strong>It's a cold, damp and blustery day over here in Newcastle, so what better way to spend your evening than to go and watch a reserve game eh? Well that's what the Bowburn branch of nufcblog.org has decided to do tonight, and I've even roped in my old man to come and keep me company. Of [...] Click to continue reading...

strong>Having so far failed in his efforts to raise the funds to tempt Mike Ashley into selling Newcastle United to him, Barry Moat has now gone on record to suggest that the famous St James' Park name wouldn't necessarily have been safe in his hands either. It appears he can see exactly what Ashley is [. Click to continue reading...

A lot has been said in relation to renaming the new stadium that will be built near our home, White Hart Lane, as well as handing out other naming rights to other stadia around the country such as the future New Anfield and Stamford Bridge.
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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 [. Click to continue reading...

Sport companies and clubs have, in living memory certainly, always gone hand in hand with advertising. Formula 1 has given much wide- spread criticised publicity to cigarette companies on the sides to their big red engines, cricket players are sponsored by airlines and football teams are sponsored by companies by all walks of life.

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Big Story
So, despite protests from fans and politicians, Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has further cemented his unpopularity on Tyneside by announcing the renaming of St. James' Park apparently believing that adding an "@" symbol to it means the club is respecting history.

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Former Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has blasted Ashley over his plans to sell the stadium naming rights. Freddy said: "I suppose nothing surprises me about the current regime, so news they are ready to sell the naming rights isn't exactly a shock. "I appreciate we are living in a commercial world, but there are some things money [. Click to continue reading...

Of all the loathsome, inept and baffling decisions made and actions taken by Mike Ashley and his useless merrymen running the show on Barrack Road, he's finally gone where I thought he could never go. Having announced the decision to take the club off the market and install Chris Hughton as permanent manager, the official [. Click to continue reading...

Dull. Uninspiring. Inept.

All words than can some up tonight's performance. It's really gone beyond who scored for / against us anymore. It's now down to attitude and application. Sadly for Newcastle United fans, both our coaching staff and players are completely incapable of showing either.

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This coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. Of course, every coming season promises to be the most exciting in years. This is one of the many truisms of English Football. Last season we gaped open mouthed as Manchester City clumsily wooed Global Franchise Entities with the promise of dreams and Ferrero Rocher.

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First there was relegation from the Premiership to the Championship, then last Saturday the 'Toon' were stuffed 6-1 by Leyton Orient and today the proposed take-over of St James' Park fell through.
Can things get any worse?
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On the 20th of June 2006 in Cologne, Germany, I was sat high behind the goal in the RheinEnergieStadion (then called simply 'The FIFA World Cup Stadium') when in the fourth minute, a figure crumpled to the ground. It was hard to see who it was from my unique vantage point, but the man sitting to my left immediately turned round and said 'any money it's Owen'.

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With the Premier League over for another season. Here are some of the things I noticed from the 08/09 campaign:

Like a bat out of Hull

Hull City were everyone's favorite to go straight back down this season. They seemed like a sweet little feel good story, content to have their moment in the big leagues before quickly sinking back to lower level obscurity where they could be patronized by football and non-football people alike for sounding like a thoroughly dull and uninspiring place to live.

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1 – Hair Cuts

Newcastle players over the last 30 years have been renowned to have rubbish haircuts, really starting with Kevin Keegans Perm and Terry McDermotts... well...."mop". Since then they have had some terrible barnets. Andy Carroll and Fabricio Coloccini are the most recent victims of having rubbish haircuts but also I need to mention Barry Venisons mullet, Darren Peacocks pony tail and Joey Bartons prison look.

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As the battle at the top appears to be entirely in favour of one big club from Manchester, let us take a deep breath and examine the bottom of the table. Only two games remain until the axe comes down on the unlucky three, as six teams still fight to retain their place in the top flight.

Newcastle United celebrated their second win in eighteen league games to finally drag themselves out of the dreaded drop zone, as Hull City slipped into eighteenth place for the first time this season.

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Winner takes all

When Mike Dean blows for the final whistle tonight, one set of fans will have to face the ultimate realisation that their club will almost certainly be playing in The Championship next season.

With West Bromwich Albion impressively defeating Wigan 3-1 on Saturday, the pressure is on for Newcastle and Middlesbrough to walk away victorious.

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Why is it so hard to do things right at Newcastle United? Well, I know the majority of issues are down to the current owner but sometimes I think the club seem to be a vacuum for bad decisions, bad signings and mixed messages. It's no wonder the fans are so fed up with the nonsense that seems to surround the club at the moment.

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The return of Alan Shearer to Newcastle United was proclaimed as the ‘Return of the Messiah' (MK II). Newcastle supporters far and wide rode the wave of optimism and turned up in their thousands to hail the saviour of their cherished club. Shearer, it seems, is the antidote to the cockney mafia poison.

