smoggeordie

It's not Rockers team you're playing is it?

Well yee gan in nets Nick, and Besty can play oot. Sorry mate, gave the other lads my word now. Next time deffo though if you let me know asap.

Thought you didn't need a keeper! Would have cancelled with the other lads if it was to go in nets

NEWCASTLE United will pay tribute to Academy starlet Jordan Thompson at Sunday's game against West Ham United after the 15-year-old sadly passed away following a long illness. Jordan, from West Denton, was part of the club's Under 16 squad and had been with his hometown club since the age of 11. As a mark of respect, Newcastle United's players will wear black armbands for Sunday's game and will celebrate Jordan's life with a minute's applause before kick-off against the Hammers. Jordan's family will be at the game and his U16 Academy team-mates will also join United's senior team on the pitch for the minute's applause. Chairman Chris Mort said: "Jordan was an excellent young player in our Academy and the staff were very pleased with the way in which he was developing, both as a player and a fabulous young man. "Our deepest sympathies go to his family and friends. "As a mark of respect, the Club will be holding a minute's applause before Sunday's game."

Did it a while back, it's a canny trip. I enjoyed it. Like the fact that everyone has two initials then it's just "C" for Cacapa Just noticed Geremi and Emre only have one. Poor sods don't get any recognition for Njitap, Belazoglu or Claudio

(Nicked from Crumpy)

Happens at every away game really.

Anyone hear me on 5live?

Wonder if he got a name & number on the back? ASHLEY __1 He had Smith 17 on

The Reserves and Academy.

Nope.

Just been on the phone, said I couldn't make the box office before I go to the game on wed. They took my deposit over the phone, and are sending the forms out. Free Barnsley ticket confirmed.

True Faith, since i've just started writing for them

Anyone found the box office has been engaged all day?

NEWCASTLE’S £9.5million flop striker Albert Luque is joining Ajax on a free. The Spaniard, 29, scored one Premier League goal in two seasons. Luque moaned: "I started the season in a positive frame of mind but the coaches have quickened my exit." http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2002390...7250874,00.html

According to the Sun

Hands down the worst comment in this thread.

Heard it yonks ago Theres a vid somewhere of that guy singing it with a load of Smogs rolling about laughing in the backround. Jokes on them tbh. "but from our team they'll not take Mark Viduka" erm....think we just did.

202-3 Shivvers is on a mission!

Ditto. Securing the long term future of the club.

From the Ronny BILLIONAIRE Mike Ashley has dug deep into his pockets to almost halve Newcastle United’s near-£80m debt. The sports tycoon splashed £30m of his own cash this week on scrapping a large chunk of the Toon’s debt. Toon chairman Chris Mort said the one-off payment put the club in a much stronger financial position for the future. And he stressed the payment is not at the expense of transfers. There will continue to be money made available for manager Sam Allardyce to buy new players. Mr Mort added: “We’ve been looking to reduce debt levels ever since we took over. Mike put in £30m this week to bring the debt levels down, which is a great thing for the club. “The debt is partly due to money already being spent, which you would expect to earn as future income. “It can be replaced, but it’s obviously money we’d rather be spending on players, rather than sorting out the club’s finances generally. “There is still some debt left, but it’s been brought down to a much more manageable level. “Then of course you have the Kieron Dyer deal going through this week, for which we got £7m. I’m pleased for Kieron that he could get the move he’s been after. “It doesn’t quite work that the money from the Dyer transfer gets put straight back into buying players. “We would be doing transfer deals anyway regardless of this. We’ll continue to invest in the club. “We’re still looking for one or two more additions, and that was the case whether Kieron was going or not. “If you look at the squad, we’re incredibly strong up front and in midfield, but we might add more depth at the back. We’ve put together a strong defence over the summer, so I’m not worried. But it would help to have a bit more depth.” Mr Mort said he was looking forward to sampling the St James’ Park atmosphere as the new regime prepares for its first home Premier League game in charge against Aston Villa today. He said: “We’re expecting a crowd of more than 50,000 and I think there’ll be a fabulous atmosphere. “I’m hoping the crowd will be as noisy as possible. We want the fans to get behind the team. “At Bolton we had such fantastic support. It really makes such a difference to the team. They have the ability to help us get the right result. “And that was a relatively smaller group of supporters, I cannot imagine what it will be like with a full house at St James’ Park.” He added: “We’re keen for people to get to the ground a bit earlier than normal because we have a new turnstile system in place. “It’s not that there are any problems with the system, it’s been tried and tested, but it will be slightly different for the supporters and something they need to get used to. We don’t want them to miss any of the match.” Meanwhile, Mr Mort looked back on a busy week meeting other Premier League chairmen for the first time and meeting Minister for the North East Nick Brown to talk about United’s importance to the region. He said: “I’ve been to a meeting of the Premier League chairmen this week and I got a good welcome from the others. It was an open opportunity to have some in-depth talks.”

Forced to skip Page 3 by the looks of it.

Mustard gone for 49. LBW.

Meh. I care. 58-1 Divenuto gone. Mustard going well.