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'80s Totti needs to be real. [ONTD]

Florentino Perez is already making excuses for this season. [FourFourTwo]

Iker Casillas is a matchmaker. [Kickette]

Newcastle fans are trying to buy their club to avoid further embarrassment.

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As voices of discontent gathered at the back of the Milburn stand before the game, they were equally as vociferous in their support for their team once they got inside the ground. The second largest attendance of the day (43,067) certainly made their feelings known.

The Newcastle fans had something to shout about other than the owner as Jonas Gutierrez ran from the halfway, and finished with a shot that went past 'Keeper Joe Lewis.

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Liverpool will brush off the controversy over England's top clubs selling naming rights to their stadiums and chase the most expensive naming rights deal in the history of sport. Despite the recession, the Merseyside club's hierarchy are convinced they can raise a mammoth £250m by persuading a leading global firm to buy the rights to name Liverpool's proposed ground. Click to continue reading...

This weekend could be the most important weekend of Chelsea's season and they may be looking back fondly in May when they are lifting the Premiership trophy.

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It was confirmed on Friday that the Chelsea transfer ban was being suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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strong>At one point during this game, I thought my match write-up might be best illustrated by a big daft grinning smiley. Because at one point, that seemed to sum up the sort of mood around the ground today among Newcastle fans despite all of the ill-feeling toward the current incumbent. This also despite the fact [. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton makes three changes to the side which won at Sheffield United on Monday night. As expected Steven Taylor returns for Tamas Kadar, Danny Guthrie comes in to give some creativity in midfield in place of Nicky Butt, and Marlon Harewood will get his big chance in front of the Newcastle fans this afternoon. Click to continue reading...

Few Newcastle fans doubt that Newcastle United� have a great fighting spirit in the team this season. Chris Hughton has created great team spirit at Newcastle this season That has surprised a number of fans this season, but it's also a major reason we've been able to fight for the points this season, and the last two [. Click to continue reading...

Chirs Hughton wants Newcastle fans to forget their differences with Mike Ashley and support the team 100% tomorrow, and also continue in that vein. Chris Hughton - asks for 100% Newcastle support All 3 points is the only thing that;s important tomorrow when we entertain Peterborough United. Posh will be the first club to revisit the re- branded [. Click to continue reading...

I weep for the Newcastle fans who have to put up with this execrable name. How about MikeAshleydumbass@StJames'Park while we are at it?

I remember living in Miami when they renamed Joe Robbie stadium, home of Miami Dolphins as Pro Player Stadium which I thought was soulless but inoffensive.

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Despite the fact that we were actually� relegated last season Newcastle were the 3rd best supported club in the land based on average home attendances. The legendary Newcastle fans With an average home attendance of 48,750 we were only behind Manchester United (75,304) and Arsenal (60,040) in England, and yes we'll be the first to say that [. Click to continue reading...

Derek Llambias� moved to allay fear and anger with Newcastle fans on Mike Ashley's pronouncement to sell naming rights to St James' Park. St. James' Park - the Cathedral on the Hill Presented by Ashley announced his plans last week after also confirming he would not be selling the Coca-Cola Championship club but it has met with universal [. Click to continue reading...

Derek Llambias has come out this morning, and at least he has talked to the Newcastle fans, but what he has to say isn't positive not positive at all. Derek LLambias - no money for transfers well maybe £1M Whay Derek says is that� essentially no money is available for new players in January, but he [. Click to continue reading...

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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Every game this season is important for Newcastle United, but tonight's game is particularly vital. And that's because Newcastle fans are still not sure whether our players are really good enough for promotion this season, although of course we all hope they are. After a terrific start to the season, when� we hammered Ipswich Town 4-0 [. Click to continue reading...

There's little doubt that Ashley's decision to take the Newcastle club off the market last week was very unpopular for Newcastle fans, to say the very least. Chris Hughton hopes Newcastle fans will remain united But Chris Hughton, now in one of the most difficult management jobs in football, whether he likes that or not, or [. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton at least has the right attitude, and few Newcastle fans would disagree with that. Chris Hughton wants to be Newcastle manager long term How could anybody else survive at the Newcastle club over the last 20 months, (close to 10 years at normal clubs), and actually love the club a lot more than when [. Click to continue reading...

I'm rolling back the years here to an advert from 1996. It is Kevin Keegan giving the Sugar Puff's Honey Monster a run out at Wembley for the Toon Army and the big man grabbing a powerful header on the backstick. Classic...

Produced at a time when Newcastle were at the height of their popularity across the country, as they played some of the best football around and Keegan's men were pushing for the title.

