Jimbo

Shevchenko coming on.

Obafemi Martins is adamant he has no plans to quit Newcastle United in the summer after just one season at St James' Park. The striker has proved to be a powerful presence in The Magpies' forward line and has scored 17 goals for the club. But the £10million signing's exploits have prompted talk that he could be offered the chance to leave the North East at the end of the season. Martins has dismissed the notion of a move and has assured Newcastle supporters they have yet to see his best form. "I am happy at Newcastle," Martins told The People. "I love the city and the people. "I have settled very quickly, with the help of the players and the manager. "It is not about what I have achieved in seven months, it is about the full five years of my contract and I intend to be at Newcastle for all that time. "Our fans are the best in the world. Even if we are losing or not playing well there are still 52,000 backing us and I respect that. "I want them to know that the best is yet to come from me. I am excited about what lies ahead."

Wouldn't come to us in a million years. You are correct, he'd never join Reading.

It would be karma.

Carr Babyaro Shepherd Roeder could be pricy !!

Going to wait till the end of the summer before I get the shirt. Dietmar Hamman still owes me too. not too lucky with your shirts are you ?? I got the Hamman shirt just prior to the Cup Final, never kicked a ball in a black and white shirt again.

Going to wait till the end of the summer before I get the shirt. Dietmar Hamman still owes me too.

TRANSFER RUMOURS Manchester United and Chelsea will battle this summer to sign Tottenham's Dimitar Berbatov, with bids likely to break the £20m mark. (Sunday Mirror) Louis Saha will be offered as bait, says the News of the World, with Berbatov looking "certain" to switch to Old Trafford. Spurs could also lose Didier Zokora and Pascal Chimbonda with Sevilla plotting to sign the pair. (News of the World) Carlos Tevez is wanted by Portsmouth if West Ham lose their battle to stay in the Premiership. (Sunday Mirror) But Redknapp does not believe he could raise the necessary cash. (News of the World) Bayern Munich plan an audacious bid for Chelsea ace Arjen Robben. (News of the World) Meanwhile Chelsea will recall Glen Johnson from Portsmouth and offer him another chance, and are also looking at the Portugal international Miguel, while Paulo Ferreira and Geremi will be offered to other clubs. (Sunday Times) Liverpool are ready to make a fresh swoop for brilliant Benfica winger Simao Sabrosa. (News of the World) Obafemi Martins has assured the Toon Army: "I'm not going anywhere". *(The People) Aston Villa's Jloyd Samuel will be offered a deal at West Ham when his contract expires this summer. (The People) Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc was seen in the players' lounge at Villa Park, prompting talk of a move to re-join Martin O'Neill. (Sunday Express) Bolton and Portsmouth are tracking Getafe striker Dani Guiza. (The People) Pompey are also targeting Senegal hotshot Babacar Gueye. (News of the World) Spurs are lining up experienced French goalkeeper Gregory Coupet as cover for Paul Robinson. (The People) The other Paul Robinson, the one who plays left-back for West Brom, is being eyed by Newcastle boss Glenn Roeder. (News of the World) Tottenham and Newcastle will fight for Javier Saviola when he is free to leave Barcelona on a free this summer. (The People) Gavin McCann will be a shock casualty of Martin O'Neill's end-of-season clear-out at Aston Villa. (The People) O'Neill has put Craig Bellamy and Jonathan Woodgate top of his summer shopping list. (News of the World) Bolton and Newcastle want to snatch Marek Saganowski from Southampton. (News of the World) Burnley and Wales goalkeeper Danny Coyne is attracting interest from Norwich. (News of the World) Cardiff are leading Wolves and Crystal Palace in the chase for Plymouth left-back Peter Capaldi. (The People). [We think they mean Tony Capaldi, whose future Ian Holloway discussed in this week's column for BBC Sport] OTHER GOSSIP Jose Mourinho will have to agree to four strict rules laid down by Roman Abramovich if he wants to stay as Chelsea manager (The People, the News of the World) and they are: Mourinho's future is back in doubt after revelations that chief executive Peter Kenyon was part of a delegation which met Jurgen Klinsmann. (Mail on Sunday) Arsene Wenger sat his players down before the draw with Tottenham and told them he would not desert them. (The People) Wenger has made a U-turn and would now welcome Stan Kroenke's takeover - and he also says he will pick David Dein's successor. (News of the World) Dein will be forced to quit as chairman of G14. (News of the World) Coach Wally Downes is considering leaving Reading after receiving what he considers a derisory contract offer - and could replace Tony Adams as Portsmouth's assistant manager. (Sunday Mirror) Graham Westley tried to save Morell Maison's job before taking over as Kettering manager. (The Non-League Paper). AND FINALLY... Arsene Wenger is the most disliked boss in the Premiership among fellow managers says Herry Redknapp. "He is not a barrel of laughs," says Harry. (News of the World) Fulham goalkeeping coach Dave Beasant did not know he had been sacked when new boss Lawrie Sanchez called to reinstate him. "At least it meant I didn't have too much time to worry about getting the boot," he said. (The People) *You'll owe me for a new shirt if you do leave, you bastard.

