It seems to us almost unbelievable, that the owner of Newcastle United Football Club has taken the decision to go against the wishes of the Newcastle fans, The Newcastle players, and the Newcastle City Council, and allow Kevin Keegan to leave the club.
Mike Ashley - will hardly be welcome much longer in Newcastle
This is not a bright decision, and Mike couldn’t have made his billions with dumb decisions like this. But it may prove he’s stubborn when it comes to business, but his days now have to be numbered at Newcastle, and it seems like the fans will urge Mike to sell the club, as one ploy to get him out.
Maybe Kevin can bide his time while the club is bought by somebody else, and then he can be reinstated as manager, but that’s just dreaming, and it’s not likely to happen.
We think Kevin must be so fed up with football today, which is being run by billionaires, who often know absolutely nothing about the game, that he’s had enough.
At least Mike Ashley is English and not an American owner, so at least he knows a little about the most popular game on the planet.
Americans generally dislike the game immensely, although it is gaining a little popularity with David Beckham, but we don’t think the owners of Man United, Liverpool or Aston Villa know the game very well.
We don’t know what will happen now, but we wouldn’t be surprised if we have demonstrations again by the Newcastle fans, and even some word from the Newcastle City Council.
But it seems to us this situation is just untenable, that a bunch of London based businessmen come in, and are wrecking this club, which make no mistake, that’s exactly what they are doing.
Comments welcome.
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161 responses so far ↓
1 lee // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:01
ma you prick
2 lee // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:02
ma you dikc
3 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:03
COME ON GUYS IM OFF TO SJP TO SHOW MY SUPPORT WITH OTHER FANS!!!
ASHLEY OUTASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUTASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUTASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT
4 marky24188 // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:03
Newcastle United is our football club not mike ashleys, if we boycott the club then it will either become bankrupt or relegated, ashley can sell the club at any time and it will be us the fans who are left with the s**h. it is our club not his. support the team ashley will go we will just have to wait. NUFC is has been around for hundreds of years with lots of different owners that FAT mess who calls him self the owner will go one day. do not boycott the club and the players they deserve more.
5 Michael // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:03
The boycott is back on.
What an arsehole this man truly is.
6 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:04
ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUTASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT
7 Matty // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:04
I can’t even look at this f&ckers face any more.
8 shearer9 // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:05
I HATE U MIKE ASHLEY I HOPE U AND YOUR HORRIBLE CRONIES DIE I REALLY DO IVE NEVER HATED ANYONE AS MUCH IN MY LIFE
9 keegan was king // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:06
any fans going to the hull game please take some massive banners saying “ashley out” and chant keegan keegan all game long
10 Steve_48 // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:07
Ed - sort these comments out please, I’ve tried to post several and nothing coming through
11 hitman // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:09
ashley is DONE the sooner this clueless pr1ck goes the better.
12 ED // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:11
everyone you can send the club an e-mail on the official site under ‘your shout’. See if we can send enough to make cashley realise what hes doing to our club.
13 I Made 1000 // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:13
IM GOING TO HULL GAME, I WILL TAKE ANYTHING TO GET ASHLEY AND WISE OUT
14 hitman // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:15
no manager worth his salt will touch the toon,there a dark times a head lads .
15 keegan was king // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:16
ashley has messed up our club enuf… we need him out
16 steve // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:19
All this talk of players walking out is a bit far fetched - Owens been stalling over a new contract and they apparantly already tried to sell him on Monday. Footballers are fully aware that the managers are likely going to change under their spell at any club (outside the top six).
I think they’ll be happy to turn us into a cheap team (as in player wages/signings) with a foreign coach and run the club at a profit
That is good business sense but will obviously alienate some fans - maybe they think all this will blow over in a few games and to be fair if they win the next four/five games in style it will.
A huge mistake would be to appoint Wise and I can’t imagine he would even take the job given the backlash from the papers/fans this week
There’s no chance of any english manager or shearer taking the job so it’s obviously going to some foreign coach who’s used to having players dictated to him.
At the end of the day Ashley can do what he wants as he owns the club lock stock and barrel although I doubt he’ll turn up for the next couple of home games and he def wont sit with the fans (although I heard he was already surrounding himself with bodyguards rather than real fans at matches he’s recently been to)
17 Kelvin Koogan // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:20
Ed - get that fat f**ks face of this site. I swear to f**k, hes a f**kin prick. You f**kin fat stupid w*anker, you don’t know what you’ve done you stupid c*nt. The Toon army hates your stinking guts fat boy.
18 Ali // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:20
Email sent to “your shout”. Do you think they will care though?
19 Alex // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:20
I wonder if the fat twat & his Dwarf will dare to show their faces on tyne side again . Lets all hope that the Indian billionaire will buy the club before the hull game . I read today that he is sending a delegation to the UK on Monday to try and buy an EPL club and we are top of his wish list . I am going to church for the first time in many years to pray that will happen!
20 stinkman // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:22
Ashley is a fraud! Wise and Lamb are crooks! The 3 of them stole the club. Bunch of rats!
@ Ed: Why the cheap did at Americans? Does not really have anything to do with the situation and did not really need to be said. BTW, its an American owner who currently keeps the Champions League Trophy in his office.
21 Gazza's cat // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:22
Ashley your a F*CKING TOOL!!! sell up and take that cockney dwarf with you!!
22 clint // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:22
No longer have the words…..everyone else has said them anyway.
But something needs to be done, some response is required - I suggest we all thrn up at SJP next week, with our £40 shirts on, and just after kick off, say 3:08 PM (one minute for every month of KKs tenure) take the shirts off and leave.
