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FANS MUST PUNISH ASHLEY FOR NAME GAME SHAME

31/10/2009

 

IF you venture to Johannesburg for next summer's World Cup and find yourself in rugby-loving company, do not make reference to Coca-Cola Park - the venue for five group games, one second-round match and a quarter-final.

 

Physical violence is likely to ensue.

 

 

The spiritual home of South African rugby, which staged its first Test match in 1928 against the All Blacks, became a branded venue in 2008 when it sold a name spoken reverentially around the world to the soft drinks company.

 

 

For thirty million quid.

 

 

But try finding a soul in South Africa who refers to Johnannesburg's hallowed stadium as Coca- Cola Park.

 

 

If you do, he's an administrator, a foreigner, or a Coke executive.

 

 

Journalists, fans and players still go to Ellis Park.

 

 

It is a defining symbol of a city.

 

 

Just as St James' Park is.

 

 

And as long as it remains Newcastle's mountainous landmark, St James' Park will always be St James' Park regardless of whether or not Mike Ashley finds a business warped enough to believe that attaching their name to the ground - and, consequently, to a completely discredited owner - will bring them anything other than negative publicity.

 

 

But it's the notion, an ill- conceived whim that reads like something scrawled on the back of a beer-mat, that rankles.

 

 

After a grotesque two years of ownership - featuring the hiring and constructive firing of Kevin Keegan, the employment of Dennis Wise and the incompetence that froze out Alan Shearer, to name but a handful of disasters - this is simply another breathtaking show of disrespect towards the supporters. It's not insensitive, it's an insult. An insult to a set of fans who, for all their inflated self-importance, remain wonderfully loyal.

 

 

Yet that loyalty is a double agent.

 

 

A credit to the local population, a comfort to Ashley.

 

 

The dedication of supporters is something that rarely ceases to amaze.

 

 

I was at Molineux to see Portsmouth record their first win of the season. Their following was simply fantastic. But they are following a club that is a disgrace - a club once crackling with traditional values now being shuttled between shadowy foreign figures in a web of financial intrigue.

 

 

After the Sulamain Al-Fahim farce, it seems new owner Ali Al-Faraj hasn't got enough cash.

 

 

So, according to chief executive Peter Storrie, a loan is being provided by Israeli businessmen Balram Chainrai and Levi Kushnir - men who once had links with Arcadi Gaydamak, the father of former owner Sacha and now on the run in Russia after a French court found him guilty of arms trafficking.

 

 

Pompey Chimes? Pompey Crimes, more like it.

 

 

Will the new owner and his lenders have enough money to stave off another firesale in January? My guess is no.

 

 

Will the debts to Arsenal and Chelsea be met? My guess is no.

 

 

Will the faceless wheeler- dealers who engineer these takeovers and murky refinancing packages get their millions? My guess is yes.

 

 

And still they expect the fans to turn up, to buy a programme, a pie, a pint, another replica shirt.

 

Mug

When Newcastle ground out a victory against Doncaster Rovers last weekend, over 44,000 fans were inside St James' Park.

 

 

So what if, to a man, they despise Mike Ashley? Think he cares?

 

 

You're buying his programmes, his pies, his pints, his shirts.

 

 

I know football is in the blood, in the heart. It's a passion for the team, whoever the owner. It's loyalty. It's habit. It's a community. It's a sense of belonging. It's tradition, it's history.

 

 

But in Portsmouth and Newcastle, it's ripping you off, taking you for a mug.

 

 

People who can ill-afford them already have season tickets. No one would expect them to waste a few hundred pounds on a point of principle.

 

 

But for all the uproar on internet forums and radio phone-ins, for all the rebellious chants, there is only one surefire way of getting through to the likes of Ashley.

 

 

Don't give him a penny of your hard-earned money.

 

 

There may be someone out there daft enough to fork out millions to rename St James' Park Stadium.

 

 

There's no one out there daft enough to rename Half Empty Stadium.

 

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/andy...unn-column.html

 

On the face of it this is a pretty good article imho, but wasn't Andy Dunn a sort of "propagndist-in-chief" for Ashley little more than a year ago?

