Newcastle United Blog.

Yesterday’s biggest news is of course our 2-0 win at Crystal Palace, which puts us in second place, behind ‘Boro on goal difference. Hughton, reflecting on the game, said: “It was very pleasing to get the three points, and especially the clean sheet, away from home. “We said to the players before the game that we [...]

As far as the sale saga goes, this week really must be it. I can’t believe Ashley would let it run into the last week of the transfer window to sell the club, leaving mere days to strengthen the extremely threadbare squad. According to press articles of late, ‘D-Day’ is either today, tomorrow or Friday. [...]

Yesterday seemed a bit frenetic, what with Steven Taylor apparently on his way to Everton, Duff seemingly on his way to Fulham and the signing of Manchester United defender Danny Simpson on loan until January. I think the signing of a new player, albeit only on a four and a half month loan, marks a [...]

Poor old Chris Hughton deserves a fair bit of credit for quietly taking over a job he doesn’t want and just getting on with it. Ashley’s dumped him in it a few times now but Hughton simply remains unruffled, appearing to treat his frequent calls to stand-in as manager of one the most media-exposed teams [...]

As reported on this site yesterday Bassong has gone to Spurs and Beye looks likely to be leaving for Hull. Sky Sports is also reporting that 19 year old winger Jonny Godsmark has been loaned to Hereford for 6 months. The club has confirmed that Alan Smith will be captain against West Brom as Nicky [...]

The Guardian reports that the sale of Newcastle United is imminent. Apparently Ashley is being urged to accept a bid from a consortium led by Tyneside businessman Barry Moat. It is thought that Moat, who has financial backing from investors in the United States, is Keith Harris’s preferred bidder. The Guardian speculates that if Moat [...]

In an interview with the BBC’s ‘Radio Five Live’, Joe Kinnear has sensationally claimed that Mike Ashley has offered him another two year contract at the club, and added that he is “mulling it over”. He also added that it would still take another three months to fully recover from his triple heart bypass, performed [...]

Newcastle United have released a statement on the official website to quash rumours in the media about the return of Joe Kinnear as manager at the club. The Daily Mail (shudders) had suggested an announcement could be made today but the club has been swift to refute this with the following statement: “Reports in the [...]

The Daily Mail is reporting that Joe Kinnear is to return as Newcastle manager and that a takeover is not imminent. The Mail claims this ‘exclusive’ but doesn’t reveal any source of their information and has no direct quotes from anyone about this, so it’s probably worth treating this report extremely cautiously. The Mail suggests [...]

Remember this? JK: Which one is Simon Bird? SB: Me. JK: You’re a c*nt. SB: Thank you. JK: Which one is Hickman? You are out of order. Absolutely f*cking out of order. If you do it again, I am telling you you can f*ck off and go to another ground. I will not come and [...]