Latest articles from Will Scott

Making a Stand

SCOTLAND'S most celebrated comedy venue is coming to Toon later this month with a plan to stamp its own inimitable brand of idiosyncratic humour on a fun-loving North-East public.

Newcastle new boy Abeid ambitious

NEWCASTLE United’s latest French recruit Mehdi Abeid has made it known he has not come to the club to make up the numbers in the reserves.

A novel idea to show there's life after football

Paul Ferris is hardly your conventional former footballer: a qualified barrister; a masters degree in the history of ideas; as well as being a physiotherapist for Newcastle United during its renaissance. Now he has written a book, An Irish Heartbeat. Sportswriter Will Scott spoke to the multi-talented Irishman about his first novel and life at St James' Park.

Young Magpies sign new deals

NEWCASTLE UNITED may have reached stalemate in contract negotiations with influential midfielders Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan, but yesterday the club moved to grant extensions to two of the club’s rising stars.

Mowbray has high hopes for Boro

BULLISH Middlesbrough manager Tony Mowbray believes he can see enough positive light through the cloud of despair on Teesside to bring the glory days back to the Riverside.

The Waterboys: In A Special Place

IN Nick Hornby’s recent novel Juliet, Naked, the plot follows a reclusive rock star who took a step back from the spotlight and failed to record anything for 20 years.