Preston v Newcastle

Newcastle win a gritty encounter at Preston with a fine strike from none other than top goal scorer Nolan.

After a good first half from the home side United had to improve. the game was looking likely to finish a goalless draw after a few missed chances until the ball fell kindly at the feet of Nolan who swivelled around and found the target,united went 0-1 up and looked the better team in the second half although we did hang on to the 3 points. Another good job on the road saw us climb back onto top spot and 2points clear of West brom who had a good win on Saturday.

Next up is a home game against the swans who are in fine form.

Ameobi could be back for this one although it looks like he will start on the bench. A striker is certainly needed at St James' if we are to carry on like this and get back to the prem. We are lucky we have a player of Nolan's calibre in this division, with 9 goals our top goalscorer has got us quite a few points this season but I feel a fresh face is needed up front and someone with pace and the ability to score 15/20 goals per season. Can you imagine going into the premiership with Ameobi clearly not cut out for the top league and Carrol who has only played regular football in the championship. Well if you cant let me tell you RELEGATION again that's what so January will see the intentions of a certain pretender who watches us from time to time. Whatever happens tho we need to get this so called man out before its too late or before the term yo yo club is used in the same sentence as our great club.

Preston 0-1 Newcastle United

Join the campaign to bring Newcastle Back to the people.

NUST (Newcastle United Supporters Trust)
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The Guardians Coverage
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/david-conn-inside-sport-blog/2009/nov/11/newcastleunited-mike-ashley


The Times Coverage
http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2009/11/newcastle-fans-launch-takeover-campaign.html

Yes We Can

NUST Launch Day:"The Ultimate Protest"
"Yes We Can"

Tuesday 9th November sees the launch of the Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) an attempt to buy the club.

Further details of the "Yes We Can" campaign can be found at www.nust.org.uk the - they have released the following statement.


Today the Newcastle United Supporters Trust formally launches an ambitious bid to take back our football club. We need supporters like Yourself to back a supporter takeover.

There are a number of ways to invest in the club and after discussions with serious Newcastle-based investors we believe that the time is right for the fans to lead the charge and reclaim their football club.

The investment is backed by a local consortium of companies advising the Trust, and we've made sure that any investment is safe and guaranteed to be returned to you if the bid fails.

The "Yes We Can" campaign will run for 6 weeks, and we have a financial target which we are not announcing yet, as we want to negotiate from a position of strength with Mike Ashley.

The fans can lead the way where others have failed - by standing together and investing together - we can make our club the shining beacon of honesty and integrity and bring the city together to save our club from the current regime, its mistakes and its calculated snubs.

When Derek Llambias said the fans could not buy the club - we said YES WE CAN - and now we aim to prove it with your support.

Newcastle United Supporters Trust on Behalf of the City of Newcastle and Geordies everywhere.

Newcastle v Peterborough

Newcastle united saw another day of protests for the latest off field decisions made by the remaining Cockney mafia. The atmosphere was good however and the crowd got behind the team and were repaid with a golden moment just 15 minutes into the game. Gutierrez got the ball on the halfway line and took the ball on a mazy run until dispatching it in the back of the net for what was his first competitive goal for Newcastle Utd. Soon after young Andy Carrol had flicked a cross into the net to give the Posh an uphill struggle. With ST JAMES' PARK buzzing Newcastle went further ahead in the second half with another first goal, this time from Danny Simpson in the 52 minute. After going 3-0 up Newcastle should have gone on to embarrass the Posh but instead it was them who found the net, only one however and the game finished at 3-1.

