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Kevin Keegan

Much has been made of the demise of Leeds United AFC. We are all familiar with the tale of gross overspending, Ridsdale’s goldfish, and a descent into the third tier of English football. Football supporters have little sympathy for a club that reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League in 2001 and are now playing [...]

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Mike Ashley Faces His Most Important Decision

by Paul Bestall on February 16, 2009 · 2 comments

Whether they want him or not, the Geordie nation are stuck with Mike Ashley as much as he’s stuck with them. Since the Keegan debacle back in September, the hard pressed fans have continued to watch their beloved Magpies struggle along with no real resolution in sight and last weeks news regarding the long term [...]

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If the decisions that Alan Curbishley and Kevin Keegan took earlier this season to leave their respective Premier League clubs doesn’t serve as good enough evidence to foreign owners that trying to get involved with matters on the pitch is a terrible idea, then the future hopes of some of England’s top-flight teams are in [...]

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Going through some old boxes last week, I found a handmade poetry book I created in primary school when I was living in Wales. I thought it’d be interesting to share the poems and my pictures no matter how crude and silly they are to help paint a picture of what a ten-year old soccer [...]

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Marlon King Further Dampens Day As Newcasle United Fans Protest

by Johnathan Starling on September 14, 2008 · 1 comment

Before I write, I want to thank everyone for the turnout this weekend for the EPL Talk Chat. You honestly have no idea how happy it made me. Anyways enough of the gushing, back to the meat of this post.
Marlon King’s double was enough to see off Newcastle United 2-1.
I have to admit, I’m torn [...]

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Premier League More Entertaining Than Reality TV

by The Gaffer on September 5, 2008 · 3 comments

If reality TV executives are looking for the next smash hit, they should consider Premier League football.
Consider the real world drama that happened this week alone. There was Fergie picking up Berbatov in his Bentley under the noses of Man City’s executives. In Newcastle, there was the two-day boardroom drama involving Keegan, his lawyers and [...]

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Keegan Resigns Officially

by Paul Bestall on September 4, 2008 · 6 comments

Literally in the last few minutes, the BBC are reporting that Keegan has resigned due to the football structure of Newcastle United. He feels that his position has been completely undermined by Dennis Wise and Tony Jiminez.
A hastily released statement by Keegan pointedly clarifies that his position has become untenable due to pressure put on [...]

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