Nobby

I'm off if we don't go up! Feb 13 2007 Darren Witcoop, South Wales Echo MICHAEL CHOPRA has sensationally threatened to quit Cardiff City if they fail to win promotion to the Premiership at the end of the season. Cardiff's in-form striker, who currently leads the Championship scoring charts with 18 goals, warned the Bluebirds he is keen to make a swift return to the top-flight - with or without them. Chopra quit home-town club Newcastle United to drop down a division when he made a £500,000 switch to Ninian Park last summer. And while his goals have given sixth-placed City a real chance of earning elevation to the promised land of the Premiership, the Geordie frontman has expressed his intention to be there even if Dave Jones' side are not. Asked about his prospects of returning to the top level next season, the 23-year-old revealed to Radio Five Live: 'My main aim this season is to get promoted with Cardiff. 'And hopefully I can. 'But if I don't get promoted with Cardiff, hopefully I can be in the Premiership next season with someone else.' Chopra - who has netted six goals in his last four games - has become an instant hit with the Bluebirds fans in his first season in South Wales. But he says he has never lost his desire to be performing on the highest stage once again. 'Once you've had a taste of Premiership football you don't really want to lose it,' he added. 'But I had to lose it as I wasn't playing with Newcastle. 'I made my mind up I wanted first-team football and needed to play week in week out.'

match report http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=211362986&p=zyy36369z&t=soccer

Said he wants to play for Newcastle again one day

from a 25 yard free kick

scored another 2 tonight and hit the bar 21 goals in the league now

only second due to the alphabet though, because e is before n, both have 15 points after 8 games

http://happyaxeman.co.uk/community/index.php?topic=8705.0;prev_next=next

http://football.guardian.co.uk/gallery/image/0,8556,-10205032886,00.html

aye now betta than aving a laugh, after the football isnt much entertainment nowerdays totally agree

Surely you hope they get beat every week then?

deffinatly, hope we can get the whole away end singing it on Sunday! were at Tottenham call me thick n that but..... eh? the whole away end was signing it at the Tottenham match a couple of weeks ago

deffinatly, hope we can get the whole away end singing it on Sunday! were at Tottenham

http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php/topic,30151.0.html

http://www.newcastle-online.com/nufcforum/index.php?topic=32899.0

tell all the boys y'know is better imo

aye 34 in the premiership for us. 41 altogether in his first season

hopefully it'll be sung at Wigan

to the tune of? is it better than Tell all the boys ya know Newcastle are off to glasgow been to germany, been to italy and we'll lift the cup in glasgowoowoo

NEWCASTLE 6 PLACES BELOW WHERE THEY ARE, west ham and wigan mid-table!

don't think so

Duff

it looks like this now anyway http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41542000/jpg/_41542802_int203.jpg http://www.uefa.com/uefa/Keytopics/kind=512/newsId=434757.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4895064.stm

Ramage and Shola

PAUL JEWELL has revealed he was sent a £25 donation to help fund his feud with referee Phil Dowd — by another ref. The Wigan boss, who faces an FA disrepute charge for comments made about Dowd, refused to identify the ref or reveal at which level he officiates. Jewell said: “The letter was marked private and confidential, so obviously I can’t disclose too much about the guy’s identity. “But it was quite a surprise to find the cheque for £25 in there, which he said was to help towards my defence over the FA charge. “It was much appreciated, although I can only assume he hasn’t seen how much solicitors are charging these days! “I’ve had so much support from within the game, and from outside it, over this because I haven’t said a word that wasn’t true. “All I said was that Phil Dowd made some bad decisions that cost us dear against Arsenal. I’ve had a message of support from another Premiership manager who said he told the referees’ boss Keith Hackett to keep a certain official away from them, and he hasn’t done any of their games since. “I don’t know what response we would get as a club if we did that. “But I’ve only ever complained about a referee three times — and each time it was Phil Dowd, twice against Arsenal and once against Blackburn. “I’m proud of the way this club and my players conduct themselves. We are never involved in controversies by surrounding referees or stuff like that and we don’t pick up many yellow or red cards. “We do our best to stick by the rules. That is why I have requested a personal hearing and why I will fight this charge all the way down the line.” Six Wigan players complained after the club’s 2-1 defeat at Arsenal 10 days ago that Dowd swore at them for questioning his decisions. Jewell dismissed suggestions Hackett has already cleared Dowd of any wrong-doing — and took another swipe at the official. He said: “That is certainly not what Keith has told me — and when you see Phil Dowd is down to referee Wrexham this weekend, that maybe says something about how pleased they are with him. “The swearing issue is all about double standards. “Personally I’ve no problem with referees swearing, even though my players don’t like it — as long as I don’t get into trouble for swearing back at them.” http://news.google.co.uk/news?source=ig&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&ncl=1113799136 Bribery!