Newcastle v Chelsea St James' Park Sunday, 22 April Kick-off: 1330 BST -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle's Michael Owen has suffered a slight groin strain and will not make his comeback, while fellow forward Shola Ameobi remains short of fitness. Shay Given is still nursing a groin problem, but Kieron Dyer, Scott Parker and Antoine Sibierski could all return. Chelsea have no new injury worries with Arjen Robben still short of a return after suffering knee ligament damage. Striker Andriy Shevchenko is set to figure having shaken off the minor leg injury that kept him out in midweek. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle (from): Harper, Srnicek, Solano, Carr, Babayaro, Taylor, Bramble, Onyewu, Moore, Ramage, Butt, Parker, Milner, Emre, Dyer, N'Zogbia, Martins, Sibierski, Luque, Carroll, LuaLua. Chelsea (from): Cech, Cudicini, Hilario, Ferreira, Diarra, Geremi, Carvalho, Terry, A Cole, Bridge, Obi, Makelele, Lampard, Essien, Ballack, Wright-Phillips, Drogba, Shevchenko, J Cole, Kalou. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder: "This year, we have done very well against the top four teams. "We got a very good draw at home to Manchester United, a creditable draw with Arsenal recently and of course we beat Liverpool. "Now we are taking on the double Premiership champions. We have played them twice already and I do believe in both games, we were unfortunate to lose 1-0, but we did. "Now we have a third opportunity not to put a spanner in their Premiership aspirations, but to look after ourselves. "We have not had the best of runs ourselves just lately and there would be no greater boost than taking points from Chelsea on Sunday." Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho on defender Ricardo Carvalho: "It is Ricardo's best season with me. "For a long period there was no Petr Cech behind him, no John Terry alongside and no Michael Essien in front and he was amazing. "He deserved a rest at West Ham but the central defender position is difficult to change during a game." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIG-MATCH FACTS NEWCASTLE UNITED prepare for the ominous task of halting a resurgent Chelsea, who are still in the hunt for all four major honours this season. The underperforming Tyneside club are completing their 38th consecutive season without a major piece of silverware, and could even miss out on European football this time around. Glenn Roeder's team have managed just one win in seven Premiership outings, failing to score in five of them. Indeed they've not won, nor scored in their last three home League matches. The Magpies entertained Chelsea in the last game of last season, and won 1-0 with a 73rd minute volley from Titus Bramble. It won Newcastle a place in the Intertoto Cup and was the first time under Jose Mourinho that Chelsea had lost consecutive League games, having been beaten by Blackburn in their previous outing. The north east club have won three and drawn one of their last four home Premiership meetings with the Londoners. CHELSEA maintained an incredible run of 20 matches without defeat in all competitions by notching their ninth straight Premiership victory in Wednesday's 1-4 triumph at West Ham to keep the pressure up on front runners Manchester United. Mourinho's Carling Cup winners have a maximum of nine matches remaining - and three of the last four could be against the Red Devils. They already have the FA Cup final booked against them at the new Wembley, but if the home League meeting on Wednesday, 9 May is to be a competitive fixture they will probably need to return from the north-east with their 25th victory of this Premiership campaign. That would also keep the Blues flying high ahead of Wednesday's home clash with Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final. The Blues travel in search of a 50th League victory over Newcastle, and are plotting to make it three wins out of three against the Magpies this season, having won the reverse League fixture 1-0, and then the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup at St James' Park, also 0-1. Didier Drogba scored both winners. The Londoners are aiming to 'double' Newcastle for the second time in the Premiership, and first since 1999-2000. They've already enjoyed home and away victories over Wigan, Blackburn, Charlton, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Sheffield United, Watford and West Ham, while the Magpies have been beaten home and away by Bolton and Fulham. REFEREE Mark Halsey (Lancashire) NEWCASTLE UNITED Club stats Fixtures Going into the weekend: 12th 41 points (all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premiership fixtures) 1. Will want to at least match last season's seventh placed finish, but eight points short at present. 