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Bruce appointed Sunderland boss, despite Newcastle roots

Steve Bruce has been announced as new Sunderland manager after the North East club finally agreed a compensation package with Wigan and personal terms with Bruce himself. The delay in concluding the deal was attributable to Bruce’s demand for a profitable ‘Image Rights’ package, it is rumoured. Bruce’s resemblance to former Robot Wars hero Shunt…

‘Elegant’ Hiddink wins FA Cup in his last game for Chelsea

Everton and Louis Saha broke the long-standing ‘Fastest Cup Final Goal’ record at Wembley today, but ultimately left the famous stadium with broken hearts and no silverware. Alas it was FA Cup joy for Chelsea’s Guus Hiddink as he signed off from his role as ‘Temporary Manager’ (an increasingly popular role in football) by winning…

Liverpool punish disappointing Blackburn

Rafa Benitez responded to Liverpool’s midweek defeat by making four changes. His side responded by scoring four goals past Blackburn, without a hint of a reply from Sam Allardyce’s team. It was a case of starting badly, and getting worse for Blackburn, as Fernando Torres scored a sublime goal after just 5 minutes. Back to…

Wanted: One thick-skinned, super genius to fill open manager position at Stamford Bridge

Manager WANTED — Chelsea FC (Competitive Salary / Start Date: June 2009) OK, Guus, we get the message. You won’t be Chelsea manager next season. After a seemingly infinite amount of questions about his future, interim Chelsea manager, Guus Hiddink, has remained unwavering in his decision that he will only stay on at the club…

The Curious Case Of Michael Owen

Following on from Neil Jones’s article about Newcastle’s current plight, I wondered about the plight of a man once dubbed ‘The Boy Wonder’ by Liverpool fans. Michael Owen. We are now into the final stages of the Premier League campaign, with a title race back on, and all four English clubs are into the last…