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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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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 to table [...]

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Newcastle United Takeover News: Nowt Confirmed Yet

August 8, 2009

The Daily Mail are reporting today that should Barry Moat’s bid to takeover Newcastle United be accepted, then Alan Shearer could be re-instated as the Toon’s manager “within days”. Mike Ashley, who is said to be flying back from Hawaii to discuss Moat’s bid, is due in London to meet with Keith Harris of Seymour [...]

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West Brom 1 – Newcastle United 1

August 8, 2009

Newcastle’s first game back, and the entire nation were waiting for them to slip up against promotion favourites West Bromwich Albion. The prelude to the game saw Alan Shearer go on record to say that he would “dearly love” to be manager of Newcastle United.
Rumours of a bust-up within Newcastle’s camp saw Joey Barton (surprise [...]

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Alan Shearer Speaks Out Over Newcastle United Job

July 26, 2009

Speaking before the charity game for Sir Bobby Robson’s charity, Shearer said:
“I am the same as everyone else, I am in limbo. I don’t know what is going on.
“Everyone is telling me there are people in to buy the club. If that is the case, then great.”
“I want it sorted out as quickly as everyone [...]

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Sending Out an SOS: Newcastle United in Humiliating Defeat

July 25, 2009

The Police had it right, only for Newcastle United, nobody seems to be listening. If our humiliating 6-1 defeat against Leyton Orient this afternoon wasn’t signal enough for Mike Ashley that he needs to get out of Toon and quick, then I shudder to think what will.
Ashley, who is holding out for 100 million pound [...]

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Shamrock Rovers 0 – NUFC 3

July 11, 2009

Newcastle United got off to a positive start today as they defeated Shamrock Rovers 3-0. Goals from Steven Taylor, Shola Ameobi and Nile Ranger sealed the victory.
You can see Chris Hughton’s response in the video below. Is it just me, or does he seem very coy when asked about next week and the game against [...]

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Alan Shearer Finds out his Newcastle United Future This Week (Updated)

June 24, 2009

Update: There was no news this week (what’s new eh?) and Alan Shearer didn’t go anywhere near London. I’m going to resort to not blogging about anything until we know it’s true. The last piece of certain news was Keith Harris’ radio interview which said that Newcastle United would be sold by the end of [...]

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It’s Al or Nothing for NUFC

June 16, 2009

As we blogged about yesterday, the fact that there was nothing published in the national newspapers was a sign that there could be positive things in the works for Newcastle United.
Only hours later, several media outlets published news that Wednesday and Thursday could be pivotal for the future of the Toon, and even more so, [...]

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NUFC – From One Blunder to Another

June 10, 2009

It never rains but it pours. Just this past week alone Newcastle United have:

Advertised the club for sale on their website with instructions to contact the club via email
Put the whole squad up for sale with nine players being pushed out the door first
Still have not made a choice of manager with pre-season training now [...]

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