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It's very weird at the AOL (HSV) where a bloke comes round and fills up yer glass from a beer pump on his back during the game. Sounds like American football.... But with better hot dogs. Aye, them Germans do like their sausage... Steady.

Jozef Venglos, Aston Villa, 1990-91 The Slovakian manager was the first manager not from Britain or Ireland to take charge of a top-flight club in England, although he did not last long. His record of 18 different clubs in a career spanning 32 years reveals that he has not lasted long wherever he has gone. Venglos stepped down from the position after one season after they finished just two places above the First Division relegation zone, and having seen David Platt sold to Italian side Bari for £5m. Ossie Ardiles, Newcastle, 1991-1992 and Tottenham, 1993-94 A successful period at Swindon Town was winding down with the threat of relegation hanging over the club when Newcastle United offered Ardiles a way out in 1991. The Argentine lasted 12 months at St James’ Park before being sacked, leaving Newcastle at the bottom of the second division. Ardiles joined Spurs in 1993, but despite the bringing in Jürgen Klinsmann, Ilie Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Popescu in summer 1994, he was sacked in October with Tottenham battling relegation. Christian Gross, Tottenham Hotspur, 1997-98 Gross found it difficult at Spurs from the word go. Arriving into Heathrow Airport, the Swiss had to rely on the Tube to get to his first press conference as manager. To be fair, he dealt with the ignominy rather well, flourishing his London Underground ticket as he walked into the room, infamously offering the words “I want this to become my ticket to the dreams.” A 6—1 defeat to Chelsea on his home debut, however, set the tone for his tenure. And when Spurs lost two of their opening three matches of the 1998-99 season, Chairman Alan Sugar ended Gross’ contract, blaming the media for destroying his reputation. Attilio Lombardo/Tomas Brolin, Crystal Palace, 1998 Despite having no coaching experience, Lombardo was appointed joint player-manager in 1998 with fellow player Tomas Brolin, and they presided over the club’s relegation that season. Lombardo might have been one of the club’s most skilful players ever, but promotion to coach was like being “run over by a lorry.” He explained: “I came home last night and received a phone call and was summoned by the chairman-to-be and I was proposed the job there and then. I had half-an-hour to make a decision, and it felt like being run over by a lorry.” Egil Olsen, Wimbledon, 1999-00 It was under this Norwegian’s aegis that Wimbledon’s 15-years in England’s top-flight ended. Known alternately by the nicknames “Drillo” and “the mad professor”, Olsen was famous not for his football philosophy so much as for being an ex-Communist Party member who had memorised the exact height of every known mountain on the planet. Ridiculed for his penchant for Wellington boots, Olsen was out of his depth: he even failed to realise that one of his own players, John Hartson, had been sent off during a game against Bradford. Olsen was sacked in May 2000, a decision that outraged Vinnie Jones — who bear in mind never even played under the Norwegian — because “I never got a chance to chin him”. Gianluca Vialli, Watford, 2001-02 The Italian arrived at Watford as the most successful manager in Chelsea’s history having won five trophies in three years, including the FA Cup in 2000. Vialli was offered a three-year contract at Watford, but he lasted just one season. Having made wholesale changes to the club’s coaching staff, and made a number of signings which broke the club’s wage structure, his team lost 19 of their 46 games and finished 14th. Vialli was sacked, and he ended up suing the club over the payment of the remainder of his contract. Jacques Santini, Tottenham, 2004 Santini was one of the lucky ones, as he resigned rather than being pushed. Nevertheless, the Frenchman’s time at the club, which spanned just 13 games, must still be considered a flop. Santini took the managerial position at Tottenham after euro 2004, but resigned soon after, ostensibly because of personal problems. However, it was widely reported that a series of disagreements with then Sporting Director Frank Arnesen had led to his departure. Velimir Zajec, Portsmouth, 2004-05 Zajec arrived at Portsmouth in 2004 as an executive director, but the Croat was forced to take over temporary control of team affairs in November when Harry Redknapp resigned. Following on from Redknapp proved too hard a task, and he complained bitterly that having to perform two roles at the club was “impossible”. Five months later he reverted to his intended director’s role, following the arrival of Alain Perrin, but that was not an end to the troubles. He resigned from his position at Fratton Park on October 10, 2005 due to personal reasons. Alain Perrin, Portsmouth, 2005 Perrin replaced Zajec in April 2005, and was immediately nicknamed ’Reggie’ by the media and Pompey fans after the character Reginald Perrin from “The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin”. He succeeded in keeping the club in the top flight, but was sacked the next season, just 8 months into the job after achieving only 4 wins from 20 games. Juande Ramos, Tottenham, 2007-08 The Spaniard won the Carling Cup, so he cannot be called a complete failure. But having sold Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane, the 2008—09 season saw Ramos take Tottenham to their worst ever start to a league campaign. With no wins from their opening eight matches, Spurs were the laughing stock, with North London rivals Arsenal crowing that “even a triangle has more points.” The fact Ramos failed to learn even a smidgen of English after a year in the job did not help his case. He was sacked on 25 October, along with assistant manager Gus Poyet, first team coach Marcos Álvarez, and club sporting director Damien Comolli? Ha ha three Spurs managers in there. Surprising for such a well run club.

