Mike Ashley, in all his wisdom, has decided that he is just too good for the club t0 sell Newcastle United after all.
Incompetent owner refuses to sell
Newcastle issued this statement:
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Newcastle United are delighted to announce that Chris Hughton has been named the permanent manager of the Club, his contract will run until the end of the 2010/11 season.
At the same time the Club has confirmed that it has been withdrawn from sale and is no longer on the market.
The Club had been trying to broker a deal with a number of prospective buyers in recent months however none of those deals came to fruition.
With regard to the possible sale of the Club to Barry Moat, that particular bid has now fallen through due to the cash price of £80M not being met.
In confirming the news, Mike Ashley stated that he is totally committed to the future success of Newcastle United (oh give me a break – please) and will be focusing on gaining promotion back to the Premier League. Mike will put a further £20M into the Club this week. Is that apology money to the fans?
Derek Llambias, Managing Director of Newcastle United, said:
We are delighted that Chris has accepted the post of full time manager. He has done a terrific job this season and we wish him every success for the rest of this season and beyond. He will continue to receive our full backing and support.”
Chris Hughton added:
“t is a very proud day for me to be named as the manager of this magnificent football club. I thank Mike and Derek for their support and will be doing everything in my power to get the Club back into the Premier League at the first time of asking.
“Having the unequivocal backing of the players has helped me enormously and I would also like to thank Colin Calderwood, Paul Barron and the rest of the backroom staff who have never been anything but tremendously supportive to me this season.”
Whilst confirming these two matters, Newcastle United now aims to move forward on and off the pitch.
The Club aims to maximise its commercial revenues; this includes renegotiating its Club sponsor and kit deal, which expire at the end of this season, as well as welcoming offers for the stadium naming rights for next season.
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It’s really hard to know how you move forward when you have an owner like this still at the club. It is public rec0rd that he lies to the Newcastle fans – that’s when he decides to even speak to them.
He should be forcibly removed from the club he has brought into such disrepute and he is the worst owner ever to own a football club in England – fact!
This is a sad sad day for the famous Newcastle United club and notice there is nothing in this statement about putting the club up for resale in the summer.
Sorry - but I’m just not doing cartwheels over this incompetent and completely clueless owner staying on Tyneside. He’s an insult to Newcastle.
We’d be better off if Mickey Mouse was running the club.
89 responses so far ↓
1 Mags // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:14 AM
Yes it is very sad indeed Ed, it is heartbreaking to think we still have this disgraceful man at our helm, who heas heaped shame upon shame onto our club.
When you think of the dignity of SBR and then compare it to this pitiful excuse of a human being, it makes you cringe.
2 SAMTHECAT // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:17 AM
An absolute farce of course. I think if the club was mid table he would probably have sold.
If someone tomorrow came up with 80m in cash, i am sure the club would be sold. Effectively the club is up for sale permanently whatever might be said officially.
Hughton will be very grateful and is therefore just the yes man they want.
As for the 20m-that wont be new money, thats the money from player sales+wage reductions that he was going to take out the club before selling it.
You also have to ask why not then give the 20m to Shearer at the start of the season?
So we are even selling the name St James Park-might end up as the Sports Direct Stadium-God forbid.
Even if we are promoted the club is going nowhere long term with this clown in charge.
3 Tanzy // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:24 AM
why could ashley not sell it to moat 60 million now 20 million next year that was moats deal there only lyk 3 month till next year i also think it is a radiculious idea in renaming the stadium he will probs rename it as MA SPORTS DIRECT STADIUM sumit stuid lyk that he need to put his hand in his pocket and produce transfer money the squad is to small and needs more quality in it also the chris hughton being named manager hopefully will be gd he has done well as caretaker manager but other caaretaker managers that got the managers job havint been as successfully as the manager and a dont think chris hughton will be able to presude top quality players to the club
4 MacToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:24 AM
A sad day indeed.
They have lied to us, everyone infact, treat icons such as Shearer and KK with little or no respect, infact tried to darken the name of someone who has done so much for this club in recent history and tried to turn fans against him.
The tribunal found in KK’s favour infact finding that the owner tried to pay hush money to KK and infered that they (the club) made unfounded allegations about the man and ordered to pay all costs. These are the people to take our club forward?
