When Barry Moat's Newcastle United takeover bid failed, a lot of supporters feared that without
money to invest in players, we'd struggle to add to our already depleted squad. The current
Newcastle squad is probably just good enough to get out of the Championship, but without
further investment, it's looking bleak for our future Premier League survival.
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strong>Cold, damp and pretty miserable, and that was just my fatha. Well no actually, the
weather did a good impersonation of mid-December (or else I'm just getting auld). And the first
half of the Newcastle vs Hartlepool reserve match sort of felt a bit sorry for itself at times. But
with the news that Fabrice [.
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County face Southend United at Edgeley Park tomorrow afternoon, get the knowledge of the two
sides below.
Meetings since 2008 17/01/2009 Stockport 3 1 Southend 11/10/2008 Southend 1 1
Stockport
Stockport County Last Six Games 29/09/2009 Stockport 2 2 Hartlepool
26/09/2009 Huddersfield 0 0 Stockport 19/09/2009 Stockport 2 1 Leyton Orient 12/09/2009 Yeovil 2 2
Stockport 05/09/2009 Leeds 2 0 Stockport 01/09/2009 Crewe 1 4 Stockport
Southend United
Last Six Games 29/09/2009 Brentford 2 1 Southend 26/09/2009 Southend 0 1 Oldham 19/09/2009
Brighton 2 3 Southend 11/09/2009 Southend 0 0 Leeds 04/09/2009 Southend 3 0 Leyton Orient
29/08/2009 Swindon 2 1 Southend
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We speak to owner of Vital Hartlepool ahead of tonight's clash at Edgeley Park.
1. Hartlepool currently sit in 11th position, are you happy with the start to the season?
I'm a lot happier after our win at the weekend. We've been a bit stop-start but hopefully as
time goes on we can settle down and start playing the football I know we're capable of.
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Newcastle United's local coach Alan Thompson, who played at Newcastle, Bolton, Aston Villa, Celtic,
Leeds and Hartlepool during his excellent playing career, seems to have made the transition to
caoch like a duck to water these last 12 months. Alan Thompson while at Celtic Alan joined
Newcastle last July, when Kevin Keegan was still at the [.
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"The horrible part of football is you fall in love with your players."
Sir Alex Ferguson on the pitfalls of being a boss.
"It was a respectable performance."
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink on Barcelona's run-of-the-mill 6-2 thrashing of Real Madrid.
"Casper Ankegren's a bit of a Dracula-type keeper.
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But who is number one?
No matter who they support, many football fans believe that their team is the pride of their
area. Pride is not only about success, but also about reputation and respect for the team and their
supporters. With Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough in the Premier League, there is always
going to be debate about just who is the pride of the North East?
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"I think he's selling himself short, but I think it's a lifestyle decision." so says Chris Turner
Hartlepool manager talking about Joel Porter's decision to play for the Gold Coast.
No Chris, you blinkered Englishman, it's about the football:
He'll play alongside Champions League player Jason Culina,
He'll play at a Stadium Hartlepool can only dream of,
His first game will be in the Bird Nest Stadium in Beijing, followed by SunCorp in the League.
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Soccer Pie 05 February @ 03:14 AM EST
Transfer campaign has hit the boiling point and many of the players from English lower tiers have
been in the heat over the past couple of days. Let's start chronologically, from our last briefing.
Firstly, Bristol City striker, Steve Brooker, has finally become a Doncaster member and Sean
O'Driscol's wish has finally come true.
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With Manchester United and Aston Villa joining most of the other Premier League clubs in the fourth
round, the FA Cup draw has cooked up some interesting draws. The pick of the bunch is perhaps the
Merseyside derby. Everton will be making the short trip to Anfield in the fourth round to take on
cross-town rivals Liverpool.
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The FA Cup is always good for a few surprise results, and this year has already proved to be no
different. Both Chelsea and Manchester City faced lower league opposition at home in the third
round, and neither side came out with the result they wanted. The more surprising of the two is
perhaps Manchester City's 3-0 defeat against Nottingham Forest.
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The FA Cup hits the traditional 3rd Round stage which is when the big Premier League team come into
the competition. This is when the "little" or lower league teams can meet the big boys
and the giant killing can take place. And over the years the spirit of the FA Cup has
certainly produced some [.
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Off the Post 19 October @ 07:36 AM EST
Jeff feels good You just don't get this sort of impartial reporting anywhere else! Jeff Stelling
leads the Soccer Saturday team in a chorus of I Got You (I Feel Good) to celebrate James Brown's
late winner for Hartlepool United yesterday. He then reveals that the singing puppet he once
famously used to celebrate Brown's goals [.
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Soccerword's League One Predictions
1. Leeds
2. Huddersfield
3. Leicester City
4. Brighton & Hove Albion
5. Colchester
6. Scunthorpe
7. Oldham
8. Carlisle
9. Peterborough
10. Northampton
11. MK Dons
12. Southend
13.
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