#Graeme Souness

Leicester will welcome Newcastle to the King Power on Boxing Day, with all the action exclusively live on talkSPORT. The Foxes face the most in-form team in the Premier League with Eddie Howe's side rampant in the opening half of the season. The Magpies have won their last seven games in all competitions and sit third in the top-flight ahead of the…

Some time ago we ran a series based on the 1980s. It was a look at the (mostly) domestic football happenings and events of each of the years from a calendar viewpoint rather than a season one. We ran the series in random, non-chronological order and while we mainly stuck to events in the public domain, we did include a few personal tidbits with an…

Undoubtedly, the biggest surprise of the current Premier League season is Liverpool's catastrophic form. In short, very few could have predicted that the Reds would be out of the title race by the time the clocks went back at the end of October following a season where only an inspired comeback from Manchester City in the final minutes of the…

I FELT Graeme Souness was right in his row with Roy Keane over the award of Argentina's first-half penalty against Saudi Arabia. Leandro Paredes was wrestled to the ground by Saud Abdulhamid, it was a foul and worthy of a spot-kick which was converted by Lionel Messi. There was a Fifa directive on blocking before the tournament, and although this…

The Football Association has fined Manchester United £82000 for breaches of two rules during their Premier League matches with Newcastle and Chelsea, which ended in draws Manchester United prepare to take on Aston Villa in Thursday night's Carabao Cup showdown as they aim to avoid a second defeat by the same opponent in a matter of days. The Red…

Newcastle United have gate-crashed the Premier League's top four and are threatening to lock out Big Six and Graeme Souness believes Chelsea and Manchester United are vulnerable Graeme Souness has given his top four prediction Graeme Souness believes Chelsea and Manchester United will miss out on finishing in the Premier League's top four this…

NEWCASTLE are dreaming of Champions League football for the first time since 2003 after beating Tottenham. The victory over the weekend put Eddie Howe's side into fourth place after 11 games, having lost just once all season. Howe has been able to invest heavily since arriving as Toon boss and, with spending set to continue, Newcastle have a chance…

With Liverpool and Glasgow Rangers having been drawn together in the same Champions League group, it meant we had to look forward to the invariable'Battle of Britain' headlines at least twice this season, as the men from Anfield and Ibrox did battle. On both occasions the English side came out on top, winning 2-0 in the first match in Liverpool,…

Dean Saunders is sure that Newcastle United are heading for the top four of the Premier League. The only question to be answered for the former Liverpool and Villa player, is how long this rise to the top four is going to take? Dean Saunders pointing to a'bottomless pit of money' as a major factor in this transformation but also credits Eddie Howe…