Summary
With Michael Owen and Shola Ameobi on the sidelines, Newcastle take on Mansfield this afternoon looking to overcome a striker shortage. Chief Sports Writer SCOTT WILSON talks to the club's forgotten frontman Michael Chopra
FOR the vast majority of Newcastle supporters, any hope of a Happy New Year disappeared with Michael Owen as he hobbled into the White Hart Lane dressing room nursing a broken metatarsal.See the full content of this document
Extract
Chopra's Big Chance to Prove His Worth
With their 16m striker ruled out for the best part of three months, the Toon Army saw in 2006 with a mixture of despondency and dread. For one fan, though, Owen's injury was as much of a blessing as a blow.
Newcastle-born Michael Chopra is as fervent a...See the full content of this document
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