The match on Saturday, well we got a poorly deserved result but I couldn’t celebrate for longer than a minute or so after the final whistle, I suppose it was dawning on me then that the future looked bleak at SJP. Yes SJP will alway remain but the owner will (eventually) go, well even this isn’t untouchable now. How far have we fallen in the last 2 and a half seasons?
I miss my club, I miss everything about it but I refuse to purchase a ticket, a shirt not even a hotdog from the stadium until this cancer is removed from it’s bowels.
Where did all the good times go?
5 Dondatta13 // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:25 AM
Like I said on anothet thread, this parasite will have the team sponsored by Tampax and the stadium renamed The Tadcaster Brown Ale Stadium.
I think I will support Gateshead while this tool is at the helm.
6 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:27 AM
die ashley!
7 Tanzy // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:27 AM
this is not good news
8 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:34 AM
its 12.30pm aint it?
argh im confused
9 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:34 AM
am i mean?
10 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:35 AM
The supporters club MUST go against a renaming of the ground!
11 Toon_Factor // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:35 AM
Bit harsh ryan but i beleve someone will if he keeps this up
12 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:37 AM
I told you so lads-I have been saying this both times the club has been on the market….every time it happens it is during a transfer window.
Watch some imaginary consortiums will pop up late december and the selling baloney will begin again.
Now he will probably get Shearer in to pacify the majority.
Dark days ahead.
13 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:40 AM
TF, Ive had enough of Ashley taking the fckkng piss outta us and i hope he gets what he deserves!
14 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:40 AM
CH = Puppet.
15 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:40 AM
In othernews
Anyone see Real Madrid lost 4-0 to a third division side! good job!
16 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Ryan don’t make threats on blogs likely hood is you will get the police at your door…just watching your back matey…I share your frustration.
17 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:42 AM
SJT
Ive got no probs with CH in charge, just fuming with this renaming sh ite!
18 cezpar // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:43 AM
as long as the club is making a profit, MA won’t care which division the team is in. Being fans, we will have to swallow our pride for a prolonged period of time, and bear the same fate like some other once great brands like Kappa, Diadora. Unless MA, they are cheap and have no glory, but they are making money for MA. We will become the cheap stock in football but it doesn’t matter to him. He will still be pocketing profit from this club. It is a sad sad day for the club.
19 SBR4EVA // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Some people say ashley reads this blog……
GET OUT OF OUR CLUB,
GET OUT OF OUR CLU-U-UB,
YOU FAT (PERSON WHO IS FROM BUCKINHAHSHIRE) COCKNEY BASTAD,
GET OUT OF OUR CLUB.
I know what you did last summer…..
20 Toon_Factor // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:43 AM
I wonder what his son and daughter think knowing half of newcastle want to kill him
he brings it on himself really, why cant he do anything right?
21 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:43 AM
sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:42 AM
Ryan don’t make threats on blogs likely hood is you will get the police at your door…just watching your back matey…I share your frustration.
I said i hope he gets what he deserves SJT
22 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Just noticed that Ryan……Shocked!
23 Toon_Factor // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:45 AM
“Ryan don’t make threats on blogs likely hood is you will get the police at your door…just watching your back matey…I share your frustration.”
ryan, sjt is right for once, ive heard a few stories
24 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:45 AM
You said Die Ashley.
That could be interpreted as a threat from you to him.
Just be careful
25 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:46 AM
TF
I know, ive heard things about that
26 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:47 AM
I missed the dont infront of it SJT
27 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:48 AM
Anyone think there be a protest next home game?
28 ToonMobile // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:49 AM
Like most people this was not the news we wanted but predicably was the news we expected judging by recent history. This is totally bad news and my heart sank when it broke a little while earlier tonight. Its a gamble pure and simple, a gamble on us being promoted this season in order to sell for a higher price. One could suggest that his mate Moat being the only viable bidder was a ploy all along, and there was no intention to sell, as others have suggested. NUFC media exercise. If it was true and missing 20 million why no partnership with NUSC or another party? Dark days for the forseeable future, even more so if we don’t get promotion this season.
