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Newcastle fans fans liked the big signings we made under Freddy Shepherd, although very few of them
turned out to be any good. Freddy Shepherd - made some bih money signings but few were good ones
Mike Ashley has set a strategy in place which concentrates more on youth, and looks to make some
very [.
Alan Pardew is talking about stability at Newcastle United today. Alan Pardew has generated
almost instant success this season The word stability was never used in the same sentence when
Freddy Shepherd was Chairman of the club, from late 1997 until the summer of 2007, when Mike
Ashley purchased the club outright.
It was four days ago when I learned of the tragically premature death of Steve Thompson, aka
"Thomma" to his friends, and in the NUFC blogiverse, "Bowburn Mag". He was a writer on this site
from it's inception in 2009, writing a total of 234 articles for us in our first year. It is
probably [...]
Former Newcastle United owner Freddie Shepherd has surprisingly good things to say about the man
who took over from him. Freddie Shepherd celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday and in his
after-dinner speech he actually heaped a load of praise on Mike Ashley which, given some of the
criticism Shepherd has slung Ashley's way in the [.
Former Newcastle United Chairman Freddy Shepherd celebrated his 70th birthday last night with a
party in London, a big party in London. Freddy Shepherd just turned 70 - fans should get behind
Ashley And Freddy of course was born and bred in Newcastle, brought up in Byker, and is the son
of a lorry driver.
Of course, Newcastle United have been riding along on the crest of a wave in our first seven games
in the Premiership, with our unbeaten start currently seeing us in fourth. However we also stand in
fourth place in another table too, that of Premiership debt. According to the table compiled by
Deloitte, Newcastle are [.
Has Mike Ashley reduced Newcastle United's debt? Hmmm. Well, it has been several months since
Newcastle United published their last set of audited accounts at Companies House (March 2011), and
that was for 2009/10. However, at that time it did appear as if the debt had actually risen
somewhat, though it is hard to deny [.
Over the past few years of the Ashley regime the NUFC faithful have had good reason to become
discontented. However after drifting into yet another football based discussion at work, I had to
think to myself, IS IT ALL THAT BAD? Before I even begin I will clarify, this is not a pro-Ashley
post, I [..
Mike Ashley seems almost the polar opposite to former Chairman Freddy Shepherd. Mike Ashley
wont spend money Newcastle has Freddy Shepherd was a football man but not a good business man, and
Mike Ashley is a good business man but not a football man. Freddy Shepherd was always willing to
pay out big bucks for players and a [.
So a few weeks ago i decided that I was going to try and be as positive as possible about Newcastle
United and to try and look on the bright side of life with regards to the current manager. Reading
this blog daily, and like most Toon fans, not in the North East, I crave [...]
Today we have a rather startling and a little bit of a confusing decision made by the club. In
order to go to away games, you must be a club member or a season ticket holder. The justification
for all of this is the events that took place at the Darlington friendly which we can [...]
Like something from Footballers Wives or Dream Team, Freddy Shepherd was one of football's
characters. Be it defaming the women of Newcastle or bringing Michael Owen to Tyneside, the former
Newcastle United chairman has engrained himself into the...
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Like something from Footballers Wives or Dream Team, Freddy Shepherd was one of football's
characters. Be it defaming the women of Newcastle or bringing Michael Owen to Tyneside, the former
Newcastle United chairman has engrained himself into the...
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Shola Ameobi has come out today and said he wants to play European Champions League Football again
with Newcastle. Shola Ameobi wants to play Champions League football again Newcastle finished 4th,
3rd and 5th in Bobby Robson's last three seasons as manager of his home town club, before Freddy
Shepherd, in all his [.
When Freddy Shepherd was running Newcastle, the club were famous for bringing in big name older
players to Newcastle to finish off their careers. Didier Drogba could be leaving Chelsea But a lot
of those big names, like Patrick Kluivert, as one very good example, were way past their best, and
only looking for [.
When Freddy Shepherd was running Newcastle, the club were famous for bringing in big name older
players to Newcastle to finish off their careers. Didier Drogba could be leaving Chelsea But a lot
of those big names, like Patrick Kluivert, as one very good example, were way past their best, and
only looking for [.
Mike Ashley bought Newcastle United to much fanfare in 2007 via St. James Holdings. Opting against
doing the sensible thing and lodging a formal bid, he just went out and bought the stocks, forcing
the then hospitalised Freddy Shepherd into advising shareholders to sell, sell, sell! Thus came an
end to Shepherd's reign of terror [.
Mike Ashley bought Newcastle United to much fanfare in 2007 via St. James Holdings. Opting against
doing the sensible thing and lodging a formal bid, he just went out and bought the stocks, forcing
the then hospitalised Freddy Shepherd into advising shareholders to sell, sell, sell! Thus came an
end to Shepherd's reign of terror [.
By Chris Wright
As you may be aware, wee Michael Owen metaphorically defecated in the Tyne and emptied his
bladder all over Geoff from Byker Grove's face by having the gall to brand the vintage 2005-09 era
Newcastle side (think Bramble and Viana through to Luque, Cacapa, Rozenhal, Ramage, Xisco etc,
etc.
Birmingham allegedly want Newcastle's Leon Best. Dan Gosling and Hatem Ben Arfa get in some early
pre-season training. And Michael Owen seems to have upset a few people. With all the speculation
about who we might be buying, I'd quite forgotten that other teams might want some of our players
other than Jose Enrique.
Freddy Shepherd has today revealed that when Kevin Keegan left Newcastle in 1997, they
approached Sir Alex Ferguson to replace him.
Speaking with talkSPORT, the former Newcastle chairman revealed that they had been in touch with
Ferguson's people to convince him to leave, just two years before the manager won the Treble with
United.
Former Newcastle Chairman Freddy Shepherd has been telling the truth today and he says the deal for
Michael Owen was the worst deal he ever did in his 10 years as Newcastle Chairman. Michael Owen
while at Newcastle We'll go a little bit further, and say it could rank as the worst deal ever
[...]
Alan Pardew has been told to look to bring young players to Newcastle this summer. Nigel Reo-Coker
not coming to Tyneside That's a lot different from the Freddy Shepherd days of trophy signings,
when Newcastle used to bring in big-name players, and pay them an absolute fortune. The only
problem with that was that [.
Liverpool are reportedly in talks with Wigan Athletic to convince them to hand over winger Charles
N'Zogbia for a lower fee.
According to The People, agent Paul Stretford, who is having more and more influence at Anfield, is
negotiating to find a compromise with the Latics as Liverpool are willing to pay only half of the
£15million asked to seal the transfer.