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Newcastle's fate awaits

Being a Newcastle United fan is certainly a roller coaster experience, from the more successful days with Sir Bobby Robson and Kevin Keegan, to becoming the laughing stock of the football world.

Newcastle's certainly a unique club, and the reasons for supporting them could only be understood by the Geordies.

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What. The. Hell?

Could we be playing Newcastle at a worse time?. The Messiah (Alan Shearer for those of you who have been living under a rock or the United States) will work the sidelines for the first time as a manager when the Magpies host Chelsea on Saturday.

It was a sensational move for Newcastle, a team seemingly destined for relegation until Shearer was appointed this week.

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Shearer to save Newcastle from the drop? Alan Shearer has been appointed the new manger of Newcastle United until the end of the season, giving him just eight games to prevent the Magpies from being relegated. The former England captain and Newcastle legend has been handed the task by owner, Mike Ashley, who is desperately attempting - [. Click to continue reading...

Going, going, gone? A year ago I wrote my first UKFF article. It was on the status of Newcastle United. They were 3 points above the drop zone with only 9 games left to play and to make it worse they had a hard run in! Much has changed at Newcastle since then, in fact so [...] Click to continue reading...

Going, going, gone? A year ago I wrote my first UKFF article. It was on the status of Newcastle United. They were 3 points above the drop zone with only 9 games left to play and to make it worse they had a hard run in! Much has changed at Newcastle since then, in fact so much has changed, that they find themselves in almost exactly the same position. Click to continue reading...

Well, can things get any worse for Newcastle United than they currently are? One win in the league in 3 months, the manager still recovering from his triple heart bypass operation, crowds are falling, the caretakers pointing out, in case you've missed it, that Newcastle find themselves in a relegation battle and then today the [. Click to continue reading...

Before I write, I want to thank everyone for the turnout this weekend for the EPL Talk Chat. You honestly have no idea how happy it made me. Anyways enough of the gushing, back to the meat of this post.Marlon King's double was enough to see off Newcastle United 2-1.I have to admit, I'm torn about what direction to take this particular article. Click to continue reading...

Whether they want him or not, the Geordie nation are stuck with Mike Ashley as much as he's stuck with them. Since the Keegan debacle back in September, the hard pressed fans have continued to watch their beloved Magpies struggle along with no real resolution in sight and last weeks news regarding the long term [. Click to continue reading...

To take a line from one of the greatest rappers ever, Rakim. "Its been a long time, since I left you without a Top 5 to step to." Okay Rakim didn't say Top 5 but it has been awhile since the last edition so I had to bring back. You know with all the talk [...] Click to continue reading...

Shay Given could be leaving Newcastle after all. Click to continue reading...

Kinnear's the man Newcastle United may well have turned the proverbial corner. This weekend's 3-0 away victory at Portsmouth was their first win on the road since March. The team has lost one in its last eight games including beating Aston Villa and claiming a point at Stamford Bridge. Click to continue reading...

Mike Ashley in the mood for sausages The Nigerian conmen hoping to buy Newcastle United have confirmed that it is in talks to buy Newcastle United. The group is said to have offered 4 cows and 6 packet of sausages, but Ashley admitted he was looking for a better bid. The man fronting the bid is a UK-based businessman who has in fact refused to confirm the size of the offer, we have offered no sausages or Cows, at this stage it's to early to see if the club are worth that much. Click to continue reading...

Not to Wise? If Robbie Savage has the most appropriate name in sport, who has the most unfortunate? Dennis Wise? Click to continue reading...

The FA got it wrong, again. With the panto season in full swing it was typical of Newcastle United to add their own fatuous side show to the farcical goings on in the North East. Anyone who saw Match of the Day would have be appalled to see 21 year old year Newcastle midfielder Danny Guthrie chopping down Hull City's Craig Fagan with so much intent he broke his leg. Click to continue reading...

Picture via this link. Before I write, I want to thank everyone for the turnout this weekend for the EPL Talk Chat. You honestly have no idea how happy it made me. Anyways enough of the gushing, back to the meat of this post. Marlon King's double was enough to see off Newcastle United 2-1. I have [. Click to continue reading...

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Before I write, I want to thank everyone for the turnout this weekend for the EPL Talk Chat. You honestly have no idea how happy it made me. Anyways enough of the gushing, back to the meat of this post.
Marlon King's double was enough to see off Newcastle United 2-1.

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Oh no it isn't, oh yes it is! What a month it's been for Newcastle United. Keegan and his beloved Toon started the season with an impressive point at Old Trafford, things were looking good, until Keegan gave Mike Ashley a wish list which consisted of Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho and Frank Lampard! Wise got him Collocini and Gutierrez, good players non the less but ones Keegan knew nothing about. Click to continue reading...