Author Profile - Steve Fox ( 27 Posts )

With unconvincing starts by Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool it shows that once again there could be everything to play for but the most important thing is week in week out to beat the likes of Villa and others.

When the press spun the wheel this weekend it landed on Arsenal supposedly after Tiote, or was it Cabaye, or hang on maybe both of them!

“Robbie is a great ambassador for the region and we are hoping as many people as possible will get behind ‘Bike for Bobby’ and help raise valuable funds for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and Breakthrough Cancer”.

The final kicks off at 8.20pm tonight (Thursday) at the Ballymena Showgrounds and you will be able to catch it on BBC2 Northern Ireland or on Sky Channel 972 in the UK.

Trailing to CSKA Moscow, the kids hit back to win 3-1 and make it three wins in a row as well as a 13-1 goal record in the competition.

Newcastle’s under 17s have gone two better on Monday as they slammed Italian side Pachuca 6-0 in their latest Milk Cup match in Northern Ireland, following up Saturday’s 4-0 winners over County Fermanagh.

Just in case you thought this tournament was a walkover for teams representing Premier League clubs, County Tyrone beat Manchester United 2-0 and County Armagh held Tottenham to a draw.

Yet again Nile Ranger has been arrested, this time for breaking his bail conditions, is he the thickest player we have ever had?

Peter Beardsley, “The great thing is, he (Graham Carr) is from Newcastle originally, so he knows what is expected, he knows what the Geordies want to see on the field. When you look at Cisse’s strike on his debut, I think there might be a few more there”.

Just to show as well that the lack of class wasn’t just confined to Van Persie. Jack Wilshere, writing on Twitter, said: “[Newcastle] can’t say we didn’t deserve it! Why is Tim Krul crying as well?