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One rule for all? Not quite

I’M fine with rules being rules – as long as there is one rule for all. Yes, I know that may not quite make literal sense, but you know what I mean. Read

Toon ain’t big enough for Shearer AND Keegan

ALAN SHEARER has avoided getting caught in what my late Great Uncle Arthur might have called a cleft stick.Read

Why Keegan’s return could be a welcome relief

IN years to come, I hope my grandchildren – if I’m so blessed – ask me where I was when I heard of the Third Coming of King Kev.Read

At least his football has some style

IT’S one of life’s myriad mysteries that a man obsessed with stylish football has little sense of style. I’m talking about Kevin Keegan. And that leather jacket.Read

Jim Smith surprised by Harry move

JIM SMITH has been in football long enough to be surprised by nothing. Well, almost nothing. For even he has been taken aback that his old pal Harry Redknapp is no longer in the frame to manage Newcastle United.Read

Now it’s time for Ashley to deliver

JOURNALISTS and pundits are often accused of sitting in ivory towers. Right now, many of them are on another planet. Read

Don’t blame Newcastle fans for problems

THE worst things can come in the prettiest packages, as proved by several Christmas presents I received.Read

FA Cup? My a***!

“AH, FA Cup third round weekend,” said the bloke ahead of me in the canteen queue this week, “magical, eh?”Read

Toon fans just want some hope

WHAT is it about the Newcastle United manager’s job that seemingly sends sane men a bit mad?Read

Will the jig be over for Keane in New Year?

AS a burly Black Country boy faces the music up the road, an Irishman continues to call the tune unchallenged at Sunderland.Read

Winter break would come at a cost

IT’S as inevitable as Steve McQueen racing across your TV screens on a Triumph this Christmas, but as overdone as my Mum’s sprouts.Read

Flying the nest?

AS odd couples go, Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau had nothing on Jonny Wilkinson and Steve Black.Read

Mac’ll never be a treasure

DID Steve McClaren watch the spine-tingling tribute to Sir Bobby Robson on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show and wonder?Read

There may be trouble ahead at Stoke

I’D rather dabble in heroin than politics. Unless they affect me or mine, I’m supremely indifferent to the supposed shortcomings of Government or Opposition.Read

Big Sam has reason to thank national Press

HE’D rather eat Sammy Lee than admit it, but Sam Allardyce has reason to be thankful to the national Press.Read

Days when football was a simple game

I GREW up believing football was a simple game. Jimmy Hill and Match of the Day on a Saturday night, the peerless Brian Moore and his “Big Match” on a Sunday afternoon.Read

Grim story at Quakers

THEIRS was the only North East result last Saturday which belied our decision to rename our Hotbed football pull-out, Deathbed.Read

Carragher the measure of Macca’s fate

I was one of those who predicted the ruin that would be wreaked by Steve McClaren. Read

McClaren? I don't give a monkey's

RIGHT now, I couldn’t give a monkey’s toss what becomes of Steve McClaren. And my main concern with the England team isn’t his reign of destruction, but the wrecking ball they have taken to the Premier League fixture list.Read