Simple,effective and very visible….
Clint Evans.
23 Martin // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:22
Mike has well and truly shot his own c**k off now like…I fail to see how he’s going to win back the fans?
No manager with sense will come, any manager who does come won’t be trusted (and won’t be KK) and until either/or/and himself, wise, jiminez, llambias go - will we even have a fan base?
24 Steven // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:23
WHAT HAS ASHLEY DONE TO OUR BELOVED CLUB!! No doubt that we are about to witness the biggest rebellion against the board ever!!
They have absouletly destroyed the reputation of our club. Why is DENNIS WISE seen as indespensible? He should have been sacked.
This is such a disgrace to us all.
25 Geordie SPIDERMAN18 (GG7) // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:25
i know its a terrible thing but i hope mike ashley dies if he doesnt sell. i hope none off the managers that are in that list on skybet dont come in, i would be devastated, even shearer. i dont think any man that comes in while ashley is in the helm i will support
26 Jonny // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:25
I was an Ashley backer………..not now
THERE IS A ‘NO CONFIDENCE PETITION’ SET UP.
i urge all toon fans to sign it and please pass on the link — lets make a stand
http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/21664.html
27 JonnyToon // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:25
Thats it…….hes just done it.
Destroyed Newcastle football club.
Our best players will be gone now.
I cant believe it.
28 Ian // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:25
Where is ed speed when you need him?
29 obaistheman // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:26
Any of htose supporters that say they will keep going to matches because they support the team and do whats best for the team are fools. The best thing for newcastle now is for ashley to leave, his system of having a director of football(wise) will never work, and the only way to get this across to ashley and force him to sell is to protest and not go to matches
30 DanToon // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:26
Ashley die you C*ut!!!!
31 db // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:26
Best thing MA could do now is take the first offer that comes his way for the club. No Newcastle fan will be sorry to see the back of him
32 DanOx // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:27
FFS,
Weird, the club have deleted all the recent KK stories off the website..
33 mr kk // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:27
no boycott now then this will happen again. away games only .
34 Whitt // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:27
not sure that paragraph about Americans not knowing or caring about English football was necessary.
is it really any better to know that an Englishman ruined your club?
35 Richard L // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:28
I actually feel sick. Can’t describe how angry and sad I am at this.
36 Geordie SPIDERMAN18 (GG7) // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:28
ed can u set something up on maybe ur news of the world blog or something so we can show the whole of football what we need to do, we need that fat c u n t out of our club.
37 mag in boro // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:29
official club statement on club website
38 Toon Chicken // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:29
Kevin Keegan - Official NUFC Club Statement
Newcastle United Football Club is sad and disappointed that Kevin Keegan has resigned.
Over the last few days the Club has devoted itself to the discussions it has held with Kevin and as a result of those discussions had put together a set of practical suggestions for how to move forward.
Today the Club made it clear to Kevin that if he had any outstanding concerns on its proposals, he should raise them with the Club.
The Club regrets that Kevin has, instead of taking up that offer, chosen to resign.
39 Mitch H // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:29
My humble apologies to all those posters who were slagging off Ashley.
I was wrong to support him, you guys were right.
I’ve been watching the toon for 30 years, but i’ve never go again while Ashley is in charge.
The club means everything to me, everything, but enough is enough.
I beg every one who has a season ticket, to contact the club, tell them you are no longer interested in going while Ashley is in charge.
40 JEFF MILLS // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:30
IM A GEORDIE LIVING IN B’HAM AND DEVASTATED , CANT BELIEVE ASHLEY KEPT WISE RATHER THAN KK……..IF I LIVED IN NEWCASTLE I WOULD HOLD A SEASON TICKET…..BUT WOULD DEFINITLY BOYCOTT ALL MATCHES.
41 Thomas // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:30
Read that too alex… Hope there’s something in it considering its frm the chron.. man i’m so sick of all this..
GOD SAVE THE TOON!!!
42 toonwill // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:30
Kevin Keegan - Official NUFC Club Statement
Newcastle United Football Club is sad and disappointed that Kevin Keegan has resigned.
Over the last few days the Club has devoted itself to the discussions it has held with Kevin and as a result of those discussions had put together a set of practical suggestions for how to move forward.
Today the Club made it clear to Kevin that if he had any outstanding concerns on its proposals, he should raise them with the Club.
The Club regrets that Kevin has, instead of taking up that offer, chosen to resign.
43 mag in boro // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:30
official statement now on club website
44 ToonEskimo // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:30
Make Dennis Wise the manager……
I guarantee he will not make the dugout….
45 ed_speed // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:30
greedy FUC(KER!!.
kevin said hey had discussions but they didn’t give him wont they want!!!!!!! this just shows there was a chance of him saying!!!
FAT GREEDY BASTAD
46 Alister Barnes // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:30
I am actually suprised at how calm you are in this article Ed.
I think if it was me writing it, i wouldn’t be able to hold back. There would be a lot more expletives.
The club have made a statement saying they did everything they could to keep him. I’m sorry but that is absolute bo****ks.
Mike ashley can take his billions, of which we have seen about £5 - shove them up his behind, and get the hell out of toon.
I for one will not be attending the club in the near future.
Disgrace.
47 D.C. // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:30
Club statement
http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1384983,00.html
They blamed Kevin, saying there was an open-door policy with regard to concerns and that he quit instead of exercising that option. Like I said two days ago, shifting the blame to KK.
