Crazy soccer

NEWCASTLE UNITED love to do things the hard way. After a lacklustre display at Bolton, many had already written off the Manchester United game and made Hull City away a week on Saturday the main priority.




Yet, Newcastle United, captained by Steve Harper, dared to win last night and proved more than a match for the reigning World, European and Premier League champions. If such desire and diligence had been shown from the start at the Reebok Stadium last...

That's the question everyone is asking today.

Machedo's cameo appearance for Man Utd against Villa yesterday, capped off with a quite dazzling winner in added time, has catapulted him from obscurity to instant stardom. As you'd expect, Sir Alex Ferguson will have none of this nonsense. He'll be intent to "keep the boy's feet on the ground", a tactic that has so far worked for several United prodigies, including Ryan Giggs, David Beckham (although even Fergie couldn't tame Beckham...