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Moors end season with third trophy

11:33am Monday 20th May 2013

SPENNYMOOR TOWN striker Gavin Cogdon scored in a cup final win for the second time this season when he headed the only goal of the Brooks Mileson Northern League Cup final yesterday.

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Tears from Harper on Newcastle exit

11:13am Monday 20th May 2013

ALAN PARDEW wants Steve Harper's Newcastle United team-mates to use the supporters' fitting tribute to the departing goalkeeper yesterday as an incentive to make up for a depressing campaign when the action restarts in August.

Fans provide a fitting send-off for Harper despite Magpies defeat

11:11am Monday 20th May 2013

ALMOST 50,000 Newcastle United fans made sure an emotional Steve Harper received a send off to remember, but his final outing at St James' Park was not quite as perfect as he would have hoped.

Gray delighted to bring in Robinson

10:00am Monday 20th May 2013

Martin Gray spoke of his relief and delight at finally bringing in long-term target Paul Robinson from Whitley Bay.

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No fond farewells from Benitez

11:05am Monday 20th May 2013

RAFAEL BENITEZ led Chelsea to third place in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Everton before deciding not to bid farewell to his fiercest critics, the home supporters at Stamford Bridge.

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Di Canio delivers damning assessment of Sunderland's indiscipline

8:02am Monday 20th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has delivered a damning expose of the indiscipline that is rife at Sunderland, and claimed the shocking photographs of Phil Bardsley covered in £50 notes are indicative of some of the “ignorant, arrogant” footballers who are employed by the club.

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Liddle flourishes at Notts after his Victoria Park exit

8:00am Monday 20th May 2013

THERE'S been recent accusations of familiarity breeding contempt around Hartlepool United. Too many players being part of the squad for too long and relegation was the consequence.

Match Report: Tottenham Hotspur 1 Sunderland 0

8:00am Monday 20th May 2013

IT started with the optimism of a goalless draw at Arsenal, but ended with Sunderland back in North London simply grateful to have avoided the drop. This has been another season of chronic underachievement for the Black Cats, who ultimately finished just three points and one place clear of the bottom three.

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Becks could be the boss

11:25am Monday 20th May 2013

PARIS ST GERMAIN boss Carlo Ancelotti believes David Beckham could confound expectations and become a manager.

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Baggies join in farewell party

11:18am Monday 20th May 2013

SIR ALEX FERGUSON ended his magnificent managerial career just the way he would want – with a nice glass of red wine.

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End of an era at St James' as Harper bids farewell

8:00am Friday 17th May 2013

FROM the sublime to the utterly ridiculous he has seen it all, but after 20 years at Newcastle Steve Harper is finally stepping off the black and white rollercoaster.

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Di Canio focus is on club's academy

8:00am Friday 17th May 2013

AFTER securing Sunderland's Premier League status, Paolo Di Canio is set to make considerable changes to his playing squad over the summer, but the Black Cats boss has emphasised the importance of the club's academy.

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Lampard signs new Chelsea deal

10:35am Friday 17th May 2013

FRANK LAMPARD expressed his love for Chelsea and his gratitude towards owner Roman Abramovich after signing a new one-year contract to extend his 12-year stay at Stamford Bridge.

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Poyet suspended after clash with club's hierarchy

10:34am Friday 17th May 2013

BRIGHTON manager Gus Poyet has been suspended along with assistant manager Mauricio Taricco and firstteam coach Charlie Oatway, the Championship club have confirmed.

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Harper distances himself from Hartlepool

10:11am Thursday 16th May 2013

OUTGOING Newcastle United goalkeeper Steve Harper has distanced himself from the vacant manager's job at Hartlepool United.

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Di Canio lays down the law

10:04am Thursday 16th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has told any Sunderland player hoping for a quick getaway after Sunday's final game to cancel their flights - and revealed he will cut short their summer holidays if they don't produce an acceptable performance against Tottenham.

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Debuchy has no regrets about Magpies move

8:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

MATHIEU Debuchy insists he has no regrets about his January move to Newcastle United despite his first five months on Tyneside hardly going to plan.

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England comment: Why Ferdinand's talents went unfulfilled

8:00am Thursday 16th May 2013

AS has been the case with other members of English football's so-called 'golden generation', the immediate reaction to news of Rio Ferdinand's international retirement is to bemoan what might have been.

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QPR striker Remy arrested on suspicion of rape

12:32pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

Queens Park Rangers striker Loic Remy has been arrested on suspicion of rape, sources said.

Hughes is linked with quick return

10:09am Wednesday 15th May 2013

WHILE Hartlepool United wait to announce the appointment of Colin Cooper as their new manager, their former boss has been linked with a quick return to the game.

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Steele offers key support to Butland

8:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

JACK BUTLAND will be England's first-choice goalkeeper at this summer's European Under-21 Championships, but Stuart Pearce is confident Middlesbrough's Jason Steele will prove an able deputy if required.

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Pardew to spell out the need to keep Coloccini when he meets with Ashley

8:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

ALAN PARDEW will detail the need to keep skipper Fabricio Coloccini when he holds his end-of-season debrief with Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley.

Di Canio questions Wickham's attitude

8:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

PAOLO Di Canio has issued a thinly-veiled criticism of Connor Wickham's attitude and admitted the Sunderland striker can lack motivation.

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Benitez proud of his efforts at Chelsea

10:07am Wednesday 15th May 2013

RAFAEL BENITEZ is convinced if Chelsea win the Europa League tonight it will finally be accepted he has done a good job during his short stint at Stamford Bridge.

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Sunderland's survival is guaranteed as Wigan are relegated

9:35pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

SUNDERLAND'S relegation fears were banished this evening as Wigan Athletic's eight-year stay in the Premier League came crashing to an end.

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Cabaye admits Newcastle need to learn lessons from relegation fight

9:46am Tuesday 14th May 2013

YOHAN Cabaye admits his Newcastle United team-mates have to learn some important lessons from this season's surprise relegation scrap, after conceding he found it difficult to come to terms with an increasingly desperate battle against the drop.

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Keeper Mignolet is in big demand

8:00am Tuesday 14th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has plans for a summer of change at the Stadium of Light, but one of Sunderland's newest recruits hopes Simon Mignolet does not form part of the club's close-season transfer business.

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Match Report: Sunderland 1 Southampton 1

10:07am Monday 13th May 2013

IT was another of those afternoons Sunderland fans have become accustomed to this season at the Stadium of Light. Gaps in defence, weak in attack, an over-reliance on goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and a familiar outcome.

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Di Canio promises a summer of change

10:04am Monday 13th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has promised to change everything at Sunderland after claiming a 1-1 draw with Southampton which has left the Wearside club on the brink of Premier League safety

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Pardew relieved after surviving 'toughest relegation fight'

9:03am Monday 13th May 2013

ALAN Pardew last night expressed his relief at Newcastle United's Premier League survival and claimed the financial incentive for remaining in the top-flight had made this the toughest relegation battle he could remember.

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Match Report: Queens Park Rangers 1 Newcastle United 2

9:01am Monday 13th May 2013

TIME to crack open the champagne? Not exactly. But having secured their Premier League status with one game to spare, at least Newcastle United can draw a line under this thoroughly miserable campaign.

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Cooper set to be named Pools boss

8:00am Monday 13th May 2013

COLIN Cooper is expected to be named Hartlepool United manager.