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Mike Ashley

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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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How To Make Newcastle United A Successful Club Again

by The Gaffer on September 23, 2008 · 4 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 [...]

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Mike Ashley Snubs Dubai Investors For Cocktails

by The Gaffer on September 17, 2008 · 2 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 [...]

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Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch and Mike Ashley

by Richard Whittall on September 15, 2008 · 0 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 [...]

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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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