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How clever Howe’s brave tactic and Isak’s ‘go, stop, go’ mastery can finally end Newcastle’s trophy drought at Wembley

A large part of fans in Newcastle has never seen their side take a trophy – but Sunday could finally be the day. It is 70 years ago that the Toon celebrated some silverware when they defeated Manchester City to win the FA Cup from 1955. The Fairs Cup triumph of 1968-69 aside, the magpies

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MATT BARLOW: Arsenal’s set-piece mastery mirrors the original corner masters

Arsenal's threat from set pieces reminded me of Dave Bassett, who once discovered that his Wimbledon team at their peak averaged a goal from every thirteen corner kicks. “Good delivery, smart movement, decoys, blocks, lots of variety,” Bassett said as he picked up the phone. 'Arsenal are working hard at it and they are having

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