With fans happy butt still reeling from the stadium name conversion the team once again put in a good shift and collected the points to see us take the lead at the top of the Championship table by 2 points (33) above West Brom (31) and a gap is now emerging above the playoff positions who all sit on 27.

pic sourced from http://www.skysports.com/football/match_report/0,19764,11065_3150031,00.html

Sheffield United v Newcastle United

Newcastle earned a massive three points last night while not really impressing the Geordie fans who travelled down to Sheffield. The game was pretty dismal and the blades did there job quit well by trying to stop any play by Newcastle Towards the end Sheffield United could have got the goal they were looking for as United sat back and invited Sheffield forward time and time again despite having three forwards on the pitch. I for one did not enjoy but expect more games like this in this division. I would love to see great football but at this moment in time promotion is the only issue for Newcastle, so three point from an terrible game is acceptable at this time.

Andy Carrol put in a good shift last night, he was facing Morgan who is a experienced and tough character. He should have had a penalty as Morgan hauled Carrol down but the ref who had his head up his own arse the whole game and gave the foul the other way.

Steve Harper also saved us from losing the points by making a couple of great saves, but the two centre half's didn't look very comfortable throughout the match. Steven Taylor ans Ameobi are being missed by the team so the sooner we get them back the better. Gutierrez another candidate for the chop made too many mistakes again last night so i hope we get rid asap.

Newcastle United Radio Talk In

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St James' Park or TKMAX Stadium

Just when you think things can't get worse, Ashley does not disappoint. What is going on in this mans head; I don't know and will never know. Now after waiting patiently all these months for Mr Ashley and his buddy lamearse to clear out and sell up, he announces he will be staying in the Toon and has placed Hughton as manager. Hardened Newcastle fans (actually all Newcastle fans are hardened from years of shite and and underachieving) probably came to terms with this situation months ago long before the season kicked off but he has been trying to con us for too long and now the announcement of the St James' naming rights auction is just the final straw -the last twist of the knife or is it?

St James' has been home to football since 1880 and now some fat tart from the south wants to make back some cash that he lost from his terrible decisions by selling the rights to name St James' Park.

Is he a Mackem who wants to destroy NUFC or is he getting his revenge for the protests and songs aimed at ousting him? He has certainly proved it's difficult removing shit from a seat as he still lingers around St James' Park. Has he been advised by Denis Wise or some other tool? God knows . How can this man with all his wealth not see that St James' Park and the football team that plays there (or sometimes plays there) affects so many people in the North East, he must know what would be the reaction to this and that's probably why he has done it. I mean why does he care, we will never take him back in the away end again. He is hated in the city and he has lost money. He would sell his granny to get his money back. The man is still worth a fortune and is worried about a few million he lost as the owner of Newcastle United.

"He would sell his granny to get his money back"

What is the ground to be called if he does sell the rights? TKMAXX stadium? He has played yet another hand no one could predict and that's because he is the only person capable of making stupid decisions again and again and again and again...

We must stand up to this impostor and rid ourselves of his evil ways if we want to walk with pride wearing the black and white stripes. We must hit him where it hurts, in his pocket as that's the only language he understands whereas our language is football and right now it's getting worse all the time. Please go to this link http://www.nust.org.uk/rename-petition and sign the petition to save St James' Park. We must start thinking about the protests we had when Keegan left and start them again as its the only way to get rid of the idiots in charge.

Please leave comments below and any suggestions on how we as Newcastle fans or any football fans can rid ourselves of this lumbering fool of a man.

The circus continues

So after months and months of would-be and could-be new owners and managers, Newcastle United are still manager-less and run by a couple of prats who know only how to ruin a club and piss off the most loyal fans in the country. Now the latest news to hit the streets is of the manager's job being offered to Chris Hughton. Not that I have anything against Chris Hughton, quite the contrary, but as a Newcastle fan I always look to the future. It's a shame our owners don't.

Chris Hughton has done a remarkable job given the circumstances of his position; caretaker manager with an owner who wants to sell club and players. The club would have shifted Hughton if he was out of contract. That's why he got the position - nothing to do with his footballing ability. Tightpants Ashley did say giving Shearer the job was the best thing he did at Newcastle, however Houghton had taken over before, whilst in a dire position, and played Man U, Arsenal & Chelsea. Although we didn't get anything out of these fixtures we played some good football and took the game to these top 4 clubs; something that we haven't seen at Newcastle for a long time.

