Player ratings and analysis following United’s 3-0 win over Portsmouth in the League Cup at St. James’ Park the other night with manager, ref and opposition ratings too.

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Mike Dean, from Heswall in The Wirrall, Cheshire, is 38 years old, and takes charge of his 2nd Newcastle match of the 2006/07 season as Charlton Athletic travel to Tyneside on October 28th in a vital Premiership relegation 6-pointer.

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Fresh from making his long awaited return to first-team action with a 30 minute cameo on Wednesday night Kieron Dyer will be out of action for the next 2 weeks report the official site who claim the Toon man to be the victim of a “freak eye accident”.

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Another interesting article from the Telegraph this time from former Number 9 Alan Shearer speaking about youth development and his charity work on the day it was revealed that the money raised from his testimonial stands at a cool £1.6m which all went to various good causes. Top man.

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Latest financial figures released today show that Newcastle United have recorded a loss of £12m.

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I’m not very good at writing these match reports so instead of a nice and flowing report I’ve jotted down a loose collection of my thoughts based on the following headings: Pre-match feelings, first-half diagnosis, second-half diagnosis, full-time diagnosis, star man for United, worst player for United, opposition comment, ex-Mags comment, Toon pros, Toon cons, fans comment and post-match feelings.

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