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Tamas Kadar has today talked to the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, after the Hungarian 19 year-old made his Football League debut on Saturday. Tamas Kadar - big thanks to Newcastle fans Tamas will gain a lot from the experience on Saturday, and we would expect his nerves to be better under control after his full game on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

For those of you who haven't seen the highlights of Saturday's game the best we cna do is show you the Kevin's winning goal as part of the Championship highlight reel. Also, here's the Doncaster� penalty miss -� page down a bit for the video presumably recorded by one of the Newcastle fans at [. Click to continue reading...

If Alan Shearer comes back to manage Newcastle soon,� there's one thing you can be sure of that Alan will immediately put discipline and pride back into the Newcastle club. Alan Shearer - still wants the manager job It hurts Alan, just like it hurts other stalwart Newcastle fans, to see how the club is [. Click to continue reading...

For such a relatively average game, this one managed to have a little bit of everything. And yet for the majority of it, Newcastle fans were once again left wondering whether this was going to be another long, hard season. With inept displays from Harewood, Carroll and in particular Gutierrez in the first half and [. Click to continue reading...

Fromer Spurs' manager Marttin Jol has come out today and heaped praise on Newcastle soon to be announced new manager Chris Hughton. Martin Jol - former Spurs' manager Hughton and Jol, working together, came agonisingly close to taking Tottenham to the European Champions League. Newcastle fans might forget that Chris served 11 years as a coach [. Click to continue reading...

You see that great big ditch down there? The one big enough to swallow St. James's Park? That's how far my heart sank when I heard the news that Chris Hughton was offered the manager's job on a permanent basis.

Firstly, this is a huge backwards step and reeks of the lack of ambition wafting out from the Gallowgate.

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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'? Click to continue reading...

It seems that Kevin Keegan is really upset that his claim against Newcastle United has indeed caused a rift between him and the Geordie fans, which he fears will never be repaired. Kevin Keegan - claimed £25M from Newcastle It seems like the thing that shocked Newcastle fans the most was that he didn't just [. Click to continue reading...

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After years of torturous ownership from the insulting and patronising Halls to the clueless and inept Mike Ashley it would seem no wonder that Newcastle fans would be interested in attempting to assert some control on the destiny of their club, especially given their huge numbers and seemingly endless willingness to pump cash in through ticket sales and merchandise.

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Not many will argue with the fact that the positive attitude of Chris Hughton and his staff, the Newcastle players and the Newcastle fans is all that has mattered this season and has so far it has made a huge difference� from last season. And that attitude� and commitment has the lads 3 points clear at [. Click to continue reading...

Peter Lovenkrands says that Newcastle United's players were completely unaffected by the Keegan Ashley tribunal result that burst onto the scene on Friday afternoon. Peter Lovenkrands we were so unlucky There had been some negative reaction from Newcastle fans about the state of morass at the club, when Kevin Keegan had to [. Click to continue reading...

There could have been some unfortunate news being reported yesterday, if Newcastle fans were able to read between the lines. Mike Ashley and daughter is he staying at Newcastle? In many of the Sunday papers it was reported that Ashley had planned to give out around £8M to Kevin Keegan, at least from a planning perspective, [. Click to continue reading...

Nobby Solano was one of the best and most popular players ever to wear the famous black and white shirt of Newcastle. Nobby Solano - hailing the Newcastle fans And today Nobby recalls some fond memories of when he played for the great Bobby Robson, while he managed his home-town Newcastle club. The Peruvian football legend said: "I [. Click to continue reading...

Danny Guthrie has admitted today that he was extremely upset when he missed the penalty on Wednesday night so were most Newcastle fans! Danny Guthrie in happier times The young midfielder will be hoping to take all his frustrations out on Bristol City tomorrow afternoon. Guthrie admits his penalty miss came just a week after [. Click to continue reading...

The explosive Aston Villa centre forward has joined championship front runners Newcastle United on a three month loan deal. There was a Hot pursuit for the experienced striker with clubs like West Brom and Middlesbrough thought to be chasing the striker. It was even rumoured that league two side Notts county were set to sign Harewood as their new owners try continue their reputation to sign big name players. Click to continue reading...

When Kevin Nolan was signed from Bolton Wanderers last January, most Newcastle fans thought this player was made to measure for Newcastle. Kevin Nolan - after scoring his 3rd goal Saturday That was borne out in his very first game as he took over the team talk in the player huddle, and looked a leader through and [. Click to continue reading...

Save us from ourselves! That is the plea you hear from various quarters with regard the behaviour of other Newcastle fans in recent months, notably recently, in response to the anti-Ashley jeering which was evident throughout the Ipswich game. The view taken by some supporters is 'what will be, will be' and we should get [. Click to continue reading...

This was a game that Newcastle fans have dreamed about, since we were relegated, � as Newcastle United tonight gave a commanding display of flowing attacking football, with plenty of fight and spirit, � and were much too good for a n all at sea Ipswich Town side this afternoon. And it was that man Kevin Nolan, [. Click to continue reading...