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30 Oct 2009 05:39
Friday October 30th, 2009 last update 11:31 GMT
SJP - not yours to sellRenaming: anger rises
The latest crackpot scheme from Newcastle United's owner to sell off the naming rights for SJP has finally succeeded in uniting the club's supporters against the portly southern illegitimate. Condemnation from former players, chairmen and fans across the planet has been swift and universal - with various groups announcing plans to protest formally. We published an email address to send letters to the club, but people are now telling us that this has gone offline However, the Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) are hosting an Online Petitionthat anyone is welcome to add their name to - not just NUST members.shop on St.Andrews Street are now also collecting signatures from disgruntled fans. Updates on planned protests at the Peterborough United home game on Saturday week will appear here. Regardless of what grubby little money-making scheme these clowns come up with, in the eyes of supporters it will always be St.James' Park. And other than Sports Direct or other Ashley-related concerns, it's hard to see just what benefit any other business would gain from such an association - except drive customers to their competitors. If the ground naming rights are sold off, does that then mean that supporters who bought those Heritage Stones laid on St.James' Walk are entitled to refunds? PPS: One of our readers asks whether Nexus will auction off naming rights to the St.James Metro station...
Ahead of this game, newly-installed permanent Newcastle boss Chris Hughtonspoke to the BBC here Kevin Friend (Leicestershire). Took charge of his first Premier League last month and we make this his first ever Newcastle game.
Posh influx Ahead of our next home fixture on Saturday week, opponents Peterborough United have sold their full allocation of 2,600 places in the Leazes Level Seven.
JG WindowsThe Back Page
. Thanks to Sports Interactive, we had copies to give away and the winners were:Jack Dean, EpsomTracy Leonard, CardiffJonathan Knell, South Shields Congratulations to them and hopefully their copies will reach them on launch day, although postal strikes might scupper that one. The answer to the question Which Newcastle manager was in charge when future manager, Kevin Keegan, signed as a player was, of course, Arthur Cox
Tue 24.11.2009 Blyth Spartans v Morpeth TownWed 25.11.209Wed 25.11.2009Tue 01.12.2009
InternationalAnother Victory defeat for Alex Newcastle youngster Alex Nicholson was again on the losing side as Wales U16s were beaten 1-0 by Scotland on Thursday evening at the Belle Vue Ground in Rhyl.Islam Feruz scored the only goal of the game when the ball got stuck under our lad's feet on the edge of his own area but the flicked finish from Feruz was outstanding. Farm-outs
1894
Neil Harris born, Tollcross, Glasgow.(1920-25)
1924
Charlie Crowe born, Walker.(1944-57) 
1946
Tony Green born, Kinning Park, Glasgow.(1971-73)
Seen here in the colours of Blackpool, Green was popular with both sets of fans
but had this to say in an interview on a Seasiders' website:"When I played for Blackpool, we regularly had crowds of 20,000 or
above, this was often increased when the illuminations were on, as a result of
holiday makers.
"In Newcastle, everyone seems to support the football team. Even the wives
knew the result, as it depended on whether their partners were in a good mood
or not. It’s unfair to compare Blackpool’s fans with Newcastle’s, because
I believe that Newcastle have the best support in the country."
1948
Liverpool (h)(1-0)Milburn
67,362
1954 Wolverhampton
Wanderers (h)(1-2)Milburn 2 Smith, Swinbourne, Wilshaw
49,279
1957
Middlesbrough (a) 0-3 Fitzsimons, McLean,
Peacock27,056
1965 Fulham (a)Key, Leggat19,226Goalscoring continued to be a problem for Joe Harvey's
men, who recorded a third successive blank despite
dominating the game.
The Cottagers then broke away twice in the closing stages
to win the game and leave United languishing in 15th place
- what was to be their finishing position that season.
1968
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) (a)
Fairs Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg Scott (32) Morais(90)
9,000 A cloudburst in the Jose Alvalade stadium threatened
to bring a premature end to this tie but United held firm
until conceding in the last seconds, when a hopeful shot
hit the bar and then rebounded into the net via Willie
McFaul's elbow.
Press photographs of the game reveal that the home side
played in two different kits, discarding their sodden
green and white hoops at half time in favour of a half in
half design change kit in the same colours. 
1971
Everton (a)Ball38,811 Tony Green made his United debut on his 25th birthday,
having only met his new team mates an hour before kickoff.
1973
Birmingham City (a) 2-2 (1-1)
League Cup 3rd Round
1976
Stoke City (h) 1-0
Division One Cannell
32,339Just over a month after losing there in the League
Cup, The Potters returned to 
1982
Leeds United (a)
1-3 (1-1)Anderson Worthington, Burns, Butterworth26,570 Youngster Chris Hedworth debuted from the bench in
what was a violent encounter, Kevin Keegan being struck by objects (including
a ball bearing) thrown from the home fans.
Police
struggled to restore order as fighting broke out between
rival fans, with more trouble outside following the final
whistle.
1993
Wimbledon (h)
4-0
Premier League Beardsley(36pen,63,71), Cole(60)
33,371 After a troubling week that included away defeat to
Southampton and Wimbledon and quarrels between Lee Clark,
Andy Cole and United boss Kevin Keegan, peace broke out.
After clearing the air, both players were back in the side
and celebrated as Cole netted.
The day belonged to Peter Beardsley though, who scored the
first goals of his second spell at SJP, capping the
afternoon with his hat trick goal - a cheeky chip over
Hans Segers.
1999
Arsenal (a)38,106Franck Dumas cleared off the line but Match of the Day
cameras later showed that a Russian linesman might have
given it. John Karelse made a rare appearance in goal for
us. 
2005
West Bromwich Albion (a)
3-0Owen(46,78), Shearer(80)
26,216
One of the highlights of a forgettable season was seeing
messrs Owen and Shearer celebrate in front of the away
fans having just destroyed the Baggies with some world
class finishing.
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