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Strachan blames referee and naive defending

GORDON STRACHAN has all but written off Middlesbrough’s play-off hopes – after partly blaming referee Lee Mason for his side’s failure to close out a deserved derby victory.Read

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IF they succeed in riding their luck like this over the next few weeks, Newcastle will be promoted within the month.Read

United facing defensive crisis after tough battle

MANAGER Chris Hughton is facing a defensive crisis going into two games in four days as Newcastle count the cost of their battling derby draw at Middlesbrough.Read

Toon keep tabs on French starlet Diakite

NEWCASTLE are eyeing French forward Adama Diakite as they pursue a new policy of investing mainly in youth.Read

Show support for your supporters!

WHAT good is a charm offensive if it offends your most loyal customers?Read

Sky

No apology from Sky for Plymouth match switch

SKY TV are unrepentant over the decision to switch Newcastle’s game at Plymouth next month to a Monday night.Read

Newcastle United will not risk Joey barton

NEWCASTLE may not risk returning long-term injury victim Joey Barton to first-team action this season.Read

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SO the Entertainers are back – this time with a super hero on board – and Premier League football is now surely on its way too.Read

Why Owen’s deserving of natural justice

SO we finally have definitive proof – if any were really needed – that Michael Owen didn’t fancy it at Newcastle last season.Read

A sense of deja vu for Cats boss?

IT may just be with me being a lanky Cockney streak of wee, but Sunderland are looking seriously short right now.Read

Life a pitch? Send 'em to boot camp

WHEN it comes to the World Cup, you can’t accuse us of not getting our excuses in early.Read

Jamie O'Hara

Newcastle to go for Jamie O’Hara

NEWCASTLE are eyeing up a move for Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara – if crisis club Portsmouth curtail his loan spell at Fratton Park.Read

Good on yer to a fair dinkum Aussie

IT was all but lost in a week when the media obsession with Cheryl, Ashley and JT reached a Bridge too far, but it wasn’t lost on me.Read

Hughton: We have still got such a long way to go yet

CHRIS HUGHTON last night dismissed talk that Newcastle are as good as promoted after curing their travel sickness at Watford.Read

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ON a pitch resembling no-man’s land at the Somme, Newcastle called on air power – or hair power – to win the day.Read

Mike Ashley

Ashley sets up new long-term transfer strategy

NEWCASTLE have introduced a new long-term transfer strategy aimed at bringing extra youth – and value – to their squad.Read

Beresford: No repeat of 96 for Newcastle United

NERVY Newcastle have been told not to fear a 1996-style title capitulation this season . . . because second place this year will be good enough.Read

North teams need more like Paul Gascoigne!

IF you haven’t any sympathy left for Paul Gascoigne, then pity the North East fans he appears hellbent on leaving behind.Read

Bring back our Eddie the Eagle!

THE British Olympic Association are wrong to foot the bill for our skiers and snowboarders at the Winter Olympics after their governing body went bust.Read

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JUST when it appeared that confidence, form and even their united spirit had abandoned them, fortune remained a friend to Newcastle.Read

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Neil Farrington is the most honest, hard-hitting sports columnist in the North, taking on the big boys of football, cricket, rugby and more on behalf of the common fan, and broaching issues as diverse as the Olympics and grassroots football.

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