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02 Nov 2009 14:00
Monday November 2nd, 2009 last update 18:07 GMT
Sheffield United (a) SOLD OUT
Over 11,000 people have so far put their name to the protesting against plans to sell off the naming rights to SJP. The petition is hosted by the Newcastle United Supporters Trust (NUST) but anyone opposed to the plan is welcome to add their name - not just NUST members. (shop on St.Andrews Street are also collecting signatures from disgruntled fans on their own anti-naming petition). Media reports claiming that current kit supplier Adidas were among the front runners in the naming rights "race" have now been rubbished by an official Adidas press statement:"Following media speculation regarding Newcastle United and the naming rights for St, James' Park, Adidas can confirm that it has not been offered the naming rights to the stadium and would not wish to take the rights if they were offered. "Adidas remains committed to our long-term on-pitch partnership with the club." It's understood that a rival manufacturer is well-placed to acquire the kit rights from next season, which would be at odds with any "Adidas Arena" type branding. , the Deputy Leader of ouncil provided thefollowing response
to the scheme:synonymous with Newcastle United Football Club, has been for over 100 years, and absolutely must stay.Newcastle United Football Company Ltd by the City Council for a term of 99 years beginning on 16th July 1998. Such long leases effectively mean There is no covenant in the lease prohibiting a change of name of the stadium or ground. The tenant can't erect new buildings without priornfortunately the Council could not prevent a change of name of the ground. I imagine what is Please also note that St James Park is a Town Moor "Intake" (that is, part of the Town Moor) and Nexus responded to our query as to whether they would auction off naming rights to the Metro station, issuing the following statement:The Magpies are back in Championship action this evening when they face Kevin Blackwell's Blades in a kick-off that's Newcastle will be backed by a sold-out away allocation of 2,850 supporters at Bramall Lane.
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The former Hatter had been linked with various lower league jobs since arriving at United in 2008 and his departure sees existing Academy Director Joe Joyce return to a more hands-on role, having kept a low profile while Money and Dennis Wise were in post. Previous to his time on Tyneside, Money had been the manager of both Scunthorpe United and Walsall - in addition to coaching roles in Sweden and Australia.
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2nd November 1888 Archie Duncan born, Dumbarton. (1908-13)
1919
Death of Bobby Templeton, 40.(1903-04)A victim of the nationwide influenza epidemic.
1965 Neil Raymond McDonald born, Willington Quay. (1982-88)
Right back/midfielder who made his name at Wallsend Boys Club but signed for Carlisle as a 14 year-old with Newcastle supposedly having dithered over concluding a deal. Bob Moncur was his first boss at Brunton Park, but following his departure for Hearts and replacement by Bob Stokoe, the young McDonald felt his chances of advancement from the youth team were much reduced. An approach from Newcastle at that point saw the 16 year-old return across the A69 after a tribunal agreed a £50K compensation. A first team debut for United quicky followed, at home to Barnsley in September 1982 and McDonald become a regular choice, also being recognised by England U21s. A £525K move to Everton came in 1988, with his competitive debut for the Toffees coming in a 4-0 home win over Newcastle. Further moves later took him on to Oldham, Bolton and Preston - although injury blighted his career after leaving Boundary Park. A move into coaching came at Deepdale as his playing career wound down in 1998. Two year on and he returned to Bolton under Sam Allardyce, later becoming reserve team boss. After five years on the staff at the Reebok, McDonald made a switch to Crystal Palace in 2005 as Iain Dowie's number two - having met his new gaffer when the pair were on the UEFA Pro Licence course in 2004.
His next role was as boss of Carlisle, but his sacking after the first game of his second season remains an unexplained decision. A short stint as manager of Östersunds FK in Sweden then saw him successfully steer the side clear of relegation, returning to England to become assistant to former Magpie colleague Peter Jackson at Lincoln City. Within four months though McDonald had been tempted away from Sincil Bank to become first team coach at Leeds United.He's now teamed back up with Allardyce at Ewood Park as part of the Blackburn Rovers backroom staff.
1989 Paul Farman born, North Shields.(2007)
Goalkeeper who joined United on a short -term basis in late 2007, playing four games for the U18s during an injury crisis. After trials with MK Dons, Boston United and Gateshead, Paul signed for Blyth Spartans and broke into the first team during their FA Cup run in 2008, making his debut at Buxton. Moving on to Gateshead in the summer of 2009, he marked his first league outing for the Tynesiders with a clean sheet against Rushden and Diamonds.
