Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton, has reacted to specious tabloid stories stating that
Newcastle United players were to be rewarded with a pay cut if the club achieve promotion at the
end of the season. Somewhat ironically, the interview appeared in Newcastle rag, the Journal, which
is a sister paper of one of the tabloids [.
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Newcastle United's Managing Director, Derek Llambias has once again mounted a stiff defence of the
club's owner, Mike Ashley. He reiterated that the club has now moved well away from the 'trophy'
signings of the Shepherd era, and more towards the development of younger talent. Llambias also
raised the spectre of Portsmouth's current financial situation [.
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Newcastle United's Managing Director, Derek Llambias has hit back at what he described as "a small
and very negative group" who "insist on chanting ugly and abusive comments" directed at the club's
Southern owner, Mike Ashley. He also added that "If it wasn't for Mike's continued input, we would
be in a similar position to [.
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Derek Llambias, our much-maligned Managing Director, has been running his mouth off again and has
revealed that Newcastle United are no longer for sale and claims fans are beginning to come around
to owner Mike Ashley's way of thinking. It's a somewhat surprise statement really as surely any
hint of a sale was ended back in [.
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This time ten years ago, we were staring into a brand new millenium and the late great Sir Bobby
Robson was halfway through the first season of his popular reign as manager at Newcastle United.
The slightly uninspiring capture of Diego Gavilan was the only January transfer that Robson made
and the little Paraguayan never [.
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Derek Llambias has made a timely statement to suggest that Chris Hughton will be backed in his bid
to bolster Newcastle United's bid for promotion at the first attempt. Llambias has also spoken
about his belief that the fans are coming around to some sort of acceptance of Ashley, due to the
stirling work of [.
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Despite another three points on the board, with the loudest cries of the day demanding the owner to
take leave of his current involvement at Newcastle, the latest article in the News of the World
suggests Toon fans might get their wish sooner rather than later. The paper claims that Mike Ashley
is ready to [.
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Well he might somthing like that if he turns down the recent pleas of former Newcastle favourite
Laurent Robert. Robert is a free agent after being released by Larissa FC of Greece and had been
training with Fabrice Pancrate at Paris St Germain. And it's Pancrate who is acting as the
go-between after Robert asked [.
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Gathering my thoughts, my notes and my open mind, I ordered a pint of Deuchars last night and
settled myself against the bar of The Strawberry at approximately 7.25pm, ready to listen to what
the committee representatives of the Newcastle United Supporter's Trust (NUST), had to say for
themselves. I was under no illusions that with [.
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Newcastle United are sitting pretty at the top of the Championship right now. It's a good reason to
be optimistic perhaps but what happens if we actually get promoted? Even the most pessimistic of
Toon supporters would probably entertain ideas of us at least making a play-off spot this season.
Sure, we're only a third of [.
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strong>It's been report that Derek Llambias, Newcastle United's ever-popular managing director,
has invited the Newcastle United Supporter's Trust, or NUST as we know them, to a meeting to
presumably discuss their intended buyout plans. It seems apparent that he called for this as soon
as the 'Yes We Can' campaign was launched, so clearly while others [.
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strong>A couple of apologies first. One for introducing Marcus Bentley's dulcet Big Brother tone
into your head and secondly for perhaps once again putting the cat amongst the pigeons on a
sensitive and potentially divisive topic. The topic? Well it's the topic of whether or not you're
doing your duty by Newcastle United in attending [.
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strong>In the latest salvo of the Ashley counter offensive, Newcastle United's managing
Director, Derek Llambias, has been revealing the depth of Mike Ashley's financial black hole in an
interview for Radio Newcastle. He moaned about the financial meltdown involved when a monster £70
million wages club that is supposed to be geared up for European [.
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! Article Start >In his statement when he took Newcastle United off the market, Mike Ashley said
"... he is totally committed to the future success of Newcastle United and will be focussing on
gaining promotion back to the Premier League." Fair enough, but what's with all this nonsense about
giving Hughton a million or two [.
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! Article Start >Derek Llambias explains about the renaming of Newcastle United's stadium. The
upshot is that St James' Park will not be lost. The names of sponsors will just be added to the
front of it in the manner of something such as 'Sports Direct @ St James' Park' or 'Pampers @ St
James' Park'.
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The Journal today published an article with quotes attributed to none other than our favorite
cockney geezer, Derek Llambias.
With most sane Newcastle fans venting fury at the clubs efforts to sell naming rights to St.
James's Park next season, the club appear to be trying to alleviate some of the damage.
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! Article Start >Who sang Twilight Cafe in 1981? Ah, hang on, not that sort of 'bits and
pieces'. No indeed, just some bits and pieces about Newcastle United from the last few days that
haven't managed to get their own article. Much has been said of Hughton's now permanent role as
manager for the rest [.
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Trick or treat? Which one does Mike Ashley have in store for Newcastle United over the next season
and a half? Undoubtedly there are many fans who would like to celebrate Halloween by tying Mike
Ashley to a stake and setting fire to him, not least because of his crackers plan to sell the
naming rights [.
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Mike Ashley has taken Newcastle United off the market after 5 months and appointed Chris Hughton as
permanent manager until the end of the 2010/2011 season. Emotions were running high when this was
announced last night but I wanted to try and analyse the situation a little more objectively in the
cold light of day.
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Just when we thought things couldn't get any worse, news tonight emanating from St. James Park
is that Mike Ashley has removed Newcastle United from the market and the club is no longer for
sale.
Here is the press release in full from the club's official website:
NEWCASTLE United are delighted to announce that Chris Hughton has been named the permanent
manager of the Club, his contract will run until the end of the 2010/11 season.
