We may look back at September 11, 2012 as the kick-off date for such a tipping point in our time.

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Joe Kinnear, confirmed as Newcastle manager until the end of the season 24 hours before kick-off, will be happy with a point that takes them out of the bottom three of the Premier League as arch-rivals Sunderland fall into the drop zone.

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But at some point it has to do something incriminating to kick off an attack.

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