At an independent Regulatory Commission hearing today in London, Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton was given a 12 match suspension, six matches of which are suspended until the end of the 2009/2010 season, and fined £25K. Barton admitted a charge of violent conduct relating to an assault on his then Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo at [. Click to continue reading...

Warren Barton feels that Newcastle United have been thrust into chaos after the resignation of Kevin Keegan last night. Warren Barton - in sunny Newcastle - and doing very well in USA Warren Barton joined the new look LA Galaxy staff under former US National Team Head Coach Bruce Arena and Warren also serves over here as [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United new boy Xisco has revealed his shock at the Kevin Keegan resignation last night. Xisco - disappointed at Keegan leaving- seems a great lad The Spanish Under-21 international is disappointed that Keegan will not be there when he returns from international duty next week. Xisco says it was actually Keegan who convinced him to sign for [. Click to continue reading...

While Slaven Bilic may not be returning to Upton Park as manager, there are plenty of other candidates in the frame to be Alan Curbishley's successor. The former Charlton boss walked away earlier this week, claiming there had been a breach of trust between himself and the board. The latter ... Click to continue reading...

While Magpies fans are probably still smarting after Kevin Keegan resigned from the club on Thursday night, he's not coming back for a third time (!), so it's time to turn our attention to who might replace him as Newcastle manager. At least the board have over a week before ... Click to continue reading...

There are two sides to every story, although Newcastle supporters are unlikely to have an ounce of sympathy with the club's hierarchy right now, even if they have seen their manager walk away just three league games into the season. Indeed, if this was an unpopularity contest, then Mike Ashley ... Click to continue reading...

Chelsea supporters are often mocked by their Liverpool and United counterparts for not having much of a history, at least not a glorious one. It appears as though Manchester City fans may also be directed with some of this banter, as the club set about trying to transform themselves from ... Click to continue reading...

Manchester City's recent transformation from a mid-level club to a full-blown top four contender has a lot of clubs on their toes. And rightly so. With the addition of the Abu Dhabi group into the mix, the Manchester club now have the funds available to make any player strongly consider ... Click to continue reading...

The 2nd game in the qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa takes place on Wednesday the 10th of September. England face an extremely tough game away to Croatia, Scotland are travelling to Iceland, Northern Ireland face a talented Czech side at home and Wales travel to Russia. All ... Click to continue reading...

It's not as if Newcastle United are short of problems right now. Kevin Keegan has walked away from the manager's post for the second time, the owner seems to be completely clueless when it comes to running a football club and the fans are on the verge of boycotting the ... Click to continue reading...

It's been a slow start for the Reds, who might consider themselves lucky to still be in the Champions League and to have seven points from three games in the Premier League. Liverpool have been devoid of ideas going forward, with the team failing to create too many chances for ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal are considering offering Steven Appiah a contract after the player admitted he would relish a move to the Premier League. The Ghana international is now a free agent after being released by Turkish side Fenerbahce and can still sign for any outside the transfer window.

Arsene Wenger is keen to add to his midfield options after missing out on Gareth Barry and Xabi Alonso during August and Appiah looks a suitable candidate. Click to continue reading...

While Jamie Carragher is probably the exception rather than the rule when it comes down to players who prefer playing for their club rather than their country, it's hard to imagine many of England's squad are getting excited about Saturday's game in Barcelona. Once again, there will be an eerie ... Click to continue reading...

League Managers' Association (LMA) chief executive Richard Bevan today has called on the Newcastle United Board to sort themselves out to ensure their next manager (4th in 15 months) does not suffer the same fate as Kevin Keegan. Kevin Keegan - resigned after just 8 months in charge Keegan resigned last night from one of the best [. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa midfielder Gareth Barry has refuted suggestions that losing for England doesn't mean as much to the players as losing at club level. "Any defeat hurts. There is a lot of pain when you are on the losing side. There is no difference," The issue has come up due to recent ... Click to continue reading...

Glenn Roeder was sacked in May of last year, and since then he has been replaced by Sam Allardyce and then Sam was replaced by Kevin Keegan, two big names in football, with the latter already being a legend not only on Tyneside, but in Liverpool and around the world. Mike Ashley - dragging Newcastle United [. Click to continue reading...

Sir Trevor Brooking, The Football Association's Director of Football, has today sympathized with Kevin Keegan and Alan Curbishley, who both resigned from their positions as club manager this week under rather similar conditions. Kevin and Alan - both resigned this week Keegan resigned dramatically from Newcastle United on Thursday night, complaining about not having the final say [. Click to continue reading...

While David Moyes and Didier Deschamps are names in the frame for the vacant Newcastle manager's position, there is a clear favourite with fans, even if he doesn't have any managerial experience. If he is persuaded to take the hotseat at St James' Park, let's hope his coaching skills are ... Click to continue reading...

The writing was on the wall earlier this week, when reports first emerged that Kevin Keegan had quit as Newcastle United manager. While the club eventually released a statement to confirm that King Kev was still in charge, this was all for nothing after the Magpies gaffer walked away from ... Click to continue reading...

More bad news today for Newcastle United, and the timing is amazingly bad, as Joey Barton faces a Football Association hearing today for his assault on former Manchester City team-mate Ousmane Dabo. Joey Barton - appears before FA today In July, Barton received a four-month suspended prison sentence for the assault, which occurred in May 2007, and [. Click to continue reading...

Dear Deidre, My name is Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson. That's bad enough - it takes me fifteen minutes to sign a cheque. I am chairman of West Ham United. That's even worse. I moved to England in late 2006 with a friend, Eggy Magnusson. We rented a flat with a girl called Alice Pardew. She was a nice girl, but [. Click to continue reading...

It infuriates me when people are judged on their appearance. Just because Rafa Benitez is a tubby mess, this does not give opposing supporters the right to abuse him. The Aston Villa supporters went well over the top with their ‘Fat Spanish Waiter' banner. Admittedly, he is carrying a few stone overweight, and he's [. Click to continue reading...

Morning from a wet and dreary Dublin. I was really hoping for a bit of an Indian summer in September but it turns out the Indian summer is just another Irish summer, except a bit colder.

A few bits and bobs to talk about but as we are still in the midst of the Interlull it's all a bit quiet overall.

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If reality TV executives are looking for the next smash hit, they should consider Premier League football. Consider the real world drama that happened this week alone. There was Fergie picking up Berbatov in his Bentley under the noses of Man City's executives. In Newcastle, there was the two-day boardroom drama involving Keegan, his lawyers and [. Click to continue reading...

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7 Countries England Have Played Once And Once Only

1. Bohemia (1908)
2. Canada (1986)
3. China (1996)
4. Jamaica (2006)
5. Kuwait (1982)
6. Malaysia (1991)
7. South Korea (2002)

...and on October 11th, you can add Kazakhstan to that list, too. Click to continue reading...