Vogts faces some home truthsEUROPION CHAMPIONSHIPS/Group Five/ Scotland v Germany: Berti Vogts did his best to smile yesterdaySat Jun 07 2003 - 01:00
United set to win race for Duff's signatureSOCCER/Transfer news: Damien Duff is set to disappoint Liverpool by moving to Manchester United this summerWed Apr 02 2003 - 01:00
Newcastle pray Inter will slip up Champions League Group AChampions League preview: Eight days ago in Milan, the players and management of Newcastle United visited Il Duomo cathedral…Wed Mar 19 2003 - 00:00
McCarthy in to light the flame Soccer NewsNEWS: There is a flame that burns above each of the gates outside the Stadium of LightThu Mar 13 2003 - 00:00
Future looks rosy in black and whiteSOCCER: Alan Shearer has finally scored a European hat-trickFri Feb 28 2003 - 00:00
Robson struggles to stay downbeatNewcastle v Leverkusen On TV: TV3, UTV (highlights) By Michael WalkerCraig Bellamy is suspended, Jermaine Jenas is injured and…Wed Feb 26 2003 - 00:00
Sunderland can finally can smileSunderland - 2 Blackburn - 2: FA Cup Fourth Round Replays: Sunderland, so close to winning the game in normal time, eventually…Thu Feb 06 2003 - 00:00
Everton cruelly hit by wonder goalNewcastle Utd 2 Everton 1: The beautiful game? Do not even dare mention that to Evertonians todayMon Dec 02 2002 - 00:00
Arsenal certain to face RomaManchester United and Arsenal will avoid meeting Real Madrid in the second group phase, but Newcastle could be paired with the…Fri Nov 15 2002 - 00:00
Given likely to be 'rested' by RobsonNewcastle v Juventus: Three games, three defeats, no goals and no points: Newcastle United's return to the Champions League …Wed Oct 23 2002 - 01:00
Scholes asked to orchestrateHaving orchestrated the half-time transition of England in Slovakia from a flat team hitting few of the right notes to one that…Wed Oct 16 2002 - 01:00
Eriksson's luck still holdsSlovakia - 1 England - 2: EURO 2004 QUALIFYING: It is probably not something Sven-Goran Eriksson has felt over the course of…Mon Oct 14 2002 - 01:00
Siren sounds for ErikssonJust as England were beginning their first warm-up lap on a very narrow pitch at the Slocan Bratislava stadium yesterday morning…Sat Oct 12 2002 - 01:00
Quinn praises ReidSUNDERLAND VACANCY: The post-mortem began in earnest at Sunderland yesterday after the sacking of Peter Reid and, unsurprisingly…Wed Oct 09 2002 - 01:00
O'Leary in line to follow ReidSunderland want David O'Leary to be their new manager after they sacked Peter Reid last nightTue Oct 08 2002 - 01:00
Van Hooijdonk strikes fear into GivenChampions' League: Newcastle v Feyenoord A match Nolberto Solano said "was always going to be the big one" for Newcastle United…Tue Sept 24 2002 - 01:00
Reid and Robson show no fearFA PREMIERSHIP: Worried that they are in charge of two teams who, between them, have gone over seven and a half hours without…Sat Sept 21 2002 - 01:00
United may put ban on players' booksThe fall-out from Roy Keane's autobiography continued yesterday when a Manchester United director said that the club would try…Fri Sept 06 2002 - 01:00
Eriksson adopts hard-line approach to injured playersEUROPEAN FRIENDLY: The English Football Association will in future insist all players named in an England squad report for duty…Thu Sept 05 2002 - 01:00
Return of the samba beat to TeesideThe crowd could be measured in hundreds rather than thousands, as it had been the first time, and the accompanying tune was "…Wed Aug 07 2002 - 01:00
Gerrard adds to Eriksson's woesSOCCER/World Cup News: Sven-Goran Eriksson is unlikely to see it the same way this morning, but Gerard Houllier last night described…Tue May 14 2002 - 01:00
League to vote on Old Firm inviteDERMOT DESMOND, the leading shareholder in Celtic, and David Murray, the chairman of Rangers, said yesterday that Thursday's …Mon May 13 2002 - 01:00
Ferguson relents on Beckham issueDavid Beckham and Nicky Butt will travel to Dubai on Monday afternoon with the rest of the England World Cup squad after Alex…Sat May 11 2002 - 01:00
Philip Neville misses out againWORLD CUP 2002/England Squad: If the squad Sven-Goran Eriksson announced contained minimum drama in terms of surprises, it can…Fri May 10 2002 - 01:00
