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2-2 in the Brackley game right at the death... meaning Gateshead should be champions!

But it's never 'other sportswashing' (the fact they need a seasonal thread for us is amazing in itself)

The upside (?) to a Newcastle defeat, the 18+ uncensored rants

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10758621/Newcastle-United-Sir-John-Hall-Saudi-ownership-dreams-North-East-regeneration.html Sir John Hall was walking through Chinatown in the shadow of St James' Park recently when he experienced a wave of emotions not felt since the days of his Newcastle United ownership. 'I was going to the Landmark restaurant before the match and was right among the crowd - I have never felt so much joy, happiness and hope in many years,' the 89-year-old tells Sportsmail. 'They were all stopping me and wanting to talk about the players, manager and owners. That excitement, it brought back a lot of memories.' 'I was in Hong Kong when I got a call to say, 'The club is going bust'. The words are seared in my memory. That call cost me £860,000! We were a bunch of Geordies who changed the complete structure of a football club and gave it ambition, we just weren't big enough to carry it on into this era. 'The new owners must build on the platform we created. There are many similarities between then and now, although we didn't have as much money as the Saudis.' 'I was running a property business, my family business. It was my job to look to the future and predict change. When Roman Abramovich came in at Chelsea, he was a billionaire. I said, 'I cannot compete. I'm not putting my business at risk, borrowing to buy a player for £20million'. For him, it was loose cash. So, I made the decision to get out. 'Now look at Chelsea… we were always told Abramovich was here for reasons other than football.' 'It's time for the powers-that-be to sit down and say, 'How do we control football?'. When billion-pound TV deals came in, football started to appeal to a different type of investor - people who know money. They're not interested in the sport. It's another means to make another billion. 'Had the European Super League happened, it would have destroyed the game completely for the ordinary fan. Football should be about every club having a dream, not solely about the money you have. When people say, 'Newcastle is the richest club in the world', I shudder. I don't want to be known as that. There is more to life than money - it is how we use it. 'If you're not going to ban (foreign and state-funded ownership), you have to put restrictions on it. Too much money is leaving the game. How can we use that in a better way? 'For me, the Premier League and Government have a responsibility to put a taxation on transfer fees and put money back into sport. Sadly, I cannot see any system stopping it at the moment. It is the greed of the clubs trying to break away from the Premier League that horrifies me. I hear they are still trying to challenge it. Stuff them, I say.' So, did he ever achieve what he intended for his football club? 'No. I ran out of time. It was my club. I had been fixed on Newcastle since a boy. I used to stand on the roof terrace and shout, 'Sack the board!'. 'By the time I was chairman, I had a greater vision of the North-East and where it needed to go, economically. What I learned, owning a football club, is that you are responsible for people's lives. That will never leave me. The tens of thousands of fans when Alan Shearer signed… incredible. 'So, I always thought, 'How can we use football to regenerate the area?'. I spoke to Sky, and they needed content to fill their channels. I thought, 'I'll get in here early'. I wanted to bring all sports under one roof, a Newcastle sporting club - rugby, basketball, ice-hockey. But I was before my time, it took a lot longer for the money to come in via television. 'But that was my dream, to sportswash the area, to give it a new image, to get away from unemployment and poor housing. I was trying to do something. I hope the new owners can take that on.' Hall has been a guest of Staveley and her husband Mehrdad Ghodoussi at St James' and has reminded them of the 'responsibility' he talks about. 'I have spoken to them and, while talking is easy, I think they have a genuine desire to take this club to where it should be,' he says. 'The Premier League say the owners are fit and proper, and the British Government is selling arms to the Saudis. So, as supporters, that decision has been made. 'I also believe they have bought the club cheap at £300m. They are talking about Chelsea being worth £3billion - so there is a huge gap between the current and potential value of Newcastle. They will only accelerate that value by winning.' Will that come in Hall's lifetime, a first English title since 1927, six years before he was born? 'I would like to think so. I am convinced they will bring success. Eddie Howe seems very good and I expect they will back him. 'The one time I stood in Kevin's way was when he wanted Peter Beardsley. I thought he was too old. That proved to me, you have to let a manager sink or swim. He swam with that one! 'But yes, at my age, you start thinking about how long you've got. Even if a title comes after me, I don't mind. We set those roots for the future.'

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bruno-guimaraes-newcastle-united-plans-23799475 Bruno Guimaraes' agent Alexis Malalvolta says that part of the club's ambitious plans shared with the Brazil star included a push for the Champions League places - next season. Malalvolta, speaking to Tutto sport, said: "He has always been very motivated to accept challenges, he never backs down. "Bruno is delighted with the choice made; he feels good. "His goal was clear from the start: to help the team get out of the relegation zone and take them to the Champions League next season. And, why not, try to win the Premier League. "He has already made it clear in his interviews that he went to Newcastle to be a legend like Alan Shearer. He wants to leave his name in the history of the club."

There it is

Sheff Wed in the space of a minute turn it round, now winning 3-2

There's a really good book, it has pretty much everything about Howe's life in it. Loads of quotes and stories. Almost 400 pages so if anyone fancies a longer read, it's well worth it I think and linked to a blog the author had going until last year https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eddie-Had-Dream-recollection-Bournemouth-ebook/dp/B07Y7NMYC5 Also the owners took their time finding the manager and Emery and Howe were the clear two favourites by the end of the process (very split between them we're led to believe) so playing the long-game hopefully works out

He knows it'll get clicks, it's part of what's made him grow so much aside from quitting uni to do videos full time. Do like his commitment with the women's side which gives it more exposure though

I think they've realised

Even 2020

Bruce really didn't rate Schar to the point where he was actively looking to sell him on

Infrastructure doesn't count towards FFP yeah 'Clubs need to balance football-related expenditure - transfers and wages - with television and ticket income, plus revenues raised by their commercial departments. Money spent on stadiums, training facilities, youth development or community projects is exempt.'