The British media is a wonderful thing, responsible for bigging up any footballer that shows even an ounce of ability at whatever level over even the shortest amount of time. If said players are English, extra-strength arse-sore cream is complimentary at all pharmacies, followed by a voucher for free anti-depressants when the tabloid rimming descends [.

You need not hear what orders he is giving
to know if someone has authority,

you have only to watch his mouth:
when a besieging general sees

a city wall breached by his troops,
when a bacteriologist

realizes in a flash what was wrong
with his hypothesis, when,

from a glance at the jury, the prosecutor
knows the defendant will hang,

their lips and the lines around them
relax, assuming an expression

not of simple pleasure at getting
their own sweet way but of satisfaction

at being right, an incarnation
of Fortitudo, Justicia, Nous.

Venue: St James' Park, Newcastle Date: Saturday, October 22nd, 2011 Kick-off: 3:00pm Referee: Neil Swarbrick Roberto Martinez brings his Wigan squad up to Tyneside this Saturday, as Newcastle United will look to continue their undefeated record in all competitions so far this season. There is no live UK broadcast of the match, but due to [.

By Alan Duffy

Sunderland 2-2 West Bromwich Albion Premier League 1st October 2011

The Baggies were two goals up after just five minutes of play at the Stadium of Light, courtesy of goals from James Morrison and Shane Long. However, Arsenal's Nicklas Bendtner, on a season-long loan, hauled the Black Cats back into the game, scoring one and setting up Ahmed Elmohamady for the equaliser.

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In this week's review section, we look at stories from the Asian Champions League, pressure at Sunderland and Carlos Tevez embroiled in more controversy. You can listen to these and other stories on our weekly podcast and can find explanations of key vocabulary in bold below, or highlighted in blue.

Sunderland have suspended defender Titus Bramble after he was arrested early Wednesday morning for alleged sexual assault and possession of a Class A drug.

Bramble was grilled for 15 hours before being released on bail pending further enqueries. Bramble who earns £40,000 a week at Sunderland was out on the town on Tuesday night for the weekly singles night known to locals as 'grab a granny night and was getting all the attention from the Ladies as he posed for photo's, but it all turned sour at 2.

A bit of player news this midweek as Europa League and Champions League matches take precedence after the ludicrous Carlos Tevez news yesterday [Tevez has since been suspended by Manchester City for 2 weeks]. Titus Bramble has been suspended by Sunderland ... Continue reading →

By Alan Duffy

The rather under-rated Titus Bramble has been arrested by Cleveland police on charges relating to sexual assault and the possession of Class A drugs.

While the Class A possession story is arguably open for Pies' brand of cutting wit, the sexual assault story is rather more serious and less funny.

Bramble in custody Sunderland defender Titus Bramble has been arrested by police investigating claims of sexual assault and possession of a Class A drug. The former Wigan, Newcastle and Ipswich centre-back was arrested in Yarm in the early hours of this morning. A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: "A 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion [.

By Alan Duffy

Despite spending a fair amount of money on his Sunderland team, Steve Bruce has endured a rather rubbish start to the season. However, at home to Stoke on Sunday, the Black Cats finally marked their territory by weeing all over the Potters.

Not famed for his goalscoring ability, Titus Bramble opened the scoring while summer signings Craig Gardner and Seb Larsson also helped to give the Black Cats their first win of the new season.

Bramble backs Bruce approach

Titus Bramble believes Steve Bruce is right to ease striker Connor Wickham into Premier League action.

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Remember the internet joke doing the rounds in the summer about a certain Titus Bramble coming to the Arsenal? If you missed it some mischievous cove used Twitter to spread the rumour that the bungling Bramble was on his way to the Emirates and that Arsene Wenger was convinced it was he, not Per Mertersacker, Gary Cahill, Chris Samba or Phil Jagielka, who was the answer to our defensive woes.