48 michael owen really // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:31
yet another false dawn!
what happened to “we need stability”.
with the money ashley is paying wise we could have bought some decent players in!.
we now know ashley is in an unenvious position cue demonstrations and more crappy media coverage if it wasnt for the fact I have to drive tommorow I would be drowning my sorrows. im absolutely gutted asley doesnt have a clue!…
49 geordie jock // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:32
Come on you gutless B*****d let the fans hear your feeble excuse. You should have thought up a very good one the time it’s taking.
50 mutoids // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:32
statement on nufc
51 MAG PIE // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:32
official site has statement - lying bastards wont turn us against kk
52 Ginkoh // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:33
Keegan done nothing wrong. Manager should be the one who decision who’s coming and out because manager is the man who respond all the result.
Mike and his board will know recently what’s happen to them in next few days.
53 ToonEskimo // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:33
If Mike Ashley was a recluse before he’ll need to be Osama Bin Laden to avoid getting lynched now….
54 ed_speed // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:33
ASHley YOU FAT CU*T!!
GO ON A DIET YOU FAT fuc(er!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO KFC TONIGHT YOU GREEDY LITTLE PRI*K!!!>
FU >CK YOU ASHELY.
regard,
ed
p.s
‘mon the lads
55 MAG PIE // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:33
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56 mag in boro // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:33
statement from club on website seems they trying to blame KK
we know exactly where the blame lies
57 hammy // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:33
Comments working or not?
58 dick // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:34
boycots will make very little difference he already has money in bank from season tickets, its the people who bought 3 seasons worth of tickets I feel sorry for £2000 tickets what will they do
59 Simon // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:34
Now you see Mike Ashley’s true colours….
GET OUT OF NUFC YOU UTTER PRICK, & TAKE YOUR CRONIES WITH YOU.
OUT OUT OUT OUT
SELL UP & EF OFF.
60 powellstoon // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:35
Sign the Vote of no Confidence petition
http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/21664.html
Spread the word get every Newcastle fan you know to sign
61 keegan was king // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:35
looks lke it will be a good night in shearers tonight
62 Archie // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:36
Guys - surely the way to demonstrate is to arrange a major boycott of the match with a demonstration outside the ground and no-one in it.
You have to show that this is the a majority talking, not just a few people .
If Ashley thought 47,000 was a poor what would he think of only 20,000
Hit him where it hurts - in his big fat wallet.
Dont buy the shirts, dont buy the programs, dont go to the game.
He’s a smart cookie - he’s probably trying to get Shearer lined up - but surely Al wouldn’t take it under these circumstances.
Boycott is the only way
63 michael owen really // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:36
mitch h you arnt the only one I also thought the man knew what he was doing and that those sl*ging him off were wrong what a total c*ck this man is!
64 anger // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:37
death is comming
65 Nabeel // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:38
im pissed off man, thats all i can say.
gutted!
66 Hilly // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:39
Wow, Ed, really laying it all out there. I’m not real sure how bashing Americans fits into the article, but that was an interesting op ed. On the subject of the club, has anyone thought that Mike Ashley is looking at more than the fans emotions? He obviously thinks he can either bring in someone to manage the club who the fans will support, or he thinks he can sell and move on. I think everyone needs to relax a little bit personally.
67 KKToon // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:39
Well, time has come for some serious action from all NUFC faithfull fans! MA betrayed not only KK but all NUFC fans, first he used KK to get the fans on his side and then he appointed all
these directors just to use NUFC for his own benefit! It’s high time we showed all these selfish
b******s what NUFC is all about! I’m sick of being fooled so many years! We lost our best managers due to people like MA, fisrt it was Sir Bobby Robson and now it’s King Kev! Many of us now will forget about what just happened and will wait and speculate who the new manager will be but this is not the right way. Let’s bring back the honest people to NUFC, let’s bring back KK!!
68 hitman // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:39
archie:i will be suprised if anyone goes to the hull match,ashley&co have went to far this time
69 Cooper // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:40
Absolutley fcuking DISGUSTING
that statement just adds to how sick i feel
RIOTS are inevitable
70 cockneytoonphil // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:40
mark24188 - of course its our club but he owns it, but if we do nothing, he’ll bring in Poyet or a Spanish yes man and the club will be destroyed. We cant just wait for him to go.
I have two 3 year season tickets and I’ve decided I don’t want to watch any more. We, the supporters, can’t lift a demoralised team with Poyet or some Spanish manager. Only KK is capable of that. He proved it.
Stay away
Give them no money. Even those of you who go, dont buy a programme or a beer. Push the clubs value down until he sells. We, the 52,000 are the biggest assett the club has.
71 tripp // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:40
A massive boycott is the only way out. Devalue the club so massively that Ashley has to sell with a loss. We’ll be the only club with a 52K seat grounds playing in the conference, but we can rise again. What a tremendously shocking day. I’m just gutted. It’s going to be a very interesting season. I wonder how it will play out. Seeing KK go hurts. Don’t think I’m going to be up for the season now. I want us to be relegated so that we can get rid. Like some I really thought that MA would come good in the end. It really seems like he was sent in to destroy the club to ease competition for another big club. Unbelievable…. just unbelievable.
72 Rollo // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:40
Realy realy sad to see King Kev leave and I think MA f**ked this one up major BUT isn’t it very typical KK to just walk out of he club? He´s done it every time to club and country. Takes no responsibility for the club. F**k of MA and KK and give me my club back!
73 Martin // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:40
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I genuinely think in the next few days Keegan will come out and publically ask the fans to support the players!
