Charity Auction Bobby
shirts raise £31K
Ebay auctioning of 17 commemorative Newcastle
United shirts worn during the 4-0 win at Ipswich Townended on Sunday
evening, raising a total of £31,187
That entire amount will be donated to the and will climb still further, when Steven Taylor's shirt
from the game is auctioned off separately by the club at a later date.
Hat-trick scorer saw his go for over £5K, while the
successful bidder for Zurab
Khizanishvili's clobber ended up with change from £800Winning bids:£5400 Kevin Nolan£3130 Alan Smith£2800£2250 Andy Carroll£2200£2106 Nicky Butt£2100 Ryan Taylor£1420 Jose Enrique£1311 Fabricio Coloccini£1270 Haris Vuckic£1251 Wesley Ngo Baheng£1230 Tim Krul£1120 Ben Tozer£1021£951 Peter Lovenkrands£830 Marlon Harewood£797 Zurab
Khizanishvili
Sheffield
United (a)
The
Magpies are back in Championship action on Monday night when they
face Kevin Blackwell's Blades at Bramall Lane, in a 7.45pm kickoff
that's
A convincing 5-0 home victory over Watford on Saturday saw West Bromwich Albion
depose the Magpies in top spot, while Cardiff City's 1-1 draw with Nottingham
Forest on Sunday moved them ahead of us into second place:
Newcastle
United
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15
Nottingham
Forest
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Sat 31.10.2009:
Cardiff City
Hopes remain high that Fabricio Coloccini (groin) and/or Steven
Taylor (hamstring) will return at the heart of the defence, with Tamas
Kadar on standby. Zurab
Khizanishvili serves the first of a three game ban, but Danny
Simpson (ankle) should resume at right back. Alan Smith is available again after serving his
suspension, leaving Chris Hughton with the issue of who to leave out of his
midfield, having brought Nicky Butt back last week.
Shola Ameobi (ankle), Joey Barton (foot) and youngster Haris Vuckic (foot) remain on the
longer-term casualty list, while Kazenga LuaLua (groin) made his
comeback in a behind-closed-door reserve friendly in midweek.Kevin
NolanA quartet of Blades players are currently
sidelined with knee ailments: Nick
Montgomery, Gary Naysmith, Derek Geary and Andrew Davies.
Also missing are Andy Taylor (thigh), Jamie
Ward (wrist), Paddy Kenny (suspended) and Lee Williamson (back). Richard
Cresswell (rib) faces a late fittness test.
The home side go into this game on the back of a 4-3 home defeat by Cardiff City,
which extended their winless run to six games.
Much-travelled Senegal striker Henri Camera made his debut in that game, on
loan from Wigan, while veteran goalkeeper Ian Bennett was between the posts -
days after his 38th birthday.
Worksop-born Bennett began his career at SJP but left in in 1991
without having broken into the United first team.
Former Newcastle midfielder Gary Speed is on the staff at Sheffield
United and although officially listed as player- coach hasn't appeared in
action since November 2008.
A back problem required surgery and although he recently confirmed his plans
compete in the London Marathon to raise money for the Sir Bobby Robson
Foundation, his playing career finally looks over at the age of 40. Kevin Friend (Leicestershire). Took charge of his first Premier
League fixture last month and is
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InterviewSmith:
happy among
the 'muck and nettles'
Ahead of Monday night's visit to Bramall Lane,
Newcastle's Alan Smith spoke to The Times
“I know I'll never be able to get back to
as good as I was in terms of that two to five per cent that takes you to the
very top - international level, Champions League level.
“My injury will restrict me from
competing at the very highest level. As soon as I did my injury I knew that. I
spoke to Sir Alex Ferguson about it and we both knew that it would be difficult
to play at that standard, week in week out.
“I am an honest person, I know that I'm
not as good as I was, simple as that. There is certain stuff that I'm
restricted with when I'm playing, like movement - I don’t play as freely as I
used to. But I can still make tackles and I'm lucky to still be playing. I am
happy just to play. I love playing in this position and I think I could still
do it in the Premier League.
“But for the real pinnacle of
international and Champions League football, then that two per cent is massive.
It wasn't hard to come to terms with. I take everything as I go. I've never
stopped trying to get back to that level. But I know deep down that it would be
very difficult for me.
“Having said that, I have enjoyed this
season as much as any in my career. It's been a breath of fresh air, I love the
challenge in this division. At the end of the season, we want to lift that
Championship trophy, that would be a massive achievement. If we do that I will
be a happy man.
“I've missed so many games, but I can
catch up this season, if we have a decent cup run as well. When you've been
through something where you realise you might never play ever again, every game
is a bonus. Playing at Anfield that day could have been my last game. So I
enjoy every day.
