In a typical football season, football journalists and bloggers find one victim after another to write about. When one tragedy or soap opera ends another begins.
In the past weekend, the ‘Sack Juande Ramos and Damien Comolli’ saga ended with both men being booted out and replaced by Harry Redknapp. The Mike Ashley soap opera at […]
Who Will The British Tabloid Football Reporters Vilify Next?
October 28th, 2008 · Comments
Tags: Ashley Cole · Chelsea · England · Liverpool · Mike Ashley · Newcastle United · Tottenham Hotspur
Send In The Cockney Clowns: Newcastle Contemplates Signing Gerry Francis
October 5th, 2008 · Comments
Gerry Francis has been offered a coaching position at Newcastle United, according to Sky Sports. But, according to The Daily Telegraph, he may reject the offer.
If he takes the position, the former Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers manager will join a club overflowing with cockneys including owner Mike Ashley, vice president Tony Jimenez, executive […]
Tags: Dennis Wise · Derek Llambias · Gerry Francis · Joe Kinnear · Mike Ashley · Newcastle United · Queens Park Rangers · Tony Jimenez
Joe Kinnear’s Newcastle United Press Conference: Audio
October 3rd, 2008 · Comments
We have the audio of Joe Kinnear’s unbelievable tirade against journalists from yesterday’s Newcastle United press conference. If this isn’t a sign of a club in serious trouble, I don’t know what is.
What was Mike Ashley and Dennis Wise thinking about hiring Kinnear who obviously isn’t able to handle the pressure?
Newcastle Manager Joe Kinnear swears […]
Tags: Dennis Wise · Joe Kinnear · Mike Ashley · Newcastle United
How Sports TV Networks Can Shake Up Their Football Coverage
October 2nd, 2008 · Comments
Thanks to Saturday Night Live’s Tina Fey, there will be millions of people around the watch watching the vice-presidential debate tonight between Sarah Palin and Joseph Biden. Most people will secretly be looking forward to seeing Palin make another embarrassing gaffe.
While debates can be unpredictable, nearly all football related shows on television are the opposite. […]
Tags: Alex Ferguson · Arsene Wenger · Football Matters · Mike Ashley · Newcastle United · Setanta Sports
Newcastle United Hits New Low In 2-1 Carling Cup Loss To Tottenham
September 24th, 2008 · Comments
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for Newcastle United, it just did. In the battle of the two bottom teams of the Premier League, Newcastle lost 2-1 at home tonight to fellow underachievers Tottenham Hotspur in the Carling Cup in front of their lowest attendance in years.
The performance by Newcastle was utterly […]
Tags: Dennis Wise · Jamie O'Hara · Michael Owen · Mike Ashley · Newcastle United · Roman Pavlyuchenko · Terry Venables · Tottenham Hotspur
How To Make Newcastle United A Successful Club Again
September 23rd, 2008 · Comments
Contrary to popular belief, Newcastle United is not a poisoned club. Nor are they jinxed with injuries. At worst, they’re a poorly run club who has made one bad decision after another after another.
With news that a Nigerian consortium are interested in buying Newcastle, Toon fans will be keeping their fingers crossed that current owner […]
Tags: Alan Shearer · Alan Smith · Cacapa · Dennis Wise · Derek Llamblas · Joey Barton · Mike Ashley · Newcastle United · Nicky Butt · Roberto Martinez · Shola Ameobi · Steve Bruce
Mike Ashley Snubs Dubai Investors For Cocktails
September 17th, 2008 · Comments
Yesterday in Dubai, Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley was offered $360 million for the club by Dubai investors, but called the offer an insult and snubbed Arab investors to instead partake in drinking cocktails at a local bar, according to ArabianBusiness.com.
Ashley reportedly received the offer earlier in the day and was supposed to meet with […]
Tags: Dennis Wise · Derek Llamblas · Mike Ashley · Newcastle United
Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch and Mike Ashley
September 15th, 2008 · Comments
A while ago, an SNL skit featured an ad for a book that could get you out of debt and save your life. It was called “Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford.” It’s a book that the CEOs and owners behind Freddie Mac and Lehman Brothers, as well as Mike Ashley, may want to look […]
Tags: Mike Ashley · Newcastle United





