74 Ian // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:41
I cannot believe that fans are still thinking of going to the Hull match and voicing their opinion, Ashley makes money by fans going to the matches, if the fans go he wins.
75 BRI // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:41
MA YOU ARE A LIAR ACHEAT A COWARD AND A FRAUD GET OUT OF OR GEAT CLUB THE CLUB YOU OBVIOUSLEY HAVE NO FEELING FOR UNLESS IT MAKES YOUR BANK BALANCE RISE YOU SHOULD BE ASHAIMED.
76 Patrick (Pizzicato) // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:42
I am among the one who needs to apologise for the optimism from the beginning. Even the fans, players and the city council are supporting KK, KK is out. What is going on?
MA deserves an empty SJP and he MUST BE BLACKLISTED, among DW, DL, etc.. and never welcomed in Tyneside!!!
Give me back NUFC football, Freak Ashley!!!
77 Red // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:42
i want the terms of the proposal to be made open to the public. it sure hell be interesting
78 Mark // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:43
Who do you reckon we’ll get as manager now ?
79 jettson // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:43
good oneToonEskimo, i like it!! bet the americans still couldnt hit that target either!! hit the club where it hurts, money!! buy nowt, spend nowt, empty ground for 1st 15 mins against Hull, we nee to make a clear dfemonstration! who do these people think they are?? NUFC statement is bollox, they sent KK a letter according to the LMA!!! bet we do not see any of them at the Hull game! time for us all to unite behind the team and against the cockney arseholes who are ruining our great club!!!
80 filthy mag // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:43
Gutted. Why couldnt they just leave him alone to manage the club. Stupid tossers.
81 Toon Chicken // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:43
Kev if you love Joey Barton so much would you mind taking him with you?
82 toonie // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:43
It may not be “Long Live the King” on this one and it leaves the fans in a no win situation. Boycot and we could see the club slide, doing a Leeds. Continue going to matches and we play into Ashley’s hands….gutted !!!
83 mozza // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:43
even nufc.com are open to ideas about protests etc and they are usually totally against that sort of thing, i just hope he runs scared and sells to the indian group, goata keep dreaming i suppose, poyet is the fav to take the job, i can’t wait for KK to explain exactly what went on, or will he?
84 stinkman // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:44
Ashley is a fraud! Wise and Lamb are crooks! The 3 of them stole the club. Bunch of rats!
@ Ed: Why the cheap dig at Americans? Does not really have anything to do with the situation and did not really need to be said. BTW, its an American owner who currently keeps the Champions League Trophy in his office.
85 ToonIreland // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:44
the official statement is a disgrace!!!!!!
86 Remus // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:44
Ed, I’m just as devastated as you are, and Keegan’s exodus caps what has been a horrible week for me.
But the attack on Americans isn’t necessary, and you should know that, as you live here. I was born and raised in the states, and my friends and I all would easily rate football(soccer) our favorite sport. I don’t think Americans hate the game or ruin it, although a few have given the rest of us a bad name.
87 ed_speed // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:45
ashley go on a diet.
now, u fat prick
88 keegan was king // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:45
lets all buy shirts saying
ashley we
8
you
89 bill // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:46
If Ashley does sell, and lets hope that he does then he will forever go down in Geordie folklore as the devil incarnate. Dennis Wise will never be safe no matter where he goes because one of us will come across him at one time or another. Sir John Hall has a lot to answer for as well.
I’m going to boycott the games from now, and I’ll be stood outside the ground shouting for the blood of the directors.
Some lunatic from a radio station (from the south) suggests that Alan Shearer will be offered the job. I don’t think that they understand Geordies at all.
At the moment I am full of hate for anything to do with Ashley. He just has to go.
90 mozza // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:46
reet lads looks like the blogs went t**ts up again so i’m not spendin a neet waitin for posts to come through i’m angry enough as it is , see ya all tomorrow
91 cockneytoonphil // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:47
Just seen Johns comments on a previous post. He’s right. Those withou tickets boycott the game and turn up outside chanting for KK and Wise man and Arsehole out.
Those with tickets go in and walk out after whistle blows in front of inevitable TV cameras
92 I Bleed Black & White // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:47
disgrace.
i actually see know way out, think it would be the best to just cancel the entire club and use the stadium for something else…of course im joking but howay, this is the biggest load of shit, i wonder what ashley and co. are thinking now? i actually had full faith we were going somewhere this season, not just ‘geordie faith’ as the lads at uni say, it’s gone.
We have a decent lot of players, still chuffed with Colo and Jonas is just pure inspiration.
Up the Toon, forever.
93 matt lee // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:47
dicks they’re all dicks! shifting blame 2 keegan… as if they already aint dug their own nufc graves.. i hope ma sells sharpish…and we’l soon see his cronies sneaking out with their sacks of £££
94 Geordie SPIDERMAN18 (GG7) // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:48
shall we all chip in and hire a hitman to kill ashley and wise, infact there is a lad on here that go’s by the name of hitman??
95 Robby Bobson // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:48
It makes me wonder how much control Ashley had in the negioations with Keegan as he is apparently in America.
Have Llambias and wise overstepped their boundries and forced Keegan to leave?
Although i am not in any way supporting Ashley, i am jus wondering.
96 ToonIreland // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:48
AAARGGG, I moved house recently and cant afford skysports and/or setanta !!!!!!
Skynews are showing some gordon brown speech … get off the stage!!