“The hardest thing at the start of the
season was knowing which players wanted to stay. We came back in the summer and
no-one knew what was going on in terms of would players be sold.
"Certain players were making it clear
they wanted to leave but the club said no-one was going to be sold. That was
the most difficult time. We went to Leyton Orient and it was a disaster. But I
think what came out of it was that everything came to a head.
“It was clear that five or six of the
players wanted to leave which was fair enough. We had a meeting when we came
back from the game - just us players. We said ‘whoever wants to leave they
can leave and we'll help them to go. Whoever want to stay then commit yourself
to stay’. That was a massive turning point. In a way, getting that bad result
was the best thing that could have happened. It was screaming out what needed
to happen.
“The lads who wanted to leave, left and
the rest of us stayed. It wasn't just me who called the meeting, it was decided
amongst us because it was that obvious to see what needed to be done. it was
just a case of ‘lets do it’, a team thing. It was one of the strangest
things ever. We were managing ourselves. Fair play to them, a few lads stood up
and said 'I want to go' for whatever reason, to play Premier League football
and the like. You can't hold people back.
“Chris knew that we were having that
meeting and he stood back and let us sort things out. There was never a chance
that I would be one of the ones asking to go. I needed to play regular
football. That's what I've missed for the last three seasons. You just want to
play. I was 29 on Wednesday so I can't afford to miss any more games. I never
feel any twinge of regret when I see the likes of Damien Duff playing in the
Premier. I wanted to stay.
“The Championship is more muck and
nettles. It's Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday. You go to grounds where as
a kid I used to watch football. The Premier League is this massive, world-wide
thing, it's unbelievable, But this division has something special as well. We
are seeing how difficult it is. We're going to places where everyone in the
world expects you to win and sometimes you get beat. That's the beauty of it.
“In a way we are the Man United of this
division, in that everyone wants to beat us. The Newcastle fans travel with us
in unbelievable numbers - we had 5,500 at Nottingham Forest, which is
incredible. Everywhere we go it seems like a special occasion, a big game.
“It is difficult every week when the
other team runs that little bit further, tries that bit harder. It's going to
be a long road but it will be good fun. This season has been very enjoyable.
The camaraderie is great. Last year there was a big divide between players,
fans and football club. This season you can see a togetherness.
“There is the old cliché that they (the
fans) pay their money so they can say what they want and I believe that. It
is up to them if they chant this or that about the board. They support us so
you can't say they're fickle. To get 44,000 against Doncaster Rovers was
incredible, the highest attendance in the country.
“That tells you how passionate they are.
They've helped us so much this season by getting behind us. I think they've
enjoyed it as much as we have. There will be ups and downs. If you go
Scunthorpe United, take 3,500 and get beaten you don't deserve a good
reception. As a fan you want a team* you can be proud of every week,
win, lose or draw.”*call us greedy, but club would be nice -
one day.Inman's
the man
After a fixture-free weekend, Newcastle's U18s returned to league action on
Saturday afternoon, as they successfully extended their unbeaten run to six games.
After a quiet start, a long, hanging ball from United's Shane Ferguson in the seventh
minute was knocked down and Sam Adjei mis-hit a volley that was saved by Cuff.
Four minutes later Phil Airey beat a man on the edge of the area but his shot
was blocked by a great recovering challenge before Airey flashed a 25-yard
drive just wide.
At the other end, United 'keeper Jak Alnwick was equal to a long distance effort and then Adjei's
back post header from a Michael McCrudden cross was well saved.
The visitors went ahead on 28 minutes, when a free-kick from the left was
swung across the box by James Cottingham and beat Alnwick in at the far post.It took just minutes for Newcastle to reply however, when Adjei was fouled and McCrudden's
free-kick was flicked into the far corner by to level.
And four minutes before the break, Brad Inman registered his fourth goal
of the campaign with a fine 25-yard shot flew past the 'keeper's right hand to give Newcastle the lead at
half-time.
The young Magpies continued to dominate after the break and Phil Airey came
close to increasing their lead just after the hour mark after Conor Newton
nodded on a goal kick.
After 71 minutes Inman robbed Wednesday's centre back and played it to
Ferguson who found Adjei but his tame header was easily saved. Airey then played a fine one-two with Inman on the edge of the area
but the 'keeper came off his line to block a volley with his legs.
Airey was lucky only to be booked for a high two-footed challenge and both sides had late chances to score but
Alnwick saved well and Airey
only just failed to get on the end of a Spear cross at the other end.