I side with those who will not be putting a penny towards the current regime until Ashley is out. However long that may be. It pains me to say but supporting the current regime by attending games is only prolonging our predicament in my opinion, our loyalty is our downfall. And I don’t give money to people in good faith knowing they lie to me.
It would appear that without sponsorship money (it all being spent) and Premiership income that our gates and match days takings/merchandise are the only thing that keeps Ashley interested – as well as an immediate return to the Premiership. Our loyalty might keep one of those going but our current position in the table is only masking more deeply rooted problems that might result in us not being promoted- and Ashley’s gamble failing. Come on, we’ve seen the performances, we know the teams shortcomings and all the problems all too well.
29 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:50 AM
Haha
This renaming the Stadium stuff is totally out of order…..the 5hit has well and truly hit the fan.
30 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:53 AM
He will prob name it Roker Park or Stadium of Newcastle or summit cr ap
31 RyanToon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:53 AM
Anyway im off to bed now.
Nite
32 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:55 AM
Excellent Post ToonMobile-I agree our current position papers over enormous cracks-and the fact is once you peel away the mask there is a club rotten to the core.
The football is very poor considering these are mostly ex premiership players,CH will struggle to get this bunch promoted and he will simply follow orders from above while the team continue to make hard work of awful opposition.
33 ToonMobile // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:56 AM
The renaming of the stadium bit has to be a dig at the fans. Why rename something with so much history and sentiment, as well as knowing what an outcry there will be from the fans? Purely as a money driven opportunity, with little thought for the history and feeling of the fans, shows the contempt Ashley holds for us.
34 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:57 AM
Off to Bed now as well.
35 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:00 AM
Agree it’s like an ongoing Mutual Hatred….I just can’t see this ending happily.
To be honest I can’t even begin to envisage where we will end up…it really is so messed up.
How he can have the audacity to rename the club is just bizarre.
36 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:01 AM
Night ALL !
37 SBR4EVA // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:01 AM
Stop Fat Cockneyism now.
Show ashley the red card.
38 SBR4EVA // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:02 AM
Neet.
39 fergie // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:03 AM
Excellent news. I look forward to purchasing my Lonsdale made Toon shirt next season, sponsored by Tadcaster Brown Ale.
40 ToonMobile // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:05 AM
sirjasontoon, you are spot on with the phrase “rotten to the core” – apart from individual action in terms of going to games or not it is hard to think of where we go from here though isn’t it. I might be wrong again but I think as a whole we are a bit scared to protest in any major way like last time since we put a lot of blame on ourselves for what has happened since. On the plus side now things are different, there is no potential buyer, no mysterious overseas consortiums – so what better time to show our loyalty to OUR club as a cohesive fanbase? I’m not sure that protesting is the way to go – afterall Ashleyand Llambias have very thick skin – but there must be something we can do?
41 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:12 AM
I was just looking on the other NUFC blog:
Stardust says:
October 27, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Put on this thread – its more appropriate here than the last.
“Clint – A beacon of sensibility in a mad world – The renaming of St James Park – it will always be St James Park to us – that can never be taken away.
Ashleys 20m investment PLUS the naming rights (say 12m over) is 32m swing in our favour. I would have expected some to be a little more pragmatic and happy. I certainly am – do any of you think Mort had as much as 50 pence to put into us when he couldnt even afford to buy us?
I see this as the bottom of the trough now and (controversially) I do like some aspects of the name change – it disassociates the old ways for a new way – a change in the tide and a change in mentality of the fans and owners whilst letting go of the past. The past is the past. Time to get on with the future.”
My suggestion is Stardust we Call it the “Red Bus Arena”.
42 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:20 AM
It’s a tuff one TM
There is so much fragmentation,Deceit and Hatred that I think the stadium thing will just start the real revolution to get these people out of the club.
I mean how can the Club try and paint a rosy picture when the players look out of their depth playing really poor teams,delivering consistently poor ugly football that is flat,slow and tedious to watch.
Promotion this season has “Another failed Ashley Gamble”stamped all over it already.
43 marcusedesade // Oct 28, 2009 at 2:49 AM
absolute joke!! I’m finished with this club until that fat fcuk gets out of our club and stops taking the pss. The only thing to do is boycott the games as he has no intention of selling the club when we have 40K showing up on average (3rd largest in England last weekend)
You are all fuelling his ego and he has nothing but contempt for the N.East and the people that follow this club through thick and thin!