He won't come back.

It's very weird at the AOL (HSV) where a bloke comes round and fills up yer glass from a beer pump on his back during the game. Sounds like American football.... But with better hot dogs.

You ever go Ozzie? I can't remember if you're in Berlin...

It's very weird at the AOL (HSV) where a bloke comes round and fills up yer glass from a beer pump on his back during the game.

I go to a few St Pauli games a year. Great laugh.

It would be interesting to come back to this thread if we are relegated.

You run a business right? Do you have any plans for the future of that business? If you do, do you put a time-scale on those plans? If you do and you were to hypothetically put a time-scale of, erm, let's say five years on those plans, how exact would you expect that time-scale to be? Do you think that there's a possibility you might refer to that plan as your "five-year plan"? If a week after it's implementation you had a meeting and you mentioned that plan, would you refer to it as your "four-year 357-day 22-hours 35 minutes 46 and a half seconds plan" or would you have a life and call it your "five-year plan"? Do you think that there's a possibility that due to amongst other things external market conditions, for example a global recession, your plan might change somewhat over time (I'm talking in more than just its name)? Are you going to show up at 10.30am 27 Rue de Helder on 21st May? If you are, don't tell me, I haven't got to that bit just yet and I don't want to spoil it. There are a lot of good things about you Indi and we go back a couple of years on these here boards. But in all seriousness they never had a plan and still don't that must surely be clear by now. It's day to day bungling. Did you think that before Keegan-gate? When things seemed to be going along nicely and we'd made a good start to the season? Hiring KK was the first sign for me that they had no plan. Cause if this mythical plan is the one we both suspect it is then KK was the clearly the wrong choice. Non? Series 5 of lost has got more of a plan and that's inc time jumps.

You run a business right? Do you have any plans for the future of that business? If you do, do you put a time-scale on those plans? If you do and you were to hypothetically put a time-scale of, erm, let's say five years on those plans, how exact would you expect that time-scale to be? Do you think that there's a possibility you might refer to that plan as your "five-year plan"? If a week after it's implementation you had a meeting and you mentioned that plan, would you refer to it as your "four-year 357-day 22-hours 35 minutes 46 and a half seconds plan" or would you have a life and call it your "five-year plan"? Do you think that there's a possibility that due to amongst other things external market conditions, for example a global recession, your plan might change somewhat over time (I'm talking in more than just its name)? Are you going to show up at 10.30am 27 Rue de Helder on 21st May? If you are, don't tell me, I haven't got to that bit just yet and I don't want to spoil it. There are a lot of good things about you Indi and we go back a couple of years on these here boards. But in all seriousness they never had a plan and still don't that must surely be clear by now. It's day to day bungling.