 

Does your fuckin brass neck set those x ray machines at airports off Andy you two faced twat?

Edited November 1, 2009 by PaddockLad

[PaddockLad 17643]

hot on Andy's heels, we have Alan Oliver, giving a masterful display of sucking up to any despot who will grant the desperate attention seeking twat an audience, always willing to write utter shit in the name of journalism to keep the regime of a complete cunt looking good in the eyes of the outside world. He'd have done well in the old USSR..

 

1 November 2009

MIKE ASHLEY PLEDGES TO SPEND NEWCASTLE NAMING RIGHTS CASH ON PLAYERS: EXCLUSIVE

Alan Oliver

Mike Ashley will plough back every penny he receives from the St James' Park naming rights to fire Newcastle United back into the Premier League.

 

The Newcastle owner once again came under fire from the Toon Army this week after announcing that their famous stadium was set to be re-named.

 

But a source close to Ashley has told People Sport that the rights will not be flogged off on the cheap.

 

 

 

 

The Ashley camp have also assured Newcastle fans that he is fully committed to taking the club back into the top flight at the first time of asking.

 

 

And now the owners - dubbed the Cockney Mafia by sceptical Toon fans - have promised that:

 

 

Potential sponsors will have to fork out £6MILLION a season to take over naming rights of the ground.

 

 

Manager Chris Hughton will be given EVERY PENNY of that cash to strengthen his squad.

 

 

None of the club's young talent, such as striker Nile Ranger (pictured) - who was watched by Manchester City talent spotter Brian Marwood during Newcastle's defeat of Doncaster last week - will be sold off.

 

 

The Tynesiders are in a better financial state than half of the Premier League clubs.

 

 

The Toon source said: "Mike recognises what the name St James' Park means to the Newcastle fans and he understands why there is some anger.

 

 

"But all he is asking is for the fans to sit back and take a realistic look at the situation.

 

 

"It is costing him £3m a month out of his own pocket to run Newcastle and he is trying to look at other ways of raising revenue - the St James' Park name is one of his few valuable assets.

 

 

"But he is not going to flog the name of the stadium to the first bidder.

 

 

"He is looking for a significant figure for the stadium naming rights and if he gets it, all the money will go to help Chris Hughton strengthen the team."

 

 

Ashley has been criticised for a lack of investment since he bought Newcastle in May 2007 and has clawed back £60m in the transfer market.

 

 

But earlier this week, the club released a statement saying that Ashley was set to plough £20m into the club.

 

 

People Sport revealed last Sunday that Ashley has decided to keep Newcastle United after no-one met his £100m asking price, while on October 4 we told you that caretaker boss Hughton was set to be given the Toon job on a permanent basis.

 

 

Rewards

 

 

The Ashley source added: "Mike has to run the club as a business and at the moment it is probably in a better state than 50 per cent of teams in the Premier League.

 

 

"Yes, Mike has made mistakes, none more so than the appointment of Dennis Wise as director of football, but what has not been a mistake is the way the club is now reaping the rewards of unearthing young talent.

 

 

"Mike is absolutely delighted at the way the likes of Ranger and Andy Carroll have come through."

 

 

But Ashley hasn't ruled out a sale of the club in the future.

 

 

The Ashley source added: "If someone with real financial clout came in, like Sheikh Mansour did at Manchester City, then Mike would sell it overnight.

 

 

"He accepts that the Newcastle fans are never going to love him, not until he gets the club back into the Premier League.

 

 

"But he just wants the fans to love their team and he has been thrilled by the way they have done this season."

 

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_...-name_page.html

[Paul 0]

The Ashley source added: "Mike has to run the club as a business and at the moment it is probably in a better state than 50 per cent of teams in the Premier League.

 

Fuck off man

[snakehips 0]

What was that about loving him if he gets us back into The Prem ????

 

Anal Oliver. Anal Retentive.

[Jusoda Kid 1]

The sooner the bottle gets him the better imo.

[ewerk 31195]

What an absolute cunt Oliver is.

[timnufc 0]

With protests being arranged, and hopefully good press coverage, does everyone else agree that we need sing something else other than 'fat cockney bastard' because it could make us look stupid, and attract zero sympathy, targeting the fact hes a cockney (well not technically like).

