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Entries from July 2008

Rumour Round Up

Well Keegan has commented he expects 2 of the 3 defensive targets he is after in the next 7-14 days through the door.
These 3 targets are noted as Coloccini, Burdisso and Warnock. We already know we had a £2million bid knocked back for Warnock but we are expected to go back in with a bid […]

Categories: Players

Free Barton With Every Happy Meal

Joey Barton has walked free from prison. He served a total 74 days behind bars of the total 6 months he was given for his street spat whilst taking in a Mickey D’s.
I would imagine that he’ll be reporting to St. James Park in the next 48 hours for an assessment of fitness considering how […]

Categories: Players

Martins Out

If news is to be true then Oba Martins will be missing for a while due to the sad news his mother passed away in a fire back in Nigeria. We pass on our condolences and best wishes for what would undoubtedly be a sad time.

Categories: Players

Weekend Roundup

Well after a slow start in our preseason game against Hartlepool we sparked to life. Having gone a goal down we bounced back by 4 courtesy of a hat trick from forgotten man Damien Duff and new young boy Guthrie.
Good signs considering the team was depleted of many regular first teamers not to mention Hartlepool […]

Categories: Managers · Matches · Owners · Players

Toon Roundup

Well having been tied up for a few days things a few things have happened…
We signed Danny Guthrie who is not ready yet but is certainly a young lad who can add to the squad and possibly go further. From what I seen of him last season he may just have a decent skill-set. A […]

Categories: Managers · Owners · Players

Keep Um Coming

Well we still seem to being linked to the weird and wonderful articles of Mike Ashley selling the toon after time and time again denials coming out of St. James Park.
Whether the source of the Intermedia Group’s approach was some sort of agent offering them the toon before even knowing if it was for sale […]

Categories: Owners

Taylor Signs Up

Steven Taylor has officially signed a new 3 year contract with Newcastle United after haggling for some time and Mike Ashley eventually intervening and sorting out the deal.
Its believe to be around £35,000 a week for the 22 year old after previously questioning why so many others around him were on alot more than him.
Its […]

Categories: Players

First Signing? Jonas Gutierrez

Well according to reports out of the blue… Newcastle United and Kevin Keegan have made their first summer signing. Reports suggest we have officially signed Jonas Gutierrez of Real Mallorca on a 5 year contract.
Jonas is Argentinian and at 25 has years ahead of him. He is known for playing as a winger and has […]

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Joey Barton CCTV

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Don’t think it needs anything said…

Categories: Players

Still no movement…

Well a quick update and still nothing has come out. Most headlines surrounding the Joey Barton fiasco… trust us to be landed with him. Yet another unwanted spotlight and one that even deters some players coming to Newcastle United. Having seen the footage now of his antics I must say I would rather we sack […]

Categories: Players