Once again, the protest is being peformed away from the ground so it does not have an effect on the team. If anything a few hundred people marching together to the match may create some sorely needed atmosphere. This is the most laughable excuse ever. It may not affect the squad during the Everton match, but what about the match after, or after that, when negative headlines are being thrown about in the papers? It will create a negative atmosphere around the club, which will ultimately affect our squad during the run in for the final 12 matches, not necessarily the Everton match. Like sicko2ndbest said in his original post, these people protesting need to grow the fuck up. What is more important? Premier League survival or your Protesters Group? Get your priorities straight for the rest of the season and let's get behind the team - they need us more than ever. Of course relegation has to be the supporters fault. Stay away from colourful wrappers dear.

Mort said they had a 5 yr plan when they took over, its not looking too good if this is the situation we find ourselves in almost 2 years into the plan If they are now embarking on a new 5 year plan now then surely having a 62 year old manager with a history of health problems was not a good start!! Surely it needed a young manager to see the yr plan through. I think we can only resign ourselves to the idea that they are either clueless or couldn't care less. Sad business. But change will come it always does.

yes but it starts afresh every year Every fucking week more like.

Do people seriously think there is a 5 year plan?

true, also I dread what would happen if the players hear there was a protest somewhere outside the ground.. that would undoubtedly f*** up their psyche in an instant .. next thing you know Nicky Butt and Damien Duff will stop caring.. and Blefuscu, I respect your reasons and all, but judging by your last message, obviously NUSC's members are all brain-dead, and will undoubtedly enjoy being represented by chavs on tv. Fair enough, that's a possibility, but you should consider the possibility that the people who go to the protest/rally/whatever are actually people like you - poor sods who love the club. Only difference is they choose to 'voice' their opinion, instead of concentrating on their bevvies, like the true supporters should do.. what is their opinion? apologies if this has already been covered but i've been trying to get an answer all day on what this rally is actually for? You've wasted your day then, because I'm sure you know the answer.. people are unhappy, you know There some dimwits in here.

oh yes there was. (panto voice) Don't let UNICEF see these threads they'll be diverting aid from Africa. mackems.gif

I can now see why there has never been a supporters club.

I think you are mentally unstable. Firstly you used to go on about God. Now you are calling NUSC the devil incarnate. Thanks! My psychiatrist says that too! I've always quite liked you.

I think you are mentally unstable. Firstly you used to go on about God. Now you are calling NUSC the devil incarnate.

1 of whom wasn't their appointment. 1 of whom has unfortunate health problems. Allardyce fired himself??? Well of course when looking for a PL manager its better to hire a 62yr with a dodgy ticker cause no other fucker will work with you. Silly riposte from you if you think about it for a second.

It'll be 3 managers they've been through when JK says he can't come back.

Oh, the evil mendacity of it all! Mind you, Happy Face will probably claim this proves Ashley turned down investment or something. Silly picking that one out.

