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Venue: St James'Park, NE1 Date: 5th February 2012 Kick Off: 1.30pm Referee: Mark Halsey I never
used to bother much about Aston Villa. They were just one of those "middle of the road" clubs who
chug along season after season with reasonable-sized crowds but nothing particular to shout about.
I got a bit annoyed at [.
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Venue: St James' Park, Toon. Date: Sun 15th Jan 2011. Kick-Off: 1:30 pm. Referee: Chris Foy. United
came to this game on the back of 2 excellent straight wins against Man Utd 3-0 (got that one in
early today!) and Blackburn 2-1 in the FA Cup. In contrast, Queens Park Rangers had taken only one
[...]
Newcastle United's Silver Supremo, Alan Pardew, has come out and defended Mike Ashley's decision to
rename St James' Park the "Sports Direct Arena." Speaking in an interview in the run up to
Newcastle United's away match against Manchester City, he began by reassuring "traditionalists" who
may be upset that it would still be the same [.
I was planning to write a follow up to my
A few days after Newcastle United's already despised Managing Director, Derek Llambias, announced
the club's corporate renaming of the club's traditional home as "The Sports Direct Arena", it would
be hard to imagine his or Mike Ashley's reputation sinking any lower. However all that has changed
now after one simple drunken rant in a bar [.
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 [.
After the uproar of the announcement this morning and much discussion with the lads at work, I've
come to the feeling that Ashley has completely lost any trust that he has managed to claw back over
the past few months. As a previous nufcblog.org article has already pointed out, Derek Llambias has
previously gone on [.
I think I am more upset that I'm not as upset as the majority of fans are about the nasty re
branding of St James Park. I was surprised to see the new name as I thought it was going to be blah
blah blah @ St James Park, but we all knew this was [...]
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 [.
It's fair to say that during the last 5 minutes at St James Park yesterday the place was rocking,
the hairs on the back of my neck stood up as I was reminded of times gone by. So the question is
this, "Are the Toon faithful passionate, or are we just glory hunters who only [...]
Eight days ago, the letters which used to make up the famous "Newcastle United" sign were offered
for sale on the online auction site EBay, with all proceeds from the sale going towards a night in
Asper's Casino for Mike Ashley, Derek Llambias and Alan Pardew the "Newcastle United Foundation"
charity, who in their own [.
Senegalese hitman Demba Ba got off the mark for the season in style against Blackburn Rovers at
the weekend, hitting a hat-trick at St. James's Park in a near-perfect performance for both him and
the Magpies as a whole in front of their home crowd.
Andy Carroll's shock departure last winter, along with fellow starts Kevin Nolan and Joey Barton
also leaving Tyneside this summer, has left the supporters in want of another high-profile goal
getter who can propel them to higher ambitions.
Well known Newcastle United site nufc.com have posted the image you see here of the new sign over
St James' Park's East Stand, much favoured by pensioners with tartan lap rugs and flasks of tea.
But I digress... The picture, posted by "KM", was supposedly taken on Wednesday, September 14th,
and as you can see, [.
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 [.
As the post mortem on Newcastle United's transfer window continues amongst fans, with Mike Ashley
and Derek Llambias failing in their attempt to fulfill Alan Pardew's bold prophecy of a new striker
at St James', comes the unwelcome news that the FA will be charging Pardew for making inappropriate
comments about about referee, Howard Webb, [.
With the new season just a few short hours from kick off, Toon fans everywhere take stock of the
events of the past few months and are no doubt wondering what kind of start we'll have given the
merciless squad upheaval. Since the transfer window opened Geordies have sat around with baited
breath hoping for [.
In a match that seemed more suited to swimming trunks and armbands rather than a football kit,
Newcastle and Fiorentina braved the atrocious weather in order to win the final friendly of
pre-season. Plumes of water shot up from every foot fall, a wake of rain tracked the ball through
it's journey around the hallowed [.
At the holy ground of St. James Park it's always been a case of "it never rains but it pours",
which is of course the shortened version. The full idiom is "it never rains but it pours toxic
waste with the occasional sharp object thrown in to further increase damage." Not even joking. Our
long [...]
As Manchester City celebrate their 1-0 FA Cup win over their rivals Manchester United, Newcastle
prepare to break a 7 season curse. Yes, it's been 7 seasons since we've beaten Manchester United at
the Cathedral on the Hill. The last time coming with a 4-3 victory, courtesy of an own goal, with
the late, great [.
Recent plans unveiled by the powers that be at Newcastle United have revealed that the traditional
"singing" section in the upper reaches of the Leazes End is to be terminated and used to expand the
"family enclosure" of the ground. Somewhat unsurprisingly, this has had some sections of the
Newcastle United fanbase up in arms [.
