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Derek Llambias

St. James’s Park to be Sports Direct Arena

November 10, 2011

Newcastle United are third in the league, were even in second place for a couple of hours, and all is well on the football field. Fear not Toon fans, Mike Ashley and cohort Derek Llambias are always here to bring us crashing back down to earth. Sure enough, they are going to rename St James’s [...]

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Newcastle’s Summer Transfer Activity

September 2, 2011

When Andy Carroll left Newcastle United back in January the fans were told that all of the £35 million would be invested in players. Here are the players we’ve signed since then: Yohann Cabaye (around £5 mil) Demba Ba (Free transfer) Silvain Marveaux (Free transfer) Mehdi Abeid (Free transfer) Davide Santon (Undisclosed – thought to [...]

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Toon Prepared to Sell Barton

December 21, 2010

When you have players who are playing well, and who make up the core nucleus of a team, the last thing you would do is sell them, right? But guess what? This is Newcastle United and apparently anything and everything out of the ordinary is capable of happening. According to this article on Sky, the [...]

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Alan Pardew New Newcastle United Manager

December 9, 2010

Alan Pardew, the man who was sacked by League One side Southampton for being mediocre, has been named the new manager of Newcastle United. Pardew has agreed to a five and a half year contract, which is currently one of the largest managerial contracts in European football. I think a lot of Newcastle fans would [...]

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Derek Llambias: “We Really Don’t Want to Rename St. James’s Park”

November 3, 2009

The Journal today published an article with quotes attributed to none other than our favorite cockney geezer, Derek Llambias. With most sane Newcastle fans venting fury at the clubs efforts to sell naming rights to St. James’s Park next season, the club appear to be trying to alleviate some of the damage. Llambias, when speaking [...]

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Mike Ashley Takes Newcastle United off the Market

October 27, 2009

Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse, news tonight emanating from St. James Park is that Mike Ashley has removed Newcastle United from the market and the club is no longer for sale. Here is the press release in full from the club’s official website: NEWCASTLE United are delighted to announce that Chris [...]

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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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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 [...]

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Toon Have “More than Two Bids” on the Table

July 6, 2009

Finally, a bit of news that doesn’t involve more he said she said bollocks. In what could turn out to be the best bit of news received on Tyneside since Michael Owen slung his hook, word came today from Managing Director Derek Llambias that “more than two” bids of 100 million had been received. Here’s [...]

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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 [...]

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