For the present Hughton is well placed but if we do want to get back to anywhere near where we used to be, we need a manager of a different class. Hughton has done fantastic considering players sold by Ashley and only a few loan signings brought in.

What message does this send out to the fans? Does Cashley want to stay or does nobody want to buy at the asking price? Maybe he is trying to scare people into buying a dying unrealised giant of English football. The longer we go without the right man in charge and with Ashley at the helm, the closer we are to oblivion. The last few games have been rocky as we have been beaten by Forest and Scunthorpe; this is bound to happen though in the Championship. You can't go all season without losing when you support the Toon.

"The longer we go without the right man in charge and with ashley at the helm, the closer we are to oblivion"

But things must change soon and for the future, imagine if Hughton gets the job and leads us back to the Premiership? I imagine another Glen Roeder scenario, i.e. where he does well and we feel he should be given a chance even though deep down we know he is not up to it or not ready for the challenge. Why not get the right manager in place now and build? Why? Because Fat Rash still wants out and Hughton would be the easy choice again less money paid out in contract payments etc. He only cares about how much money he can claw back from the disastrous few years on Tyne side. Will he be spending money in January to give the team a lift and a better chance of promotion? If he does I can guarantee it will be loan players again whether with Houghton as manager or not. The cheapest solution is the one for the fat boy from the South and this will continue for the near future. Meanwhile Newcastle slips further into the coma that labelled them the sleeping giants not that long ago. The best we can hope for now is a return to the Premiership and following that, survival. We won't be the club Keegan had but just another club to make up the numbers.

We need a chairman /owner to come in with a good manager and have a crack at playing football and get the fans back in the stadium so we can put this living nightmare to rest. Ashley is not welcome nor has he been for some time but he still persists like that turd that never flushes

Pic sourced from, King Features Syndicate

Who gets the Newcastle job

Chris Hughton quotes, Monday:

"I am honoured to be offered the job (of full time Newcastle manager), we are still in negotiations, it is something we hope will get resolved.
"I've always felt that the manager's situation was an issue, but not the most important one. Getting results has been the most important thing.
"Once we have got Scunthorpe and Doncaster out of the way, we will have discussions with Derek Llambias.
"It will involve moving from caretaker to manager on a full-time basis. They have indicated to me that they want to turn it from a temporary role to a permanent one.“For myself really it’s recognition of the job I have done and the club feel it only right and fitting that somebody who has done the job I have done for the period I have is recognised that way.”
“The decisions on which players to bring in have been my decisions. I have been backed with the players I have wanted to bring in.”

Words to wise

Wise words from The Mirror's Simon Bird


I'd love to see Dennis Wise return to management and get just what he deserves.
Dennis Wise fears his managerial career may have been wrecked by his experience at Newcastle.
Let’s hope not.
I’d love to see Dirty Den back in a job.
I hope he lands a chairman who then decides to appoint a Director of Football above his head, and deliberately misleads fans about the scope of his role as a “public relations exercise.”
I hope Wisey then draws up a list of transfer targets that are ignored.
I hope he argues his case, and is treated with disrespect and disdain, by a bunch of cronies who are supposed to be the club’s crack transfer delivery team.
I hope Wisey is then told to sign a little known South American player that he doesn’t want, and has never heard of.
In the ensuing row, I hope Wisey’s told to check the player out on YouTube.
I hope he is told that the decision is out of his hands because instead of signing players for playing reasons (an old fashioned concept I know) this deal is for “commercial reasons“ as a “favour“ to some agent pals.I hope Dennis then feels the need to quit, because his working conditions are impossible, being asked to manage players he didn’t want to sign.
And then I’d then love to see him keep quiet, with the sort of dignity Kevin Keegan did for 15 months, before the full grubby truth of the shambles emerged in a court room.

