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Newcastle United v Arsenal

Much has changed since November when Chris Hughton's Newcastle United won 1-0 at Arsenal courtesy of a thumping header from Andy Carroll. While Hughton has been replaced by Alan Pardew, Carroll is now a Liverpool player and injuries have ravaged Newcastle's always thin squad. With Fabricio...

Squad sheets: Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United

Bottom plays top in a test for the belief that any team in the Premier League can beat any other. United, still unbeaten, have won 15 of their 24 matches, Wolves have lost 15 of theirs and even in a two-horse race, it would take a brave punter to back Mick McCarthy's selling platers. The league...

Fulham v Aston Villa

If Fulham's climb up the table is down to Mark Hughes's faith in the tried and trusted, with Clint Dempsey and Moussa Demb??l?? upholstering a sturdy construction, Aston Villa's is one of revolution. No manager has used more players than G??rard Houllier this season, and the Frenchman's trust in...

Championship: Reading 0-1 QPR

After witnessing the sound and fury of Neil Warnock throughout this contest the suspicion arose that the Queens Park Rangers manager was born with a set of in-built Beta-blockers. "This was one of the best wins of my career," Warnock said after his 10-man team somehow emerged with all three points....

Cristiano Ronaldo by Nicola Jennings

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Greedy? Not me. But it's all around us

Fans may think we are overpaid or not worth what we are said to earn but we are just part of someone else's grand designMoney? It's a crime. Apparently. At least according to Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame it is. That was before he made it on to the Sunday Times Rich List (number 763, estimated...

I never kissed the Liverpool badge, says Chelsea's Torres

The leaving of Anfield was strictly business for Chelsea's brutally honest ??50m man, who aims to be a 'champion for my club'Fernando Torres knows what awaits him. The deafening din that erupts within Stamford Bridge when his name is announced prior to kick-off, a discordant tumult of adulation...

Moyes remains defiant in F??bregas row

??? Accuses F??bregas of breaking 'the unwritten rule' of football??? Denies trying to get the midfielder into trouble with the FADavid Moyes has refused to back down in the row over Cesc F??bregas's behaviour at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday and accused the Arsenal captain of questioning the...