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"That goal is my passport. People around the world know me because of it." "As a striker, my first goal was perfect; with the second, I was lucky. The ball came to Shola Ameobi’s chest and he dropped it to me. I didn’t think twice: I took the shot and it went in. It was a great night against a big team and goalkeeper. "Afterwards, Didier Drogba even asked me, 'Who are you? What did you eat?' I still can’t explain that goal. People will score great goals, but that finish is only for me – it can’t happen to anyone else." "I’d actually turned down a move to Bayern Munich earlier that year to go to the Africa Cup of Nations. Bayern were interested in me, but only if I agreed to stay in Germany instead of going to the tournament." "Then, even though I was the top scorer in qualification, I didn’t play until the last group match! I told a friend, 'Look what’s going to happen at Newcastle – I’m going to score all the goals there that I didn’t score here.' My hunger came from not playing. I wanted to show I was ready. Some people were surprised by how well I did, but I was doing the exact same thing at Freiburg."

Monza have reappointed Alessandro Nesta as their manager seven weeks after sacking him.

Liam Delap will miss next weekend's match since he was booked after a post-match scuffle at Wolves.

and the rain is at a gust force.

Had some tweaker about an hour ago, board the transit, walk to the back, drop trough, defecate, and then not wipe. We are all still stuck here not knowing if the alternative bus is going to show or not.

Ruud van Nistelrooy's PSV career by numbers: 90 games. 77 goals. 2x league titles. 2x Golden Boot. 99-00 was ridiculous! Talk about a purple patch. "The memory I have of Newcastle is Sir Bobby Robson. Leading up to this game, my thoughts went back to the year I had with him at PSV. He was a wonderful man and thinking of him makes me smile. I will go there with that thought. Football, he was always talking about getting better and improving. You cannot control everything. But to be a team and what it's like to be a team. The sense of humour he mixed in to motivate the players. It was amazing. Fight and spirit and emotion and being the best you can be."

We need xcancel.com! If any of you lads have it can I get an invite if they have those. hailfabio1 "Amazing time at the Newcastle United Disabled Supporters Association (NUDSA) Christmas Party at St. James' Park! It was fantastic to see Anthony Gordon being presented with the NUDSA Player of the Year award for 2023/24 – and what an absolute legend he is! Such a great bloke, taking the time to chat with everyone and making the night extra special for all of us.It's always inspiring to be part of this community." #NUFC #NUDSA #ToonArmy #FootballForAll #AnthonyGordon #PlayerOfTheYear

Howard Wilkinson: "Shola had about six Christian names, most of them, to me, unpronounceable and in an attempt to put him at his ease on his debut performance, I called the lad over and asked him what Bobby called him when he was at the club." Shola ''Carl Cort, mostly''.

“It’s all a bit… Just leave me to play football! I just want to be happy (and) play football. I love being here, I’ve said it plenty of times. With the speculation, people assume that it’s all correct when you’ve not heard from me once that I’m unhappy at this place. I love everyone here, I love playing football here. That was all that was. It has (frustrated me). It has taken me away from enjoying my football. That’s where the inconsistency has come from because I’ve got caught in (the speculation) a little bit. I just want to play football, especially for Newcastle. We’re only human, I’m only 23. All I’ve heard is, ‘When is he leaving?’. Who said I was ever going to leave? I’m very, very happy here. I love playing football here. Alex and Bruno probably think the same thing. We’re all young and we’re all human beings, so if people talk about that and it questions our character, it’s hard.”

Alexey Davydov this time. https://www.twitter.com/novayagazeta_en/status/1866832038873141330