While Aston Villa and Newcastle have struggled in recent seasons, it was an inevitable outcome given how the clubs have been run over the past few seasons.
Rafa Benitez has signed a 3-year contract to take over as Newcastle United manager after Steve McClaren finally got sacked after a string of poor results. McClaren has faced immense criticism in recent weeks as Newcastle find themselves second from bottom in the Premier League table but remained confident that he was the man to […]
The winter transfer window ended rather peacefully and stagnant for the biggies of the Premier League. But somewhere in the deepest trenches of the Premier League table, a team cladding white and black hope desperately on their attempts at bringing newer talent into the club. Would they somehow manage to anchor themselves safely away from […]
(Reuters) – Winger Andros Townsend says his main focus now is to keep struggling Newcastle United in the Premier League even if he hopes the move from Tottenham Hotspur also helps him back into the England squad. Newcastle signed Townsend, who has played just 67 minutes of league football at Spurs this season, this week […]
Reuters) – Newcastle United have agreed to sign out-of-favour Tottenham Hotspur winger Andros Townsend for 12 million pounds ($17 million), British media reported on Tuesday. Townsend, 24, a regular in the England squad last season, has made just seven appearances for Spurs in all competitions this campaign and has not started a Premier League game […]
REUTERS – Watford 2 Newcastle United 1 Watford beat Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to keep the north-east club in the relegation zone. The prolific Odion Ighalo opened the scoring straight after halftime with his first goal of the year, running on to a through ball from Troy Deeney and rounding […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Scotland captain Graeme Souness is backing the idea of expanding the World Cup to 40 teams if it helps maintain what he describes as “a golden age” for soccer. The idea, first seriously mooted by banned UEFA president Michel Platini, has gained momentum recently and Souness believes it is the right […]
REUTERS – New signing Jonjo Shelvey has drawn praise from his Newcastle United team mates Moussa Sissoko and Georginio Wijnaldum after the midfielder impressed on debut in Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League win over West Ham United. Shelvey, who joined from Swansea City on Tuesday, dominated proceedings against the Hammers, including a delightful 60-yard cross-field ball […]
REUTERS – Newcastle United’s new 12 million pound ($17.11 million) signing Jonjo Shelvey enjoyed a fine debut, contributing to both his side’s goals, as the Premier League strugglers halted West Ham United’s momentum with a nail-biting 2-1 win on Saturday. Newcastle were relieved to clamber out of the relegation places after two early goals from […]
(Reuters) – In-form West Ham United will welcome back Victor Moses, Cheikhou Kouyate and Mauro Zarate from injury for Saturday’s Premier League match at Newcastle United, manager Slaven Bilic said. West Ham, who have risen to fifth place on the back of an eight-game unbeaten run, are set to be without striker Andy Carroll. Injury-prone […]
