Injuries are hitting hard and that is on top of having only a small squad, will Mike Ashley make money available in the transfer window?

Should we hope for the best or fear the worst?

At Newcastle United we have had a long history of things happening at our football club where you think ‘that could never happen’.

NUFC fan and marketing specialist, Adam Barak, has revealed that there is nothing to stop Mike Ashley renaming Newcastle United, Sports Direct United!

In his stay at Newcastle United he struggled to get on the pitch most of the time but the name Joseph Anthony Barton will no doubt be remembered for some time to come.

What do you think about the curious case of Joey Barton and Newcastle United?

The club appear not to have directly replaced Dennis Wise but Chief Scout, Graham Carr, certainly seems to have a more pivotal role than that title would imply at other Premier League clubs.

Positive reports abound out of St.James’ Park when it comes to Carr’s role and the captures of Cabaye and Tiote are his headline news.

As my grannie used to say, if you haven’t got anything good to say about somebody, don’t say anything!

The contract for Jonas was a bolt out of the blue as expectations were that as the end of his contract loomed, he would be sold off as the club’s…

So have Mike Ashley & Derek Llambias reinvented the (football) wheel, or have the lads had a kind set of opening fixture, carried some luck and actually played some pretty good football?

Issue 240 – 24 October 2009
Chris Hughton performed miracles in getting team spirit and common sense back together in the most tricky of circumstances.

As always though we had a sideshow and the mistakes of Ashley & Llambias came back to haunt them as Kevin Keegan won his tribunal case.

Issue 62 – February 1994
The football was great but fans were still struggling to come to terms with certain changes.

Following ‘Hillsborough’, supporters were being forced to sit down and many didn’t like it, rings a bell!

Issue 222 – 23 December 2007
As Christmas approached we were granted an audience with ‘Big’ Sam Allardyce.

Little did we know at the time that his day were very much numbered, we got the bottom line as to how Sam Allardyce believed a club like Newcastle United should be run…