Nicky

Joined on loan. Club text, no length mentioned. http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1754493,00.html "NEWCASTLE United have completed the loan signing of defender Danny Simpson from Manchester United. The 22-year-old joins the Magpies until January and will wear squad No.12."

I'm sure they announced that he'd signed before the Saturday match tho with him posing in their shirt. I'd understand if he hadn't signed officially til then and I was expecting them to do that.. this is just a slap in the face almost. Yeah. As far as the FA are concerned though, it doesn't go through till they get their paperwork. Loads of players (Gareth Barry to Man City for example) join clubs outside of the window and pose with the shirt etc, but the paperwork doesn't 'officially' go through till July 1st. Never mind, here's hoping they have a fucking shocking season.

Actually makes a bit of sense, I guess. If he isn't registered for Spurs by the deadline for our game, then he's almost "locked" into our club until our game has passed, like any new signing wouldn't be about to play if he missed the deadline. As they're counting him as our player, he is technically suspended, thus being over suspension when the paperwork came into effect from (I assume) monday morning. Highly bollocks based on a load of technicalitys really. Spurs obviously knew exactly what they were doing by getting him when they did.

From Caulkin in the Times; "Moat is due to speak to Alan Shearer, the manager-in-waiting, today, but Newcastle remain on a precipice. The alternative — a dreaded one — is that Ashley remains for another year and appoints a new manager. Given that Shearer and Ashley have not held talks since the club were relegated, he would not be favourite for the role. It also explains why certain unemployed managers have suddenly received publicity. Derek Llambias, Newcastle’s managing director, has denied reports that Joe Kinnear could return and did the same yesterday regarding David O’Leary’s candidacy. " http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article6789257.ece ?

I'll still quite like promotion, mind.

Should be good enough. We'll see...

Wait, they're sending those for players we're flogging? First one I think they've done actually. Dont remember getting anything else so far. Then again, I stopped paying for them about 3 years ago, so I can't complain

Signed. Club text, no fee mentioned

Anyone know of a decent local electrician? Seems the best place to ask

Didnt even know we were having a 3rd kit... Looks very Inter Milan to me, but I like /edit What the fucks gonna clash with our away kit anyway?

Just seen this; Andy O’Brien has shared his thoughts about Sir Bobby Robson with the official Bolton Wanderers website. When the Bolton defender was at St James’ Park, Robson was Newcastle United’s manager and as O’Brien recollects Bobby had an endearing way with words. “The thing I remember the most about him was when we played against Chelsea in a League Cup game, got beat in extra time and I’d missed a couple of opportunities. “He came to me after the game and I said, ‘I should have done better with the first one, and I should have done better with the second one’. He looked at me and said ‘do you know what? I think you’re the best player I ever signed.’ About 30 seconds later he came back and said, ‘maybe not the best’ .”

Yeah, glad he's done that. Forfeits his loyalty bonus. Goodbye :'(

Well thank fuck for that.

Found some words to say. Fucking hell. The reason that stupid fat cunt doesn't want Shearer is apparantly that the new owners may not want him as manager? But he won't even give him a rolling contract, so instead he goes to a greasy haired cockney fuckwit, who's on his deathbed and give him a rolling contract instead while he trys to sell the club? What the fucks stopping him doing that to Shearer even if he has to embargo transfers in the mean time? What a fucking fat useless cock.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1199728/EXCLUSIVE-Youre-Joe-king-Kinnear-charge-latest-Newcastle-farce-sees-Shearer-ditched.html?ITO=1490 The mail are usually pretty good, it hurts to say. If this happens, I think i've actually run out of words in the English language to explain how I feel about this situation.

! /board implodes :D I feel let down that his big moment was ruined by SSN calling him Neil Ranger though :@

It is, but supposedly the games will be shown on a new standalone channel. With a subscription? Would assume so. Wonder if they'll go for Blue Square premier rights too, and just create an English football channel.

It is, but supposedly the games will be shown on a new standalone channel.

Time (for us) to be taken over by Americans. It doesn't matter, they only won premiership games.. :cry:

ESPN have won the lot from Setanta.; ESPN has bought the rights to the 46 English Premier League games in the 2009/10 season that were to have been shown by Setanta. Disney-owned ESPN has won the two packages of games shown on Saturday teatimes and Monday evenings. It has also won the 23 games per season that Setanta was due to show from 2010/11 to 2012/13. Glad I won't have to be buying that next year http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8113702.stm

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8278/67787535.png http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/67787535.png/1/w477.png Can't get the link sorted properly, but someone sent me this.

About time. .cock says more to follow too

Pretty much. The fact they lost one of the packages for the following season next year was the tip of it all, it seems.

Torquay that was. Oxford spectacularly blew their play off chances by losing at home to an already relegated Northwich on the last day

good for the soul of football though In what way does a monopoly provider and majority funder of football clubs improve things? it's another sign of the money madness coming to a close. And it doesn't matter if it takes a load of clubs with it?