Of course, just when you think that Mike Ashley's unpopularity with the Newcastle United fanbase has bottomed out and just couldn't get any lower, it usually does. However the only man who has offered him any kind of lifeline is Chris Hughton, who has resolutely chosen to ignore wherever possible almost everything at Newcastle that [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton, has been talking about bringing players into the club, either on loan or permanently. His main emphasis seems to be on promotion first, leaving the onerous task of building a squad that is fit for another long spell in the Premiership and beyond until that objective has been achieved. Click to continue reading...

News has come in from Newcastle United's official website that Tyneside's messiest hitman, Shola Ameobi, will definitely be returning to training next week after the big lump went and knacked his foot while getting into the swing of what could have been the most prolific scoring period of his career so far. Click to continue reading...

As esteemed colleague, Bowburnmag wrote yesterday, Fenham hitman, Shola Ameobi, wants to follow his dream in the African Nation's Cup, and possibly even the 2010 World Cup with Nigeria. As that story reported, Ameobi has already represented England at under 21 level no less than twenty times (with seven goals), though his chances of getting [. Click to continue reading...

Toon midfield dynamo, Danny Guthrie, has been expressing his admiration for Newcastle United's 'Three Amigos', Jose Enrique, Fabricio Coloccini and Jonas Gutierrez. As Newcastle United prepare for a wet Monday evening at Deepdale in Preston, Guthrie mused on how they have defied the stereotypes about fancy foreign players who aren't up for a good scrap [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton has been speaking in the aftermath of yesterday evening's friendly victory against Hartlepool Town. In the interview, Hughton reiterated that he wasn't "desperate" to bring players in just for the sake of it, but that he would assess any opportunities that come up. Click to continue reading...

In his most recent interview, on loan Toon assassin, Marlon Harewood, opened his heart on Aston Villa, getting back into form, new strike partner Andy Carroll and the spirit in the Newcastle dressing room under the 'Chuckle Brothers' dream team of Chris Hughton and Colin Calderwood. Harewood, who has been under some pressure to perform [. Click to continue reading...

Any list of soccer meccas in the United States would have to include Nevada Smith's. The bar, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, has bringing in the soccer faithful of New York since 1994. Today, on any given weekend day, the bar shows games from morning till night.

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Barry Moat still thinks there's a chance of him buying Newcastle United in the future. Apparently, whilst Moat has no immediate plans to launch another bid, he will continue to think about how he might wrest the club for Ashley in the future. Speaking to Sky Sports News he said: "For one reason or another it didn't come [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United manager Chris Hughton thinks we should be scoring more goals in our home games. Having not lost at home, perhaps Hughton thinks it's time to entertain a little more. He said: "I don't think that it is necessarily the case that someone is due a beating, but we know that we can play better in [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Farid Belkacemi, agent of Newcastle United's ex PSG out of contract signing prospect, Fabrice Pancrate, has been giving the full blather about his potential move to Tyneside. Pancrate's had a three day trial with the Magpies last week, and is reported to be returning on Monday. As is usual with agents who [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Quiet man turned motormouth, Chris Hughton, has calmed speculation on a Newcastle United move for Jermaine Beckford in January, and expressed confidence that the recently troubled Peter Løvenkrands will return to form. Speaking of the 25 year old Leeds goal machine, Hughton said: "It's obvious that we will be mentioned with players [. Click to continue reading...

Here's a TyC Sports interview with Messi in Madrid in which he discusses the WC qualifying campaign, the upcoming WC, and the treatment towards him by the Barcelona fans and Argentina fans.

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! Article Start >Well, you just can't stop Chris Hughton at the moment. This time, he's been talking about the return of Shola Ameobi, who broke his foot after scoring in a 4-3 cup thriller against the mighty Huddersfield on 26th August. Hughton said he has high hopes for a Bambi's return to the Newcastle [. Click to continue reading...

Danny Guthrie reckons Newcastle United won't have it all their own way in the 'crazy' Championship. The midfielder said: "When you look at this division it's a bit of a crazy one. Everybody is capable of beating each other. And that has shown in some of our games so far this season. It's something we can't lose [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Newcastle United's manager, Chris Hughton, has seemingly had "more rabbit than Sainsbury's" (to quote the famous Chas n' Dave song) in the last few days. Today, he was looking at future transfers, suggesting that while he is always on the lookout for new players that could genuiniely improve the squad, he would not [. Click to continue reading...

The Times columnist and Spiked magazine editor, Mick Hume, has taken some time out of his busy schedule to speak to RoM.