The is welcome to add their name to -
not just NUST members
By Sunday evening, over 11,300 people had put their name to that
petition. shop on St.Andrews Street are also collecting
signatures from disgruntled fans on their own anti-naming petition.
Updates on planned protests at the Peterborough United home game on Saturday will appear here.
PPS: One of our readers asked whether Nexus would auction off naming rights to
the St.James Metro station.
They responded on Friday as follows:Nexus
can today confirm we would not seek to change the name of St James Metro
station, regardless of any plans by Newcastle Utd to rename St James Park
football ground.Meanwhile,
David Faulkner, the Deputy Leader of Newcastle
City Councilprovided thefollowing
response:Whilst we understand the need to maximise sponsorship income, somethings are more important than money.
The name St James' Park issynonymous
with Newcastle United Football Club, has been for over 100years, and absolutely must stay.
On the legal/property aspects, the lease of St James Park was granted toNewcastle United Football Company Ltd by the
City Council for a term of99
years beginning on 16th July 1998. Such long leases effectively meanthat the balance of power rests with the
tenant not the landlord.
There is no covenant in the lease prohibiting a change of name of thestadium or ground. The tenant can't erect new buildings
without priorlandlord's
consent but there is no prohibition on change of signage.
Therefore, as ground landlord our view is thatunfortunately the
Councilcould
not prevent a change of name of the ground. I imagine what ishappening now was never thought of at the time
the lease was agreed.
Please also note that St James Park is a Town Moor "Intake" (that is,part of the Town Moor) andtherefore all the ground rent is received bythe Freemen not the Council. There was another win bonus for the Magpies reserve
'keeper on Saturday, as Norwich City recorded a 3-1 away win at
Stockport County - a club where Fraser spent part of last season on loan.
Among the home side on Saturday was a former Magpie colleague of Forster -
defender Paul Huntington, who is currently on loan at Edgeley Park from Leeds
United.
Paulton Rovers (a) on Saturday
(FA Cup First Round tie, live on ITV1 @ 12.45pm) The reserve winger continued his comeback from
injury in the colours of Hereford United on Saturday, as the Bulls beat
Darlington 2-1 at home. Sutton United (h) on Saturday
(FA Cup First Round tie) Our superstar was allowed a massive 11 minutes on the field
for Racing Santander on Sunday, as they were beaten 1-0 at Real Mallorca. Athletic Bilbao (h) on Sunday.
Confirmation came on Friday that Newcastle United Academy manager
had exited from his post in order to become the new boss.
The former Hatter had been linked with various lower league jobs since
arriving at United in 2008 and his departure leaves Chris
Hughton with an additional recruitment headache as he looks to bolster his staff.
Previous to his time on Tyneisde, Money had been the manager of both Scunthorpe
United and Walsall - in addition to coaching roles in Sweden and Australia.
His Town tenure didn't get off to a great start however, losing 2-0 at
Kenilworth Road to Rushden & Diamonds, a defeat that left Luton fifth in
the Blue Square Premier.
Money is the third successive Hatters boss to have had Magpies connections,
following on from former playing duo Mick HarfordAlan Neilson.The latter continued in his caretaker managerial role on Saturday and is
tipped to remain as Money's assistant. Bees
spoil Sunday plan
This coming weekend sees local non-leaguers face league
opposition in the , with the visit of
to the International Stadium.
That tie is now confirmed as a 3pm kickoff on Saturday, November 7th
- which unfortunately clashes with the visit of Peterborough United to SJP in
the Championship.
It had been hoped that Gateshead would play on Sunday, but the Bees
have now exercised their right to stage it on Saturday - Northumbria Police
having raised no objection.
Ahead of our home fixture next Saturday, opponents
is now on sale and thanks to Sports Interactive, we had copies to give away to
the following competitions winners - who all knew Arthur Cox was Newcastle
boss when Kevin Keegan was signed,.
Newcastle 2
Doncaster Rovers 1
Daily:
15 minute newsreel report of NUFC's 1951 FA Cup Final victory @ Tyneside
Cinema, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. 11.15am. Free
Public sale now, £26 adults, £16 OAPs /16-U18s/Students, £12 U16s.@
Bootham Crescent Crescent, York, 7pm. Note new date/ venue.ST
holders by Sun 08.11.2009,
Members sale from Mon 09.11.2009. Public sale from Fri 20.11.2009. £25 adults,
£13 Over 60s, U16s/full time Students. ST
holders by Sun 08.11.2009,
Members sale from Mon 09.11.2009. Public sale Tue 24.11.2009. £19 adults,
£11 Over 60s & U18s, £5 accompanied U12s
Dodgin took charge of non-league Yeovil Town in the summer of
1957, but left before the season started, after being poached by Barrow (at the
time a Football League side).
