Newcastle United board say trying for a cup would risk relegation
Ladies and Gentlemen, my latest piece on metro.co.uk is now up! Once again, the Metro’s trainee headline writers and sub-editors have been at it to ensure it gets as few a readers as possible but never...
View ArticleNewcastle United’s commercial revenue is only half what it should be
Inspired by members of the NUFC board saying Sports Direct only takes up unused advertising space at SJP, as well as Newcastle United’s lousy commercial revenue figures, I decided to do a little number...
View ArticleCabaye challenges Kinnear to come clean on Cabayegate (the full exchange...
As I wrote at the time, with Newcastle United, the club of smoke, mirrors and downright lies under current owner, Mike Ashley, there are things we still do not know about the Yohan Cabaye kerfuffle at...
View ArticleWho is right? Patronising Pardew or revolting, self destructive fans?
As many of you will be aware, a motley collection of fan groups angered by Mike Ashley’s mismanagement, repeated dishonesty, a perceived lack of ambition and Newcastle United’s general underperformance...
View ArticleIf 1000 fans can scare Ashley, what could 50,000 do?
Dear reader, if you haven’t seen it yet, my latest piece on Mike Ashley’s childish and pathetic attempt at censorship was published yesterday on metro.co.uk and you can read it by following the link...
View ArticleSports Direct get free advertising, but what about Dunlop, Firetrap, Cruise etc?
My latest story on metro.co.uk is now up! As is usual with the Metro, it now has a veritable cornucopia of titles chosen my their crack team of headline writers, sub-eds or whatever. However, my...
View ArticleHave ‘Time4Change’ lost their chance to seize the day?
My latest piece on metro.co.uk was published earlier today. Entitled ‘Have two Newcastle United victories cost ‘Time4Change’ their momentum?,’ as you might have guessed from the title, it takes a look...
View ArticleWhat was Newcastle United’s £498,000 payment to Sports Direct for?
Firstly, I should declare that this piece was originally inspired by another, one of several on Newcastle United’s finances by a brace of accountants who also happen to be Toon fans in the latest issue...
View ArticleIs Ashley planning Udinese style selling club network at Newcastle, Rangers...
Is Mike Ashley using Giampaolo Pozzo’s selling club network of Udinese, Granada and Watford as a model for Newcastle United, Rangers and Oldham? To begin at the beginning though, let’s take a brief...
View ArticleBashing the Bishop: Newcastle United, Derek Llambias and the Z-list PR guru
Most Newcastle United fans are now familiar with the sight of Newcastle United’s PR consultant, Keith Bishop, who seems to have become a permanent figure at the right hand side of Mike Ashley. But who...
View ArticleWhy 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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