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	<title>Newcastle United Blog. &#187; Mike Ashley</title>
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		<title>The BBC&#8217;s hypocrisy on St James&#8217; Park rename beggars belief</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/the-bbcs-hypocrisy-on-st-james-park-rename-beggars-belief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/the-bbcs-hypocrisy-on-st-james-park-rename-beggars-belief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>workyticket</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Club Policies and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Ashley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The BBC&#8217;s governing principles, closely associated with its first Director-General, Sir John Reith, are to educate, inform and entertain the whole nation, free from political interference and commercial pressure. These ideals continue to underpin an enduring vision of the BBC as the &#8220;national&#8221; broadcaster. Such a broadcaster should have a remit to provide high (benchmark) [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/the-bbcs-hypocrisy-on-st-james-park-rename-beggars-belief/' addthis:title='The BBC&#8217;s hypocrisy on St James&#8217; Park rename beggars belief ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin and Newcastle United &#8211; Can a Brand be Lucky?</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/virgin-and-newcastle-united-can-a-brand-be-lucky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UTD111</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Twenty years ago, we sponsored Crystal Palace and they got to the FA Cup final. Then last week, we sponsored Newcastle and they beat Manchester United 3-love.” “So we’re a lucky brand, and may the luck continue throughout the rest of the season.” The words of Sir Richard Branson, (3-love?? &#8211; clearly a tennis fan!) [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/virgin-and-newcastle-united-can-a-brand-be-lucky/' addthis:title='Virgin and Newcastle United &#8211; Can a Brand be Lucky? ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Conflicting reports on Cissokho Monday medical at Toon</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/conflicting-reports-on-cissokho-monday-medical-a-toon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/conflicting-reports-on-cissokho-monday-medical-a-toon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>workyticket</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mike Ashley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NUFC gossip and speculation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several reports in the French media, including Lyon&#8217;s &#8220;Le Progrès&#8221; this morning, have claimed that Olympique Lyonnais and their left back, Aly Cissokho, have agreed a deal with Newcastle United, and also that the player will be in Toon on Monday for a medical. There was nothing definitive on a price, though OL are known [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/conflicting-reports-on-cissokho-monday-medical-a-toon/' addthis:title='Conflicting reports on Cissokho Monday medical at Toon ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Why the idea of Carroll coming back to Newcastle would be absurd</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/why-the-idea-of-carroll-coming-back-to-newcastle-iwould-b-absurd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/why-the-idea-of-carroll-coming-back-to-newcastle-iwould-b-absurd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>workyticket</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Carroll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the tabloid media have attempted to test our credulity, this time with the risible idea that Liverpool would be willing to dispose of Andy Carroll for a fraction of the £35 million they paid for him just one year ago, and to Newcastle United of all clubs. Firstly the figure of £20 million [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/why-the-idea-of-carroll-coming-back-to-newcastle-iwould-b-absurd/' addthis:title='Why the idea of Carroll coming back to Newcastle would be absurd ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Ba plans to stay and little foundation to release clause rumours but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/bas-plan-is-to-stay-and-little-foundation-to-release-clause-rumours-but/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/bas-plan-is-to-stay-and-little-foundation-to-release-clause-rumours-but/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>workyticket</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Demba Ba]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interview with &#8220;Talk Sport&#8221; radio, their French correspondent, Philippe Auclaair, who claims to know Demba Ba and his entourage well, tried to clarify comments made by Newcastle United hitman Demba Ba in a recent interview with French sports radio RNC. In the interview he said he thought that the player would stay at [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/bas-plan-is-to-stay-and-little-foundation-to-release-clause-rumours-but/' addthis:title='Ba plans to stay and little foundation to release clause rumours but&#8230; ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Eeh By Gum It&#8217;s FA Cup Time! Newcastle vs Blackburn preview</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/eeh-by-gum-its-fa-cup-time-newcastle-vs-blackburn-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/eeh-by-gum-its-fa-cup-time-newcastle-vs-blackburn-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UTD111</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fabricio Coloccini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Ashley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Taylor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newcastle United v Blackburn Rovers FA Cup match preview]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Newcastle United will begin life without striker Demba Ba and midfielder Cheick Tiote in the FA Cup third round clash with Blackburn Rovers. Both are off to represent their countries (Senegal and The Ivory Coast) in the African Cup Of Nations. But would either of them have been selected anyway even if they had been [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/eeh-by-gum-its-fa-cup-time-newcastle-vs-blackburn-preview/' addthis:title='Eeh By Gum It&#8217;s FA Cup Time! Newcastle vs Blackburn preview ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin Money sponsors shirts but stadium still advertises Sports Direct</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/virgin-money-sponsors-shirts-but-stadium-still-advertises-sports-direct/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/virgin-money-sponsors-shirts-but-stadium-still-advertises-sports-direct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hugh de Payen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nufcblog.org/?p=26667</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Virgin Money takes over where Northern Rock left off and sponsors Newcastle United&#8217;s shirts for the next two and a half seasons. As you could no doubt tell by the shirts the team wore last night, Newcastle United have brokered a deal with Virgin Money until the end of the 2013/2014 season. Last night Derek [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2012/01/virgin-money-sponsors-shirts-but-stadium-still-advertises-sports-direct/' addthis:title='Virgin Money sponsors shirts but stadium still advertises Sports Direct ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Andy Carroll Question</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/the-andy-carroll-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/the-andy-carroll-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UTD111</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alan Pardew]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.nufcblog.org/?p=26439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Love him or loathe him, there is still a question which has not been answered about Andy Carroll, a question which continues to split opinion amongst United fans to this day. Ahead of the imminent game against Liverpool at Anfield, it might be timely to examine this question one more time. The question &#8211; when [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/the-andy-carroll-question/' addthis:title='The Andy Carroll Question ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>A very worrying statistic for Newcastle United&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/a-very-worrying-statistic-for-newcastle-united/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/a-very-worrying-statistic-for-newcastle-united/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>workyticket</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think it would be fair to say that Newcastle United have had a rather poor run of results in our last six games. Since our 2-1 defeat of Everton, we have picked up a mere two points in our last six games, 0.39 points per game. Despite our excellent start to the season which [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/a-very-worrying-statistic-for-newcastle-united/' addthis:title='A very worrying statistic for Newcastle United&#8230; ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion Christmas match banter / preview</title>
		<link>http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/newcastle-united-v-west-bromwich-albion-christmas-match-banter-preview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/newcastle-united-v-west-bromwich-albion-christmas-match-banter-preview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>workyticket</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mike Williamson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Newcastle United v WBA match preview]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good evening Geordies and welcome to our latest &#8220;match banter&#8221; feature for this evenong&#8217;s game, which will be yet another battle of the birds. First it was Magpies v Canaries, then Magpies v Swans, and now the Mags find themselves battling the Throstles of West Bromwich Albion for a juicy three point worm. &#8220;Throstle&#8221; is [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_" addthis:url='http://www.nufcblog.org/2011/12/newcastle-united-v-west-bromwich-albion-christmas-match-banter-preview/' addthis:title='Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion Christmas match banter / preview ' ><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a><a class="addthis_button_compact"></a></div>]]></description>
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