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The following announcement was made on the Newcastle United site tonight: NEWCASTLE United are
delighted to announce that Chris Hughton has been named the permanent manager of the Club, his
contract will run until the end of the 2010/11 season. At the same time the Club has confirmed that
it has been withdrawn from sale and is [.
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No honestly, I really do. I mean he's clearly absolutely crackers. What, you think all of this
apparent contempt towards Newcastle fans and his bad behaviour is all down to arrogance and spite?
No man, he's nuts. How else do you explain his actions and this reckless and continual 'p*ssing on
his own chips'?
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Nicky Butt has recently called for Chris Hughton to be made permanent manager of Newcastle United,
but what are the options? Apparently Derek Llambias will shortly be reviewing the positions of
Hughton and Calderwood in light of our great start and Nicky Butt hopes that their positions are
made permanent until the end of the season.
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After reading Stardust's "Red Bus" post recently... I had in mind to do a moment by moment
de-construct of Ashley's two year term. Then Hugh posted, what I consider to be, one of the finest,
most considered, most literate blogs I have ever read on Ashley's tenure, making most of what I'd
planned to say [.
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When Mike Ashley rode into toon he took the Freddie Shepherd Gang by surprise. Shepherd claims he
was ambushed while he lay incapacitated on a hospital bed and before we knew it rumour quickly
became fact and Ashley had bought Newcastle United, not exactly with a suitcase full of money but
without any of the [.
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First of all this is not some kind of clever backlash at the recent posts from Bowburnmag or
Excelsior designed to get people reading and commenting on this article. It is something I've
been meaning to write for sometime now, but I've never had the time. For sometime now I've been a
bit confused over [.
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According to The Chronicle, they were contacted by one of their 'usually reliable sources' who said
that one interested group had reached written agreement about buying the club and 'other sources'
close to Sheard's American bidders said that the deal is close to crossing the finishing line. Both
Derek Llambias and Seymour Pierce deny these rumours [.
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It was about a year ago today, just after the 2008 summer transfer window closed, when Newcastle
United went into the free-fall it has yet to recover from. To be fair, the club wasn't exactly
setting the world alight before that and, arguably, the last period of stability ended when Sir
Bobby Robson was given the [.
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We waited with bated breath, following weeks of anticipation, even though the outcome was almost
inevitable. Despite rumours of several incoming loans and transfers, today's 5pm transfer deadline
passed with only one addition to the squad and undoubtedly the biggest positive most fans took from
today was that it appears that we managed to keep [.
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It's a debate that's raged for months but I thought I'd raise it again simply because the end may
be nigh, one way or another. Who wants Alan Shearer at the helm? All in favour, say wheyaye. OK, a
little more serious then, why is there even a debate? I'm reasonably certain an overwhelming
majority [.
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North West sports businessman, Geoff Sheard has sensationally entered the race (if you could call
it that) to buy Toon. Sheard was also involved in a bid to buy fellow struggling giant, Sheffield
Wednesday in 2008. Newcastle United's Managing director, Derek Llambias gave some substance to the
reports when he confirmed that Sheard is in [.
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Well if Carlsberg did a line in anti-climax then today's official statement would be a great start.
A collective holding of breath over the weekend, enough to cause a Toon Army Tsunami on release,
had us all exhaling in disappointment at the progress report announcing that....well there is no
progress really, just another extension on [.
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Young or old, lad or lass, living just round the corner or at the other end of the world, if you're
a Newcastle fan then you're in all the way. Over-the-moon one minute and kicked in the teeth the
next, you learn to deal with adversity early on or you sink with the tide of [...]
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Yesterday's biggest news is of course our 2-0 win at Crystal Palace, which puts us in second place,
behind 'Boro on goal difference. Hughton, reflecting on the game, said: "It was very pleasing to
get the three points, and especially the clean sheet, away from home. "We said to the players
before the game that we expected a [.
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There are rumours that Newcastle United will make an announcement about the sale of the club on
Monday, although I can't find a direct quote from anyone at the club about this announcement. Other
rumours suggest it may be late next week before we find out anything. Sky Sports claims that talks
are continuing with Barry [.
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If you remember, the press were claiming that 'D-Day' for the club sale saga was either going to be
Tuesday, Wednesday or Friday this week. Since Tuesday and Wednesday have been and gone without
anything happening, the big day must be today. I suppose if Tuesday was 'D-Day', Wednesday must
have been 'E-Day' and today must [.
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It seems as if the past eight weeks have meant nothing to Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias.
Newcastle United means something to us, with the consistent "we're confident something will
happen next week" bollocks it appears that this fine football club means less than dirt to
those in charge at St.
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The takeover farce is, as usual, suffering from conflicting press opinions. First we hear from
newspapers like The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Journal that Ashley arrived at the training
ground in his gunship to join Llambias and Moat in takeover talks. Then The Chronicle comes along
and says Ashley isn't there for takeover talks at all but is merely [.
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Various media outlets are reporting that the takeover saga at Newcastle United is rapidly
approaching its conclusion. The Telegraph's 'source close to the board' said: "There are three
parties now interested in buying the club from Mike Ashley of which Barry Moat is one and one thing
in common for all of them is that the asking [.
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The Sun is reporting (also on Sky) that some gadgie called Sirous Mahjoob might take over Newcastle
United and install Kevin Keegan as manager. Again. In the 'news' as scribed by The Sun, Llambias
said: "We are dealing with several people and giving most of our time and attention to the sale.
"You must remember that some parties [.
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