NEWCASTLE United are prepared to invest up to an extra £1million a year in their Academy as they bid to create a regular conveyor belt of Andy Carrolls – and turn their backs on the era of £30million signings.Read
SUNDERLAND striker Connor Wickham will be put through extra training sessions between now and the end of the season as Martin O’Neill looks to the England under-21 man to move up a level in the coming months.Read
IN four years spent in English football’s highest office, Fabio Capello bore witness to more live games at the San Siro than he did at both the Stadium of Light and St James’ Park combined.Read
FAB Flournoy will not hand his young guns the chance to rub salt into the wounds of smarting Sheffield Sharks – despite his Newcastle Eagles having planted one foot firmly in the final of the BBL Trophy.Read
DANNY Guthrie is adamant Newcastle United’s makeshift midfield can drive the Premier League high-fliers to a noteworthy White Hart Lane scalp this weekend.Read
FAB Flournoy will ignore the furore and concentrate on getting the Newcastle Eagles into the BBL Trophy final – despite a weekend of recriminations for the sport.Read
JONAS Gutierrez reckons Newcastle United have uncovered another Jose Enrique in buccaneering left-back Davide Santon – even if the Italy left-back needs to brush up on his defensive work.Read
DEMBA Ba believes new strike partner Papiss Demba Cissé is set for a long and successful reign as Newcastle’s number nine – and he intends to be around to see it.Read
NEWCASTLE United came up short in their bid to bring in an extra defender before Tuesday’s deadline. You’d expect Mike Williamson to be happy, but not a bit of it – as Mark Douglas reports.Read
DANNY Simpson has saluted the Newcastle understudies who have come in from the cold to take centre-stage – while promising the club will fight “every step of the way” to retain their top-five status.Read
Mark Douglas is a sports writer who covers a wide range of sports in the North East. He moved to the region in March 2008 after working for the Wolverhampton Express and Star.
