Freiburg's Papiss Demba Cisse joins the Magpies for a reported £10m. Newcastle now sports a Senegalese flavour to their team. The new no 9 joins countrymen Demba Ba and Cheikh Tiote, both enjoying outstanding Premiership seasons. All three are at the ACN, so fans will get to see him next month depending on how Senegal do in that competition.

Etoile have never been everyone's favorite cup of tea. A bunch of French journeymen pros parachuted into the tropics in the hope of kick starting their stagnant careers?
Since they arrived in 2010 the club have been involved in controversy after controversy, much of it of their own making.

Goal: ‘Until my death they are going to talk to me about this' – Why ex-Newcastle star David Ginola will meet former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier in...

Sores nearly two decades old still remain open for the ex-Paris Saint-Germain winger, and the constant barracking from his former national team boss has simply become too much

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Sores nearly two decades old still remain open for the ex-Paris Saint-Germain winger, and the constant barracking from his former national team boss has simply become too much

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Sores nearly two decades old still remain open for the ex-Paris Saint-Germain winger, and the constant barracking from his former national team boss has simply become too much

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Sores nearly two decades old still remain open for the ex-Paris Saint-Germain winger, and the constant barracking from his former national team boss has simply become too much

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Goal: ‘Until my death they are going to talk to me about this' – Why ex-Newcastle star David Ginola will meet former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier in...

Sores nearly two decades old still remain open for the ex-Paris Saint-Germain winger, and the constant barracking from his former national team boss has simply become too much

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1. Newcastle is no longer a Northern Rock- There was always something distinctly strange about Newcastle's streak of defensive proficiency. Kevin Keegan must have been turning in his commentary booth. David Ginola was probably banging his head...
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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has played in many tough games over the last 12 years, but there's one particular game right at the start of his senior career that he classifies as one of the 'hardest' times he's ever had on a football pitch.
The game in question was Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to Spurs at White Hart Lane in December 2008.

David Ginola suing Gerard Houllier over comments in new book on France failure

David Ginola is suing Gerard Houllier over allegedly offensive remarks made in a new book. The pair have had a poisonous relationship since falling out over France's failed bid to reach the 1994 World Cup

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David Ginola, Newcastle's former winger under manager Kevin Keegan in the 1990s, thinks the new French players will have a big impact at Newcastle. David Ginola very popular player at Newcastle Yohan Cabaye, Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel Obertan, Mehdi Abeid and Demba Ba were all born in France, and were signed in the summer by Newcastle for a total of around £8M - which was [.

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Liverpool's 4-3 win against Newcastle United at Anfield in 1996 It remains a seminal game in English football, full of end-to-end action and utter drama.

At the weekend, the two clubs came together once more, to recreate that classic game all for the sake of a number of fabulous charities including the NSPCC, CHUF, Alan Shearer Centre, Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and NE Children's Charity Pathways.

Alan Shearer plays Newcastle United and Liverpool Entertainers Reunited

A Newcastle United side including Alan Shearer, David Ginola and Tino Asprilla was beaten by a Liverpool legends side in a recreation of the famous 4-3 game.

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The White Hart Lane Faithful has been blessed throughout the years with some of the best wingers to grace the British and world game.

Since I've been a fan, we've had the likes of Chris Waddle, David Ginola and Darren Anderton hogging the touchline, dropping a shoulder and producing a moment of brilliance or a cross which has brightened a dull winter evening.

The brief furore surrounding Mario Balotelli's fluffed backheel and subsequent substitution by Roberto Mancini left the public divided. Was this just the latest indication of a player on the verge of a mental breakdown or a manager over-reacting to a bit of fun in a pre-season knockabout?

There's little need to wade further into that debate.

Before anyone says "WTF happened?"

Man Utd's team cobbled together the youth brigade and a few veterans with Fabien Barthez installed as custodian in a match organized by Pascal Olmeta for his children's charity. Tom Cleverley, Danny Welbeck, Chris Smalling, and Phil Jones with veterans Park Ji Sung and Patrice Evra gave a pretty decent account of themselves in the first half against an Olympique Marseilles boasting their regular starters.

It's not surprising that Newcastle have been targeting France for some of their new players this summer. French Football Academy Clairfontaine Newcastle have had a number of good buys in France over the years, including wingers David Ginola, Laurent Robert, Charles N'Zigbia and defender Sebastian Bassong, to name just four of the fifteen signings [.

Following on from my end of the season thoughts, and given that posters and flyers all over NYC are declaring Doomsday this Saturday, around 6pm, I thought I should sum up the best and worst of the entire history of football, dating back to when I started watching and including only games that I have seen.

While we've looked at classic encounters from the past between Tottenham and some of our recent opponents, the forthcoming fixture between Spurs and Birmingham doesn't really conjure up too many memories of any kind.

While Tottenham did travel to St Andrews on the way to the 1967 FA Cup final, recent memory could only recall a freezing night in the mid-1980's where Spurs defeated a Birmingham side by two goals to nil.

Gareth Bale becomes the fourth Spurs player to win the PFA Player of the year prize, Pat Jennings, Clive Allen, David Ginola and now Gareth Bale. Arsenal player, England player and full time sleaze bag Wilshire won the Young Player award.