Earlier Dennis wise spoke about his time at Newcastle on sky sports news who seem to be holding his and rashleys hand on this matter.

Wise claimed that a settlement offer was made to KK before the tribunal:

"There was an offer put in by Mike I believe, and it was probably more than what Kevin got.....to settle it, yes....for more than the two million yes.
"So one of them must be lying, unless Keegan was offered somewhere between £2m and £4m and Wise is dealing in semantics. Given that the club openly admitted they twist the truth as an "exercise in public relations" then Wise's version of events seems to lose credibility.
He also reinforced the line about the inflated sums that KK's legal team had gone looking for:
"Mike was worried....when someone is suing you for £26m...
"And the A word almost inevitably made an appearance when Wise was asked what would have happened to his former employers had KK received a larger award:
"Maybe administration"
As for his own relations with KK, Wise ventured that:
"It was a difficult situation."
Wise also confirming that Ashley sacked him when Alan Shearer was brought in as Newcastle manager, but still referred to the club owner constantly as "Mike" and appeared ultra-sympathetic to him.
That's hardly the stance of a disgruntled former employee, but there again being paid to pick out signings by watching YouTube is hardly the most taxing of roles....
Wise attempted to downplay the impact of the Nacho Gonzalez deal, claiming that it was for the greater good:
"The long-term idea of the relationship (with two agents) was we were going to get first option on the best South American kids.
"That was important to Newcastle. Mike knew everything about it. He was fine with it. Every deal that went through the football club he knew. It's his money and no one else's. It was all done the right way.
"When Wise was asked for his opinion of what Mike Ashley's next move at SJP would be:
"I think he will hold onto the club until they are promoted. I think they'll go up this year, I genuinely hope they do, then Mike will take a decision next summer.
"So, still no mention of the other signings of interest that took place, such as Xisco and Fabio Zamblera - or indeed why the list of transfer targets KK prepared including the likes of Bastian Schweinsteiger wasn't acted upon.

We also wonder whether this was a grammatical or a Freudian slip from Wise:

"The club never paid any money to no agent."
After Sky's coverage of the tribunal verdict when they appeared to do little more than push the club line, their cozy chats with Wise look to be more of the same thing.

It's little wonder that the club feel no need to comment on the matter, when others are happy to do it for them.

From nufc.com

NUFC Toon Talk with Steve Wraith

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Bristol City (h)

The first 0-0 draw for Newcastle came at the weekend against a hardy if not lucky Bristol City team led by Gary Johnson. Newcastle had plenty of opportunities to win the game however the stand in goalie Dean Gerken made a string of blinding saves while the woodwork came into City's defence on a number of occasions. The late call for a penalty seemed a cert but the referee was the only man in the ground not to see it, even the City manager thought it was a penalty. A point is better than nothing though and we still sit on top of the championship with a 3 point lead.

Chris Hughton who has won consecutive Manager of the Month awards now thought we should have collected the 3 points and was disappointed with the result but he was very happy with the team performance. If we carry on playing the kind of football we are playing then it's only a matter of time before we are celebrating our return to the top. It's easy to get carried away though at this stage and to hold on to the top spot for the whole season will be a decent but expected achievement.

Over 43,000 watched the 0-0 draw and about 3000 travelled up from Bristol to help them on.
Marlon Harewood, Peter Lovenkrands and Jonas Gutierrez all started the game after a few reshuffles and it was the former who seemed in the mood to score after only 8 minutes when he struck the post. It was a long afternoon for the City fans who had to put up with a barrage of toon attacks but in the end they came out of St James' with the widest grin.

QPR (h)

Marlon Harewood rescued a point for Newcastle. We went down 0-1 in the first 10 minutes and never looked threatening in the first half and Guthrie missed a penalty and a glorious chance to grab a goal in the second half to make up for the missed pen. At half time Hughton changed thing round with but going off and Gutierrez coming on to give a little width. But it was the substitution of Nile off for Harewood that got the manager off his seat as he grabbed the equaliser and a point for us. It is Marlon's first goal for the Toon and his first game at St James' it assures we keep an unbeaten record at home this season and only one loss in 10. The point means we go 3 points clear of West Brom who lie in second place just above Preston (3rd).

