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Radio ga-ga from Barton and Beeb

AS yet, other than the continued health and happiness of my family, and the wife getting a boob job, I have just one wish for the new decade.Read

Trotters? It’s the end of the line

IF Alan Shearer and Peter Reid fancy a new job with the Trotters, they'd be better off - metaphorically, at least - with Del Boy and Rodders than with Bolton.Read

Progress as well as prejudice

WHY should Darren Bent keep mum if his nearest and dearest is taunted for the colour of her skin?Read

Wen will he learn?

SO Arsene Wenger is a bad loser. So what’s new? If you don’t believe Mark Hughes, what about Sir Bobby Robson? Read

Oh, for silence from the Llambs

I’LL say this for Newcastle United “managing director” Derek Llambias: he’s got some front.Read

Newcastle fans show national hacks just how wrong they were about Toon

CAN you help solve a missing persons’ case? Concern is mounting on Tyneside that nothing has been heard for several months from the following national journalists on the subject of Newcastle United.Read

Pioneer Parry’s lives on in Pools’ hearts

PIONEERS are such a rarity in sport these days that the passing of a genuine trailblazer is cause for mourning.Read

Darren Bent suffering more regional bias?

AGAIN, forgive my parochial paranoia, but would there be any question over Darren Bent’s place in the England squad if he had scored his nine league goals (and counting) this season for Spurs?Read

Shocking night for game we hold dear

WHAT we witnessed from one man at the Stade de France on Wednesday night was an affront to all that we hold dear in football.Read

Historic rivalries must be put aside

AS Mike Ashley is reviled for riding roughshod over sacred heritage at St James’ Park, now may not seem the time to champion commercial values against tradition.Read

Do either deserve to represent us?

KEVIN PIETERSEN is a national hero. Luke Young is a journeyman hitching a ride on football’s gravy train.Read

NUST bid to buy Newcastle may be a must

I HOPE the depth of their contempt for Mike Ashley prompts Newcastle United fans to dig deep – albeit, mainly into their pensions – for the Newcastle United Supporters’ Trust.Read

Good to see real fabric of Newcastle United

THE real St James’ Park having never been in question, it’s good to see a little of the real fabric of Newcastle United still showing through in dark days.Read

What did Ilunga do wrong? I’ll tell you!

I WONDER what Dean Richards – in the admittedly unlikely event he was watching – made of Herita Ilunga’s antics at Sunderland last Saturday.Read

Why Sky is now the absolute limit

WHEN the BBC gives airtime to a democratically-elected, if utterly repellent, Euro MP, licence payers go ballistic.Read

No gift from Gab and Co

WHAT with Question Time and all that, this probably isn’t the week to complain about positive discrimination at the BBC.Read

Welcome to the cut-throat world of management

AFTER the year he’s had, Chris Hughton perhaps deserved to live the dream a little longer than 24 hours.Read

Callous disregard for Toon tradition

IF you need more proof of the dislocation between Newcastle United’s glorious past and pitiful present, I pray God you’re not a doctor.Read

Why Cats can’t lupine for Becks

TEENWOLF was last seen at Sunderland at the ABC cinema in 1985.Read

Why United should still be Keane on Shearer

ROY KEANE’S sorry situation at Ipswich is compelling evidence of one thing: fear can only get you so far.Read

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