1895 Middlesbrough (h) FA Cup Qualifier Wardrope, McKay, Unknown ScorerUnknown Scorer 6,000 1901 Bolton Wanderers (a) 1-3 (0-2)A.GardnerWilliams 2, L.Bell 11,951
1907 Preston North End (a) 0-2 Derbyshire(pen), Smith
1912 Sheffield Wednesday (h)Higgins 25,000
1929 Everton (a) 2-5 (1-2)Gallacher 2 Martin 2, Critchley, Dean, White31,543
1935 West Ham United (h)Ware(1-2), J.Smith(2-2), Bott(84)Mangall(,55), Ruffell() 23,000
1940 Chesterfield (a) 1-5 (1-5) Graham 1,000
1946
West Ham United (a)
Division Two Bentley, Shackleton
32,000After failing to find the net in his previous two
outings, Len Shackleton scored to make it eight goals
in five starts since moving to SJP from Bradford PA.
1957
Leicester City (a)
1-2 Batty Gardiner, Russell31,884A 25 yard free kick conversion proved to be the only
senior goal of Ron Batty's decade in a black and white
shirt.
1960
SJP hosted its first U23 international, 15,000 fans seeing England draw 1-1 with
their Italian counterparts.
Nicole of Juventus gave the visitors a sixth minute lead, but Hibernian's Joe
Baker levelled within ten minutes.England: Macedo (Fulham), Angus (Burnley), McNeil ('Boro),
Mullery (Fulham), Labone (Everton), Moore (West Ham), Connelly (Burnley), Dobing
(Blackburn), Baker (Hibs), Fantham (Sheff Wed), Charlton (Man United).
1963 Norwich City (a)
1-3 (1-2)McGarry Bryceland 2, Allcock17,660A fourth successive league defeat saw United drop to
16th position, with injury preventing former Canary Ollie
Burton from making a first return to Carrow Road since his
SJP move the previous summer.
1968
Leicester City (h) 0-0 20,374Terrible weather conditions saw the SJP crowd reduced from 35,000 in the
previous home game - and those that did brave the elements had little to
entertain them, with Peter Shilton in the Foxes goal equal to anything we
created.1968 no such problems for the reserve side, who scored three times
without reply en route to winning their fourth consecutive game.
Alan Duffy, Gordon Hindson and an OG netted in an emphatic 3-0 win at Blackpool. 
1974 Luton Town (h) 1-0 Tudor (76)
30,141Supermac almost netted against his former side in the opening seconds of the
game, but was denied by the bar.
His striking partner John Tudor did better in the second half, netting from
close range in front of the Gallowgate End.
1977
Bastia (h)
1-3 (1-2)
UEFA Cup 2nd Round
2nd Leg Gowling De Zerbi, Rep 2
34,560 A memorable performance from Dutch international
striker Johnny Rep ended hopes of European progress.1982 A United reserve XI travelled to Gretna's Raydale Park to officially open their new floodlights. United won 2-1.
1985
Watford (h)GascoigneWest
20,640 Referee Trelford Mills returned to a chorus of boo's
from the Gallowgate faithful, and as usual controversy
followed close behind.
Wearsider Colin West opened the scoring and then Mills
gave United a dubious penalty that Beardsley pushed wide.
Gazza then hit a curling shot past Tony Coton in the
Watford goal with three minutes left.
George Reilly headed home in the last minute but Mills
ruled he had pushed his way to the ball and the goal
didn't stand. Cue the final whistle and another round of
booing for the man in black.1988 Former United favourite Bobby Moncur was confirmed as boss of Hartlepool, having been caretaker manager.
1991 Swindon Town (a)
1-2 (0-1)Peacock Calderwood, White
10,731 This defeat at the County Ground marked a debut for
Alan Thompson, as substitute.
Once future Magpies coach Colin Calderwood had netted the result was never in doubt, and
Gavin Peacock
hit an undeserved consolation in the last minute,
immediately after Town had gone two up.
Heavy-handed policing broke up a conga on the away terrace
as the travelling contingent organised their own entertainment
to compensate for the lack of any from the players.1998 In an address to the Oxford Union, Newcastle's
John Barnes spoke about his hope to become a top-class
manager following his imminent retirement as a player.
However, he made no reference to becoming a fifth-rate TV
anchorman.... 2003 Another entry for the Sir Bobby Robson quotes
book: in the aftermath of a home game Aston Villa the
previous day, the then -Newcastle boss commented:"We've just lost a match we should have just won, but there's nothing wrong with our football, nothing wrong with our enthusiasm, nothing wrong with our commitment, we're just missing chances."The final score? 1-1.
2006
Palermo (a)
UEFA Cup Group Stage
Game 2Luque(37)
16,904In the midst of a shocking season the biggest shock of
all came in Sicily when an under strength United beat the
Serie A joint leaders on their own ground.Albert Luque scored the goal, but our hero was undoubtedly 18-year old debutant keeper Tim Krul, who made a number of outstanding saves to keep a memorable clean sheet.
Although the Italians missed a few decent chances, it was a remarkable result and another makeshift defence shut out the free-scoring home side to make qualification from the group stages a near certainty.
The goal was a memorable header for our Spanish flop but in truth, the quality of the cross from Milner was such that even Luque couldn't miss.
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