We've paid off all our debt, but we've still got loads of debt with more to come. Our wage bill is too high, but Ashley has increased the wage bill. We need investment, but Ashley turns down offers of investment from local businessmen. It's cheaper to pay a DOF to bring in players than let the manager do it, but the DOF is paid 150% more than the manager. For all the tales of woe, they don't actually seem to be that worried about it or doing much to sort it. Is that true? Don't think I've seen it before. According to Mike Ashley it is... http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/08/08/mike-ashley-exclusive-chronicle-interview-72703-21492315/ But he's been known to talk bollocks....which is exactly ther point. And where does he turn down offers of investment, exactly? The context of that quote was him announcing that he was looking for investors! "I'd tell them we'd look at it at the end of the season as there was no rush" Exactly. No refusal there at all. When you asked that tart out and she said "some other time" that was a knock back mate. I know you don't like to think so, but it was. Feeble. "There are some great people who come to our matches who sit in the corporate areas, and wouldn?t it be great to have local backing for what we are doing? ?Some of them would talk to me last season and say, ?Mike, is there an opportunity for us to come into the club again because we were shareholders in the plc previously??. Either they've invested since or he's knocked them back or he was making it up at the time. Which is it? Whatever it is, it's clearly not a refusal. In fact, it seems more like an invitation. He's inventing imaginary questions for himself in an attempt to attract people to the club? That reminds me of someone... So now you're saying it's lie. So it's still not a refusal. I'm asking you what it is. I still call it a refusal....if it happened. Do you believe anyone asked the question? Why would Ashley make up a story about looking for partners to invest in the club if he didn't want to do it? Why wuld him and his cronies make up stories full stop. Here's a tiny sample or the rebounding 'stories'... QUOTE(Happy Face @ Dec 29 2008, 06:29 PM) QUOTE "The caliber of player we want to bring in is someone with a lot of Premiership experience or Champions League experience and they are in short supply. We are at a stage where we don't want to just bring players in to add to the squad, we want players who are going to be in the first team." Chris Mort 02/08/2007 "NEWCASTLE United have completed the signing of midfielder Danny Guthrie from Liverpool. The 21-year-old put pen to paper on a four-year contract at St. James' Park on Friday evening after the Magpies agreed a fee with the Reds." NUFC 11/07/2008 "NEWCASTLE United have agreed a fee with FC Metz for France under-21 defender Sebastien Bassong." NUFC 30/07/2008 "NEWCASTLE United have completed the signing of Spain under-21 striker Francisco "Xisco" Jimenez Tejada." NUFC 01/09/2008 "The truth is that Newcastle could not sustain buying the Shevchenko's, Robinho's or the Berbatov's. These are recognised European footballers. They have played in the European leagues and everyone knows about them. They can be brilliant signings. But everybody knows that they are brilliant and so they, and players like them, cost more than £30 million to buy before you even take into account agent commissions and the multi-million pound wage deals. My plan and my strategy for Newcastle is different. It has to be. It takes time. It can't be done overnight. Newcastle has therefore set up an extensive scouting system. We look for young players, for players in foreign leagues who everyone does not know about. We try and stay ahead of the competition. We search high and low looking for value, for potential that we can bring on and for players who will allow Newcastle to compete at the very highest level but who don't cost the earth." Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 QUOTE "The team is going to need time to get things right and we're going to give them time to get it right. We will get it right eventually." Chris Mort 07/12/2007 "Newcastle United has parted company with Sam Allardyce as its Manager with immediate effect." NUFC 09/01/2008 QUOTE "I'd like to start with people in the North East because there are some great people who come to our matches who sit in the corporate areas, and wouldn?t it be great to have local backing for what we are doing? Some of them would talk to me last season and say, "Mike, is there an opportunity for us to come into the club again because we were shareholders in the plc previously?" I'd tell them we'd look at it at the end of the season as there was no rush but why wouldn't I welcome people who wanted to invest?" Mike Ashley 08/08/2008 I am Mike Ashley, not Mike Ashley a multi-billionaire with unlimited resources. Newcastle United and I can't do what other clubs can. We can't afford it. Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 QUOTE "I am now a dad who can't take his kids to a football game on a Saturday because I am advised that we would be assaulted" Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 "A number of groups came to the ground to carry out their lawful protest and I would like to praise those fans for the way in which they behaved." Ch Supt Paul Weir, Northumbria Police's match commander 14/09/2008 "We gave no formal advice to Mr Ashley about not attending Saturday's game. It is not our place to do so." Northumbria Police 16/09/2008 QUOTE "This club had £100million-worth of debt which has now been cleared" Chris Mort 07/05/2008 "I then poured another £110 million into the club not to pay off the debt but just to reduce it. The club is still in debt. Even worse than that, the club still owes millions of pounds in transfer fees." Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 "Financially we're very sound. We don't owe a bean as far as the club are concerned" Joe Kinnear 02/01/2009 QUOTE "Arsenal is the shining example in England of a sustainable business model." Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 "If I go into a job and someone says to me that you have a director of football who buys and sells the players, I accept or don't accept it. If I accept it, I cannot complain. I would personally not accept that" Arsene Wenger 12/09/2008 QUOTE "I'm here to help Kevin, bringing young players through and also recommend certain players to him. He'll say yes and no, he has the final word, no-one else. Everything that happens will be run past him. I'm not going to bring players in behind his back - I'm not into that." Dennis Wise 01/02/2008 "We have started talking about who we will be bringing in and Kevin will have the final say" Chris Mort 07/05/2008 "It is a fact that Kevin Keegan, as manager, had specific duties in that he was responsible for the training, coaching, selection and motivation of the Team. It is a fact that Kevin Keegan was allowed to manage his specific duties without any interference from any Board member. It is a fact that Kevin Keegan agreed only to deal with the media in relation to Club matters relating to the Team and not to communicate with the media in relation to the acquisition or disposal of players." NUFC 06/09/2008 QUOTE ?I understand investors are about to buy the club, Mike Ashley told me openly. I will be here for six to eight games. I am aware that the new owners have Kevin Keegan and possibly Alan Shearer parked around the corner.? Joe Kinnear 25/09/2008 "NEWCASTLE United have announced today that Joe Kinnear has signed a contract as manager until the end of the 2008/09 season." NUFC 28/11/2008 QUOTE "I am no longer prepared to subsidise Newcastle United. I am putting the club up for sale. You don't need to demonstrate against me again because I have got the message." Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 "I have withdrawn Newcastle United from the market" Mike Ashley 28/12/2008 QUOTE "I gave you my word that as long as I remain owner, this club would continue to be run responsibly at all levels. I hope you will accept that I have stood by that pledge." Mike Ashley 28/12/2008 Quote released when Newcastle where 2 points off the relegation places, halfway through the season QUOTE ?Joe?s the man to do the job. He?s my hero. Is he better than Capello? Definitely. We are going to be in Europe by the end of the season!? Mike Ashley 18/12/2008 Outcome pending QUOTE "He [Given] won't be leaving, he has no interest in that whatsoever. He loves the football club, he's part of the city and that suits us because he's a world-class goalkeeper. He's very happy