Newcastle victory seals title and cheers Ashley April 19, 2010 NEWCASTLE United clinched the Championship title with a 2-0 win at Plymouth on a night of mixed emotions at Home Park. First-half goals from striker Andy Carroll and winger Wayne Routledge sealed a victory that prompted jubilant away fans to invade the pitch at the final whistle. The Plymouth faithful were anything but celebratory, however, [...]
Wigan poised for £2.5m deadline-day deal for Crystal Palace prodigy Moses January 31, 2010 WIGAN look set to win the race for one of the hottest properties in the British game by signing Victor Moses from Crystal Palace. The Nigerian-born teenager, who can play on the wing or as a striker, is today expected to complete a £2.5m transfer deadline-day switch to the Latics. Moses, 19, has been linked [...]
Crystal Palace in crisis after administrators are called in January 26, 2010 CRYSTAL Palace face a 10-point penalty and an imminent exodus of their best players after falling into administration yesterday. The Championship club are around £30m in debt, have failed to pay their players on time twice already this season and are due in court today to face a winding-up order from HM Revenue and Customs. [...]
Northern Rock in £10m Newcastle shirt deal January 17, 2010 NEWCASTLE United has signed a new £10m sponsorship deal with Northern Rock. The four-year agreement will see the nationalised bank remain as Newcastle’s sponsor from season 2010/11 to 2014. Northern Rock’s chief executive Gary Hoffman hailed the renewed sponsorship as a good deal for taxpayers. The bank, which is based in Newcastle, was taken into [...]
Moyes’ youthful Everton just December 17, 2009 EVERTON (0) vs BATE (1) EVERTON boss David Moyes saw his young side come up just short against Belarusian champions BATE Borisov as the Toffees ended their group stage campaign with a narrow home defeat. Moyes made nine changes from the side which drew 3-3 at Chelsea on Saturday in the knowledge his side had [...]
Relief at last for Moyes as Everton squeeze through December 2, 2009 AEK ATHENS (0) vs EVERTON (1) A SIXTH minute goal from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov was enough to hand struggling Everton a passage into the last 32 of the Europa League at a rain-soaked Olympic Stadium. The Russian winger raced onto Jo’s brilliant through ball to seal a precious away victory and keep the pressure off under-fire [...]
Ground sharing with Liverpool is a possibility, admits Everton chief November 26, 2009 EVERTON chief executive Robert Elstone says the club would be willing to ground share with rivals Liverpool after plans for a new £400m stadium development at Kirkby were rejected. The Toffees had hoped to join forces with Tesco to build a new 50,000-seater stadium and shopping complex, but the idea was quashed by Communities and [...]
Fulham heap more worry on Allardyce as resurgent Hull overcome Everton November 25, 2009 FULHAM (3) vs BLACKBURN (0) MIDFIELDER Clint Dempsey scored twice as Fulham gave Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce further cause for concern. The Rovers boss is due to undergo heart surgery tomorrow and his wife had threatened to confiscate his mobile phone ahead of last night’s clash. And his condition would not have been helped by [...]
Kinnear claims Newcastle job offer on table August 5, 2009 NEWCASTLE’S chaotic preparations for life in the Championship took a further twist yesterday when former manager Joe Kinnear claimed to have been offered the job once again. Kinnear, who took over when Kevin Keegan departed in September only to be sidelined by heart surgery five months later, says he rejected a two-year deal last week [...]
Ex-Sunderland director wants to buy Newcastle July 12, 2009 FORMER Sunderland director Charlie Chawke admitted yesterday that he is plotting to buy bitter local rivals Newcastle. Chawke, part of the Drumaville consortium that bought Sunderland in 2006, said he had opened talks about buying the Magpies from sportswear tycoon Mike Ashley. The Irish publican faces competition from several other groups, with Malaysian and American [...]