2. Need to score two goals to total 800 all time in the Premier League. 3. One goal shy of conceding 650 in Premiership history. 4. Kept only six clean sheets in the top tier this term. Tottenham have managed fewer than any other club (five). 5. One of two clubs not to have conceded in stoppage time in a Premiership game this season. Tottenham is the other. 6. Gained two points out of the last nine at home, courtesy of goalless draws with Middlesbrough and Arsenal. Sandwiched between was a 0-1 defeat by Manchester City. 7. Not scored in 290 minutes (four hours 50 minutes) of Premiership football at St James' Park, since Nol Solano scored from the spot in the 2-1 victory over Liverpool on 10 February. 8. The season closes out with matches against Reading (a), Blackburn (h) and Watford (a). CHELSEA Going into the weekend: 2nd 78 points (all statistics are ahead of this weekend's round of Premiership fixtures) 1. Won 17 and drawn three of the last 20 in all competitions, since losing 2-0 at Liverpool on 20 January. 2. Won 13 more Premiership games than Newcastle (24 to 11). 3. Won the last nine Premiership matches with clean sheets in all eight of them, and in 10 of the last 12. 4. Conceded one goal in 882 minutes (14 hours 42 minutes) of Premiership football (West Ham's consolation by Carlos Tevez on Wednesday). 5. Had 82 points after 33 games in each of the last two seasons, but on 78 this time around. 6. Won 24 times in the top division so far this season - only Manchester United have gained more victories (26). 7. Opened the scoring in more Premiership matches than any other club (27), and failed to score in two, and only Manchester United can match the latter of those two statistics. 8. Kept 20 clean sheets in the Premiership (won 19, drawn one), and conceded the opening goal in only five top flight games - better than any other club on both counts. 9. Lost only one of the last 11 League games on the road (to Liverpool), and won the last five (against Charlton, Portsmouth, Manchester City, Watford and West Ham). Kept more Premiership clean sheets away from home than any other club (10). 10. The remaining League fixtures are against Bolton (h), Arsenal (a), Manchester United (h) and Everton (h). KEY PLAYER NOTES/POTENTIAL MILESTONES NEWCASTLE UNITED Squad profiles Obafemi MARTINS is Newcastle's top scorer with 17 goals - 11 of which are Premiership goals. Kieron DYER is a hat trick shy of 50 career club goals. There are three ex-Chelsea players in the Newcastle squad. Celestine BABAYARO made 197 appearances (132 in the Premiership) and scored eight goals (five League) for Chelsea, between June 1997 and January 2005, when he made a £1m move to St James' Park. Damien DUFF made 125 appearances (81 in the Premiership) and scored 19 goals (14 League) in three years with the Londoners before joining Newcastle in July 2006 in a £5m transfer. Scott PARKER made 28 appearances (15 in the Premiership) and scored one League goal in 18 months at Stamford Bridge before arriving on Tyneside in a £6.5m move in June 2005. CHELSEA Squad profiles Didier DROGBA is the highest scoring Premiership player this season with 31 goals, 19 of which are League goals. The Ivory Coast International leads Manchester United's Cristiano RONALDO by three at the top of the table for the Barclays Golden Boot award. Frank LAMPARD is the only remaining player to have started every one of Chelsea's Premiership matches this season. If he participates, John Obi MIKEL will be playing on his 20th birthday. If he plays, Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS will be making his 50th Premiership appearance for Chelsea. LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME Newcastle United 1-0 Chelsea 7 May 2006 - Ref: Mike Riley Newcastle scorer: Bramble 73 Sent Off: Carr (Newcastle) 75 THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE Chelsea 1-0 Newcastle United 13 December 2006 - Ref: Phil Dowd Chelsea scorer: Drogba 74 HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS Home and away League*: Newcastle 44 wins, Chelsea 49, Draws 32 Prem: Newcastle 7 wins, Chelsea 13, Draws 7 at Newcastle only League*: Newcastle 34 wins, Chelsea 13, Draws 15 Prem: Newcastle 7 wins, Chelsea 3, Draws 3 * includes Premiership

