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Newcastle seek place in the sun

TEN weeks after he was first booked on to a flight to mainland Europe, Alan Shearer finally arrived on the Continent yesterday…

Tue Sept 24 1996 - 01:00

Newcastle store up valuable goals

JUST as they had been in their two previous outings, Newcastle United were inspired by the skills of Peter Beardsley and the …

Wed Sept 11 1996 - 01:00

Pleat happy to be back in the spotlight

DAVID PLEAT is a person of a specified level of skill. He must be because it says so in the dictionary

Sat Sept 07 1996 - 01:00

North's task gets bigger

WHENEVER you are drawn in World Cup group in which only the winners automatically qualify and then find Germany in that group…

Mon Sept 02 1996 - 01:00

Newcastle fans cheer team off the pitch

POINTING to the press box, the disgruntled fan shouted: "Here, write this down. That mob are a bad lot

Mon Aug 26 1996 - 01:00

Middlesbrough begin foreign affair

FABRIZIO was at ease. Sitting back in his chair, tasteful blue shirt open to the waist exposing the torso we had seen earlier…

Mon Aug 19 1996 - 01:00

Chelsea's blue period over

BLUE was not the colour, but for once that major detail was of minor importance to Chelsea fans yesterday

Mon Aug 05 1996 - 01:00

Focus now on Kluivert as Shearer goes home

BLACKBURN ROVERS' desperate search for a player of sufficiently elevated profile to fill the massive void created by the departure…

Tue Jul 30 1996 - 01:00

Portugal shimmer in afternoon sun

THEY dazzled in the flood lights of Hillsborough on Sunday and they shimmered in the hot sun of Nottingham yesterday

Sat Jun 15 1996 - 01:00

Shades of '66 as unlucky Romania bow out

IN the run up to this tournament all we seemed to hear about was 1966 and all that

Fri Jun 14 1996 - 01:00

Two sent off as Spaniards fight back

AFTER the sterile silence of Wembley on Saturday the colour, drama and empty seats of Elland Road yesterday

Mon Jun 10 1996 - 01:00

Newcastle show verve and nerve

WITH a performance mixing panache and guts, Newcastle maintained their chase of Manchester United by sweeping, and then struggling…

Thu Apr 18 1996 - 01:00
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