Why Ashley leaving Toon for the Champions League with Rangers is nonsense
With Mike Ashley’s recent attempts to take over at Rangers, and specifically his problems with the Scottish FA for having an interest in both clubs, it has often been said recently that Mike Ashley...
View ArticleWill John Carver be told who to play at Newcastle United?
By his own admission, Rangers’ current caretaker head coach, Kenny McDowall, has been told not only that he has no say in the players they sign, but also that he will only have a limited input into...
View ArticleThe truth of the Patrick Vieira and Steve McClaren to Newcastle stories
I couldn’t help feeling there was something odd about the story of Patrick Vieira coming to Newcastle, as there is about most unsubstantiated football stories. Some fans seemed to believe it though,...
View ArticleNewcastle United, Mike Ashley and eternal recurrence
Let us think this thought in its most terrible form: existence as it is, without meaning or aim, and yet recurring inevitably, without any finale in nothingness: “eternal recurrence.” Friedrich...
View ArticleBenitez and the ironic change of emphasis at topsy-turvy Toon
Like the NHS and the British education system, Newcastle United under Mike Ashley has undoubtedly been the victim of too many top down reorganisations inflicted by those who didn’t have a clue what...
View ArticleNewcastle United Art Forum – The Shearer Statue
It isn’t very often that I venture off the highway of football to enter the arena of art criticism here on NUFC Blog, but this is one of those occaisions and I am actually more qualified. Having been a...
View ArticleA season of exaggerations for Newcastle United (+win a Toon shirt)
Going on recent history, it is of course understandable to expect the worst at St James’ Park, but whilst fears of another potential relegation for the Toon were somewhat exaggerated earlier in the...
View ArticleIs Corbyn right about Mike Ashley and Newcastle United?
Newcastle United’s next game after the international break is away to Chelsea – use betting bonus if you fancy us to upset the Blues the way we beat Man Utd! “Barcelona is not a business, it is a...
View ArticleAre Newcastle on another road to nowhere in 2021/22 campaign?
Newcastle United finished the 2020/21 campaign on a high note with an impressive run of results that allowed the club to place at 12th in the Premier League. The club has summed up mid-table mediocrity...
View ArticleWhat Should the Toon Army Expect After the Saudi-Led Takeover?
Mike Ashley is out and Newcastle fans can start to dream again. It’s been a long time coming and tastes very sweet for thousands of the Toon Army. However, though expectations are higher than ever due...
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