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So takeover speculation has re-appeared but whether it's a PR stunt to divert attention away from Mike Ashley's recent pathetic treatment of people working for his companies or it's actually real, the Telegraph (who've reported on deals being agreed for transfers involving Miguel Almiron, Ayoze Perez, Joelinton and Danny Rose before Sky in the past eighteen months) have reported that paperwork was submitted to the Premier League last Tuesday. Meanwhile, George Caulkin wrote i

The appointment of Alan Pardew was a controversial and bizarre one in December 2010. Newcastle's week began in turmoil when news broke that Chris Hughton had been sacked the day after a 3-1 defeat at West Brom. It was still a huge shock for many fans that Hughton was sacked, he managed to guide the club to an immediate promotion back to the Premier League earlier that year as well as achieving wins against Aston Villa, Sunderland and away at Arsenal. Despite a difficult run o

Hull City (h), Premier League, 13/09/2008: Lost 1-2 Shay Given: Given became a Newcastle United and Ireland legend for his excellent goalkeeping in his many years on Tyneside and is still today seen as a much loved icon. After departing Newcastle in January 2009 to Manchester City, he moved to Aston Villa where he once again became the main man between the sticks before Brad Guzan came in to restrict his chances. He returned to the north east in the form of a brief loan spell

"The difficulty was the uncertainty of the club at that moment - everyone was well aware that the owner was trying to sell the club. Players wanting to leave because the club had gone down - there were players who wanted to be playing at Premier League level or wanted moves abroad. The things that always remain are that the team have to train and irrespective of what we say about highs and lows players always want to train. They always enjoy training, and coaches enjoy settin

Following on from our home win over Southampton and Liverpool's win over Cardiff the following day, Newcastle will be definitely playing Premier League football next season. After a difficult campaign, especially at the start, and it is an incredible achievement for the squad to have secured safety. Not forgetting that a good proportion of the current squad helped the club achieve promotion back to the Premier League two years ago. Brighton, however, are in a situation where

At this current moment in time, the hierarchy at Newcastle United are believably no closer to agreeing a deal with Rafa Benitez with regards to his future. In the unlikely event of a takeover or Mike Ashley changing his ways, it looks like Newcastle United will be without the gifted tactician from the 30th of June. This isn't a problem for the Spaniard with his high profile CV attracting many teams such as West Ham, Everton and a few teams in the middle east with some Chinese

A great manager and a wonderful man took the reins at St. James' Park in the midst of a chaotic time for the club. Hughton initially took temporary charge following Kevin Keegan's departure. Three weeks later, Joe "f*****g" Kinnear became interim manager and seemed to lose more dignity at every turn until he became ill which left Hughton in charge for six weeks before Alan Shearer stepped in to try and save the club from relegation. Shearer was not given the job full time aft