PROJECT Big Picture has caught the attention of football fans this past week, as the English Football League (EFL) supported the proposals made by Manchester United and Liverpool. EFL chief executive Rick Parry backed the scheme, which will see greater funding by the Premier League (PL) to EFL clubs, […]
FOOTBALL clubs up and down the country have joined together to create a petition to get fans back into stadiums. All three major North East sides have shared the petition on their social media feeds, and over 180,000 fans have already signed up in support. The petition is urging […]
The Tyne Theatre is playing host to a night with Alan Shearer and tickets are selling fast. The event is expected to be a special night for the people attending and, for an additional fee, fans can get a photograph with the former Newcastle number nine and a signed photograph. […]
Over half of councils containing a Premier League football club do not have ANY free-to-use football pitches, an investigation by Connor Benns, Rory Drake and Dom Walker can reveal. A series of Freedom of Information requests (FOIs) were lodged to every council containing a Premier League team to find the […]
Student James Allan has just landed his dream job with a Premier League football club after taking a leap of faith. It has been all change for James over the last couple of years. After leaving Jarrow School in South Tyneside, the football-mad teenager took up an engineering apprenticeship. Then, […]
A North East woman, who has experienced domestic violence, has called out Sunderland AFC manager David Moyes’ “get a slap” comment – warning the subject should not be trivialised. The Black Cats manager made the comment after an interview with BBC reporter Vicki Sparks. Moyes said to Sparks she “might get a […]
Charity star, the Big Pink Dress, is hoping to run to every UK Premier League football ground in 2018. The man underneath the dress, Colin Burgin-Plews wants to run to every football ground in memory of his friend Marilyn Jones, who died in 2015. Mr Burgin-Plews said: “It’s for Marilyn’s […]
A group from Shotton Hall Academy have earned a place in the Premier League Enterprise Challenge final after getting through the semi-final at Stoke City last week. The youngsters are heading to London on Monday, March 20 to represent Sunderland AFC in the final leg of the challenge after beating Watford, Leicester, […]
Shotton Hall Academy are hoping to keep the red flag flying high for Sunderland AFC as the semi-finals of the Premier League Challenge begin this week. Students from the secondary school will travel to the Bet365 Stadium, home to Stoke City Football Club, on Thursday 26 January with a place […]
Sunderland AFC’s ambitions for a bigger international fan base are being supported by a host of North East pupils. On December 8 more than 70 pupils, aged 13-15, took part in Sunderland’s final of the Premier League Challenge at the Stadium of Light. This year’s challenge saw the groups looking […]