here, he's very comfortable at Newcastle United." Joe Kinnear 31/12/2008 "Shay is very despondent, all that he can see ahead with the turmoil on and off the pitch is a battle for survival. Having served the club loyally for over 11 years, Shay feels compelled to consider his position" Michael Kennedy 01/01/2009 QUOTE "I have enquired about Ferguson, but we will wait and see what the outcome is." Joe Kinnear 03/01/2009 "As far as my chairman, my chief executive and myself are concerned, there's been no contact with Newcastle or any other club regarding Barry." Walter Smith 05/01/2009 QUOTE "I have withdrawn Newcastle United from the market. Any potential buyer would have to show they had the best interests of Newcastle United at heart and had both the commitment and finance to be worthy custodians of such a fine football club before I would even consider doing a deal." Mike Ashley 28/12/2008 ?A few weeks ago there was a decent degree of positive thought and optimism that there would be a buyer and then, amongst others, Mr Madoff came along. There were two people that were looking at Newcastle with us who lost, let?s say, over $300m to Madoff. Let?s face it, it (the Madoff scandal) holed everything beneath the water line. The people who were investing with him followed their peers and they should have done their due diligence and all those things and they didn?t. That came at the end of a two or three-month period of absolute decline in all the stock markets, financial markets and banking markets.? Keith Harris 09/01/2009 QUOTE "I've spoken to my bosses at the club. They know what my aims are and what I want to continue to progress. As soon as a big club knocks on the door with a good offer, I don't think they'll prevent me leaving." Charles N'Zogbia 08/01/2009 "The agent?s being disrespectful. He?s never had the decency to explain anything to any member of this football club. It?s laughable, to be honest. It?s absolute nonsense. Charles is under contract until 2012, and I told him on day one that he was a very important player." Joe Kinnear 09/01/2009 QUOTE ?Over the course of the year I?ve spoken to lots of fans about how we can improve things at St James? Park" Chris Mort 22/05/2009 "The SJP Box Office telephone number has now been changed with immediate effect to: 0844 372 1892." NUFC.com 20/01/2009 "01/02 phone numbers are used for everyday local and national calls and can be included in any free or discounted minutes on your tariff. If you don?t have inclusive minutes for these, you?ll typically pay around 4p per minute (ppm) peak and around 1.5ppm off-peak from landlines. 0844 is a revenue-sharing number that is not included in 'free' or discounted minutes. Calls to 0844 phone numbers cost up to 5p a minute from landlines at all times of day, and typically between 15p (if you're a 3 mobile customer) and 40p per minute from mobiles. Depending on your network, call charges may be higher on pay as you go than on a contract." Which.co.uk QUOTE ?I have been out of the country and just returned. I don?t know anything about this. If I have been appointed as coach of Newcastle United then that is certainly news to me.? Colin Calderwood 20/01/2009 "We have Colin Calderwood on board now, he will be joining us until the end of the season to bring something else to our backroom team." Joe Kinnear 26/01/2009 QUOTE "I am the first to accept there have been times this season when you would have liked to have heard more from me direct, particularly at certain points. There have been reasons why I have not have been able to do that, but in the new year we will look to communicate with you more about what we are doing at St.James' Park, be it through the club's official website, programme and magazine as well as the wider media." Mike Ashley 28/12/2008 ?Mike is going to speak to the Press when the window shuts." Joe Kinnear 15/01/2009 "I think they will sit down with supporters' groups and fans and the people of Newcastle at the end of the season - I know they want to do that." Joe Kinnear 05/02/2009 QUOTE "I'm physically AOK" Joe Kinnear 22/11/2008 ?Joe Kinnear was admitted to hospital on Saturday morning." NUFC 07/02/2009 That was a bunch of toss the first time someone posted it. It hasn't improved with age. I know man the tossers change their story every 2 weeks/days/ minutes.

