WHEN Newcastle United were relegated from the Premier League last season, almost every football fan in the country expected them to sweep all before them in the Coca-Cola Championship this term.
And, for the most part, they haven’t disappointed. With just twelve games of the season left, they are eight points clear of Nottingham Forest in third place, and are the league’s second highest scorers behind West Bromwich Albion.
Perhaps surprisingly, however, is that Newcastle’s highest scorer is midfielder Kevin Nolan with 12, and the fact that strikers Peter Lovenkrands , Andrew …

After the 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge five weeks ago the Premier League title looked beyond Arsenal but suddenly all that has changed.
With just nine matches to go The Gunners suddenly find themselves in a great position after putting together a run of four straight Premier League wins to leave them just two points off the lead and with an easier looking run in. In fact some bookmakers are now making Wenger’s men favourites to land their first title in six years and who would have thought that after the defeat …

Sir Alex Ferguson calls it ‘squeaky bum time’ the tense closing stages of the season in which the Premier League’s prevailing issues from the title race to the relegation battle are set to be decided.   However there are also personal accolades to be contested.  For instance the Golden Boot is the ultimate prize for any striker, and this year’s trophy is set to be contested by two genuine heavyweights of the English game.   So please brace yourselves and get ready to rumble….
In the red corner, weighing in with 23 goals …

The Turkish super league – commonly seen as a two horse race between fierce rivals Galatasary and Fenerbahce; however this season the tide has turned, with several teams seperated by only eight points and all in the running to take the title. The current campaign has also seen the emergence of fresh goalscoring talent, but it seems one man familiar to Bolton fans looks poised to claim the Golden Boot – arise Ariza Makakula.  
With 17 goals already to his name, loan ranger Ariza Makakula is making a name for himself at his current club Kayserispor. The Portuguese hitman currently leads …

The race for the Golden Boot in the Dutch Eredivisie is as good as over with two months of the season still to play. Ajax striker Luis Alberto Suarez has hit 26 league goals in only 25 appearances this season making him one of the hottest properties in European football.
The 23 year old Uruguayan International started his career as a winger with Nacional in his homeland before moving to Holland to join FC Groningen in 2006.  He scored 14 times in 35 appearances with them before switching to Ajax in …