Next up another home game to Bristol City this time.

Newcastle Utd 1-1 QPR

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Ipswich (a)

A 0-4 hammering of Ipswich left them and boss Roy Keane in a very perilous condition after only 9 games gone this season. Newcastle eased to a 0-3 lead before half time and cruised through the second half with another goal for Nolan to give him his first professional hat-trick and a second for Newcastle this season. Ryan Taylor got the other goal from a free kick reminiscent of goals he scored for Wigan against us last season.

The away following was superb and chants for Mike assley to take a hike were heard all throughout the game as he was in attendance, while keano chants for the former Makem were also heard regularly.

The young lad Nile Ranger was excellent up front and was unlucky not to get his first goal in the first team. Nile has a good future at Newcastle and will start scoring soon, as he gets into good positions time and time again. Nolan did have the edge today and could have had more, he supported the front two and benefited from two big forwards and deservedly got his first hat-trick. Hughton was able to bring on Marlon Harewood for his Toon debut and he did well for the time he was on and was unlucky not to score with a powerful shot from the edge of the area.

All in all the team played well and kept another clean sheet seven out of nine and back to the top of the championship with QPR heading to St James's on Wednesday night.

The game however had a more poignant mood to it as the two clubs close to Sir Bobby Robson's heart came together we celebrated his life again with his family in attendance. Wreaths were laid before his ever present statue outside the ground, before kick off there was one of his favourite songs sung out on the turf (I'll do it my way) then his wife and sons opened up the renamed Sir Bobby Robson stand behind the goal. A one minutes applause followed with there's only one Bobby Robson chant as the game started. Two months after the death of Sir Bobby people celebrated his life with great passion as it was an emotional occasion for all connected to these clubs. Link below for the pre-match atmosphere

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcscUA1H648&feature=related

Peterborough

Newcastle united went down to Peterborough 2-0 at London Rd on Tuesday evening, although United played with 10 changes from our wind at home to Plymouth the goals were a little soft and didn't score for the first time this season.
The Carling cup was as always a distraction from what really matters and this season our number one priority without a doubt is to get back in the premiership. The game offered Hughton the chance to give some of the younger lads a chance of first team football at championship level which could prove very useful in this long season.

The game did attract just over 10,000 people and 2,361 of them were Geordie's that says something for a Tuesday night game at Peterborough and in the Carling cup, so the empty seats at st James's are no indication of wavering support. So not a good night for the faithful but a vital exercise for the kids to get another game under there belt.

http://vodpod.com/watch/2227645-peterborough-2-newcastle-0

Harewood joins Mags

Confirmation of Marlon Harewood joining Newcastle doesn't exactly get me excited and its a long long way away from the likes of Ginola and Asprilla joining the club back in the Keegan era. Joining Newcastle United is not the same as it used to be as we now sit in the championship not challenging the premier's elite.

Harewood comes in with not much first team football under his belt and I cant see him scoring too many goals for us in his 3 month deal. As Ameobi is out till November more bodies are needed. Marlon seems to have played his best football back at Forest and West Ham but lets hope he can pick up his form from his Forest years and get amongst the goals.

Bye to sir Bobby

As Newcastle prepare for the carling cup tie away to Peterborough Marlon Harewood is being lined up as a loan signing from Aston Villa.

Newcastle had a comfortable victory at the weekend at home to Plymouth Argyle the midweek loss to Blackpool the United team will have to be at there best if they want to progress to the next round.

The screening of Sir Bobby Robsons memorial was held today.
Screens at SJP and Ipswich town centre to follow Monday's service of remembrance for Sir Bobby Robson at Durham Cathedral.

