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How can achieve his goal of raising the profile of Sports Direct off the back of Newcastle United if he destroys Newcastle United?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b017lbh4/Arena_George_Harrison_Living_in_the_Material_World_Part_1/ Just watching it now. Annoyingly the first hour seems to be rehashing the same old stories about the Beatles. Hope it gets past the split soon. It started with news of the split, so I had hoped it would be more about his solo career....as much as I could watch rare Beatles footage and photos all day long.

Would be interesting to see the response from the club if Virgin ask to honour the original deal now they own the Rock.

Shola's Nigerian man. African influx boosting us tbh.

Cabaye - class Ba - very good, when fed...African Tiote excellent...African Ben Arfa - done nowt Abeid - done nowt Marveaux - done nowt Obertan - shit/chez/etc. Moyo - done nowt tbh

Learned from 'Arry's Van Der Vaart trick De Jong will not be expecting to be attacked by a shark on the pitch, so when it happens it'll be all the more satisfying.

"Tomi? Tomi Ameobi. Shola Ameobi? Shola Ameobi. Sammy Ameobi? Fucking Hokey Cokey. I got Blatter's big dick coming out of my left ear, and Tomi the Icelandic... I don't know what - comin' out of my right."

Interviewer should have called him an senile, old, corrupt, Toblerone chomping, watchmaking, Nazi fuckwit then held out his hand to shake.

Hope he put a kitbag brick in its place

Newcastle United fan digs up St James' Park brick Mr Cansdale bought the brick for his father Harry 11 years ago A Newcastle United fan has dug up and removed a commemorative brick from a walkway at the football club's ground. Graeme Cansdale, who is a member of the Mike Ashley Out campaign, bought the brick for his father 11 years ago. He said he reclaimed the brick in protest at the name change from St James' Park to Sports Direct Stadium. "For those who are worried about health and safety we did replace it with the same sized brick," he said. Newcastle United declined to comment. Mr Cansdale said: "Eleven years ago I bought what was called a heritage stone that was sold by the club, Newcastle United, to, you know, be part of the fabric of St James' Park. "Now, almost a week after Mike Ashley decided to annul the name of St James' Park, and ignore 119 years of history, I decided to safeguard my part of St James' Park by chiselling my brick up." Hammer and chisel The brick was part of a path laid on St James' Way at the football ground. Mr Cansdale said he does not think taking it was illegal. He said he handed in a letter to the managing director, Derek Llambias, warning him the brick was about to be removed, was careful not to damage surrounding bricks and filled the hole with a replacement brick. He stresses the brick belongs to him: "I've actually reclaimed my own property. It has a certificate of ownership. "Now that St James' Park no longer exists I think I've every right to protect my property." Mr Cansdale said he would not return the brick while owner Mike Ashley remained at the club.

Happy Birthday. Have a dabba doo time.

No apparently you can buy five extra days. So she's on 27 now that goes up to 32 if she buys them so you're looking at 7 and a half weeks if you choose to. People seem to be buzzing here like. First good news day since I joined this place. All we need now is Branson to buy the toon. My first thought was "does this mean we'll be getting 'Virgin' on our shirts?" Used to laugh at Palace when they had it

So nationalisation cost the taxpayer £650m if the sale price is £747m A tenner each. Quite good value.....for Gemmill's extra leave I mean.

Aye, a bit like Sooty in that respect.

"That's how you're gonna beat them, Butch. They keep underestimating ya …"

20 years running a corrupt organisation and he looks like being undone by espousing the teachings of Jesus. Brilliant

To be fair though Tottenham were new cash at the time. They had the share option and they were the club spending big money. Obviously then, they weren't a quarter the size of Man Utd or Liverpool, while we should've been bigger, their board was hugely ambitious at the time, and they signed Paul Stewart for more than we received for Gazza the same month (Man City must've been mint negotiators), so Gazza must've seen that and thought fuck it. To be fair on paper they were alright as well they had Waddle, a strong defence, and Lineker came the year after. It amazes me how many genuinely good players have played for a nothing club like Tottenham down the years. Aye, Gazza made the point himself that they finished above Man U, and you have to take every story Gazza tells with a pinch of salt, so it probably didn't rest upon a sunbed for his sister. In hindsight though, could have been so different.

