Rob W

I resent that remark..............

The doctor won't let them out.....................

One was a great scorer, a credit to the club, an suceful international the other one is Craig Bellamy - sometime arrestee, pain in the arse trouble maker

Bellamy has been trouble wherever he's been - end of story We don't need any more disruption

I hate people posting extra threads but after 110 pages of "what ifs" I felt the Dawn of the White Jubilee deserved a new thread.............

don't talk about wor lass like that!!

Broon Ale shirley???

I'm sure he'll not forget.............

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Recommended Cash Offer by St James Holdings Limited for Newcastle United PLC On 23 May 2007, St James Holdings Limited ("SJHL") announced that it had acquired 55,342,223 Newcastle United PLC ("Newcastle United", the "Company" or the "Club") shares, representing approximately 41.6 per cent. of the issued share capital of Newcastle United, from members of Sir John Hall's family at a price of 100 pence for each Newcastle United share. In accordance with the provisions of Rule 9 of the Takeover Code, SJHL also announced that it intended to make a cash offer for all of the issued and to be issued share capital of Newcastle United which was not already owned by SJHL, and that SJHL intended to seek a recommendation of the offer from the board of Newcastle United. Further to that announcement, SJHL and Newcastle United are pleased to announce that they have agreed the terms of a recommended cash offer by SJHL for all of the issued and to be issued share capital of Newcastle United not already held by SJHL or any party acting in concert with SJHL at an offer price of 101 pence per Newcastle United share (the "Offer"). The board of Newcastle United has unanimously recommended that Newcastle United shareholders accept the Offer. Irrevocable undertakings SJHL has received irrevocable undertakings from Shepherd Offshore Limited, a company connected with William Frederick Shepherd and Bruce Stewart Shepherd, and Timothy Revill, the independent non-executive director of Newcastle United, to accept the Offer in respect of a total of 37,288,959 Newcastle United shares representing, in aggregate, approximately 28.0 per cent. of the existing issued share capital of Newcastle United. These undertakings will cease to be binding only if the Offer lapses or is withdrawn and will remain binding in the event that a higher competing offer for Newcastle United is made. Commenting on the offer, Freddy Shepherd, Chairman of Newcastle United, said: "The time since Newcastle's flotation in 1997 has seen a radical transformation in the Club and its fortunes, with the Club now being one of the 20 wealthiest clubs in Europe with one of the finest stadiums in European football, a premier league participant and a regular participant in European UEFA competitions with a fantastic fan base.” "The offer from SJHL is at a level which fully reflects both the performance of Newcastle and its prospects and ambitions for the future. The Board believes that SJHL and Mike Ashley will be excellent custodians of Newcastle United's heritage and will provide the best possible opportunity for the Club to flourish in the future, to the benefit of the Company and its fans." SJHL intends to post the offer document in respect of the Offer and the form of acceptance to Newcastle United shareholders on 7 June 2007.

The Premiership is played at an unbeleivable pace cp. any other league - so waht we get are "Energizer Bunny" players who run up and down like madmen, when skileld wingers get stick becuase "tehy don't tackle back" etc etc English teams often look liek chickens withteir heads cut off TBH Most of the foreign palyers who star in the PL are pretty laid back and "lazy" compared to their team mates You don't see the likes of Henry playing in his own penalty area for example

What I don't understand is all them Liverpool fans who go on (and on , and on ,and on) about Sheffield charge the police in Athens to get into a ground without tickets.......................................

makes a nice graph if you plot our position against it each year 'n aaall both sets of numbers increase in step...............

thats what we said last summer ...................

I see Abramovitch has said this story is total bollocks now............ from the beeb Abramovich hints at more spending Abramovich has spent nearly £250m at Stamford Bridge Chelsea's billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has dismissed reports that he will no longer spend heavily to bring players to Stamford Bridge. Recent newspaper reports have suggested that Abramovich, who took over at Chelsea in 2003, would be spending less in the transfer market in future years. But he told radio station Ekho Moskvy that such claims were "nonsense". He added: "Everything will remain the same. My relationship with Chelsea has not changed. I don't want to change."

They take the numbers from teh annual reports - so they aren't off - unless you are suggesting (be very very careful here) that someone is cooking the books

have you any idea how much that land at the Bridge is worth? I think the whole site is about 0.75 sq km - that's about £ 8 BILLION at C. London prices - and the council and the neighbours HATE the football ground so planning permission would be a breeze. It's the biggest underdeveloped site (other than Buck House) for miles I always thought ol' Roman was making an investment as well as indulging his hobby when he rolled up in london

sell - he's never really performed maybe we can throw in Duff for a few extra quid???

some of their stuff is quite good - the advantage of palying at home, the amount of time you hvae to take a suceesful penalty but this is ridiculous - anyone playing regularly for a sucessful team is bound to look good whereas a brilliant player (eg Given) playing at Muppet Utd will look like shit...........................

Hmmmm - brilliant players and better than some on my list but never that feeling that you were about to see something absolutley unbelievable conjured out of nowhere - the "sharp intake of breath" feeling

in my time Mitchell Jinking Jimmie Smith Supermac Gazza Tino Shearer Cole

wrong - suspending the shares doesn't mean the company stops trading he has to make an offer for ALL the shares once he gets 30% (ie now) - the shares continue to trade until the company removes them from the stock market (which they have the option to do once he reaches 75%). teh company trades right through - you have to seperate the shraeholders from teh business

Its probably convertable to a vast office block by flicking a switch knowing Madejski

a collectors item .....................

Wonder if anyone has told Mike A that he has an official bum wiper at SJP?

then why didn't you post it then?