Newcastle hard knocks fail to deter dignified Hughton April 20, 2011 IF football’s marketing men want an antidote to the bad examples set by Wayne Rooney snarling into the nearest TV camera and managers furiously haranguing officials, then they could do far worse than Chris Hughton. The former Newcastle boss was dignity personified when unceremoniously dumped by the Tyneside club in December, despite hauling them back [...]
Stoke in dreamland as five-star show books FA Cup final with City April 17, 2011 BOLTON WANDERERS (0) vs STOKE CITY (5) STOKE manager Tony Pulis fears his side will never silence their detractors despite swaggering into their first FA Cup final with a rout of Bolton. Two goals from Jonathan Walters added to strikes from Matthew Etherington, Robert Huth and Kenwyne Jones catapulted the Potters into another Wembley date [...]
Everton stunned by Royal vintage March 1, 2011 EVERTON 0 vs READING READING captain Matt Mills struck the only goal as Championship Reading claimed another notable top-flight scalp to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for a second successive year. Mills fired home after 26 minutes of their fifth-round tie at Everton to put the Royals, who knocked out Liverpool en route to the [...]
Newcastle put their Best foot forward February 15, 2011 NEWCASTLE registered their first victory of the post-Andy Carroll era as goals from Peter Lovenkrands and Leon Best ensured a comfortable 2-0 Premier League success against Birmingham at St. Andrew’s. Lovenkrands opened the scoring after four minutes and then Best struck early in the second period to wrap up the points for the Magpies.
Carroll maintains he never wanted to leave Newcastle February 1, 2011 NEWCASTLE manager Alan Pardew and his former striker Andy Carroll were last night locked in a war of words over who initiated the 22-year-old’s record £35m move to Liverpool. Carroll maintains he was forced into handing in a transfer request to facilitate the move and insists leaving St James’ Park was never on his agenda [...]
Home advantage can give Everton the edge January 27, 2011 EVERTON vs CHELSEA Tomorrow – 12.30pm ESPN CHELSEA’S 4-0 victory at Bolton on Monday night will have given their supporters some belief that their side are finally on the way back. It was an impressive performance and although the first priority for Carlo Ancelotti is to ensure Champions League football next season, a decent run [...]
Christmas party poopers Everton spoil City’s opportunity to go top of the table December 20, 2010 MANCHESTER CITY v/s EVERTON A BATTLING display from 10-man Everton prevented Manchester City from topping the table at Christmas for the first time since 1929. Roberto Mancini’s side were boosted prior to kick-off by the news of Carlos Tevez’s transfer request u-turn, but that was as good as it got on a night of missed [...]
Late penalty denies Leicester December 19, 2010 Nicolas Laharrague’s penalty denied Leicester a home victory in a thrilling 22-22 draw in Heineken Cup Pool Five. Alesana Tuilagi scored a try early on, with Billy Twelvetrees kicking six more points to give the Tigers a 13-9 lead at the break. David Mele scored for the French after the restart but Twelvetrees kicked nine [...]
Newcastle merry-go-round will unsettle players December 8, 2010 A FEW weeks ago it was Ray Wilkins, now it’s Chris Hughton. Another club dispensing with the services of an important part of their success. I just can’t understand it. More baffling still is the idea of Newcastle replacing Hughton with Alan Pardew, a manager who has achieved little that the previous incumbant hasn’t. Pardew [...]
Beckham says no to Everton November 30, 2010 FOOTBALL: Former England captain David Beckham will not be joining Everton on loan in January. Toffees boss David Moyes had confirmed he would like to sign the LA Galaxy midfielder if the opportunity arose. But Beckham said: “David Moyes has done a great job at Everton, but I am a Manchester United fan and for [...]