97 sheffstev // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:48
cant find any explanation for this other than Fatso is well short of money and has been looking to sell for some time -despite all the denials- what a bullstitter- but expect a new owner very soon .this is a cheap nasty and v . X PENSIVE way out
98 mitch // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:49
toon eskimo I love it bin larden
99 Geordie SPIDERMAN18 (GG7) // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:49
i can see no way back for fat mike, does anyone promise, if mike ashley ever goes near them they will punch him
100 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:51
THE PLAYERS SUPORT KEEGAN!! SO WE SHOULD BY EITHER
1. BOYCOTT THE GROUND
2. TURN UP TO SJP AND SING, SHOUT AND WAVE BANNERS AROUND
3. TURN UP TO THE HULL GAME THEN WALK OUT ONE AND ALL WHEN THE WHISTLE IS BLOWN FOR KICK OFF!!!
THE PLAYER SUPPORT KK AND WOULD UNDERSTAND!!!
ASHLEY OUTASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUTASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT
101 tripp // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:51
Thanks to all who are supporting us Yanks! We appreciate it. Football is growing by leaps and bounds here. It will probably never be like it is in Blighty but in a generation or two (provided we don’t end up a third world country) I think we’ll be a force in the sport.
About a month ago I was at my daughter’s school and I heard a man ask a kid what he wanted to be when he grew up. The first thing the kid said was a professional soccer player. I’ve never heard that before…
What do you lot think about salary caps? Most of our top leagues have them. They’re much better for it too. I think something like that needs to be implemented ASAP in football. Massive inequality in resources is going to reduce the top flight leagues to a complete farce.
102 keeeguuurn // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:51
Is there a way to stop season tickets or have everyone been robbed?
103 ToonIreland // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:52
I hope hughton stays, our defense has improved immensly since he was brought in
104 HATE PRAWN SANDWICHES // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:52
ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUTASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT ASHLEY OUT
105 mag in boro // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:53
@IAN
the players are 100% behind keegan
WE HAVE TO SHOW THE PLAYERS WE ARE 100% BEHIND THEM
and considering most of us have already paid the fat controller he already made his money outta us
boycotting the game will not be anything but detrimental to the players
boycott club shop,sports direct in fact do anything you want to show how you feel except boycotting the game
106 Geordieboy // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:53
Who else will follow KK out now???
How about all the first team squad!!!!
KK now no choice but to resign, Ashley putting the whole squad up for sale,JOKE
How many times must the fans be kicked in the B******S????????????????????
107 geordie jock // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:54
For the good of NUFC please BOYCOTT and show the world we will not be pushovers to the fat greedy B*****d and his hobbit friend.
108 mitch // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:57
There is no point not going to the match what we have to do is not buy any merchandise cancel direct debits but a word of caution this indian bloke may come in now and KK may come back anyone think this why owen will not do a new deal championship here we come
109 Ross // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:57
keeeguuurn, alot of people now are making it public theyre cancelling season tickets (all saying so on SSN etc) so there should be some way.
just demand your money back, tell them that what has happend is disgusting and you wont accept anything less than a refund for every reamining game you’ve paid for this season.
have you seen sky sports news by the way? there are hundreds of people outside sjp already, singing constantly.
“pogo if you love keegan”. We all do love keegan, what a hero he is, and what a joke our board is.
How unlucky can we be. surely, we are the only club that has been baught by a billionaire, and thus managed to be ruined.
i suppose liverpool havent exactly succeeded but they’re not going behind rafa’s back before sacking him are they. at least they’re getting in quality names and finishing top four.
we are literally the only club, that has been taken on by a millionaire, and due to that reasobn, has been torn to bits.
110 Ian // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:58
Dont turn up, no-one at all should turn up, one of the biggest crowds in the premiership doesnt turn up it will send a message to Ashley and a message to the owners of football clubs across the country.
111 michael owen really // Sep 4, 2008 at 20:59
hey guys if you want to get really angry remember a few days back smug ashley with the KING KEV shirt on.
the I want this club to be huge statement.
and the selling the club behind our backs isnt true statement.
how can anyone take this guy seriously again.
oh and how important it was to create stability.
aaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
112 Red // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:00
i guess wat the lads are saying is boycotting the Hull game only not the whole season. just to prove we are no pushover…. i would love to join in the protect but im on the other part of the world.
113 sheffstev // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:01
sorry for the call of the moderator. the only X planation is that the greedy fat bullshiter has already sold the club and part of the deal was to get rid of KK first
114 ToonIreland // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:01
lads, boycotts dont work unless they are 100% adhered to, look at the mancs boycotting the glazier take over … that really told them didnt it?!?!?
also, i’m not sure the player deserve to turn out in an empty st. james!?!?
stop buy merchandise, stop buying from his shops, but dont make the players suffer for ashley, wise and llambias’ inadequacy!!
115 Stamford Toon // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:02
Sorry to see KK go but I voiced my concern that this would happen when he was first appointed. Having been in business (only in a small way I admit) I would have expected my managers and staff to follow my instructions and if after they had discussed the issues with me they were still unwilling to do what I wanted then I would be willing, although not happy, to see them go. MA has, as the owner of the club, the right to conduct his private business in the way he wishes. Time will tell if he has made the right decisions. The club does not, as many think, belong to the fans and if we want the team and club we have been supporting to succeed then we need to get behind the players at the next game. Boycotts will achieve nothing but unrest and uhappiness among the players.The club is more than one man, yes even than the much praised KK. It is a shame that so many are too relaint on the abilities of one man who, let’s face it has done this before and not just to our club.
He is after all just human like us and building him up to be a messiah was unfair on him and shows blind faith by those calling him such.
