Could Distin's new deal scupper Tomkin's switch to Newcastle?

According to the local rag, Sylvain Distin is expected to sign on the dotted line and extend his stay at current club. However this good news for Everton fans could leave Newcastle fans up in arms, and I will tell you why.

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Can Brighton upset Newcastle again?

Saturday's early kick off sees Alan Pardew's Newcastle side travel to the place where they lost their FA Cup placement in the fourth round last year - Brighton - and I take a brief look into whether or not the Magpies can expect another beating from the Seagulls.

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Fulham v Newcastle United Betting Tips

Fulham and Newcastle will meet for a battle at Craven Cottage which could see either side move onto 20 points and close the gap on the top half of the table. Here are a few betting tips for the match.

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Worrying times for Pardew & Newcastle

Without question this was always going to be a difficult season for Newcastle United but for them to struggling down in 14^th position and on a run of three successive defeats must come as a shock to even the most pessimistic of Geordies.

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Leaky Leaky Arsenal (Video)

You can’t call them boring! In the standout game of the weekend Arsenal played host to London neighbours Fulham.

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Newcastle - a game of two seasons

Newcastle’s fine season last year so nearly ended with a top-four finish, and a place in the Champions League, but what will happen to them this year?

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Premier League talking points: six weeks in

It's good to have it back isn't it? Even with the European Championships this summer I still found myself craving the drama and excitement of the Premier League. So, how's it all looking after six weeks and six games in? Well, one thing we still know for sure; John Terry is still a loathsome moron who no one likes with a reputation that is now, if it wasn't before, irrecovably tarnished. Gutted.

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*Goal-line technology klaxon*

The old goal-line technology debate has once again reared its ugly head.

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A blessing in disguise?

Michael Owen’s recent quest to get back into Football has landed him in Stoke as he no longer became a free agent after signing a deal with ‘The Potters’.

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Can the Europa League hopefuls turn into Champions League contenders?

All three managers of Liverpool, Tottenham and Newcastle respectively, pre-season, spoke to the media of their lofty ambitions to be able play Champions league football in the 2013/2014 season. Whether this is realistic has been brought under some scrutiny recently, considering all 3’s starts to the season, and palpable disappointment at their activities in the transfer market.

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Transfer window: should there be a re-think?

The spectacle that is slowing becoming the transfer window deadline day is beginning to grate on this discerning football fan. Why the big and bright countdown to the final moment akin to the most spectacular of New Year's Eve celebrations? Next year, I almost expect there to be a couple of fireworks going off from the roof Sky Sports headquarters. Social media, too, goes crazy and throws around some ridiculous rumours.

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Ben Arfa, future of the Premier League (Video)

Newcastle's versatile midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa proved again over the weekend why he has all the skills that could make him one of the Premier League's most coveted players.

Bought from Marseille, where he partenered Karim Benze

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Pardew deserved a longer ban (Video)

Back on Saturday 18^th August, Newcastle United hosted Tottenham Hotspur on the Magpies opening day encounter.

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Carroll to get career back on track at West Ham

Since Kenny Dalglish bought the striker too Liverpool last January, there has only been question marks hovering over the 23-year-olds head.

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Alan Smith is an example to all footballers

There was once a time where Alan Smith was a lethal and clinical striker. He had it all. A set of trendy bleach blonde hair, the cocky confident stroll of a 90s Premiership player and he was becoming one of the best goal strikers England had seen in a long time.

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