JournalLive - Tag - leon best

Papiss Cisse has Olympic call-up blocked

JournalLive — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 07:30:00 GMT

NEWCASTLE United have blocked Papiss Cisse’s Olympics call-up in a bid to have the Senegal striker fit and firing for the start of their European campaign.

Leon Best and Fraser Forster to depart NUFC

JournalLive — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 07:30:00 GMT

NEWCASTLE United hope to clear the decks for some new faces by completing the sales of Leon Best and Fraser Forster this week.

Danny Simpson and Leon Best can leave NUFC

JournalLive — Wed, 09 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

NEWCASTLE United will let Danny Simpson and Leon Best leave this summer.

Leon Best delighted to be back in full training

JournalLive — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT

LEON Best returned to full training yesterday following two months on the sidelines with a vow to help Newcastle United seal their European dream.

Leon Best hopes to return for final European push

JournalLive — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:30:00 GMT

RECOVERING striker Leon Best is hopeful of returning for the final stages of Newcastle United’s Europa League push – and wants to put himself in the frame for summer national service in the process.

Ryan Taylor: Goal has given Leon Best a confidence boost

JournalLive — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:29:00 GMT

RYAN Taylor knows what a goal can do for a footballer’s confidence, and he has already seen an improvement in Leon Best’s. Now he hopes the striker can transfer his training-ground form to the Premier League.

Irish send Leon Best back to get fit again

JournalLive — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:30:00 GMT

LEON Best has been sent back to Tyneside from international duty in an attempt to be fit for the start of Newcastle United's toughest run of fixtures so far this season.

Leon Best aiming for 20 goal target

JournalLive — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:29:00 GMT

IN a city of some 300,000, Leon Best knows he was one of only five cheered by Newcastle United’s inability to land a new striker on deadline day.

Alan Pardew sets Newcastle strikers a challenge

JournalLive — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:30:00 GMT

ALAN Pardew has challenged his pack of strikers to prove him wrong – as he predicts more to come from Demba Ba and Leon Best.

Leon Best still has lots more to offer says Alan Pardew

JournalLive — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:30:00 GMT

LEON Best scored twice yesterday, only for Alan Pardew to warn the jury is still out on him as a Newcastle United striker.