Newcastle United

Ashley Should Finally Lay The Hughton Speculation To Rest

By Steve Sanders on November 2nd, 2010.

It was a crazy game at Blackpool tonight and it’s a crazy looking division at the moment, with all three promoted teams sitting pretty in the top half. But while the clash at Bloomfield Road resembled more of a pantomime than a football match, the real outstanding slice of theatre was being dished out the…

Newcastle 5-1 Sunderland – Derby Day Dream

By Matt Tennant on October 31st, 2010.

This match was in many peoples calendars when the fixtures were released and Hughton dressed smartly for the occasion. Both sides had fielded their strongest eleven in order to get off to a good start. In their previous 3 home games, Newcastle had only drawn once and lost twice so it was not a surprise…

Fergie Time: The Truth About Paul the Octopus

By Daryl on October 29th, 2010.

Welcome to Fergie Time, a roundup/newsletter type deal that delivers news, opinion and links directly to your screen. As the name suggests, there will be some exaggeration, nsfw moments, canceled press conferences (oh, who are we kidding) and late, late, late scoring of points. You’ll like it, trust me. THE TRUTH ABOUT PAUL THE OCTOPUS?…

Fantasy Football: Goal Scoring Midfielders and Local Derbies

By Daryl on October 29th, 2010.

Every one loves a goal scoring midfielder. Cheslea fans love Frank Lampard, Liverpool fans worship Steven Gerrard, Arsenal fans adore Cesc Fabregas. But goals from midfield are even more important in the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game, because while a striker’s goal is worth three points, a midfielder’s goal is worth four. Eat it strikers. If…

Newcastle 0-4 Arsenal – Silverware guaranteed?

By Matt Tennant on October 28th, 2010.

With both starting elevens full of fringe players and youngsters, the match promised to be full of entertainment from the beginning and it did just that. Newcastle came close first, with Ranger taking the ball past Szczesny only to hit the ball against the Koscielny’s leg. Moments later Alan Smith, captaining the side this evening,…

Clear Signs That Arsene Wenger Is Getting Desperate

By Chris Wright on October 27th, 2010.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has vowed to abandon his policy of blooding members of his ever-burgeoning creche during the early rounds of the Carling Cup, in lieu of making a concerted effort to actually win something this time out – thus ending the club’s five-year spell of ultimately pointless dry-humping. Whereas in the past Wenger…

Curiously, Newcastle need their home form to match their away form

By Richard Pilcher on October 25th, 2010.

Newcastle’s impressive early-season away form continued at Upton Park on Saturday as they came from behind to beat West Ham and move into the top half of the table. Goals from Kevin Nolan and Andy Carroll sealed a 2-1 win to leave West Ham rooted to the bottom of the league and draw praise from boss Chris Hughton. “What we do have in this camp is a…

3 Up Front Podcast: The Great Rooney Conspiracy

By Soccerlens on October 21st, 2010.

Make sure you don’t miss the latest episode of the fast-growing 3 Up Front podcast! Host Adrian Clarke, joined by regular pundits Iain Spragg and Iain Macintosh explore a range of fresh, fun topics during half an hour of great chat that includes; How on Earth is Mrs Kevin Nolan going to find living with Andy Carroll? The…

Fantasy Football: Why Charles N’Zogbia is more important than Tevez, Cahill and Cole combined

By Daryl on October 19th, 2010.

There are certain players you can rely on in the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game. Guys you can select for your team and then all but guarantee they won’t let you down. So you just pick those players and win the weekly fantasy football cash prize, right? Wrong. Because chances are that everyone else knows about…