44 Bao Zheng // Oct 28, 2009 at 3:15 AM
I doubt CH contract will run much beyond June if we fail to get promoted or say late October if we do. This lot in the EPL would be a fair bet for the Scums all time points total.
45 marcusedesade // Oct 28, 2009 at 3:28 AM
also…Stardust is Ashley! or as close as they come anyways.
46 ginkoh // Oct 28, 2009 at 4:23 AM
Everything gone back to the start again ! I don’t know what’s happening next but no bright future for us, that’s fact !
Welcome to Mcdonald stadium next season – ” -
47 Trent Toon // Oct 28, 2009 at 5:07 AM
Noooo!
There is not much point now, the only way is to support Ashley with what we have got left.
We do not support the stadium renaming…
That is a horror of a choice!!
48 dbsweeney // Oct 28, 2009 at 5:42 AM
A quick off-the-top-of-my-head suggestion:
* Try to organise a boycott of Direct Sports (soon to involve, I’m sure, Direct Sports’ Stadium) stores:
* Simply implore people to shop elsewhere.
* A quiet protest in the front of shops telling people to please shop elsewhere. Do not in anyway actually hinder people’s entry into the stores.
* Contacting the newspapers to tell them what NUFC supporters are doing (the above). So many of the papers love to report and go on about us Toon supporters, so they’d probably take up the cause. Get those that really care (e.g. Caulkin etc.) to take up the cause.
* Contact other media outlets (esp. things like podcasts and radio programs—those that full-on supporters are likely to be listening to) to simply mention the fact that SJP is going to be renamed. The more that are aware of it, the larger the potential supporter base.
* Now don’t laugh at this bit: trying to get other clubs’ supporters involved. e.g. Going to a MUFC supporters’ board and telling them what we’re doing. Tell them not to shop at Direct Sports. Tell them to imagine renaming Old Trafford. Yeah, sure .. many will give us stick, but some may pay attention.
* Contact the companies that currently advertise and/or own corporate boxes at St James’ (Direct Sports’ Stadium) Park and, very formally, ask them to please contact NUFC’s marketing and sales department and suggest that they do not change the name. If any companies that you contact tell you to f**k off, say that’ll you’ll organise boycotting their shops/company etc too.
All just a suggestion and one that would require A LOT of organisation … but spread the word around through NUSC, NUFC.com, True Faith, popular message boards and then try to focus everyone’s attention to one particular website/spot that co-ordinates all of this.
What I have in mind is something that Liverpool supporters’ did recently … and achieved:
http://thenyckopites.blogspot.com/2009/05/…n-condemns.html
Yes, it’s something completely different to whats happening to us … but it does show that boycotting can work.
Do not:
- promote anything to do with violence or direct abuse at the vile man (the reasons why are obvious)
- draw the players’ attention from what they have to do on the pitch—they do not need the distraction. As such, I would not boycott match day games.
Make it a co-ordinated and sustained boycott of things that effect him financially.
In anything to do with writing emails to media and companies, I’m more than prepared to help.
49 Trent Toon // Oct 28, 2009 at 5:56 AM
Newcastle United face Leyton Orient this saturday at BP stadium (formerly St James Park), in a highly anticipated relegation battle to stay in the coca cola league 1, and not face the drop into league 2.
This stadium name chage is a disgrace and the club is no longer a proud one but one focused on money, money, money….
I can’t believe our glorious football club has become the joke of the country…
This news really hurts…
What happened to our club, it is his club now, not even a geordie,
lastly,
I would like to thank Barry Moat for trying his hardest to reignite the club with passion, pride and give it back to us. In the end the cockney basterd wanted to much money…..
50 p doff // Oct 28, 2009 at 6:01 AM
If they are staying shouldn’t we be leaving?
51 Ashley Hole // Oct 28, 2009 at 6:44 AM
This must be joke, Ashley is joking?
52 p doff // Oct 28, 2009 at 6:55 AM
The name change is easy target, let it be known that any sponsor will be boycotted. Liverpool people still do not purchase the Sun.
Much Cashley? the fans should put up or shut up.
