Bobby Robson

Venables admits that an English Manager winning the Champions League remains a distant hope

Date: 25th May 2011 at 4:50 pm | Written by
Terry Venables has admitted that he isn’t certain how long it will take for an English manager to win the Champions’ League. Since the competitions’ reformation in 1992, only a handful of English coaches …

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Top TEN players whose ability has been wasted by the England national team

Date: 11th April 2011 at 12:30 pm | Written by
Joey Barton last week came out and said that England haven’t used him enough over the years. There is a simple enough, but not very polite answer to that, …

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Results rather than recruits will win Newcastle fans over

Date: 21st January 2011 at 12:37 pm | Written by
There is no denying that Alan Pardew faced an extremely difficult and unenviable position when he was installed as Chris Hughton’s successor as manager at St James’s Park. The hugely popular Hughton …

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Whatever Happened to Newcastle’s Mirandinha?

Date: 5th November 2010 at 4:32 pm | Written by
Mirandinha goal celebrationWho remembers the Brazilian forward by the name of Mirandinha? He was the first Brazilian to ever grace the Premiership and was brought in by then Newcastle United manager Willie …

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European football offers a safe haven for English managers struggling

Date: 26th July 2010 at 5:12 pm | Written by
For Steve McClaren, that fateful Wembley night against Croatia in 2007 proved to be a blessing in disguise. Since his sacking as England manager, the ‘Wally with a Brolly’ has gone from …

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The Top 10 Greatest Football Adverts Ever

Date: 23rd April 2010 at 4:41 pm | Written by
Back when I was a fresh-faced young scally-me-lad, when TV was less 3D HD and more GMTV. Before Lost and 24 were the school yard water cooler moments (not that my school, …

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Zidane vs Fat Ronaldo – who was the greatest of recent times

Date: 17th March 2010 at 4:07 pm | Written by
When the Annals of football history are written (if annals are written. Are annals written? What is an annal actually?) the last decade and a bit will be looked back on as …

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Premier League managers: A mixed bunch

Date: 14th January 2010 at 2:56 pm | Written by
Wenger and BenitezYesterday David Tully wrote about Roy Hodgson and what the man’s achieved despite having been disregarded by most in England as a failure prior to his appointment at Fulham due …

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In the case of Robert, there should be no sentiment from Newcastle

Date: 4th December 2009 at 4:17 pm | Written by
laurent-robertFormer France winger Laurent Robert has expressed a desire to make a return to Newcastle United. The flamboyant Frenchman had a spell on Tyneside from 2001-2006 and was an integral part of …

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Mourinho looks to deliver the ultimate blow to former club?

Date: 24th November 2009 at 2:49 pm | Written by
mourinhoJose Mourinho is not a popular man in Barcelona; The Portuguese is less thought of in the Catalonian city as Bobby Robson’s translator at the club than as a public enemy following …

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