Legionaires make it happen for Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, England ● Newcastle United overcame Southampton 4-2 in an end-to-end encounter at St James’ Park on Sunday to move six points clear of the Premier League relegation zone. Newcastle rebranded the day ‘French Day’ in honour of the swelling numbers of French players in their ranks and there was a distinct Gallic [...]
Good business Newcastle at Villa
BIRMINGHAM, England ● Aston Villa’s fortunes continued to plunge on Tuesday as they sank into the Premier League’s bottom three following a 2-1 loss at home to relegation rivals Newcastle United. Goals from Papiss Cisse and Yohan Cabaye put the visitors 2-0 up after 31 minutes and despite a valiant fightback sparked by a Christian [...]
Dutiful victory City
MANCHESTER, England ● David Silva trebled his goal output for the season by scoring twice as defending Premier League champions Manchester City beat Fulham 2-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The victory cut the lead currently held by first-place Manchester United to four points, although City’s neighbours and chief rivals hold a game in [...]
Norwich and Newcastle taking a day off
NORWICH, England ● Newcastle United remain just two points above the Premier League relegation zone after being held to a 0-0 draw in an uneventful game at mid-table Norwich City on Saturday. Norwich manager Chris Hughton, up against the club that sacked him in Decemver 2010, saw his side muster only two efforts at goal, [...]
Breathtaking win Man United over Newcastle
MANCHESTER, England ● Javier Hernandez’s goal in the 90th minute gave Manchester United a potentially vital 4-3 win over Newcastle United on Wednesday to give them a seven-point Premier League lead. The Mexican forward slid in to meet Michael Carrick’s right-wing cross with two seconds left on the clock to break the hearts of a [...]
Redknapp blasts over-paid QPR flops
NEWCASTLE, England ● QPR manager Harry Redknapp has slammed his QPR flops as over-paid under-achievers after the west London side’s 1-0 defeat at Newcastle on Saturday. Redknapp was seething with his players in the aftermath of his first defeat since officially taking over from Mark Hughes last month and the former Tottenham boss claimed too [...]
Cisse-less Newcastle floored by Swansea
NEWCASTLE, England ● Swansea beat Newcastle 2-1 in a matchup of Premier League mid-table sides at St. James’ Park on Saturday, with the hosts banned by FIFA from deploying striker Papiss Cisse. After a scoreless first half, Miguel Michu opened the scoring for the visitors in the 58th minute when he headed in Pablo Hernandez’s [...]
Kevin Nolan haunts Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, England ● Kevin Nolan enjoyed a happy return to Newcastle as he sealed a 1-0 win for West Ham United to send the Hammers into the Barclays Premier League top six. The former Magpies midfielder scored shortly before the break, but Sam Allardyce’s side were grateful for some wasteful attacking play from Newcastle as [...]
Magic Suarez saves point for Liverpool
LIVERPOOL, England ● Luis Suarez rescued a point for Liverpool with a sublime goal that owed nothing to his alleged penchant for diving in a 1-1 draw at home to 10-man Newcastle at Anfield on Sunday. This season the Uruguay striker has been on the receiving end of repeated charges from rival managers that he [...]