Boycott all Cashley merchandise and home games. The answer is in your hands.
53 Mikey25 // Oct 28, 2009 at 7:19 AM
All the stadium name change is a massive stab at the fans! “Try get rid of me? Well I’ll show you”
Let’s hope the 20mil is to sack Llamearse and hire somebody who knows about football, again I highly doubt it!
I’m furious but suppose the show must go on! Let’s carry on supporting the lads and fingers crossed we finish top! I’m just curious where the 20mil is going…probably to re-hire everybody he sacked, or have a 10million “welcome back Ashley” party and another 10million “Fans 0, me 1, KFC stadium here we come” party! Twart!!!
54 magpieranger // Oct 28, 2009 at 7:45 AM
We need to make it clear that any potential taker on the naming rights will face a boycott of their stores/goods.
Or even if we were to boycott home games until he changes his mind about the naming of SJP. I’m sure the lost revenue would be greater than any sponsorship.
55 Stuart79 // Oct 28, 2009 at 8:20 AM
I’m really too bothered about the name change to be honest.
If the money that gets generated by it and the money he pupms in goes on buying players.
That’s a really big if though.
We need to wait and see what happens in January. If we bring in some good players then fair enough but history suggests under Ashley we won’t bring many players in at al.
56 Geordiedoonsooth // Oct 28, 2009 at 8:28 AM
This has to be the worst day in the long history of NUFC. He really doesn’t understand or care about the fans what an insult to rename St James’ Park. The only way to stop this man is for no one to turn up at the next home game & to stay away until he goes. I live doon sooth now but try to go to SJP when I get back up home, but I will not be going now. We might be top of the Championship but we might as well be bottom because that’s how I feel at this news.
57 Marty-Toon // Oct 28, 2009 at 8:33 AM
What a load of cack!!!!
We kinda knew that he wasn`t going to sell and was having problems finding a buyer.
If he actually started to run the club properly then he might win us over but this same crap every transfer window of not gettin enough players in and leavin the team short just doesn`t do it.
The players will not stay if the team don`t get the strengthening they need.
He said it himself that he has come up very short on how to own a football club.
I agree he should get in new sponsors as he needs to generate cash so it wont be Sports Direct.
I really don`t wanna see SJP name changed.
Arsenal,Wigan,Man City have all had stadium changes and lost their long standing names and Liverpool are the next club.
It`s possibly the only way to have better investment as we have had very little from Northern Rock.
58 Bigbadbob // Oct 28, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Talk about burying bad news, announcing it via SSN at 10pm is the act of cowards.
Triple whammy, him staying, the Hughton puppet appointed and the name change, also 20m for Hughton to spend?
I wouldnt give him 20p on the evidence of the players he has brought in.
I always said Ashley would be happy to go along with the perception that he is a bungling fool whilst behind the smokescreen he is beavering away to achieve his goal, a tuppence happenny cash cow of a club.
59 Stuart79 // Oct 28, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Bigbadbob // Oct 28, 2009 at 8:41 AM
The £20m will be for the running costs of the club.
I will be amazed if we spend anything at all in January.
That will be Ashley’s big test – We’ll find out how committed he is to getting us back up.
Although if we do go up what then? Probably come straight back down.
The appointment of Hughton is the biggest mistake he has made.
60 Paul141726 // Oct 28, 2009 at 8:48 AM
As has been said in a few of the posts, none of us are really surprised (and if you were, welcome back to real life). Let’s face facts—Ashley wants all the money UP FRONT. I’m also not sure if he wants his “loan” repaid, too. Loan?? More like blood money to me. Not even sure he ever wanted to sell.
And naming rights to SJP??? If this doesn’t get fans screaming for his head, nothing will. However, this seems like the blueprint for several clubs at the moment, notably those turds from London, Tottenham!! I’m almost sure that someone, maybe even “Cashley” saw the glossies of the new Spurts (not a typo) stadium with the words “naming rights” clearly visible on the roof. He certainly couldn’t have figured that out all by himself.
Let’s face it. Next to the words Idiot, Incompetence, and Vengeful in the dictionary, there is a picture of one Mike Ashley.
