Thursday, October 18, 2012

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• Blackburn agree new contract with Kean
• Chelsea skipper John Terry will not appeal four-match ban, issues apology
• St James’ Park sign reinstated at Newcastle United
• Who impressed and who flopped on England international duty?
• Tottenham v Chelsea betting tips
• England fans have a bath at postponed Poland game
• Video: Newcastle’s Nile Ranger hosts in-street dance party
• Newcastle manager Alan Pardew bans Nile Ranger until he turns up on time for six weeks
• Liverpool’s Fabio Borini ruled out for three months with broken foot
• Were sleeping pills to blame for England’s sluggish performance against Poland?
• Video: Linesman requests half-time photo with Lionel Messi
• Top five conclusions: Poland 1-1 England

Blackburn agree new contract with Kean Posted: 18 Oct 2012 04:03 AM PDT KEAN IN! KEAN IN! KEAN IN! Blackburn Rovers might have just got rid of manager Steve Kean, but they’ve no interest in forcing his namesake out of the club. Young goalkeeper Jake Kean has just signed a new contract that will keep him at Ewood Park until 2016. The England Under 20 international is tipped [...]

Chelsea skipper John Terry will not appeal four-match ban, issues apology Posted: 18 Oct 2012 03:37 AM PDT John Terry has announced he will not appeal against the four-match ban he received for racially abusing QPR’s Anton Ferdinand and has apologised for the language he used. The Chelsea captain apologised in a statement, which reads: “After careful consideration, I have decided not to appeal against the FA judgment. “I want to take this [...]

St James’ Park sign reinstated at Newcastle United Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:53 AM PDT In February this year, writing ‘St James’ Park’ on the wall you can see above was an arrestable offence. Now, it’s a cause for celebration. The iconic St James’ Park lettering was removed from the wall – much to the dismay of the Toon Army – when the club decided to step up its attempts [...]

Who impressed and who flopped on England international duty? Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:45 AM PDT Who's popped up on Roy's Radar over the international break – and who's done themselves no favours. Good Week Phil Jagielka An assured defensive performance and clean sheet against San Marino may well be the defensive equivalent of an open goal, but an equally assured performance, albeit without the clean sheet, against Poland and in [...]

Tottenham v Chelsea betting tips Posted: 18 Oct 2012 02:10 AM PDT Andre Villas-Boas will be looking for revenge this weekend when Spurs take on Chelsea at White Hart Lane. Ethan Rowe, Tfbets.com tipster, explains where you should put your money. AVB and Chelsea will meet again on Saturday in what is a crucial match for the Spurs manager to continue restoring his reputation. Revenge, it is [...]

England fans have a bath at postponed Poland game Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:40 AM PDT With many fans left disappointed at the prospect of travelling all the way to Warsaw to not even see a football match, these cheeky shaps made the best of a bad situation by taking a bath. In fairness, it shows you quite how much rain did fall in the city, and makes the decision to [...]

Video: Newcastle’s Nile Ranger hosts in-street dance party Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:16 AM PDT While looking for a video to accompany our post on Nile Ranger being banned from Newcastle’s first-team until he turns up on time for six weeks we came across this and thought it deserved a post of its own. Alan Pardew might be questioning Ranger’s commitment to being a footballer, but there’s no questioning his [...]

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew bans Nile Ranger until he turns up on time for six weeks Posted: 18 Oct 2012 01:07 AM PDT Newcastle bad boy Nile Ranger has been banned from training with the first-team until he can go six weeks without turning up late. Manager Alan Pardew is sick of the striker’s tardiness and has told him he won’t be considered for selection until he manages a prolonged stint of turning up on time for training. [...]

Liverpool’s Fabio Borini ruled out for three months with broken foot Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:40 AM PDT It just doesn’t get any easier at Anfield. After the club’s failure to buy a striker in the closing days of the transfer window (and actually allowing Andy Carroll to leave on a loan deal), they were left with only Luis Suarez and Fabio Borini as forwards on the books. With Suarez on a mission [...]

Were sleeping pills to blame for England’s sluggish performance against Poland? Posted: 18 Oct 2012 12:40 AM PDT England players were given sleeping pills Many of the players had popped ProPlus caffeine energy pills ahead of the planned kick-off on Tuesday evening. Given that they ended up expending virtually no energy at all, some players feared they would be bouncing around their hotel room all night rather than enjoing a peaceful pre-match slumber [...]

Video: Linesman requests half-time photo with Lionel Messi Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:04 AM PDT You expect certain levels of professionalism from match officials and posing for a photo with a player midway through the match probably falls short of those levels. But this enterprising assistant referee was not going to pass-up the opportunity to grab a picture of him and Lionel Messi. He chose half-time during yesterday’s match between [...]

Top five conclusions: Poland 1-1 England Posted: 17 Oct 2012 10:56 AM PDT 1. He might have scored England’s goal with the top of his arm, but Wayne Rooney also has to shoulder responsibility for spurning England’s best chance and looking pretty poor throughout. 2. Joe Hart’s impersonation of David De Gea is now near-perfect. 3. There was more life in the pitch than in the England players. [...]

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