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News today that the English FA are looking to change the rules that they said prevented them from charging Wigan Athletic’s Callum McManaman, for his horrific tackle on Newcastle United’s Massadio Haidara last Sunday. Massadio Haidara tackle by McManaman went unpunished

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33 year-old Michael Owen announced at the beginning of the week, that he will retire from football at the end of the season, and there’s no argument that Michael was once a world-class striker – but not since at least 2006, when injuries interrupted his career at Newcastle, Manchester United and now Stoke City. Michael [...]

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We had reported earlier today that a group of Newcastle fans (200-250 in number unfortunately) interrupted the Wigan Cosmos game against AFC Leigh on Sunday before the Wigan vs Newcastle game, and pulled their trousers down, stole corner flags, ripped the goal nets and some swung from the crossbar – and shamed the name of [...]

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There’s some sad and disappointing news today,  that Newcastle fans who went to Wigan for the game last Sunday,  have caused trouble at a local football game before the Wigan – Newcastle match even started. Newcastle fans running riot at Wigan Cosmos FC

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We cannot say that Wigan Football Club have come across very well in the last few days, after our left-back Massadio Haidara was injured badly on Sunday, by that terrible tackle from McManaman. David Whelan – self-serving and rather stupid statement

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It was a surprise when the FA announced yesterday that there was nothing they could so about McManaman’s tackle on Newcastle’s Haidara on Sunday because one official had seen the tackle. One official saw this tackle so there’s nothing we can do – honest

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My goodness, just what are the FA smoking these days – and after just announcing they are taking no action on McManaman for that terrible tackle on Haidara, because they said they couldn’t since one official had witnessed the tackle, and presumably thought it was fair, they have now come out and charged Assistant Manager [...]

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Well I predicted this would happen, and the FA have decided to take no action against Wigan player McManaman, after his terrible horror tackle on Massadio Haidara left the lad in a heap, clutching his badly damaged knee. FA take no action on this tackle – ridiculous

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