Aside from the management – beginning with Chris Hughton and followed swiftly by current boss Alan Pardew – a number of senior players held sway and were very vocal about matters other than who they were playing on the weekend. With Kevin Nolan, Joey...

Abuja based indigenous sports marketing firm, "Alan Smith Nigeria limited," yesterday signed a three year kitting franchise contract with Rangers International FC of Enugu. With the endorsement of the deal, the company would henceforth take full...

This is what Alan said about the French U19 and Algerian U23 player: “We also want Mehdi out on loan, but we haven’t found a club for him yet,” James Tavernier is another youngster who is getting first team experience, and the right-back is currently...

Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton and Alan Smith all being moved on, the only voice to be heard on team affairs now is Pardew’s and Taylor believes having it made clear to the team that there is only one boss has been a key factor in Newcastle’s rise to...

No player has ever talked about it. Ed you should read comments on your own blogs. A few of us are guessing the sticking point on Colo’s contract is probably length because he is now 30. If we gave him, say, a 5 year contact at 80k per week then in a...

Kevin Nolan - now captain of West Ham Under Chris Hughton Newcastle formed a team committee when Newcastle were relegated in the summer of 2009, and it consisted of players like Kevin Nolan, Alan Smith, Joey Barton, Steve Harper and others. But now...