TV’s Ant punched in a pub
Newcastle-born television presenter Ant McPartlin has been punched throughout “a scuffle” while observing a football match in a pub. The star was in the Barley Mow pub in Chiswick, west London, watching Arsenal play Barcelona in the Champions League when he was attacked on Tuesday.

Bernard: Souness killed Newcastle
Newcastle United Olivier Bernard continues to be upset over the method of his departure from Newcastle United . The Frenchman has been compelled into retirement at 31 years of age due to injury. Content on Tyneside and aspect of a side which recommended it would conclude the most embarrassing trophy drought in England, Bernard left in acrimonious conditions, angry with the club and furious with the supervisor who …

PARDEW PRAISES ECCENTRIC BARTON
Barton – “Eccentricity” hailed by Pardew. Newcastle boss Alan Pardew believes Joey Barton’s “eccentricity” makes him the player he is.