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Hard to expect much from region's big three next season either

12:49pm Monday 20th May 2013

ANOTHER season is over and there will not be a Newcastle United, Sunderland or Middlesbrough fan out there disappointed about that.

Why have Pardew's Newcastle dropped so low?

NEWCASTLE BOSS: Tony Mowbray

9:00am Tuesday 30th April 2013

WHEN Alan Pardew thinks of last season, he will remember being awarded manager of the year by both the League Managers' Association and the Premier League's sponsor, Barclays.

Liverpool should keep hold of Suarez

10:47am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

IT would be all too easy for Liverpool to sell Luis Suarez. With 23 goals in the Premier League this season and his five assists, he is one of the hottest attacking talents in football and his sale would bring in more than £40m.

Pardew primed for crucial week with Magpies

5:00am Saturday 6th April 2013

ONE of the biggest weeks of his two-and-a-half year reign was how Alan Pardew described Newcastle United's up-coming three matches and he thinks Thursday night's defeat in Portugal will galvanise his group to attack the period with vigour.

Europa League diary - Lisbon

12:50pm Friday 5th April 2013

WALKING around the Estadio da Luz during the last couple of days was a former Hartlepool United manager and Newcastle coach very familiar with the area.

Paul Fraser's Postcard from Portugal

The Di Canio story makes it into the Portuguese press

10:37am Thursday 4th April 2013

LISBON is not a new city for a North-East club to visit. Not only did Newcastle United visit in 2005 in the UEFA Cup, both Middlesbrough and Sunderland have had trips to the Portuguese capital in the past too.

O'Neill goes: Strange timing, but right decision?

10:41pm Saturday 30th March 2013

THE worries have been increasing, the gap to the Premier League's bottom three reducing. But did Sunderland fans really think the man they always wanted in charge was going to go?

It's time for change at Boro to keep promotion push alive

Tony Mowbray

7:00am Thursday 7th March 2013

AN EIGHTH defeat of the calendar year has seen Middlesbrough drop down to their lowest league placing since October. A season promising so much before the turn of the year is suddenly in serious danger of ending in failure.

Could Danny ever become Wearside's golden Graham?

BOO BOY: Graham has not been put off moving to Sunderland, despite the reception he received on Tuesday when playing for Swansea

1:04pm Wednesday 30th January 2013

GIVEN the reception Danny Graham received from a large section of Sunderland supporters on Tuesday night, it's safe to assume what is written below will not please everyone on Wearside.

Magpies need Coloccini to shine

1:16pm Saturday 12th January 2013

BY Fabricio Coloccini's high standards, his performances for Newcastle United this season have not been as consistent as supporters had come to expect.

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