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I was planning to write a follow up to my
To say there's been some opposition to Mike Ashley's rehash of his previously botched plan to sell
the St James' Park naming rights would be an understatement. However as more details have emerged
it's become ever more obvious that this 2.0 version is scarcely better than the previous one, and
it seems more than likely [.
With the news that Newcastle United will be changing it's name to "Sports Direct @ St James' Park",
the Managing Director of the club, Derek Llambias, has sought to reassure fans that the St James'
Park name would remain so long as he and current owner, Mike Ashley "reigned" at the club. Firstly
though, he [.
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 [.
In my previous blog "The Lesser of Two Evils" many people commented that Mike Ashley has no
commitment to NUFC and will sell up as soon as he gets the right offer. The question that has to be
asked then, is, "How attractive is Newcastle United for a takeover?" If you imagine yourself as a
[...]
Dear reader, my estteemed colleague Hugh has already touched on this story earlier today and
presented his own viewpoint on the matter. However, I am so incensed that I also feel compelled to
register my extreme displeasure at the latest utterings of our unesteemed Managing Director, Derek
Llambias. In case you are still wondering what [.
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 [.
I've spent much of the morning nursing a hangover after yesterday's debacle, and trying to organise
my thoughts and come to some decision on what on Earth happened in the past few months. Like all of
you, I'm racked with disappointment, anger, frustration but most of all betrayal. We pay our hard
earned cash for [.
A look at Newcastle United's financial situation to see what Mike Ashley really has done for the
club. One of the things we often hear is that, even if he has no other redeeming features, at least
Mike Ashley is sorting out the finances at Newcastle United. It has become something of a mantra
for [..
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 [...]
What is Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley up to and is it time for him to let us in on his plans?
Mike Ashley still divides opinion at Newcastle. Some people like him and think he's good for the
club and others hate him and would have him hogtied, marched to the Bigg Market and [...]
On looking at Mike Ashley's transfer spending in the last four seasons, it appears that in total,
the club's overall spending on transfer fees have been by far the lowest in the Premiership, with
the club showing a profit of approximately £48,700,000 in the club's transfer dealings for the
08/09, 09/10, 10/11 and the current [.
Due to my laptop contracting a rather unfortunate illness, it had been difficult to write about
some of the recent events conspiring at the Sportsdirect.com@stjamespark stadium. Nevertheless,
being British I shall try to prevail when no hope seems assured, put the kettle on, and soldier on
with some recent thoughts I have had this past [.
Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew has indicated that a huge amount of fees go to agents for
transfers and such, but just how much classes as 'huge'? One of the things I picked up on in
Workyticket's transcription of Alan Pardew's interview is that he (meaning Alan Pardew rather than
Worky) claimed we pay huge [.
Speaking to The Telegraph Newcastle United Managing director, Derek Llambias has said that
Newcastle United now have the players that they wanted thanks to acting early in the transfer
window, and once again reassured fans that not a single penny of Andy Carroll's (up to) £35
million transfer fee has left the club.
The transfer market is a strange and sometimes scary place, with confusion abound by exactly how
much money we apparently have, others have the knowledge only provided by Football Manager and FIFA
and you'd be surprised how correct that actually is. The long and short is, we have never had £35m
to spend never.
Mike Ashley's '5 year plan' is to create a self sufficient business model, this is the aim for his
Newcastle United project. Now, this should be the aim for any business, and especially where
football clubs are concerned with the financial rules set to take effect, and the current state of
the economic climate.
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 [.
Speaking to North East weekly, the Sunday Stun, Newcastle United manager, Alan Pardew has claimed
that the club cannot compete with big clubs such as Tottenham or Liverpool on in terms of transfers
or wages. This is something which seemed obvious to many fans when promising stroker, Andy Carroll,
was spirited away to the latter [.