McLaren's Riverside revolution in full flowENGLISH FA CUP SEMI-FINALS: Middlesbrough are 6 to 1 against in a two-horse race tomorrowSat Apr 13 2002 - 01:00
Old Firm pull the plug on proposed Scottish channelSOCCER/News: The deepening crisis in Scottish football worsened yesterday when, as expected, in the morning the two Old Firm…Tue Apr 09 2002 - 01:00
Houllier back talking good gameLiverpool v Leverkusen: "Nice to see you," he said, a broad smile breaking across his suntanned face as flashbulbs poppedWed Apr 03 2002 - 01:00
Big-time Charlie may have the last sayPaul Ince, in Alex Ferguson's phrase, could start a fight in an empty house. It simply requires the installation of a mirrorMon Mar 18 2002 - 00:00
Tottenham see red as United breeze byA lot of wind has been expended about the situation at the top of the Premiership this week, and on a night when a virtual gale…Thu Mar 07 2002 - 00:00
Pires shoots Arsenal to the topIt took longer than anticipated in the amount of time and it took longer than anticipated in patience, but Arsenal finally broke…Wed Mar 06 2002 - 00:00
Leeds stirred by the spectre of IntertotoUEFA CUP/Fourth round, second let: Leeds United (0) v PSV (0)Rarely can identical results have provoked two such different reactions…Thu Feb 28 2002 - 00:00
Given in Toon for a title challengeSunderland 0 Newcastle 1: Shay Given once played for SunderlandMon Feb 25 2002 - 00:00
Van Bommel hints at HighburyThe Amsterdam Hilton, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono once famously spent a week in bed in the company of the world's press, is…Wed Feb 13 2002 - 00:00
Bellamy warned over assaultCraig Bellamy will play for Newcastle against Southampton this afternoon despite receiving a police caution over an assault last…Sat Feb 09 2002 - 00:00
Attacking midfielder sees gapMichael Walker listens as Paul Merson explains why Aston Villa will continue to struggle unless they are prepared to follow …Sat Jan 05 2002 - 00:00
Title chase is down to threeIt is a curious thing that the concept of leagues within the Premiership has grown in acceptance in recent years despite Manchester…Thu Jan 03 2002 - 00:00
Chelsea put the squeeze onSix clubs can win this season's title. That was about the only safe conclusion after this confusing, if rollicking, matchMon Dec 31 2001 - 00:00
Newcastle tighten grip at topThey have re-laid one third of the pitch at St James' ParkThu Dec 27 2001 - 00:00
Leeds fail to shake off violent reputationEnglish football needed a big, diverting result from here on Saturday. Thanks to Newcastle United it got oneMon Dec 24 2001 - 00:00
Relief for Leeds as Bowyer decides he will 'pay and stay'Lee Bowyer came off the Leeds United transfer list last night after agreeing to pay the fine of four weeks' wages imposed by …Fri Dec 21 2001 - 00:00
Bowyer arouses some interestThe Leeds United chairman Peter Ridsdale said yesterday that he still wanted Lee Bowyer to be "a part of the future at Leeds …Thu Dec 20 2001 - 00:00
Fowler gives some relief to under-siege O'LearyLeeds United moved into third place in the Premiership last night, to within a point of Newcastle United, the side they meet …Thu Dec 20 2001 - 00:00
Watch out, United are stirringLast Friday afternoon Steve McClaren, when discussing his previous club, said: "It's just Manchester United, not a big ogre, …Mon Dec 17 2001 - 00:00
United strut stuff on Old Trafford catwalkSlim was the word Alex Ferguson used to describe Manchester United chances of winning the championship from lowly ninth place…Thu Dec 13 2001 - 00:00
Kewell hits form with wonder goalWeek after week, month after month, David O'Leary has talked of the moment when Harry Kewell would at last "explode" on to this…Fri Dec 07 2001 - 00:00
Red mist choking Smith's talentA match that could be entered in Crufts, such was the level of frothy-mouthed ankle-biting throughout, ended with both sides …Mon Nov 26 2001 - 00:00
Leeds' unbeaten record is no moreThe last unbeaten league record in England is no moreMon Nov 19 2001 - 00:00
Ferguson says Keane will face BayernManchester United expect their captain Roy Keane to be fit and able to play in the Champions League against Bayern Munich in …Wed Nov 14 2001 - 00:00
Ginger's spice a cry for helpThis should have been the season to end all seasons for Alex Ferguson at Manchester UnitedThu Nov 08 2001 - 00:00