Pressure will be on Chelsea to get 3 points tomorrow, even less chance of them resting players tomorrow.

You'll like today's goal from Jenas then... Forget it mate, this is what you call a long distance screamer: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1rukf_di...lemannia-aachen

Real Madrid director of sport Predrag Mijatovic insists the club have not given up hope of signing Man Utd winger Cristiano Ronado. (Daily Express) Emre has vowed to stayed on at Newcastle United after being tipped for a move to Bayern Munich and Galatasaray. (Daily Mirror) Aberdeen skipper Russell Anderson says he could quit the club at the end of the season. (Daily Record) Hibs are set to land Motherwell midfielder Brian Kerr after fighting off interest from Colchester United. (Daily Record) OTHER GOSSIP American billionaire Stan Kroenke is poised to mount a £650m hostile takeover of Arsenal. (Daily Express) Sir Alex Ferguson will be satisfied with just the Premiership title this season as his Man Utd side also chase success in the FA Cup and Champions League. (Various) England boss Steve McClaren has visited Michael Owen in training and is still hopeful the striker will be ready for the crucial Euro 2008 qualifier against Estonia on 6 June. (Various) Alan Curbishley has told his West Ham players to stop over-celebrating goals - because it could cost them Premiership survival. (Various) Stuart Pearce has urged Watford to stand by Aidy Boothroyd even if Manchester City send them back down to the Championship today. (Various) Dwight Yorke believes that landing a Championship medal with Sunderland would rival his trophy-winning feats at Manchester United. (Various) Bolton boss Sam Allardyce claims referees are not fit enough to last a Premiership season. (Daily Mirror) Back to top AND FINALLY... Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is releasing a rap album under the alias Drogbacite. (The Sun) Paul Scharner will continue dyeing the Union Flag in his hair if Wigan beat Liverpool at Anfield today. (Daily Express)

...if only everyone had a gun - what? Then we could shoot people that post vague statements.

Dalian Atkinson Vs Wimbledon was better still

Link ?

Choon

Fucking hell, look at this comparison of Messi's goal and Maradona's against England: http://www.dailymotion.com/related/2946928...si-y-maradona/1

Only just seen this, fucking amazing goal. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r5v4_ba...tafe-messi-goal

This all I can find so far

I don't normally bother with names or numbers, but I think with the style of the back of the new shirt it would look daft without it so I went for MARTINS 9, which has now probably cursed the lad or he is bound to be sold.

Peter Harrison, isn't he that dodgy agent from the panorama programme about agents ?

You can still buy it but look at the fucking price ! http://www.subsidesports.com/uk/store/prod...=-1,page=1,brc=,

Pre ordered shirts will have the new style name and number on according to the new kit brochure. Anyone thinking of ordering, just take your ST along on launch day for 15% off If I'd have paid attention I'd have read this statement on the club shop website: * Due to Premier League re-branding the name and number printed on your shirt will be the new Premier League name and number. Doh

I've pre-ordered one, with a name and number (yes at 32 I should know better) but I've since discovered that the Premier League are changing the shirt lettering style on the 15th of May, surely any shirts pre-ordered will have the old style lettering ? If so, what a fuck up.