Brothers Shola and Sammy Ameobi saved Newcastle’s blushes on Wednesday night by securing a late Capital One Cup second-round win at Morecambe.

Stevenage 1 Southampton 4

Stevenage 0 Tottenham 0

Arsene Wenger feels the presence of Arsenal legend Thierry Henry at the club’s training ground this week can help “lift” his players as they look to maintain their resurgence at Norwich on Saturday.

Sheffield Wednesday started their npower League One campaign with a 2-0 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge.

ARSENAL captain William Gallas is in no doubt his old club Chelsea remain a real “danger” in the race to become Barclays Premier League champions.

Gillingham striker Luke Freeman has officially completed his protracted move to Arsenal for an undisclosed fee.

Gillingham chairman Paul Scally has confirmed teenager Luke Freeman is on the verge of completing a move to Arsenal.

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger last night revealed he was closing in on the signature of talented 15-year-old Gillingham forward Luke Freeman – and maintained the next generation of Gunners stars could all be home-grown Englishmen.

Lassana Diarra’s future at Arsenal has been further thrown into doubt after the French midfielder was left out of the squad for tonight’s Carling Cup semi-final with Tottenham at Emirates Stadium.