We've paid off all our debt, but we've still got loads of debt with more to come. Our wage bill is too high, but Ashley has increased the wage bill. We need investment, but Ashley turns down offers of investment from local businessmen. It's cheaper to pay a DOF to bring in players than let the manager do it, but the DOF is paid 150% more than the manager. For all the tales of woe, they don't actually seem to be that worried about it or doing much to sort it. Is that true? Don't think I've seen it before. According to Mike Ashley it is... http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/08/08/mike-ashley-exclusive-chronicle-interview-72703-21492315/ But he's been known to talk bollocks....which is exactly ther point. And where does he turn down offers of investment, exactly? The context of that quote was him announcing that he was looking for investors! "I'd tell them we'd look at it at the end of the season as there was no rush" Exactly. No refusal there at all. When you asked that tart out and she said "some other time" that was a knock back mate. I know you don't like to think so, but it was. Feeble. "There are some great people who come to our matches who sit in the corporate areas, and wouldn?t it be great to have local backing for what we are doing? ?Some of them would talk to me last season and say, ?Mike, is there an opportunity for us to come into the club again because we were shareholders in the plc previously??. Either they've invested since or he's knocked them back or he was making it up at the time. Which is it? Whatever it is, it's clearly not a refusal. In fact, it seems more like an invitation. He's inventing imaginary questions for himself in an attempt to attract people to the club? That reminds me of someone... So now you're saying it's lie. So it's still not a refusal. I'm asking you what it is. I still call it a refusal....if it happened. Do you believe anyone asked the question? Why would Ashley make up a story about looking for partners to invest in the club if he didn't want to do it? Why wuld him and his cronies make up stories full stop. Here's a tiny sample or the rebounding 'stories'... QUOTE(Happy Face @ Dec 29 2008, 06:29 PM) QUOTE "The caliber of player we want to bring in is someone with a lot of Premiership experience or Champions League experience and they are in short supply. We are at a stage where we don't want to just bring players in to add to the squad, we want players who are going to be in the first team." Chris Mort 02/08/2007 "NEWCASTLE United have completed the signing of midfielder Danny Guthrie from Liverpool. The 21-year-old put pen to paper on a four-year contract at St. James' Park on Friday evening after the Magpies agreed a fee with the Reds." NUFC 11/07/2008 "NEWCASTLE United have agreed a fee with FC Metz for France under-21 defender Sebastien Bassong." NUFC 30/07/2008 "NEWCASTLE United have completed the signing of Spain under-21 striker Francisco "Xisco" Jimenez Tejada." NUFC 01/09/2008 "The truth is that Newcastle could not sustain buying the Shevchenko's, Robinho's or the Berbatov's. These are recognised European footballers. They have played in the European leagues and everyone knows about them. They can be brilliant signings. But everybody knows that they are brilliant and so they, and players like them, cost more than £30 million to buy before you even take into account agent commissions and the multi-million pound wage deals. My plan and my strategy for Newcastle is different. It has to be. It takes time. It can't be done overnight. Newcastle has therefore set up an extensive scouting system. We look for young players, for players in foreign leagues who everyone does not know about. We try and stay ahead of the competition. We search high and low looking for value, for potential that we can bring on and for players who will allow Newcastle to compete at the very highest level but who don't cost the earth." Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 QUOTE "The team is going to need time to get things right and we're going to give them time to get it right. We will get it right eventually." Chris Mort 07/12/2007 "Newcastle United has parted company with Sam Allardyce as its Manager with immediate effect." NUFC 09/01/2008 QUOTE "I'd like to start with people in the North East because there are some great people who come to our matches who sit in the corporate areas, and wouldn’t it be great to have local backing for what we are doing? Some of them would talk to me last season and say, "Mike, is there an opportunity for us to come into the club again because we were shareholders in the plc previously?" I'd tell them we'd look at it at the end of the season as there was no rush but why wouldn't I welcome people who wanted to invest?" Mike Ashley 08/08/2008 I am Mike Ashley, not Mike Ashley a multi-billionaire with unlimited resources. Newcastle United and I can't do what other clubs can. We can't afford it. Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 QUOTE "I am now a dad who can't take his kids to a football game on a Saturday because I am advised that we would be assaulted" Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 "A number of groups came to the ground to carry out their lawful protest and I would like to praise those fans for the way in which they behaved." Ch Supt Paul Weir, Northumbria Police's match commander 14/09/2008 "We gave no formal advice to Mr Ashley about not attending Saturday's game. It is not our place to do so." Northumbria Police 16/09/2008 QUOTE "This club had £100million-worth of debt which has now been cleared" Chris Mort 07/05/2008 "I then poured another £110 million into the club not to pay off the debt but just to reduce it. The club is still in debt. Even worse than that, the club still owes millions of pounds in transfer fees." Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 "Financially we're very sound. We don't owe a bean as far as the club are concerned" Joe Kinnear 02/01/2009 QUOTE "Arsenal is the shining example in England of a sustainable business model." Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 "If I go into a job and someone says to me that you have a director of football who buys and sells the players, I accept or don't accept it. If I accept it, I cannot complain. I would personally not accept that" Arsene Wenger 12/09/2008 QUOTE "I'm here to help Kevin, bringing young players through and also recommend certain players to him. He'll say yes and no, he has the final word, no-one else. Everything that happens will be run past him. I'm not going to bring players in behind his back - I'm not into that." Dennis Wise 01/02/2008 "We have started talking about who we will be bringing in and Kevin will have the final say" Chris Mort 07/05/2008 "It is a fact that Kevin Keegan, as manager, had specific duties in that he was responsible for the training, coaching, selection and motivation of the Team. It is a fact that Kevin Keegan was allowed to manage his specific duties without any interference from any Board member. It is a fact that Kevin Keegan agreed only to deal with the media in relation to Club matters relating to the Team and not to communicate with the media in relation to the acquisition or disposal of players." NUFC 06/09/2008 QUOTE “I understand investors are about to buy the club, Mike Ashley told me openly. I will be here for six to eight games. I am aware that the new owners have Kevin Keegan and possibly Alan Shearer parked around the corner.” Joe Kinnear 25/09/2008 "NEWCASTLE United have announced today that Joe Kinnear has signed a contract as manager until the end of the 2008/09 season." NUFC 28/11/2008 QUOTE "I am no longer prepared to subsidise Newcastle United. I am putting the club up for sale. You don't need to demonstrate against me again because I have got the message." Mike Ashley 14/09/2008 "I have withdrawn Newcastle United from the market" Mike Ashley 28/12/2008 QUOTE "I gave you my word that as long as I remain owner, this club would continue to be run responsibly at all levels. I hope you will accept that I have stood by that pledge." Mike Ashley 28/12/2008 Quote released when Newcastle where 2 points off the relegation places, halfway through the season QUOTE “Joe’s the man to do the job. He’s my hero. Is he better than Capello? Definitely. We are going to be in Europe by the end of the season!” Mike Ashley 18/12/2008 Outcome pending QUOTE "He [Given] won't be leaving, he has no interest in that whatsoever. He loves the football club, he's part of the city and that suits us because he's a world-class goalkeeper. He's very happy here, he's very comfortable at Newcastle United." Joe Kinnear 31/12/2008 "Shay is very despondent, all that he can see ahead with the turmoil on and off the pitch is a battle for survival. Having served the club loyally for over 11 years, Shay feels compelled to consider his position" Michael Kennedy 01/01/2009 QUOTE "I have enquired about Ferguson, but we will wait and see what the outcome is." Joe Kinnear 03/01/2009 "As far as my chairman, my chief executive and myself are concerned, there's been no contact with Newcastle or any other club regarding Barry." Walter Smith 05/01/2009 QUOTE "I have withdrawn Newcastle United from the market. Any potential buyer would have to show they had the best interests of Newcastle United at heart and had both the commitment and finance to be worthy custodians of such a fine football club before I would even consider doing a deal." Mike Ashley 28/12/2008 “A few weeks ago there was a decent degree of positive thought and optimism that there would be a buyer and then, amongst others, Mr Madoff came along. There were two people that were looking at Newcastle with us who lost, let’s say, over $300m to Madoff. Let’s face it, it (the Madoff scandal) holed everything beneath the water line. The people who were investing with him followed their peers and they should have done their due diligence and all those things and they didn’t. That came at the end of a two or three-month period of absolute decline in all the stock markets, financial markets and banking markets.” Keith Harris 09/01/2009 QUOTE "I've spoken to my bosses at the club. They know what my aims are and what I want to continue to progress. As soon as a big club knocks on the door with a good offer, I don't think they'll prevent me leaving." Charles N'Zogbia 08/01/2009 "The agent’s being disrespectful. He’s never had the decency to explain anything to any member of this football club. It’s laughable, to be honest. It’s absolute nonsense. Charles is under contract until 2012, and I told him on day one that he was a very important player." Joe Kinnear 09/01/2009 QUOTE “Over the course of the year I’ve spoken to lots of fans about how we can improve things at St James’ Park" Chris Mort 22/05/2009 "The SJP Box Office telephone number has now been changed with immediate effect to: 0844 372 1892." NUFC.com 20/01/2009 "01/02 phone numbers are used for everyday local and national calls and can be included in any free or discounted minutes on your tariff. If you don’t have inclusive minutes for these, you’ll typically pay around 4p per minute (ppm) peak and around 1.5ppm off-peak from landlines. 0844 is a revenue-sharing number that is not included in 'free' or discounted minutes. Calls to 0844 phone numbers cost up to 5p a minute from landlines at all times of day, and typically between 15p (if you're a 3 mobile customer) and 40p per minute from mobiles. Depending on your network, call charges may be higher on pay as you go than on a contract." Which.co.uk QUOTE “I have been out of the country and just returned. I don’t know anything about this. If I have been appointed as coach of Newcastle United then that is certainly news to me.” Colin Calderwood 20/01/2009 "We have Colin Calderwood on board now, he will be joining us until the end of the season to bring something else to our backroom team." Joe Kinnear 26/01/2009 QUOTE "I am the first to accept there have been times this season when you would have liked to have heard more from me direct, particularly at certain points. There have been reasons why I have not have been able to do that, but in the new year we will look to communicate with you more about what we are doing at St.James' Park, be it through the club's official website, programme and magazine as well as the wider media." Mike Ashley 28/12/2008 “Mike is going to speak to the Press when the window shuts." Joe Kinnear 15/01/2009 "I think they will sit down with supporters' groups and fans and the people of Newcastle at the end of the season - I know they want to do that." Joe Kinnear 05/02/2009 QUOTE "I'm physically AOK" Joe Kinnear 22/11/2008 “Joe Kinnear was admitted to hospital on Saturday morning." NUFC 07/02/2009