I realize I have, and probably never will, meet the man, but so help me I don’t know of anyone that I could despise more. Dark days ahead–quickly falling down the league, selling our better players in the next window and being at best mid-table in the CCC. Fat MA has the nerve to say he will invest 20 million in the club??? Lies, lies and more lies!!!!
One last thing–just my opinion and I’m sure I’ll be slated for it by some. I’d be willing to bet that all, yes ALL of the so-called bids were just lies too, including Moat’s. The only way I will not believe that he was Ashley’s accomplice in this “sale” fiasco, would be if he explained in detail why he could not or was not able to purchase the club. Or will he just lie to us, too?
Ashley-you are a LIAR as has been shown by your own statements at the Keegan tribunal. GET OUT OF OUR CLUB!!!
61 will die for the toon army // Oct 28, 2009 at 8:49 AM
This is all so confusing we really need that money for the club to move forward. At least for the first time they have told us what they have in plan let me hope the communication is changing.
All I have is patience we have waited for more than 50 years for a trophy and we are still here supporting our club in the championship. NUFC is going no where all I need to see is change so I will wait and see what MA does.
Boycotting, Boycotting, am tied of this stuff. We all love the toon we have supported it since we were kid now we are men some of us have never seen glory but we still love it. But Violence isnt the answer. All we need is stand behind the team and who the owner or manager is because we are the heart beat of the club. Dont you learn from last season.
Lets wait and see, MA came here with a plan lets trust him for one. We have given Barton so many chances why not MA.
Patience is what am asking from you Geordies this time.Please not again.
62 toonsy // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:01 AM
The renaming of the stadium is a massive dig at the fans. 117 years of our clubs history – soon to be gone!
I hope all you that still “go and support the lads” whilst lining Fatboys pockets, are happy having the piss taken out of you!
Quite frankly, i hope he dies!
63 ganiyu // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM
leave mike alone he has done the best.i would respect moat but i dont agree with the half payment and ancompetence to buy a club that you cant afford.up ashley!!!!!!!!!!!!!
64 ganiyu // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:09 AM
stability is what we need.united we stand divided we fall to league one.
65 will die for the toon army // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Am sorry to say this but lets stop leaving in the past. If naming rights is the right way to go by getting money then let it be it. The stadium stays ours and its going no where.
Arsenal is still there making money.
66 toonsy // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:19 AM
WDFTTA – Arsenal also moved stadium, ie a new start, new stadium, new name!
If your happy for the name to go, then fine. But i, for one, am not happy about the name of something that has been standing in the middle of my home-town for 117 years changing! What fantastic, blue chip sponseer would we attract in the championship? Come on, tell me.
Surely the council wont let Ashley do this?
67 will die for the toon army // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:33 AM
Toonsy, I think it is beginning next season thinking we have gone back in the EPL.
I also dont like i love the name St. James Park I grew up knowing that but I have learnt that things change in life and thats why we are humans to get used and move.
68 lesh // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM
First heard of Ashley’s decision this morning and like many, felt sad at the news that MA is staying and SJP may be renamed.
However and having thought about it, it’s fact and there’s not a thing fans can do about it. That said, I welcome his words of commitment (yes, we’ll just have to wait to see if there’s any tructh or soncerity in them) and the proposed injection of £20m. Maybe the penny’s finally dropped and he realises he’s actually running a massive business and its revenues are derived from football?
With 50k paying customers and of course, the benefits of playing at a higher level and in Europe, maybe he’s realised that he’s got to speculate to accumulate!
However, there has to be a worry about the stewardship of the club….. giving CH £20m to play with (maybe) is absolut folly as is sticking with Llambias. This announcement cries out for a football person to run the show and a manager experienced in the marketplace.
The stadium? Whatever it’s called, it’ll still be regarded as Saint James Park for a long long time to come.
It’s surely time for Ashley to sit down with people who know football at a high level and design a strategy to take Newcastle United back to where it belongs – to the highest level possible.
We’ve no choice but to live with what’s happened and trust in the gods, if there are any, that Ashley’s words are backed by sincerity and action.
Have faith guys.
69 SBR4EVA // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:39 AM
Nee bliddy chance.
How can anybody have faith in ashley?????