His final club was Oldham Athletic, where he took charge between 1958 and
1960.
Norman passed away in 2000.
Left winger who arrived from Raith Rovers as an understudy to Bobby
Mitchell, making his debut in a 1-0 home victory over Derby County in November
1952.
A lack of first team opportunities however saw him join Stirling Albion and he
also played
for Fraserburgh. George died in 1995.
The
Dashing Dane was signed from Scottish side Greenock Morton, which allowed
United to get round the ban on signing overseas players who hadn't lived in the
UK and planned to remain there (marrying a Scottish lass also helped his
cause).
The midfielder known as "Benny" netted against Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke
City but it
was his Fairs Cup Final goal in Budapest that placed him in United folklore.
After that success, Benny remained in toon and appeared in our
European campaigns in the following two seasons before joining Blackburn
Rovers.
2009 saw him return to Tyneside for the 40th anniversary celebrations of the
Fairs Cup triumph, making the journey by sea due to an aversion to flying.
Signed by Bobby Robson from Wimbledon for £7m, Cort had
debuted for Wombles at SJP in 1997 - scoring within two minutes of kickoff.
That breakthrough came after he'd been farmed out on loan to Lincoln City, returning to
score goals for the Dons and secure an England U21 place.
To general relief, Cort made a £2m switch to Wolves in January 2004, but Robson
reacted with fury when press reports called the striker a waste of money:"I wish him well. I bought Carl
Cort, I'll stand up for my judgment on Carl Cort, and I hope Carl Cort, if he
goes, I hope he does really well.
"When we bought him, we
thought 'what a player we've got here'. We were delighted with him, and then
sadly, he's just had a terrible time."
Carl was transformed into a
Molineux goal hero, at one time netting 30 times in 70 appearances for his new club
Wolves.
That stay was again blighted by hamstring injuries though and he left within
months, belatedly reappearing on trial at Norwich City in the final weeks of
2008.
A short-term deal with the Canaries saw him net once in a dozen outings, before
leaving Carrow Road in the close season.
Appearing on trial in pre-season at Peter Taylor's Wycombe Wanderers, Cort then
signed a permanent deal with Brentford.
Debut for George Brander on his 23rd birthday, in place
of the injured Bobby Mitchell.
Only 'keeper Jimmy Rimmer saved the Gunners from
a heavier defeat.
Arthur Cox's side bounced back from a 0-6 savaging at
Chelsea in their previous game, as rookie trio of Chris
Withe, Chris Waddle and Bruce Halliday were left
out.
There was a winning debut for left back Peter Johnson, who
played what his probably his best game for the club. All
remembered
Former and future Magpie midfielders were in the
visiting lineup, in the shape of John Trewick and Kevin
Brock.
Newcastle's Andy Thomas completed the Manor Ground
connection as Peter Jackson helped keep a clean sheet on
his home debut.
A resounding midweek victory against a Baggies side,
for whom a certain Sam Allardyce made the only
(substitute) appearance of his brief time on the books at
the Hawthorns.
Scandalously, the peaceful post-match pitch invasion by
home fans was reported as a riot involving Toon fans by -
total lies. Barnes(pen,4) Tomasson(45), Beresford(90)Jon Dahl Tomasson finally got off the mark as he made
his 12th start for United, but few inside SJP were aware
of that until half time PA confirmation.The
Danish youngster was leading the attack in the absence of
Alan Shearer, Tino Asprilla, Ian Rush and Keith Gillespie.That decision appeared to
have come from within the dressing room and looked to be
harsh on Tomasson's Toon colleague Des Hamilton, whose
effort was goalbound.John
Beresford missed a great late chance to level before
blasting home to make it 3-3 in the final seconds. And
there was still time for Emile Heskey to be dismissed by
referee Gary Willard after clashing with Philippe Albert.
Young central defender Steve Caldwell made his home
debut after Aaron Hughes pulled out through illness.And after being involved in all three of the Bantams'
goals, the Scottish U21 international popped up to whack
home a centre from Daniel Cordone to put United into the
last sixteen.
The highlight of this game for many was the 70th
minute dismissal of Gavin McCann, to the accompaniment of
50,000 voices signing "sad mackem basket"....or
something similar.
Peter Ramage finally ended our reserve goal
famine after 443minutes, when heading home against Leeds at Kingston Park.
Substitute Marc Walton then sealed a first victory in six games -
despite strong Leeds protests that the ball hadn't crossed
the line. Midfielder Michael
McCrudden's fifth goal of the season made it four successive wins for the U18s,
as they beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 to maintain their position as league
leaders.
