I can’t be certain, but would hazard a guess that if at 5.45pm on Sunday 24th May 2009 you’d turned to me and cheerfully opined that relegation from the top flight should be welcomed as just the tonic my beloved Newcastle Utd needed, I’d have been inclined to disagree, possibly violently. Hindsight being a wonderful thing and all that, but you’d have been proven right. Far from being (as the mainstream media would have it) a nightmare in which we found ourselves ostracised from the “big time” and haunted by former glories (well, near-glories), this season has actually proven to…
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The Monday Profile: Darren Ambrose
Perhaps a predictable choice for the profile this week but anyone who was able to ignore Mark Bright’s constant sledging of those called upon to replace him in the position of striker for Crystal Palace FC on the Beeb yesterday will have had underlined to them once again how much of a fulcrum the Harlow sired player has been for the Eagles this season. One fact of significance that Bright did recount was the midfielder’s notching of a round score of goals: double that of opponents Sheffield Wednesday’s top scorer. It’s no exaggeration at all to state that Palace are…
Northern Rock bailed out by the Fed
Last night’s twice delayed encounter between Reading and Newcastle at the Madejski Stadium promised to pit this year’s Champions elect with a side which many think may be leading the way in a year’s time. Reading’s form since evicting Liverpool from the FA Cup has been startling, with a succession of opponents put to the sword, but in the end, Newcastle prevailed, with Royals’ fans forced to resort to chants of 106…106…we’ve got the record…106: a reference to an all time points best that the Magpies cannot now match. After a fast paced duel, I felt able to point towards…
The Monday Profile: Joey Barton
Two weeks into The Monday Profile and you’ll notice that we are already abandoning our pledge to cover the Championship’s lesser known lights. So, why focus on a man with whom newspaper columns have become all too familiar in recent seasons? Joseph Anthony Barton doesn’t need the extra exposure, you’ll cry, “Ban Him” as The News of the World once shouted, sign up to the Facebook page and become friends with 62 people instantly.With the election looming, one of the supposed key issues confronting us is law and order. A widely circulated web link of the past week has asked…
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