70 Shot Bru // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Is this April the 1st, sorry i forget it’s April fools day everyday with these MUPPETS IN CHARGE!!!!
71 lesh // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:48 AM
But, SBR, we’ve no choice!
72 will die for the toon army // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:49 AM
lesh, I stopped speculating the club’s move but I would like to get a football chairman to run the show with CH but I dont care abt Llambias, he has always said is an MD. His job is to care about match day the income that comes in, is the stadium full that stuff to do with income coming into the club.
So I need a chairman or it is MA who wants the post.
73 Mikey25 // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:55 AM
The more I think about it the less annoyed I feel! The major sticking point with me was his statement the other day regarding not knowing how to run a club yet will be his choice who’s in/out along with conflicting statement from Hughton saying he will have the say………stinks of JFK again!!
Think the youth system needs to get back pumping and you never know, there may be a small glimmer of light at the end of this long dark tunnell! He could do with releasing a statement on the NUFC site detailling his decisions! Might stop the fans wanting blood! The way I’m looking at it this could be the best thing to happen to us, I highly doubt it though and I can see summer coming and yet more farce with “its up for sale…now 200mil! No signings, plenty leaving and loanees again!
I have my reservations about Hughton, he does deserve a shot after what he’s done however I get the impression he is a yes man for Ashley and nothing more!
I am truely hoping both MA and CH prove us all wrong on this en!
74 kimbo // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:55 AM
Can`t understand why you don`t accept that Ashley is in charge and there is nothing you can do about this unless you can stump up £100million .I was totally disgusted on saturday with 15 minutes to go in the game and then sent in to heaven with nolan`s goal how can you want to miss those feelings both good and bad by not going to the game.Instead of wanting Ashley out why not want/force him to buy fast skillful midfield players to stop us from being outplayed in midfield.Howay the Toon…….
75 magpie6699 // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Like the woman who backed into the meat slicer – DISASTER!
I agree that the wording is “£20 million into the club” – not the team. Hasn’t he already said it costs £20 million a season to run the club – so actually he’s promising nothing new?
When I think back to the discussions about whether we should buy Arshavin, Turan, Richard Dunne blah blah – not that long ago – and now we’re trying to get buy with the unwanted or unproved or “fell of the back of a lorry” brigade.
So for the new name – how about “The Field of Broken Dreams?” He’ll probably sell the name on the cheap – what’s Llambias’s casino called? Unless we’re going to be called “Llambias Lane”. If he has learnt ANYTHING he must get a proper footballing exec in and get rid of Lamearse – but he won’t.
I could go on and on…..but the nice nurses have come to give me my pills and bring me my basket-weaving.
76 Nick D // Oct 28, 2009 at 9:59 AM
I know traditionalists will be upset but the name St James Park hasn’t exactly brought us any luck in the 40 years I’ve been going. Gullit said the ground was cursed – hard to disagree !
The name is the least of my worries. Nice to see that at elast we still have some scouts about too with some more youngsters being linked.
77 dave 1961 // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:02 AM
our club is terminal sick just waiting for Ashley to announce hes to Finnish us off, i never had a problem with the money john hall took out the club, but bringing in this incompetent pile of elephants dung i will never forget.
78 Mag 48 // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Sorry to say I have no regrets on withdrawing my support last year There is is still a long way down for this man to take you,and you did’nt like Freddie Shepherd.
79 will die for the toon army // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Lets jst wait and see.
80 sahota // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:25 AM
On top of this sad news I might get a sack today. My manager asking me for status of some work which i was supposed to finish. But I am gutted can’t think about work now. If we still let this Mike run the club like he wants then I am sorry he will do so forever. Its time for everyone around the world who supports Newcastle to wake up and raise a campaign in whatever way we can. If still NUST sleeps like FAT mike then its shame on us. We can not tolerate this every few months.
We should not fill the stadium anymore. Only that will force Mike to leave.
81 davis_toons // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:32 AM
I feel very sad also for this beloved club i support since i was young. Now is club is like a toys”.
KK came kk go, shearer came shearer go
I guess this is modern football.
But we fans still hopes that this club can bring in the cash that the top management needed and the glory the fans wants
82 Whumpie // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:44 AM
There are some really naive statements on here.
