are obviously strong. But Fulham's last visit to SJP meant a lot to KK ... it provided him his first three points on his return. |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| Out-of-favour Sunderland striker Michael Chopra had a dig at Newcastle the other week for allegedly "ruining" his career because then-manager Glenn Roeder didn't play him in the first team. |
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Thu 06 Nov |
| The Football Association will not pursue any investigation against Joey Barton over The Sun's allegations that a lip-reader claims Barton called Gabriel Agbonlahor "big lips". |
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Wed 05 Nov |
| It took Joe Kinnear all of two days in the job to find out the London media love nothing better than to stick it up the Toon! |
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