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Isak bags brace as Newcastle take bragging rights in Tyne-Wear Derby

January 6, 2024 admin 0 Comments 2024 FA Cup, Alexander Isak, Dan Ballard, Eddie Howe, Eddie Howe Newcastle, FA Cup, FA Cup 2024, FA Cup 3rd Round, FA Cup news, FA Cup third round, Mackem, Newcastle, Newcastle United, Soccer, Soccer news, Stadium of Light, Sunderland, Sunderland AFC, Sunderland v Newcastle, Sunderland v Newcastle United, The Black Cats, The Magpies, Toon, Toon Army

Newcastle United ended their dismal recent run of form to reach the FA Cup fourth round with a comfortable win over arch-rivals Sunderland in the Tyne-Wear derby at the Stadium of Light. The first meeting between Sunderland and Newcastle since March 2016 was played out in a predictably passionate and intense atmosphere but Eddie Howe’s side stamped their Premier League superiority on the occasion to end a sequence of seven defeats in their past eight games.

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Jermain Defoe announces retirement from football

March 24, 2022 admin 0 Comments Bournemouth, Jermain Defoe, Jermain Defoe announces retirement, League 1, Portsmouth, Rangers, Soccer, Soccer news, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Ham

Jermain Defoe has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 39. Former West Ham and Tottenham striker Defoe had been playing for Sunderland, after returning to the club where he spent two-and-a-half seasons between 2015 and 2017, in January. His contract there was due to run until the end of the season.