Get behind the players at the next game.
116 rudy // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:02
mr ash-ley,
there’s so much i’d like to say to you now, but i think i’d better won’t …
as a Dutch Newcastle fan for over 15 years, this must be the lowest point ever … even after the sacking of sir Bobby Robson and the appointment of Graham Sou-r-ness …
as being as positive as ever, i had the best hope after all the mess i read during the last few days. but i’m gutted, utterly gutted …
like ED, I really haven’t got a clue how this could have gone all the way. I thought you came to realise a few things the last 2 days at least … what are you up to now? appoint Wise? or some other cockneys? I think he won’t even make it alive to the bench … mate you got it all so wrong … just pack your back and get out asap
hope we get bought by some people who had a reality check done and (like ED said), King Kev will get back. but i think this time you even blew that chance and basically destroyed lots of dreams …
theoretically, you can design some nice structures, but practically, they will never work out … (if you know what i mean)
mate, thank you for spoiling my well deserved holiday … t*t …
ps. sorry ED, you’re my source of NUFC information and I don’t want to be offensive, but I’m outraged …
117 Robby Bobson // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:03
I think that along with Boycotting the club, boycott the Sports World in Newcastle city centre. That would hit Ashleys pocket more than empty seats that have alredy been paid for.
118 roscoe // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:04
Would it be wrong for a grown man to cry at this time?
119 ed_speed // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:06
something must burn
120 taxi for ashley // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:06
someone call..
121 taxi for ashley // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:10
if wise or poyet gets job can anyone get a load of puppets as them to sell on. make a fortune
122 Ian // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:11
Who would go to any of his shops anymore anyhow??
The players will respect the fans not turning up and will be more understanding than you think.
Ashley has just made himself the biggest business takeover failure and all of it in the public eye.
Everyone will know what type of person they are dealing with when he tries to do a business deal again, he will not be trusted again.
123 MY ASS-ley // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:11
the board communicate with keegan via letter??? wtf. is that how a proper communication works?
124 Ian // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:12
Roscoe-again?
125 Hilly // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:13
Here’s a healthier discussion of the current issue at hand:
http://myespn.go.com/s/conversations/show/story/snet-569289?prosaction=newpost&status=ok
Tripp - as far as salary caps go, the MLS will more than likely have to remove them in a few years in order for the league to grow, so I don’t think there will be a movement in Europe for caps. If the club can support it, pay it. The sports operation in Europe is much different than American sports and wouldn’t sustain a cap imo. If teams feel strongly enough about it, they’ll implement their own, much like Arsenal.
126 cc // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:13
Ashley wont be able to get to a game anymore he will get hurt
127 john // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:13
im so mad i cant see straight, we need a buyer guys LETS GET HIM OUT NO MORE THATS ENOUGH WE DONT DESERVE THIS, I LOVE THIS CLUB HE’S NOT GOING TO RUIN IT FOR ME, NOT A CHANCE, NO WAY.BYE BYE YOU STUPID PRI##
128 hitman // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:16
stamford toon go and take your face for a sh!t,ashley has turned tyneside on its heed,he will never be forgiven.
129 ToonIreland // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:17
Boycott:
No replica shirts worn at next home game
No items purchased at club shops
No match programs bought
No food drink/bought at match
No items bought at his sport shops(sports direct right?)
No londsdale items purchased anywhere(he ons them to)
all of the above seem good to me but for got sake dont let the player walk into amore than 1/2 empty stadium.
I have casual day in work tomorrow … I always wear a replica shirt, If i do tomorrow I’ll get slagged, if I dont I’ll be accused of taking the easy way out!
130 squidgeyblack // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:20
This is for all fans who were conned into buying their next 3 season tickets with lies and false promises , After first hearing the miss information that keegan had been sacked from sky sports news i barely managed to overcome the initial shock n gut wrenching kick ya in the ball sickness , but once i did my immediate responce was to call the box office , which i was very surprised to only wait for two mins, i proceeded to ask for a refund for the full ammont of the 2nd n 3rd season (which i think am perfectly within my rights to ) at which point the box office worker replied “am sorry but as far as im aware season tickets will be non refundable ” what a discrace.
Prob wont even be able to get rid of it ebay so only other option in my eyes is to put in my safe never to be seen again untill LARD ARSE AND THE COCKNEY PRICK WITH A KLINGON BROW are nothin but a distant memory
131 JonnyToon // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:22
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We HAVE to boycott the club to get ASHLEY OUT. We CANNOT let him stay in charge, he will be the downfall of our club.
The players are NOT going to perform well for us now, that is the sad reality of it all. Many will probably LEAVE. Owen definately is gone. We HAVE to get a new owner as soon as possible.
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132 JJ // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:23
cs@sportsdirect.com
here is the email to sportsdirect customer services! (Mike Fat F*&k Ashleys company)
I am not happy with the services we are receiving so lets let him know where it hurts!!!!
133 JJ // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:26
cs@sportsdirect.com
here is the email to sportsdirect customer services! (Mike Fat F*&k Ashleys company)
Let him know his services are not welcome anymore!!!!
134 Crow11 // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:29
I just dont get this… This club has no idea of leadership nor communication to fans. Everyone was left in dark for three days and now the statement makes KK look like a vilian… And then Ashley backs DW and DL (who in my eyes is the true problem and virus)!
So there is only one way to handle this. Everyone on here loves the club and MA needs to see the way the supporters feel. There is only one way, presurre him into selling. Make life unbearable. This man loves his privacy, so getting bad publicity will make him realise he needs to sell up.
