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February 28th, 2009

Newcastle v Bolton Wanderers match preview

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Newcastle travels to Reebok Stadium to face Bolton with both sides desperate for points. With a draw against Everton last week and a victory over West Brom the prior week, the Magpies have found a morsel of space above the drop zone. However with Middlesbrough shocker defeat of Liverpool, the relegation battle is rearing [...]

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February 22nd, 2009

Newcastle plays Everton to scoreless draw

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Throughout a season plagued with talks of collapse and even relegation, matches such as these serve as a trigger point to a better future. Against all odds Newcastle held Everton, who are buoyed with hopes of European competition, to a scoreless draw. With an injury list that includes Michael Owen, Andy Carroll, Danny Guthrie, Ignacio [...]

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February 20th, 2009

Newcastle v Everton match preview

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After a lengthy break, Newcastle returns to action as Everton visits St James Park. Further to their most recent match, a 3-2 victory over West Brom, the Magpies are thirteenth in the table. Four points above the drop zone the entire focus of the remaining matches is a race to safety with a target of [...]

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February 11th, 2009

Kazenga LuaLua is ready

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While the Newcastle season has been stricken with many problems, the emergence of young talent is the club is a reason for optimism. The likes of Andy Carroll and David Edgar have become a fixture in the starting eleven and waiting in the wings is bevy of exciting young talent.
One of the top talents pressing [...]

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February 11th, 2009

Joe Kinnear’s return to health

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Per reports by the Press Association Sport, Newcastle United manager Joe Kinnear is
set to undergo heart by-pass surgery. The sixty-two year old manager suffered a heart attack whilst coaching Wimbledon in 1999 and had recently been admitted to hospital suffering chest pass. After undergoing an angiogram, cardiologists revealed the condition and made plans [...]

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February 9th, 2009

Joe Kinnear looks to be back on Sunday

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Anxious to get back to work, Joe Kinnear is hopeful to be at St. James’ Park for the Magpies clash against Everton on Sunday, saying:
“I feel a-OK and hopefully I will be back at work soon.
“I’m fighting fit and, with a bit of a break before the next game, I hope to be back for [...]

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February 7th, 2009

Magpies deliver for Joe Kinnear

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Any notion of the importance of today’s 3-2 victory over West Brom was overshadowed by the health of Joe Kinnear. The Newcastle manager, who suffered a mild heart attack in the spring of 1999, was taken to the hospital after complaining of high blood pressure. Per the club, he remain in hospital for observation and [...]

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February 6th, 2009

Newcastle v West Brom match preview

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Of the many matches in the Premier League this Saturday, curiously one that might have the most impact on their respective clubs is Newcastle’s trip to West Brom. I stress the notion of “most impact” because with both clubs in a death spiral fight to avoid relegation, full points by either side will have a [...]

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February 5th, 2009

The strange disillusioned world of Charles N’Zogbia

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The strange disillusioned world of Charles N’Zogbia keeps wandering to a stranger world as the young midfielder seems not understand the notion of being a “professional.”
Whimpering to the media about or anyone else who will listen to him, he said:
“There was no conversation at all. I was talking to Chris Hughton (assistant manager) all the [...]

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February 5th, 2009

Shay needs a publicist

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In an interview with the BBC, Shay Given now of Manchester City, expressed his displeasure with Newcastle:
“There are a couple of things they could have done to keep me, but I think in the end they just wanted to take the money.
“I just felt that after the service I gave the club, then the regime [...]

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