The service saw former Magpies Shay Given, Gary Speed, Peter Beardsley, Stuart Pearce, Jermaine Jenas, Terry McDermott, Malcolm Macdonald, Frank Clark, Gazza and Alan Shearer.

Sam Allardyce and Jack Charlton also in attended , while Chris Hughton and United's first team and staff were also present.

Past and present England managers Fabio Capello, Graham Taylor, Terry Venables, Steve McClaren, Howard Wilkinson, Peter Taylor and Sven Goran Eriksson while the likes of Terry Butcher, Eric Gates, Steve Bruce, Niall Quinn, Mick McCarthy, Roy Keane and Lawrie McMenemy also attended.

Alex Ferguson, Bobby Charlton, Brian Robson, Gary Lineker, David Seaman, Roy Hodgson, Trevor Brooking, Harry Redknapp, David Moyes and Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola were also among the 1,000 strong congregation.

Picture sourced from www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

Blackpool (A)

Blackpool away was always going to be a realisation for United and the fans not for the result but its the first small club we have visited on our travels this season. Playing in front of less than 10,000 people and the Newcastle section down one side of the pitch and no roof gave us a big slice of reality pie and to top it off we got done 2-1 on the night and on top of all that the ref was a mackem. The two penalty calls for United waved away by the wearsider, one was surely a must with a red card to follow it. Other bad decisions like booking Andy Caroll for his goal celebrations while 5 mins later Bret Ormerod did almost the same celebration after the equaliser and no card.
Its a night to forget as we strive to get premier status back but there will be more nights like this and teams like Blackpool will be difficult to play against with many of them in the league.
I am sure we will bounce back from this with a home game to Plymouth on Saturday.

word on any new takeovers but it now looks like Dyke Ashley is going to stay at Newcastle and try getting us back up so he can sell for an extra £40/50m.

Newcastle have gone into the loan market again with backup in defence with the Blackburn Rovers Defender Zurab Khizanishvili on a massive 3 month loan. He follows in the footsteps of fellow Georgian and Newcastle cult hero temuri Ketsbaia who incidentally just lost his job as Olympiacos first team coach/manager with Zico taking over.

Cardiff Away

In a week that's turned up more rubbish about another possible consortium takeover, a manager of the month, player of the month (Ameobi) and loyalty speeches being thrown around the changing room Newcastle faced a tough test at Cardiff on Sunday afternoon. Led by Geordie boy Chopra he looked as though they meant business before kick off. Newcastle always seem to be undone by ex-mags, well last season anyway. No clear cut chances fell to Newcastle until the goal came in the 18th minute when R Taylor took a cross. Young lad Nile Ranger got on the end of it then Collicini did well to encourage the ball back to Taylor, as he crossed again Collicini got himself into a good position end ended up heading into the back of the net. More wasted chances came from both sides but Newcastle defended well keeping Cardiff out of the box and restricting to free kicks from outside the area. In the last minute Alan Smith who did a fine job clearing up the mess in front of the 2 center half's got himself tangled up for a second yellow, he was sent off with a minute to go and a free kick on the edge of the area resulted. The kick was duly wasted as it had been by the home side on numerous occasions and the celebrations carried on in the away section. So we went home happy with 5 wins 1 draw and none lost.

A good win at Cardiff as Dave Jones has built a strong championship team and one that scores goals. So we have now played 6 matches and sit on top of the league with 16pts and a +8 goal difference, We still don't know whats going on with Mike Rashly and the sale of the club because he does not speak of his intentions in fact he does not speak of anything and only releases rubbish statement which are rubbish or leading us down the garden path. As we have started so well its my belief that he will hold on till next season and try and squeeze a little more money out of a buyer or even hold on to the next transfer window get rid of as many players then and bugger off as soon as an acceptable offer comes in. Lets just hope the players and team management can keep playing well and restore pride in the area and people and you know what, yes the P... word.

Cardiff 0-1 Newcastle