Newcastle United old boy, Craig Bellamy, has a long and insightful interview on American site 'EPL Talk.' Given while Bellamy was in Orlando, Florida last month, coaching the youngsters at the 2011 Disney Soccer Academy, it covers quite a few topics from Bellamy's time in the game. This included recollections of his five years at [.

Friendly round-up: Gervinho scores twice on Arsenal debut, Liverpool lose to Hull

Titus Bramble was sent off and Jonathan Woodgate played for an hour in mixed afternoon for Prem sides

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Let's hope that jubilation is seen more at the Grove

Arsene Wenger promised us that this is going to be a busy summer. Judging by the high amount of transfer related news that has Arsenal in its content, the manager's promise might be coming true. But from the outside, we have to be slightly cautious with regards to those news.

When Transfers Go Wrong: 11 Players The Premier League Will Never Forget - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Manchester United and Liverpool have both be criticised for over paying for players, however, what about those clubs that got it totally wrong? Here are 11 of the worst signings from recent Premier League history.

On the pitch, what needs fixing? Most would point out the glaring lack of fire-power within the ranks, for the 'number 9′ Shirt is lies dormant at St James' Park. This of course has been true since January, when a certain someone departed to join Kenny Dalglish's revolution, and our inability to act for a [.

English Premier League side Sunderland AFC have launched their 2011/12 away kit. The Black Cats unveiled their Umbro 11/12 road strip on Friday via their website and Facebook page featuring modeling from players Titus Bramble, Phil Bardsley and Michael Turner. The launch follows the March release of the Sunderland Umbro 2011/12 home kit.

Arsenal 0 Sunderland 0
(Premiership)

I didn't catch the Leyton Orient game live and as such couldn't comment on it during the week, but it was reassuring to not see a hangover from the cup final defeat that preceded it. On many occasions in the past, one bad performance has rolled into another, and before you knew it, four matches had passed, and all hopes for trophies had disappeared in the blink of an eye.

You can't expect me to diagram any plays, or demonstrate on a virtual chalk-board how this is going to happen. I'm not savvy enough with the Interwebs to maneuver in such a fashion. But, I can give you a rather impassioned presentation of 5 keys to what should be an all-out attacking affair on Saturday morning.

A dismal day in Staffordshire didn't dampen the spirits at the Brittania, as Stoke City overwhelmed the Black Cats from Sunderland with two set-piece goals in the final 10 minutes.

Starting Formations

STOKE CITY FORM: In the first home game for newly-acquired John Carew, Tony Pulis paired him with Kenwyne Jones at the front of a 4-4-2 shape.

Well would you believe it we were thinking that Alan Smith could be out for up to two months, and thought that was bad enough but news later today that Alan Smith is out for the season. Alan Smith being strangled by Titus Bramble on Sunday When Alan went down injured on [...]

By Ollie Irish

Manchester City's Carlos Tevez scores his side's fourth goal of the game against Wolves at Eastlands.

Blackburn Rovers' Mame Diouf and Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic battle for the ball.

Arsenal's Robin van Persie scores his team's third goal againt West Ham, from the penalty spot.

Top of the flops 1. Massimo Maccarone to Middlesbrough for £8.15m (2002) A Teeside transfer record at the time, 18 goals in four years was by no means a rewarding return for chairman Steve Gibson. Massimo did manage some payback a few years on as he will be remembered largely for the brace he bagged [.

By Ollie Irish

"Come on Gab, it's only a light roasting we're after..."

Aston Villa's Gabriel Agbonlahor is restrained by Sunderland's Titus Bramble and Anton Ferdinand, during Villa's 1-0 defeat at home to the Mackems. Not a good place to be, in any way.

By Ollie Irish

With the Premier League season now into its second half, it's time to pause, cogitate and deliberate on the Prem team of the season so far. In a 4-5-1 formation, this is our selection of star performers – there is no Fabregas, no Gerrard, no Lampard, no Drogba, no Titus Bramble.