Scott the Red: How long have you been following United?
Mick Hume: My whole life since I was seven anyway, in 1967. I am the stereotypical Surrey Red, from the suburbs where there was no professional football.

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! Article Start >Although much criticism has been levelled at the communication skills of our erstwhile Owner and Managing Director, it isn't an accusation that could be made about Newcastle United manager, Chris Hughton, recently. The quiet man turned up the volume slightly since his permanent appointment, with the ammunition of recovering from a recent mini-slump [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >It has been noticed that Toon's great Dane, Peter Lovenkrands hasn't been quite himself recently, with just three starts on the green stuff so far, and nothing much happening when he does cross the line. Yesterday, he revealed a little of the private anguish behind his recent poor form. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton might attempt to sign Danny Simpson permanently at Newcastle United when his loan contract comes to an end in January. Sources in Manchester have allegedly claimed that Sir Alex Ferguson has written off Simpson's chances of making it big at Manchester United, so he may indeed be available. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Chris Hughton has been speaking about Andy Carroll, relegation, and the chances this has given to Newcastle United's younger and more inexperienced players in the wake of the great exodus of 2009. Hughton concentrated mostly on Gateshead hitman, Carroll. The 20 year old is now one of the more 'experienced' of the [. Click to continue reading...

It's been quite a roller coaster ride for Brazilian Lucas Leiva since he made his was to Anfield from Gremio for around £5m during the summer of 2007. Instead of getting an opportunity to learn the subtle nuances of the Premier League, Leiva has been throw into the fire in his second season with the [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United's Jonas Gutierrez did not celebrate his goal on Saturday with his trademark 'Spiderman' mask. This has already been covered, but it also appears he wasn't too keen on the anti-Ashley demonstrations. According to report in the Telegraph, Jonas did indeed leave the mask behind because he was unhappy about press speculation related to him [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Speaking in his post match interview after after Newcastle United's 3-1 triumph over Peterborough, Posh manager, Darren Ferguson, gave fulsome praise to Newcastle United, and unpopular London manager, Chris Hughton. He even went as far as saying that his Peterborough United team played the club who WILL win the Championship on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton claims that the team's focus was the key to Newcastle United's win over Peterborough yesterday. Cardiff lost away to derby rivals Swansea and West Brom managed to beat promotion hopefuls Leicester, which means a bit of a gap has opened up between the top 2 and the chasing back. After the game, Hughton said: "We have [. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton claims he will fight to improve Newcastle United's squad in the January transfer window. Since being made permanent manager it seems many people think he'll just be a 'yes man' a puppet and apologist for Ashley's regime but Hughton was keen to dispel such rumours, indicating that he's strong enough to get [. Click to continue reading...

Ahead of our match against Chelsea, RoM and The Chelsea Blog teamed up for a discussion to put you in the mood for Sunday.

Scott the Red: The question has been raised a few times in the media who would you prefer out of Drogba, Rooney and Torres? Why?

The Chelsea Blog: The first thought that came into my head was Drogba.

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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 [. Click to continue reading...

! 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'. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Alan Smith was been talking to the press a lot last weekend saying, amongst other things, that Newcastle United must get promoted at the first attempt or risk 'doing a Leeds'. Smith said: "It's vital we get back up at the first attempt. You look at what's happened to my old club Leeds [. Click to continue reading...

Highlights and an interview with Arsene Wenger below.

I am still walking on air following our demolition of Spurs yesterday. With a glorious 3-nil victory at the Emirates we were able to put some breathing space between us and the four clubs trailing us at the moment.

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In the second annual installment of an interview with three Major League Soccer players, ASN's Dallas beat writer (with the help of his two kids) came up with 20 questions not really related to soccer to get to know them a little better.
First up, Colorado Rapids defender Drew Moor.

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Andy Mitten has written the fabulous book "Glory Glory" which documents behind the scenes stories from the glorious 90's era from the players' perspective.

RoM gave away a copy of his book as a prize for the Cantona mask competition this week.

Mitten took some time out of his incredibly busy schedule at the moment to speak to RoM about his United experiences as well as the best bits about writing this book.

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Ahead of Liverpool's game with Manchester United later today, I answered a few questions for Scott over at 'The Republik of Mancunia'.
Here is the text of the interview, which was published on RoM yesterday:
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Scott the red over at 'The Republik of Mancunia' has kindly taken the time to answer some questions about - amongst other things - where it all went wrong for United at Anfield yesterday.
Jaimie Kanwar: What went wrong for United at Anfield?
Scott the Red: The first problem was the team selection. Click to continue reading...