Newcastle United Blog.

Mike Ashley bought Newcastle United to much fanfare in 2007 via St. James Holdings. Opting against doing the sensible thing and lodging a formal bid, he just went out and bought the stocks, forcing the then hospitalised Freddy Shepherd into advising shareholders to sell, sell, sell! Thus came an end to Shepherd’s reign of terror [...]

On the eve of Newcastle United’s home derby clash with the Mackems, Sunderland manager, Steve Bruce, ex Newcastle United chairman, Freddy Shepherd, and current club captain, Kevin Nolan have all come out in support of manager, Chris Hughton. Hughton’s position as Newcastle manager has recently been called into question by journalists such as the People’s [...]

Former Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd has blasted Ashley over his plans to sell the stadium naming rights. Freddy said: “I suppose nothing surprises me about the current regime, so news they are ready to sell the naming rights isn’t exactly a shock. “I appreciate we are living in a commercial world, but there are [...]

You’ve got to laugh, haven’t you? Or else you’d probably cry and have some sort of emotional breakdown. How much is it to ask for a little normality in our NUFC lives? Why aren’t we only concerning ourselves with potential transfer targets and travel arrangements for pre-season friendlies? I find it hard to see when [...]

According to yesterday’s Sunday Mirror (don’t snigger), Ashley will receive two bids for the club this week. Apparently Freddy Krueger Shepherd is one of the bidders and the other is believed to have Geordie roots but overseas finance. The Mirror reports that neither bid is for the £100m Ashley wants but will be somewhere around [...]

As I was sat at my breakfasting table this morning, fending off a dog and two cats who had designs on my bacon sandwich, my thoughts turned to the subject of models. Not the size zeros that act as clothes pegs on the catwalk though – I’m talking about football club models. In Mike Ashley’s [...]

I was quite upset a few weeks ago when David Carradine died. I was an avid fan of the ‘Kung Fu’ TV series in the 70′s, so it was a shock to read that Kwai Chang Caine is no more. I particularly liked the way he used to preach pacifism, tranquility and peace but always [...]

Reports coming through from questionable sources that Ashley has received his first bid for the club. It’s not clear yet what that bid is or indeed which of the alleged parties in the consortia have lodged it and obviously whether or not it’s a legitimate bid. It’s implied that it could well be The Profitable [...]

As inevitable as it used to be to see broken teeth outside The Rocket in Longbenton on a Friday neet, Mr Freddy Sheperd chucked his hat into the ring as soon our sale was announced. Local papers recently reported that Shepherd met with Shearer in Jesmond to discuss the present situation and what his plans are. It’s [...]

If rumours are to be believed that devil incarnate, FFS is trying to get his grubby paws back on NUFC again, surprise surprise. Not content with making over £45m from NUFC during his last tenure – £37m for his 28% stake in the club when it was sold to Mike Ashley, adding to the £8m [...]