Sunday Sun - Columnists - Neil Farrington

Time to say my goodbyes

Sunday Sun — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT

IT’S funny how you measure time – or lose sight of it when you’re having fun.

The Premier league must deliver this term, or else

Sunday Sun — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT

RARELY have the nation’s football supporters so needed the Premier League to deliver on its hype.

Bramble has big bridges to build, Brucie

Sunday Sun — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:30:00 GMT

HIS roots lie on the banks of the Tyne and his feet are planted on Wearside, but Steve Bruce’s head – as well as much of his heart – remains in Manchester.

Ferguson must take his share of blame

Sunday Sun — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

SIR ALEX FERGUSON blames player burn-out for England’s World Cup woe.

Redknapp shields himself from truth

Sunday Sun — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:00:00 GMT

THERE may well be merit in the argument that a dearth of homegrown players has – and will – cost England’s football team dear.

Replaying same old routine of selfishness

Sunday Sun — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

INTENT as they are on running the England team, you would think the Premier League were embarking on a dry run – by taking control of the FA Cup?

Time to blow the whistle on TV drivel

Sunday Sun — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

IT IS difficult to know which has outstayed its welcome longer . . . James Corden’s World Cup Live (how’s that for a misnomer?) or the World Cup.

Gosling walkout ruffles feathers

Sunday Sun — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

DAN GOSLING, as a child of the bling generation, probably knows about NBA legend LeBron James. But I doubt the young now ex-Everton midfielder has heard of Dan Gilbert, LeBron’s erstwhile boss at the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Would you put England before your club then?

Sunday Sun — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:29:00 GMT

IT’S been the unifying mantra in a week of deafening discord; the sole sympathetic lament after the lamentable; the only apology made amid the unforgivable.

All in a muddle over United French fancy

Sunday Sun — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT

NOT for the first time – not even for the first time this week, in fact – I’m confused.

Don't laugh - we're also in the merde

Sunday Sun — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 08:00:00 GMT

IT’S been a rare crumb of comfort floating on a sea of dross at this World Cup... At least we’re not French. The foppish, feckless, feeble French.

Toon’s MO better blues

Sunday Sun — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

IT would be easy to use James Milner’s emergence on the world stage as a stick with which to beat Newcastle United.

All's well amid the Toon silence?

Sunday Sun — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:30:00 GMT

CHRIS HUGHTON and Bjork. There are two names I never thought I’d mention in the same sentence.

McClaren success is no stamp of quality

Sunday Sun — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT

JUST imagine the frustration if the World Cup had kicked off without a single England fan murdering God Save The Queen on a vuvuzela.

No news is good news for Newcastle United?

Sunday Sun — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

IF Newcastle United don't want media coverage of any kind, they must be supremely confident of selling season tickets.

Theo Walcott fury is misplaced

Sunday Sun — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 06:00:00 GMT

IF anyone still doubted the existence of English football’s class divide, Theo Walcott has surely re-educated them.

Fan who typified Geordie passion

Sunday Sun — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT

IN the battle to disprove the widespread notion that Newcastle fans are an insular band of bumpkins, Bryan Williams was a quietly effective weapon.

A sticky situation with Captain Marvel

Sunday Sun — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 04:00:00 GMT

I HOLD a 28-year grudge against Panini stickers, and I'm not letting it go.

Cheats get too much latitude

Sunday Sun — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT

I’VE got a problem with bookies, and it’s not that they keep taking my money, or even that remorselessly repeated Paddy Power advert.

Crass, smug? – YES Wise? – NO

Sunday Sun — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:00:00 GMT

HAS there ever been a football club more pleased with itself – and contemptuous of others – than Chelsea?