 

We need an alternative song, but something thats short and catchy so it can spread easily, anyone got any ideas?

Edited November 1, 2009 by timnufc

[1892 0]

With protests being arranged, and hpeuflly good press coverage, does everyone else agree that we need sing something else other than 'fat cockney bastard' because it could make us look stupid, and attract zero sympathy, targeting the fact hes a cockney (well not technically like).

 

We need an alternative song, but something thats short and catchy so it can spread easily, anyone got any ideas?

 

'Hes gonna die, Hes gonna die

Mike Ashleys gonna die,

How we kill him i dont know

Cut him up from head to toe,

All i know is Ashleys gonna die..'

 

'And we'll all hate Ashley till he dies,

And we'll all hate Ashley till he dies,

And we'll all hate Ashley,

All hate Ashley,

All hate Ashley till he dies.

Singing die die Ashley Ashley die,

Singing die die Ashley Ashley die,

Singing die die Ashley,

Die die Ashley

Die die Ashley Ashley die..'

 

'Build a bonfire,

Build a bonfire,

Put Mike Ashley on the top,

His cronies in the middle

With Llambias on bottom and

We'll burn the fucking lot!'

 

'Bit empthatic on death like.

Edited November 1, 2009 by 1892

[timnufc 0]

With protests being arranged, and hpeuflly good press coverage, does everyone else agree that we need sing something else other than 'fat cockney bastard' because it could make us look stupid, and attract zero sympathy, targeting the fact hes a cockney (well not technically like).

 

We need an alternative song, but something thats short and catchy so it can spread easily, anyone got any ideas?

 

'Hes gonna die, Hes gonna die

Mike Ashleys gonna die,

How we kill him i dont know

Cut him up from head to toe,

All i know is Ashleys gonna die..'

 

'And we'll all hate Ashley till he dies,

And we'll all hate Ashley till he dies,

And we'll all hate Ashley,

All hate Ashley,

All hate Ashley till he dies.

Singing die die Ashley Ashley die,

Singing die die Ashley Ashley die,

Singing die die Ashley,

Die die Ashley

Die die Ashley Ashley die..'

 

'Build a bonfire,

Build a bonfire,

Put Mike Ashley on the top,

His cronies in the middle

With Llambias on bottom and

We'll burn the fucking lot!'

 

'Bit empthatic on death like.

 

lol aye there emphasis on death might be a bit counter-productive publicity wise. Bonfire could be canny.

 

Hark Now Hear

The Geordies Sing

Mike Ashley is a twat

And we will fight, for St. James'

As long as Ashley's here.

[peasepud 59]

"He accepts that the Newcastle fans are never going to love him, not until he gets the club back into the Premier League.

[luckyluke 2]

And now the owners - dubbed the Cockney Mafia by sceptical Toon fans - have promised that:

 

 

Potential sponsors will have to fork out £6MILLION a season to take over naming rights of the ground.

 

 

Manager Chris Hughton will be given EVERY PENNY of that cash to strengthen his squad.

 

An annual transfer budget of £6million?

 

Whoop de fucking doo.

[Tom 14013]

£6m is barely enough to launch and assault on the championship never mind staying in the premier league.

[JawD 99]

Dont forget to factor in selling any decent talent we have though. If we rake in £10M from sales a year getting rid of avg 3-4 players, he can easly up his budget from £6M to £6.5M. He then buys 5-6 players out of that at the free/£1M mark.

 

[snakehips 0]

£6m is barely enough to launch and assault on the championship never mind staying in the premier league.

 

Aye, The Cockleshell Heroes - a hard act to follow

[The Fish 10963]

Clawed back £60m...

[ohhh_yeah 2991]

- the St James' Park name is one of his few valuable assets.

 

 

that is because the fat cunt has sold everything that he could so far...

 

 

"But he is not going to flog the name of the stadium to the first bidder.

 

 

yeah right...

[Ayatollah Hermione 14047]

Hypothetically, could someone buy the rights and not rename it?

