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Beye wins red-card appeal – shouldn’t Newcastle get all 3 points too?

The FA has decided to overturn Habib Beye’s red card (received during the Newcastle United v Manchester City match on Monday) and thus the player is free to play for Newcastle against Sunderland this weekend. But while Beye returns to the starting lineup, there’s still the matter of the penalty that was given for the…

Should a criminal record bar someone from owning a football club?

Should a criminal record bar someone from owning a football club?

It seems that Manchester City changed into Manchester Dhabi in the nick of time – today’s news from Thailand tells us that the ex-Thailand Prime Minister and former owner of Manchester City FC Thaksin Shinawatra has been found guilty of corruption by the Thai Supreme Court and sentenced to two years in jail. On the…

Newcastle United 2-2 Manchester City – 20 October 2008 – English Premier League – Live Blog

I came here instead of going back to Liverpool for this?!

Newcastle United (Ameobi 44′, Dunne o.g. 63′) 2-2 Manchester City (Robinho pen. 14′, Ireland 86′) Stadium: St. James Park, England English Premier League Date: 20 October 2008 Kickoff: 20:00 BST, 15:00 ET Manchester City escaped St. James Park with a 2-2 draw against 10-man Newcastle United! Soccerlens brought you the action live! Click below for…

Is the Special One coming back to manage your club?

Coming soon to a football club near you...

It only seems months ago that ‘The Special one’ Jose Mourinho left England to head to mainland Europe, but in truth it was now over a year ago. Now with a job at Inter Milan who primarily want to win the Champions League, Mourinho is already looking at post-Inter options. The former Chelsea boss was…

Top 20 Most Expensive EPL Non-Starters: Kieron’s not so Dyer situation

I make £1.1m per game...and you?

The English Premiership’s most costly bench-warmers have been revealed today in a new list published by football scouting website IMScouting.com. The list gives a “Cost per game” value for each club’s top benchwarmer, i.e. a ratio of the player’s salary divided by the number of games played since August 2007. Unsurprisingly, the kings of injuries…

Santa Cruz ready to ditch mid-table Blackburn for mid-table Manchester City

The international break is a breeding ground for dumb comments by players with little to do. All week we had Carragher talking about one thing or the other, when he would have been starting for England and helping them qualify for South Africa 2010. And now we have Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz ready to…

Michael Johnson take up yoga to beat injuries

City look for help from the East again.

Serial sicknote Michael Johnson has turned to yoga in a bid to put his injury problems behind him. The Manchester City midfielder has never played more than ten consecutive games in one season for the club since making his debut two years ago. The 20-year-old has been plagued by a pelvic problem throughout his fledgling…

Henry: I’m not going to Manchester City

Thierry Henry has been linked with a move away from Barcelona as soon as he arrived – his family situation only fanned the flames and the press have constantly linked him with a return to the Premier League (Manchester being the suggested destination) as well as a move to the MLS in David Beckham’s footsteps….

Robinho loves life at Manchester

Robinho, talking about life in Manchester, language problems and settling in to a new culture:

Why Hart, Noble and Agbonlahor should be in the England squad

It’s just come to my notice that England Under-21s are actually a quite brilliant side! They haven’t lost for three years and in that time they’ve won 16 and drawn nine, averaging over two goals scored per game. Not bad going by anyone’s standards. With several of those all-conquering kids already in the full squad…


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