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To say there’s been some opposition to Mike Ashley’s rehash of his previously botched plan to sell the St James’ Park naming rights would be an understatement. However as more details have emerged it’s become ever more obvious that this 2.0 version is scarcely better than the previous one, and it seems more than likely [...]

After the uproar of the announcement this morning and much discussion with the lads at work, I’ve come to the feeling that Ashley has completely lost any trust that he has managed to claw back over the past few months. As a previous nufcblog.org article has already pointed out, Derek Llambias has previously gone on [...]

I think I am more upset that I’m not as upset as the majority of fans are about the nasty re branding of St James Park. I was surprised to see the new name as I thought it was going to be blah blah blah @ St James Park, but we all knew this was [...]

With the news that Newcastle United will be changing it’s name to “Sports Direct @ St James’ Park”, the Managing Director of the club, Derek Llambias, has sought to reassure fans that the St James’ Park name would remain so long as he and current owner, Mike Ashley “reigned” at the club. Firstly though, he [...]

Ok, I apologise if any of you feel that I am covering over old ground here, but it was mentioned the other day by someone and it got me thinking. Whatever happened to the name change that was supposed to be happening at St James’ Park? Most of you will know what I am talking [...]

Chris Hughton has asked Newcastle United fans to put their disagreements with the board behind them and support the team. Fans are, of course, particularly upset that Ashley plans to peddle Sports Direct on the back of – or, to be more precise, on the front of – the St James’ Park name. Hughton evidently [...]

In the latest salvo of the Ashley counter offensive, Newcastle United’s managing Director, Derek Llambias, has been revealing the depth of Mike Ashley’s financial black hole in an interview for Radio Newcastle. He moaned about the financial meltdown involved when a monster £70 million wages club that is supposed to be geared up for European [...]

In his statement when he took Newcastle United off the market, Mike Ashley said “… he is totally committed to the future success of Newcastle United and will be focussing on gaining promotion back to the Premier League.” Fair enough, but what’s with all this nonsense about giving Hughton a million or two to buy [...]

Derek Llambias explains about the renaming of Newcastle United’s stadium. The upshot is that St James’ Park will not be lost. The names of sponsors will just be added to the front of it in the manner of something such as ‘Sports Direct @ St James’ Park‘ or ‘Pampers @ St James’ Park‘. Llambias goes [...]