[PaddockLad 17643]

Hypothetically, could someone buy the rights and not rename it?

 

NUST?..theyve (allegedly) got 20mill tucked away...?

[Howmanheyman 33828]

Hypothetically, could someone buy the rights and not rename it?

 

NUST?..theyve (allegedly) got 20mill tucked away...?

I've already brought this up on this thread and copied it to the NUST website and to cut a story short......They're not going down that route.

[Tom 14013]

I wonder if the could reach a compromise?

 

St.James Park sponsored by Adidas or something?

[Ketsbaia 0]

I wonder if the could reach a compromise?

 

St.James Park sponsored by Adidas or something?

 

No. As someone else has already said any compromise would be tantamount to surrender. Anyway, give that fucker an inch and he'll take a yard.

 

As for NUST spending their money on buying the naming rights what does that achieve? We keep the name but his pockets are still being lined. It's an awful suggestion.

[Carter 3 0]

I wonder if the could reach a compromise?

 

St.James Park sponsored by Adidas or something?

Good idea that,or get rid of the sports direct/ time boards and sell thoses for companys to put there muts on?

[Howmanheyman 33828]

I wonder if the could reach a compromise?

 

St.James Park sponsored by Adidas or something?

 

No. As someone else has already said any compromise would be tantamount to surrender. Anyway, give that fucker an inch and he'll take a yard.

 

As for NUST spending their money on buying the naming rights what does that achieve? We keep the name but his pockets are still being lined. It's an awful suggestion.

If done correctly it could be a fucking huge embarrasment to him. But the flip side is he'd get some cash he shouldn't.

[Ketsbaia 0]

I wonder if the could reach a compromise?

 

St.James Park sponsored by Adidas or something?

 

No. As someone else has already said any compromise would be tantamount to surrender. Anyway, give that fucker an inch and he'll take a yard.

 

As for NUST spending their money on buying the naming rights what does that achieve? We keep the name but his pockets are still being lined. It's an awful suggestion.

If done correctly it could be a fucking huge embarrasment to him. But the flip side is he'd get some cash he shouldn't.

 

Doubt it, he's done worse and it hasn't bothered him. If NUST did that it would only legitimise selling the name.

[Howmanheyman 33828]

I wonder if the could reach a compromise?

 

St.James Park sponsored by Adidas or something?

 

No. As someone else has already said any compromise would be tantamount to surrender. Anyway, give that fucker an inch and he'll take a yard.

 

As for NUST spending their money on buying the naming rights what does that achieve? We keep the name but his pockets are still being lined. It's an awful suggestion.

If done correctly it could be a fucking huge embarrasment to him. But the flip side is he'd get some cash he shouldn't.

 

Doubt it, he's done worse and it hasn't bothered him. If NUST did that it would only legitimise selling the name.

Maybe, and it's little more than flying a kite, really. I still think it could be an option. (Even though the NUST have KB'd it.)

 

Just a thought, I think this could be an opportunity for a forward thinking, switched on company, in a joint venture with NUST, to call the fat bastards bluff and make him an offer, (Publicised, of course), to buy the stadium naming rights. He'd then be fucked if he refused as the Company with a NUST contribution would have given him what he wanted, money. He'd be publicly embarrassed for refusing us.

 

If he accepted he'd also be publicly embarrased as the company and NUST could then claim the moral high ground and make a great show of presenting 'St. James' Park', paid and saved for by said company and our support, keeping our heritage. Either way, he'd be made to look a tit and as a body of support we'd show that we can 'put our money where our mouths were' which would put that little chestnut in its place for the little people at other, more jealous clubs.

 

Of course if the NUST has a need for the money and may be closer than we think to getting him out with a buy-out with or without outside help then by all means ignore my suggestion. It is just one of the ways we can put him under pressure. Boycotting his shops is just nowhere near enough.

 

Any action should be in conjunction with a one match total boycott, ST or no ST. It would send a powerful message to everybody, but ultimately, you're only as strong as your members, and if people bury their head in the sand and come out with the usual excuses, 'they don't speak for me', etc then the boycott part won't work. The publicised offer, on the other hand, wouldn't need a boycott......

 

Just a thought.