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on Look North tonight they are taking a NUFC shirt around scumderland to see the reaction!

that Silkman link Scumbag Agent Barry Silkman Caught On Tape Wishing Bobby Robson's Cancer Spreads by Marc Kaveh Senior Analyst In 2001, Silkman sued Newcastle United over the transfer of Chilean striker Clarence Acuna. "I got f***ed by Newcastle and I ended up taking them to court. I settled for 25 grand when they owed me 100 grand. "I took a player (Acuna) there (Newcastle) on trial. His club wanted $2.5m but I said don't pay it because they have got to sell the player. "He ended up signing for 900 grand and yet they (Newcastle) still f****d me. Bobby Robson was my first manager at Fulham. I'd always kept in contact and I said ‘Bob how could you let them f*** me?' "You know what he said? ‘You don't count. I'm the only one that counts. That's your hard luck." "So you know what I said to him? I said: ‘I have a wife and a young daughter and a f*****g mortgage and you've turned round and said that to me. "I said: ‘See that cancer on your nose? I hope it spreads all over your face and that you live a f*****g long, long, long life because the longer you live the more you will f*****g suffer. "‘There's only one God and he's looking down at us two now and he's saying ‘Whose side am I on?' And let me tell you, Bob, it ain't f*****g yours because I have never f****d anyone in my life. F*** knows how many people you have f****d', and I walked out.'" Silkman negotiated with then Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd over his commission on the Acuna deal. "Freddy Shepherd came on the phone to me and went over the deal with me. I said: ‘Do I get it in writing?' and he said, ‘Yes, you will have it in writing.' "When I went to the lawyer... I had it all on tape. I sent the tape to a journalist, 17 minutes and 18 seconds of him (Shepherd) saying to me: ‘I will never do you up, I will always look after you, I'm not that type of person. If we are going to sign the player I promise you, I guarantee you you will get paid.' "I had the conversation on the Saturday morning and they signed him (Acuna) on the Tuesday. I took him there on trial, I paid for everything but they (Newcastle) never even offered me the money I had laid out." written on July 14, 2008

10 to 20 years ago I use to get the Newcastle to Kings Cross train and it would be a 2 hr 40 min journey, It’s never been the same since the line repairs malarky. Progress eh?

not done my street again, but they have done the back lanes this time!

Yes, FA cup replay 1983, shocking referee that day, still makes me angry to this day. Disallowed 2 legit goals, there were 2 clear penalties he didn’t give and he even got in the way of a Varadi shot. All in front of the Gallowgate, which was raging more than Keegan in that pic, no one could believe how he made any of his decisions — bastard.

I presume this is to claw back Ashley’s recent “investment” into the club.

that’s the most misguided, deluded, moronic statement that I’ve read — since his last one.

surprised how much money the german clubs make, especially Hamburg SV.

Gary McAllister tbh, Campbell was class too. Aitken was rated as the best player in Scotland by many for a long time, he was finished when he came here though or so it seemed, I don't think you should be finished at 30 however. See Liverpool they always seemed to get lucky with Scots in the late 70s and 80s, they got Hansen, Gillespie and Dalglish, while we got Robertson, Sweeney and Roy The Bear as he was known. Funny that seeing as Rangers refer to themselves as the bears too. another young scot we got at that time was John Gallacher who looked like he was going to be a player before his injuries.

yep McGhee was top class even though he had no pace — Roy Aitken was utter shite though! a young Kevin Campbell was on loan at Leicester for that game, was the best player on the pitch.

my favourite too. Was it 1990 jeez!

and turning the image of the club into a joke, scaring off sponsors and pissing fans off are all self inflicted — what an idiot.

Not for the first time that's for sure - Bosnich, Taibi, Blanc, etc...? There's a lot of mileage in the old "Fergie's never sold a decent player" addage. Maybe not but he sure has signed some utter garbage. Veron, Kleberson, Djemba Djemba — not exactly small change either!

no, shepherd just kept on borrowing and spending and getting us further into debt. The halls probably saw were all this was heading hence their sharpe exit. I would also love to think there is a third type of owner out their who had the full package and is just waiting to buy us. Events that are unfolding be it at Pompey, qpr or anfield will only deter future investment. The best we can hope for is that Ashley can see the sense in getting a good football man in to replace llambias and slowly rebuild from the ashes The Halls between them owned more of the club than Shepherd so it seems a bit wrong to blame Shepherd when everything the club did would have required the tacit agreement of the Halls. bingo. Another point I've made on countless occasions. Even coming from me, it would be nice if this sort of thing could now be put behind us, and people accepted that they were in fact good owners. I'm pissed off with football just now to be honest, generally, and because of the demise of NUFC The years you refer to are clearly the best we’ve ever had, but good owners full stop? You have to admit that they spent/blew/invested all the future earnings they possibly could and took a huge chunks of it out of the club and in the process into their own pockets. There was no more money that could be ticked, no more money to bled out of the club, no way of servicing the debt they’d accrued — so they cut and run. I reckon that when Ashley took over, all earnings that could of been made over his first 5 years had already been ticked and spent, or as ever, siphoned out of the club. As it turns out it’s difficult to sympathise with Ashley — but worship the Shepherds and Halls, hmmmm, it’s not as clear cut as you are stating.

Collocini was the only one of our players who could pass the ball. It was a great cross and goal. Other than that we were totally outclassed by Swansea. How the hell are we top?

whether you like him or not he’s the probably one of the best full backs in the world at the mo’ and miles better then Bridge.

Because of the shocking standard of referees in this league, I was hoping for a good referee to be announced because of the game being on TV. A quick search about Andy Woolmer — oh dear.

so journos always report the facts when they have them? In fairness Guthrie could possibly be cheeky quoting his wages nett rather than gross, after deducting tax, agents cut, etc. It has been ‘reported’ previously that none of the players had reduced wages in their contracts because of relegation, including Nolan and R Taylor — the last 2 players in.

Revealed under a court order. He is basically. yeh, if you believe that article to be true.

There’s no way he’s only on £4k a week.

to me he hasn’t been the same since he had that virus last year, when he was hospitalised with serious dizzy spells.

has Accaknacka only seen us against Ipswich? We are top of the league, but we’re playing shite and there are better teams than us.

programme doesn’t appear on my Sky schedule!

just cover, or is one on the way out?

South Croydon News: Magpies lead chase for Moses Friday, January 29, 2010, 10:24 by Daniel Jones CHAMPIONSHIP leaders Newcastle have made a "substantial bid" for Palace teenager Victor Moses. Administrator Brendan Guilfoyle believes the sale of the 19-year-old holds the key to securing a safe financial footing for the Eagles. West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest have already had bids for the striker turned down and it now seems likely that the Magpies will win the race for the most sought after player outside of the Premier League. Newcastle boss Chris Hughton confirmed his interest in Moses following Palace's 2-0 defeat at St James' Park on Wednesday night and the Advertiser understands that a "substantial bid" has now been made. link?