And for the fans that says they will go and support the team, fine, but do you think this will make any statement other than Ashley thinking we are all sheep??
Something constructive should be done though. An organised event, and hopefully nufc.com will get it right after asking for comments from fans. Go and post there as it may lead to an organised protest.
MA needs to understand he made a huge mistake and his time is up. This man can not be trusted, and to think so many did.
Hopefully somebody will bail us out of this mess!
In the end, it is the supporters that ‘owns’ the club, but they should raise their voice in combined and structured fashion to bring this point across.
If I was closer I would have loved to help organise anything to boycott the club, but now I can only raise my vocal support and hope the loyal local people bring the point across.
135 Tony Green // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:40
Its the odds on the other managers to replace Him that makes me laff……….almost as much as SSN. Goos to hear a few erudire comments from locals and fans who can actually speak rather than the usual rent-a-Geordie oron that SSN picks who tend to express themselvesthrough grunts and macho singing
136 dave v // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:41
Cancel your direct debits and when they say you can’t, tell them were to go.
137 Brave New Toon // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:48
the more i think about it, the more hours i spend watching ssn the more upset i get.
this has ripped my heart out
I cannot forsake my beloved club.. but cannot support the town with the smug southern bastards, counting their ‘northern’ money.
My season ticket is in two pieces on the kitchen table
the mrs says i’m being a baby, I support kk and will be following gateshead until ashly and his mates are out
138 Ed Harrison // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:53
Initially in this article I had some comments on American football which were unwarranted and in bad taste - I took them out and I apologize to our American readers. I let the frustration of this Keegan resignation get to me - I’ll not do it again.
139 Spitfire // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:54
We have to boycott the Hull match whether you are a season ticket holder or not. Do you honestly think the players are going to die for the cause of Newcastle United now ? They will all piss off as soon as possible. The club will be relegated at the end of the season unless it is bought by by the Indian Telecom group that showed an interest. We are drinking in the last chance saloon.
140 Spitfire // Sep 4, 2008 at 21:56
Any idea where Ashley and wise actually live?
141 O'Hurley // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:02
Okay two things- I want to express a bit of my undying hatred of Mike “the muppet” Arsely. F*CKING TOOL BRINGING RUIN DOWN ON MY FAVORITE FOOTBALL CLUB!!!! I JUST ORDERED A F*CKIN’ SHIRT FOR CHRIST’S SAKE!!! Hell, I just got into football a year ago and discovered this club and fell in love immediately. I’ve looked forward to this season for what feels like years and that FAT LIMEY F*CK has to pull this crap. Now this brings me to point two- I’m an American and where most of my countrymen don’t understand how beautiful and eloquent is the sport of football, I LOVE FOOTBALL!! I will say this though- England/Europe could take a lesson from American football in the idea of a salary cap. Best thing to ever happen to American football. The teams with the least money can just as often be just as deadly as the team with most money. Keeps it interesting like. Anyway- to hell with Ashley and worse with Wise.
142 NUFCAl // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:06
Sorry but to anyone defending Ashley, it’s just unforgivable not bothering to get a plane back from America to deal with a crisis of this scale. He doesn’t know his arse from his elbow man.
Apparently Keegan was sent a letter suggesting these ’sensible solutions’ but none of these involved saying bye bye to Llambias and Wise so Keegan told them to shove it up their arse.
143 Marty // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:18
GOODBYE KING KEV!
Sad to see ya go but under these circumstances i understand, these guys are idiots and you dont get to be a manager.
What a load of piss.
Sell up and let some1 that cares take over this great club
144 Jinky Jim // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:26
If anyone turns up for the “ull”game ,then they are NOT a Toon supporter
145 sirjasontoon // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:29
Well well well all the Ashley backers have finally woken up…well done it took you long enough.
I have voiced my opinion on this lying prick vocally since last january.
The club is in a real mess now he deserves to be lynched along with owl heed and piggy eyes wise.
We will oust these pricks !!
Keegan will be back.
146 hitman // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:33
jason,never trusted ashley he was full of hot air,he has to go the toon caent move forward with him here,he must sell,wheres spyro hes an ashley lover…
147 jacob // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:37
Disgusted with the club and am ashamed to call myself a supporter…again! The fans must boycott or “boycoutt” matches, as the banner showed on Sky Sports News to have the desired effect. Perhaps this way we can hit the penny pinching tightwad Ashley in the pocket, forcing him to sell to a real billionaire: one who speculates to accumulate!
This club is ripe for the taking at the minute, and could indeed prove to be a very attractive proposition to the eyes of real investors. Who knows?? this could yet turn out to be a real blessing in disguise if that Indian gadgey finally buys out the pie man.
148 NUFCAl // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:43
Yes Ed your comments about Americans were pretty pointless and totally unwarranted - Randy Lerner at Villa is living proof of that.
149 reillers // Sep 4, 2008 at 22:55
You know it’s the players I feel sorry for. Some will walk ya, but it’s the likes of Given and Harper, who will typically as per usual stick it out and hope for the best because they are that loyal, because they love the club that much. It’s not fair on them. How many managers have they seen come and go, but this this had to top the list as the most devastating, ridiculous, out of the blue yet.
What the hell has happened to football, when did it turn from the beautiful game into this circus.
This situation reminds me a lot of an even that happened in Ireland earlier in the year, down in Cork.