Firstly, any hope that Ashley will totally change from the proven liar and manipulative cheat that he’s been shown up as are daft. Surely the NUST must now campaign to the FA to get Ashley and Llambias removed under the ‘right and proper person’ rules? Surely?
And I think Lesh has already mentioned the obvious: £20m is NOT for players. As with the past FOUR windows, the club will sell and make profit, NOT spend and reinforce.
I’m in two minds. I was about to buy a plane ticket for a match in Feb – but I’m seriously wondering whether I can entertain the idea of giving this crook my money now.
I also doubt if we’ll see anything like the 40k+ gates after this announcement and the stupid, vindictive timing of this SJP renaming idea. A clear stab in the back from someone who’s obviously now out to dig back at the fans.
I don’t hope he dies (although I would raise a glass to the driver if a truck hit him) – but I’d love to see him had up for fraud and locked away.
Dark, dark days – and yes, I think it’s time for action – some of the ideas above are pretty good and I suggest we do it all via the NUST.
83 Whumpie // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Davis – this is NOT modern football. This is a proven crook being an unmitigated b****d. Not selling was news I was prepared for. The renaming thing is the terrifying statement that he’s out to p*ss us off and destroy what’s left of the soul of this club so he can get some money back and then leave us to wallow in the crud that he’s created.
84 magpie6699 // Oct 28, 2009 at 10:59 AM
News of The World August 8th 2010:
“Ashley takes name off sale”
After failing to secure the £5 million asking price for the new name for St James’s Park, despite reducing the price from £10 million, Mike Ashley has decided that the name is no longer for sale. The ground will be named after himself and in the new season the sign “Black Heart Lane” will be erected on the stand. A club spokesman said there was never any truth in the rumour that it was going to be called “White A**e Lane” after the infamous streak by Mr. Derek Llambias.
(This is called “gallows humour” – or “if you didn’t laugh you’d cry”)
85 Whumpie // Oct 28, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Incidentally, does anyone else wonder what impact the renaming ’stab’ will have on the players? Can you imagine what Taylor, Harps and even relative offcomers like Smith and Nolan will make of it? Hughton, even?
I’m just hoping that this is another decision which Ashley will pull a u-turn on.
86 Mark-o // Oct 28, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Well thats it for me lads, i’ll be going to the Peterbourgh game to see the imediate reaction then i’m never setting foot in that stadium again untill he goes.
I know i should still support my team and i still will, but i refuse to put another penny in the fat tw@ts pocket.
I couldnt care less how much cash it could generate for the the club if he re-names the stadium, its the final straw for me.
He should have named the east stand after SBR but didnt, should have backed up his promise of investing £20m a year but didnt, promised he would sell the club but didnt.
Im not angry, far from it, im heart broken. So upset that it has come to this, the death of a great club and a slur on the names of every great player/manager/coach/supporter that has ever graced the black and white.
May St James Park live on!
87 sirjasontoon // Oct 28, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Changes need to be made…so many that I think non of the supporters know where to start.
The club is well and truly damaged at every level and it is very sad to see.
The renaming of the Club has to be the worst bit of Newcastle news I have ever heard and should not go unchallenged.
88 p doff // Oct 28, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Dont the Ostrich like fans Know who is behind them? Cashley has crashed and mangled his train set, and you want to keep on playing as if nothing had happened. Its you who are supporting Cashley in his inept enterprise, it is your support that keeps him going.
89 darrowb // Oct 28, 2009 at 1:02 PM
My future Plans
Just to let you geordies now my future plans for this club are good and the 20m that i am investing this week is going to certain aspects however i have decided now to run newcastle united as a business and becuase of this fans when they buy a ticket they will not get a seat but they have to pay extra for that and everyone has to have a seat or they get kicked out, also i am improving the over popularity within the bar of the grouns by making evreyone who uses the bar to pya £5 as the ticket doesnt include going to the bar, another change is that of paying £1 to use the toilet.
The 20m tht i am investing is going towards a new board room which has black and bulletproff windows and the money will also be spent on giving the tea lady a nice tip she has deserved it.
Please tell me what you think of my ideas but remeber the cost of renovating newcastle = 20m
price of the new players = 100k at maximun
Mike ashley bankrupt = priceless
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