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News, Views and Comment On Newcastle United Football Club By Ed Harrison, A Proud Geordie And Lifelong Fan

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Newcastle United Raided By Police

July 16th, 2007 · 38 Comments

This is about the last thing we wanted to hear – that the BBC and almost every news channel is reporting that Police have raided three football clubs as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in football.
Newcastle United, Portsmouth and Rangers are believed to be the three clubs involved.
To be really clear - Newcastle [...]

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Tags: Newcastle News

Charles N’Zogbia Still Unsettled at Newcastle

July 16th, 2007 · 10 Comments

We thought that Charles N’Zogbia was quite happy to stay at Newcastle under the new regime led by Sam Allardyce and Chris Mort.
It appears as though that was not correct as the Evening Chronicle today reports that Charles is still unsettled at Newcastle.

Charles N’Zogbia

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Tags: Charles N'Zogbia · Players

Major Newcastle News Stories - July 16th - 2007

July 16th, 2007 · 23 Comments

Here are the major news stories associated with the Newcastle club for today in no particular order of priority.
We are linked with Fabio Cannavaro today as the 33 year-old seems to be surplus to requirements at Real Madrid after just one season after his ₤13.5M transfer there. We don’t know what the fee is but [...]

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Tags: Daily Roundup

Are Arsenal Still After Newcastle’s Oba Martins?

July 16th, 2007 · 10 Comments

There is news being reported today that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is about to launch a ₤15M bid for 25 year-old Rodrigo Palacio of Boca Juniors
Rodrigo Sebastián Palacio (full name) has scored 39 goals in 79 Boca appearances over the last two seasons at Boca – and if the story is true it puts in [...]

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Tags: Newcastle News · Obafemi Martins · Players · Transfer News and Rumours

Are Newcastle Really Interested in Fabio Cannavaro?

July 16th, 2007 · 26 Comments

Chelsea and Newcastle are reported to be in a battle for the signature of Fabio Cannavaro - after the Italian star center back was told he was surplus to requirements at Real Madrid.
New Real Madrid manager Bernd Schuster has brought in defenders Pepe from Porto for £19M and Christoph Metzelder on a free transfer from [...]

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Tags: Newcastle News · Players · Transfer News and Rumours