Pint sized Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips has dropped significantly down the pecking order at the City of Manchester Stadium, and he may exit the club on loan at the very least during the transfer window.
In BackPageFootball.com’s own version of ‘Mean Machine’, Neil Sherwin has put together a team of colourful footballers who have taken time out from their careers to see the inside of a prison cell.
With Blackpool just one win away from the Promised Land of the Premier League, Tyrone Marshall looks at the issue of money filtering down the divisions. THOUSANDS of Blackpool fans will queue around the clock at Bloomfield Road in the next few days to get their hands on the cherished prize of a Wembley ticket [...]
As Newcastle United continue to lead the way in the Championship, Moments of Magic relives one of the best goals of the club’s recent history. #16 Philippe Albert v Manchester United, 1996 Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United have rarely been on the receiving end of a real hammering during the Scot’s reign, however they were [...]
Former Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Temuri Ketsbaia has been appointed the new manager of the Georgian national team. The 41 year old succeeds Hector Cuper who stepped down recently. Ketsbaia was previously in charge of Anorthosis Famagusta, winning two Cypriot league titles in five years and guiding them to the Champions League. He [...]
Former Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has been awarded £2m damages plus interest after winning his case against the club for constructive dismissal. The panel agreed that in signing Uruguayan midfielder Ignacio Gonzalez, against Keegan’s wishes, the club were in breach of a term in his contract. It was also agreed that Keegan would receive no [...]
With an intriguing first month of the Football League season now behind us, BPF’s Chris Mann runs the rule over some of the main talking points the early rounds of the campaign have thrown up in our first Football League monthly review. The Championship Despite the nightmarish, doom-laden predictions which preceded Newcastle United’s start to [...]