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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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Entries from June 2008

Wenger Casts Doubt On Arshavin Stamina

June 30th, 2008 · 92 Comments

Setanta Sports is reporting that Arsene Wenger has cast serious doubts over whether Arsenal will in fact compete for Zenit St Petersburg’s Andrei Arshavin this summer.

Andrei Arshavin – Arsenal manager casts doubts on his stamina

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Tags: Newcastle News · Recruitment · Transfer News and Rumours

Barton Sentence Tomorrow – Expect Magpies Statement

June 30th, 2008 · 77 Comments

The prosecutor in Joey Barton’s trial today in Manchester, Richard Vardon, said the events at Manchester City’s training ground on May 1st of last year, were an “explosive combination of football and violence”.

Joey Barton – pleaded guilty to one charge – and will be sentenced tomorrow

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Barton Changes Plea to Guilty

June 30th, 2008 · 106 Comments

The Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton has changed his plea from innocent to guilty,  just before the scheduled start of his trial today at Manchester Minshull Crown Court.

Ousmane Dabo – arriving at court in Manchester today

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Newcastle May Let Milner Go – But At A Price

June 30th, 2008 · 59 Comments

There is news on many sites today, that if Aston Villa do get the £18M they want from Liverpool, for Gareth Barry, they will go after Newcastle’s James Milner.

James Milner – still a target for Aston Villa

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Tags: Newcastle News · Transfer News and Rumours

Keegan Found The Right Solution For The Team – Geremi

June 30th, 2008 · 44 Comments

Still nothing directly from Kevin Keegan today but a good interview with our former captain Geremi, in today’s Evening Chronicle.

Geremi – impressed with what Kevin has done so far at Newcastle

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Tags: Geremi · Newcastle News