FORMER Newcastle United chairman William McKeag’s son today branded the re-naming of St James’ Park an insult to his father’s memory. Members of the McKeag family steered the club through some of its most tumultuous times in the 1960s and again in the 80s when they fought off take-over bids before Sir John Hall eventually wrestled control of the club in 1990. William McKeag, who was chairman between 1957 and 1960, died nearly four decades ago and his son, Gordon, who was chairman in the late 80s, died in 2005. Now William’s remaining son, Clive, has criticised owner Mike Ashley’s plans to end 131 years of heritage by opening the ground up to sponsorship and naming the stadium the Sports Direct Arena. Mr McKeag said the controversial move was a “slap in the face” for decades of management who would never have put commercialism over tradition. Mr McKeag, who lives in Gosforth, Newcastle, said: “St James’ Park is part of Newcastle city. I don’t agree with the renaming at all. “It’s all part of the malaise of football at the moment. The only concern is money. St James’ Park is synonymous with football and synonymous with the city of Newcastle. “To play around with that is totally and utterly insensitive and is part of the malaise of money in football. “It’s a slap in the face for all the past members of administration of Newcastle United and all the great names that are associated with St James’ Park and Newcastle United because the two are inseparable. “My father spent his whole life with the club. He would spend time scouting on holiday and wherever he would be he would watch half an hour of football looking for talent. “Newcastle United are doing so well at the moment and that’s great to see but unfortunately football clubs are just a vehicle for making money.” Mr McKeag’s brother, Gordon, died after suffering a heart attack. He was Newcastle chairman for 30 months from June 1988 after taking on the top job while recovering from a heart bypass. Mr McKeag led the club through a difficult period when it was demoted to the old Division Two. During that time he fought off takeover bids from Sir John. He faced opposition from the club's fans some of whom made threatening phone calls to his family home and sent hate mail. William McKeag, Gordon’s dad, was a director of Newcastle for 28 years and was chairman for three years in the late 60s. He passed away in 1972. Today Clive said his dead family members would have been horrified at the name-changing that club bosses claim will bring in between £8m and £10m. The solicitor, who works at the family firm McKeag & Co, said: “My family’s reaction would have been exactly the same as mine but my late father would have been rather less polite. “The family have been passionate about Newcastle United football teams forever. We go back for something in the region of 70 odd years having been involved in Newcastle United.” http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/11/12/son-of-ex-newcastle-united-chairman-william-mckeag-criticises-club-72703-29764063/ Now I never followed the ownership in detail prior to jumping on the Keegan band wagon, so Leazes will correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the impression McKeag would only think twice about changing young Gordon's name and the names of every one of his future genmerations for £10m. The stadium would get less consideration than that. Unfair?

Heartbroken for the bloke when asked if he had a message for Cheryl and he said "can you lend us a fiver?" So sad that the greatest player England ever produced is reduced to being made to cry by a slug after the X-Factor. While Titus Bramble and Peter Crouch are richer than he ever was. Only has himself to blame, but if only everyone around him wasn't just as thick as him. Choosing Spurs over Man u for the sake of a sunbed? Lordy.

If we get another sponsor I'll scrape them off myself, using my bollocks as a rag dipped in swarfega.

I fear the best we can hope for is a blue plaque...."here stood st James' park"

Why the future tense? Mike ashley did it.

That's Christmas trees nickname. I think you mean Tiresome Prick.

How is it? Hate to say it, but maybe what he's supposedly said has an element of truth in it? As someone already said, maybe for once he's being honest. He doesn't attack the fans, Shepherd did. Saying that Hughton struggled with decisions for example is not as bad as saying that all Geordie women are dogs etc. Nothing he's supposedly said comes close to be perfectly honest, that "horrible" remark aside. Again, I have to encourage people not to take this too seriously since it could well be fabricated. The Shepherd/Hall thing was done by one man, a journalist, who recorded the conversation. This was supposedly said to a bunch of fans, all of whom have something against the guy I'm sure, and I've yet to hear of any recordings existing. Or photos of the encounter. Nothing they've done before would suggest its true, if anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt its an upstanding servant of the club like llambias. Jesus. Open your mouth wider so he can fuck it harder without you biting on his cock.