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Tempers flare on both sides of Newcastle’s meeting with Manchester United at St James’ Park in March 1996. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
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England’s Gareth Southgate, centre, said: ‘I think sometimes there are rose-tinted spectacles about the teams both countries have put out over the years. We forget some of the turkeys.’ Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters
Gareth Southgate: ‘Only Gazza could have done that Celebration’
It was while Gareth Southgate was looking ahead to England’s game against Scotland and reiterating the importance of “emotional control” in these fixtures that his mind went back to Euro 96 and the kind of sketch that probably felt perfectly normal then bearing in...Caption:
Friday’s game at Wembley is unlikely to contain a celebratory nod toward Drambuie and tequila, though one lives in hope. Photograph: Paul Bates/Reuters
England v Scotland: Auld Enemies may have Lost their Edge – but it still Matters
England and Scotland, who meet at Wembley on Friday in only the fourth competitive fixture since annual encounters were abandoned in 1989, are the two oldest international teams in the world. They have played each other more often than anyone else, took part in the...Caption:
Football Soccer Britain – Sunderland v Shrewsbury Town – EFL Cup Second Round – The Stadium of Light – 24/8/16
Sunderland’s Steven Pienaar looks dejected
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A Sunderland Escapology Act this Season Will Be Little Short of a Miracle
It is over 43 years since an overjoyed Bob Stokoe raced, arms outstretched, across the Wembley sward to celebrate one of the great FA Cup upsets. Second Division Sunderland had just slain the mighty Leeds team featuring Billy Bremner, Norman Hunter and John Giles to...Caption:
Gareth Southgate says Wayne Rooney has had to ‘lead England a bit too much’ as he prepares for the second half of his four-game audition for the England job. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images