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Newcastle United

Barry Moat Launches Formal Bid for Newcastle United

October 5, 2009

Both the Daily Mirror and the Times are reporting that Barry Moat has launched a formal takeover bid for Newcastle United. Moat is said to have significant financial muscle from American investors and has received guarantees from Barclays that he will be given working capital to run the club. The offer is said to be [...]

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Newcastle Takeover to be Completed This Week?

October 3, 2009

The Mirror on Sunday are reporting that Mike Ashley is finally ready to relinquish control of Newcastle United. This comes after the club having to pay Kevin Keegan £2 million this week. Along with the report of the takeover news, the Mirror also reports that should Mike Ashley be unable to sell Newcastle before the [...]

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Newcastle Owe Keegan Two Million Quid

October 2, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The ongoing saga between Kevin Keegan and Newcastle United reached a conclusion today with the ‘winner’ being Kevin Keegan. It was decided that the former Newcastle boss was constructively dismissed. In other words, the club owe Mr Keegan two million quid. However, what’s more revealing and possibly a damning inditement at just [...]

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Newcastle Made to Wait on Keegan Decision

September 25, 2009

Just like many deadlines imposed on Newcastle United fans this summer, we’re again made to wait as the independent arbitration panel will not make a decision today. The panel will decide over the weekend and announce a decision early next week whether Kevin Keegan will be owed a significant amount of money for his dismissal [...]

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Steven Taylor Apologises to Newcastle Fans

September 23, 2009

After the Toon crashed out of the League Cup to Peterboro at London Road Steven Taylor apologised to the fans who traveled down to watch the game. He needn’t have done, but it was nice of the lad. Perhaps he realises after all we’ve been through, we deserve a little transparency. Despite our deluded tag [...]

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Newcastle United Takeover Imminent

September 22, 2009

The man favoured by Keith Harris of Seymour Pierce to complete the takeover of Newcastle is said to be within days of finalising a deal. George Culkin, one of the most well respected football journalists, has reported that one of the potential obstacles to the takeover going through, the club’s ongoing saga with former boss [...]

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Newcastle United Takeover Coming to an End

September 19, 2009

A statement issued by Newcastle United yesterday to a local newspaper confirmed that they had accepted a bid of 100 million pounds (and meeting Mike Ashley’s asking price). The sale, dragging on for almost five months, could soon reach a conclusion with the deal said to be at the ‘Sale and Purchase’ stage. However, the [...]

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Newcastle United Takeover Close to Completion

September 6, 2009

The Telegraph are reporting today that a takeover bid, led by Tyneside businessman Barry Moat is close to completion. Unfortunately, there are no sources or quotes that are directly attributable to anyone, so we have to consider this latest piece of ‘news’ regarding Newcastle’s takeover like we have done with all the other ‘close to [...]

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Barry Moat Given Extended Deadline for Takeover Deal

August 24, 2009

Potential Newcastle United owner Barry Moat has been given an extended deadline by current Chairman Mike Ashley, as the Tyneside businessmen is in talks with Barclays bank to secure enough funding. A club statement from the official site reads as follows: NEWCASTLE United Football Club confirms that it has extended its deadline to Barry Moat [...]

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NUFC Takeover News Latest

August 20, 2009

It seems as if the past eight weeks have meant nothing to Mike Ashley and Derek Llambias. Newcastle United means something to us, with the consistent “we’re confident something will happen next week” bollocks it appears that this fine football club means less than dirt to those in charge at St. James Park. Llambias, Newcastle’s [...]

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