I have cousins down in Cork, I’m down there a lot, it’s a massive hurling county, they love their hurling (it’s a sport for those who don’t know) as much if not more as Newcastle fans love football. It’s everything to them. But their team has “the worst most stubborn, head strong, evil county board in the country”, the board makes all the decisions, the players hate them they do not trust them and the board hates them back. Everything they do is in spite of them if you listen to the Cork fans who are insanely passionate about the game. The board want control rather then success. Now this set of Cork players on the team at the moment are the most prickliest, rebellious players in the country, a bit of a coincidence that The Rebels is Cork’s nickname. The team has gone on strike twice. Once in 02, but that didn’t last for very long and they missed no games. It was resolved quickly. They went on strike again at the start of the year, but this time no one was going to budge. Both sides were too stubborn. Both believed they were right. It almost caused the biggest upset in the history of GAA. A mediator, the country’s best negotiator was brought in to try and fix it, he struggled it wasn’t till about an hour or so before the deadline that the players called off the strike. But it could have ended disastrously. It would have if someone from the outside hadn’t stepped in.
I think on this occasion, we need something like that. Or else we could have a full blown mutiny on our hands.
150 reillers // Sep 4, 2008 at 23:01
Oh and before I forget. I’d like to thank the King that is Kevin Keegan for coming back and giving it a go. He did us proud and I feel privileged to have had him back, even if it was only for a wee while.
LONG LIVE THE KING!!
151 ToonCanada // Sep 4, 2008 at 23:01
The worst thing about all this is that it isn’t just about KK.
The Gang of Four - a (successful) shopowner, a casino manager, a one-time manager of a League One club and a property type - have decided that they know better than Kevin, or any other manager, who is best for the Newcastle squad.
They also have been blabbing about admiring the Real Zarogossa manager, while KK was still around. So we know what that means.
These guys have delusions of grandeur. It has all gone to their heads.
I was once hopeful of Ashley and he has done done some good things - or where they really Chris Mort at work?
But now I am convinced that somehow we have to find a way to get him out. And soon.
152 daiv // Sep 4, 2008 at 23:03
Ed Harrison
How long has it taken you to realize that a load of London businessmen were ruining the club. You were saying the opposite a few days ago. Like a lot of other people on this blog who are suddenly MA haters. Hypocrites the lot of you. At least Kevins departure has left MA defenceless. Nobody believs his bollocks now, Not even you Ed or Spyro or Harrier and the rest of you. Some contrition would be nice. After all you have spent many hours on this blog extolling MAs virtues but I doubt Ill get it. He is a fraud and it took the Kings departure to open all your eyes.Muppets.
153 daiv // Sep 4, 2008 at 23:10
Most of you are hypocrites claiming that MA was a saviour. It took KKs departure to open your eyes. Muppets. You slagged me off all year. Now you want to kill the guy. You guys crack me up!!!! MA has done his own legs. A matter of time before he goes back and supports the Spuds. The longer he stays the more he will destroy the club. Boycott or abuse if he dares to turn up. Give it to him in the neck for Kev. Toon forever!!!!
154 reillers // Sep 4, 2008 at 23:26
I said a while back that Keegan was not happy about the signing of a few players, that he had little control of the singings and little control of the clubs. I was told that I was wrong, that I was reading too many papers.
God I wish more then anything that I was wrong.
It’s just sickening that the club is trying to put this on Keegan’s head. That they’re trying to blame him..that it’s all his fault.
But he is blameless, he’s done everything for this club and he’s been such a plus, such a great manager for this club. A legend he is and will always be.
Something..anything needs to be done because this is a joke.
155 aaron // Sep 4, 2008 at 23:27
To all those against the boycott - The reson we will do it, is for the love of the club. I for one can never forgive Ashley and Co. for whats gone on. We need to make a statement not just to Ashley but to the country - THE FANS ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE CLUB AND WILL NOT ACCEPT BEING TREATED WITH SUCH DISREGARD! We must i repeat must remove Ashley! KK forever!
156 shirts // Sep 5, 2008 at 2:50
Friends, Boycott is farting in the wind.
Until fans own the club, on the Barcelona model, fat, rich selfish b!@#%$#@ like Shepherd and Ashley will just piss down our backs without heed to our club.
If you mean it when you say “NUFC is OUR club,” then truly make it so by starting a campaign to buy the club with memberships and FOR THE FANS.
157 MDS // Sep 5, 2008 at 3:05
Thanks for the apology Ed- but a little out of nowhere…
I don’t think there’s a supporter on this blog that wouldn’t trade MA for any of the American owners in the Prem
158 Olle Toon Sweden // Sep 5, 2008 at 14:54
A boycott is not a boycott unless there are 100% empty seats at SJP. Except for the Hull section.
Otherwise it´s better to fill SJP to the maximum and walk out when the game starts, or after 5 or whatever minutes.
In silence.
159 Gorman // Sep 5, 2008 at 16:17
Ashley is a fat b*****d no newcastle fan on earth thinks otherwise surely
160 joal // Sep 5, 2008 at 19:43
been following newcastle for over a decade now …and NOT ANYMORE..had it with the club and the way it’s run….the owner doesm’t care cos he got the money and whatever the decision is he knows that the fans will fill the stadium week in week out..with the 3 year lockdown in place …and under a year he will sell the club..provided we are not relegated by then…it’s a sad day….but good bye nufc…
161 mart // Sep 5, 2008 at 20:19
I too dont know if I can face going back. Certainly not while the current board remain.
Forget hurting the current players. We have to show ashley we wont take it and he has to go.
I vote for boycotting the Hull game, and shame on anyone who ever shops at sports direct again
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