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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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Carver and Tiote Sign New NUFC Contracts

February 25, 2011

John Carver and Cheick Tiote both committed their long term future to Newcastle United as they both signed contracts today. Tiote, who Newcastle signed from FC Twente last summer has been a revelation in midfield alongside Kevin Nolan. Tiote goes from an £8,000 p/week deal to a £50,000 p/week deal according to the Sun (we [...]

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Newcastle United Accept Bid for Andy Carroll

January 31, 2011

It’s official. Newcastle United have accepted a bid from Liverpool for Andy Carroll with the fee believed to be about £35 million with add-ons. This is devastating news for Newcastle fans, just after the Newcastle number 9 confessed his love for the club and that he wanted to stay. The events leading up to the [...]

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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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Takeover Close for NUFC?

December 15, 2010

Colin Young at the Mail Online wrote an intriguing piece regarding the future of Newcastle United. In it, Young claims that investors in Qatar are considering a buy out of Newcastle to continue to expand their reach into global football (what, the World Cup wasn’t enough?). A week ago Barcelona agreed to a £125 million [...]

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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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NUFC Manager Search: Latest News

December 8, 2010

Newcastle United have confirmed that there will be a news conference to announce the successor to Chris Hughton on Thursday lunchtime. Unfortunately, it looks like none of the fans favourites will be appointed, with Martin Jol ruling himself out, and Martin O’Neill’s name quickly disappearing from the list of potential candidates. Alan Pardew, the man [...]

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Hunt for New Newcastle Manager Begins

December 7, 2010

As if yesterday wasn’t enough, we all woke up today with the realization that the new manager of Newcastle United Football Club could be very average indeed. The front runners so far are Alan Curbishley, Alan Pardew, Martin Jol, and Martin O’Niell. I don’t think anyone can argue that the two latter names would be [...]

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Toon Sack Hughton as Replacement is Sought

December 6, 2010

Newcastle United have sensationally sacked manager Chris Hughton with immediate effect. Goalkeeping Coach Paul Barron also leaves the club. A statement from the official club website reads as follows: Newcastle United Football Club have today parted company with manager Chris Hughton. Goalkeeping coach Paul Barron also leaves the club today. The board would like to [...]

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