The people linked with Newcastle United are either perpetually stupid or completely inept.

Barry Moat has finally broken his silence regarding the Newcastle United takeover and his failure to buy the club. In comments released yesterday Moat admitted that he too would consider selling the naming rights for St.

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strong>It's been reported that Newcastle have agreed to bring in Ampersand, a Liverpool-based marketing agency, in order to push for new sponsorship. Amid the furore which followed Ashley's latest ill-timed and ill-fated decison to rename St James', it would seem the deal was agreed based on Ampersand impressing the board with their work which went [. Click to continue reading...

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...

Video highlights of Newcastle United's 3-1 triumph over Peterborough at St James's Park yesterday, including free bedsheet protester! Includes goals by Gutierrez, Carroll and Simpson, and a consolation from Peterborough's Dean Keates. For Bowburn Mag's full match review, click here. Share this on del. Click to continue reading...

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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Chris Hughton has asked Newcastle United fans to put their disagreements with the board behind them and support the team. Fans are, of course, particularly upset that Ashley plans to peddle Sports Direct on the back of or, to be more precise, on the front of the St James' Park name. Hughton evidently fears [. Click to continue reading...

With an average attendance of 48,750 last season, Newcastle United are the 18th best supported team in Europe. In England only Manchester United, who top the whole league, and Arsenal manage to beat Newcastle's average attendance, although Celtic managed 9th and Rangers managed 16th. Given the mess we were in last season and the fact that there [. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >In his statement when he took Newcastle United off the market, Mike Ashley said "... he is totally committed to the future success of Newcastle United and will be focussing on gaining promotion back to the Premier League." Fair enough, but what's with all this nonsense about giving Hughton a million or two [. 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 >Dave Clelland MP tabled a Commons motion asking Ashley to reconsider his plans to sell the naming rights to Newcastle United's stadium. He claimed the stadium was symbolic of the game, its supporters' loyalty and that it has been "an integral part of the city since 1892". The club, predictably, has declined to comment. Click to continue reading...

! Article Start >Alan Oliver is running an article in The People claiming that all the money from the stadium naming rights will go straight to Chris Hughton to spend on the Newcastle United squad. Ashley has apparently insisted the naming rights won't go cheap and he's looking for £6m a season before he'll sell off [. Click to continue reading...

Of course, Mike Ashley's recent announcement that Newcastle United will be seeking bidders for 'naming right's' to the stadium formerly known as St James's Park is somewhat 'controversial' to say the least. Indeed, many very strong views have been expressed already, including in this 'blog. Petitions have been prepared, there have been rumblings of more [. Click to continue reading...

They said it all along and they are now saying it with a louder voice and more coherent rhythm. Newcastle United legend Alan Sharer to being hotly and popularly touted as the next manager of the Geordies and if Sky Sports is to be believed, then Shearer is all too eager to take charge of [...] Click to continue reading...