Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About: Panionios
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First up in Newcastle-Online's guide to our Group D UEFA Cup opponents
are Greek club Panionios N.F.C who we play away on
the 21st of October at the Nea Smyrni Stadium.
While conducting our research on Panionios we found out a few fascinating
things about this colourful club. What does a current Newcastle United
player and a former Mackem have in common? What will the welcome be
like for the Toon Army over in Greece? What Premiership club can Panionios
be compared to? Read on...
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Who Needs Champions League Football...
From today's Chronicle:
Newcastle United today reported yearly profits of £8.3m - despite
losing out on lucrative TV cash after failing to qualify for the Champions
League. Profits are down £3.3m on the previous year, reflecting the
club being knocked out of the top European competition by Partizan
Belgrade on penalties at St James' Park in the qualifying stages.
But a good show in the Uefa Cup, making it to the semi-finals, helped
club finances. United's chairman, Freddy Shepherd, today said: "We
have turned a disaster, by not qualifying in the Champions League,
into a profit."
The club was able to cut its wage bill by 1% to £44.9m, keeping salaries
below 50% of United's turnover. The sale of Jonathan Woodgate to Real
Madrid for £14m was not included in the annual report for last season.
The club's success will see shareholders get a dividend of 2.04p per
share. Mr Shepherd's company, Shepherd Offshore, will receive £650,000,
while director Douglas Hall's Cameron Hall and other family holdings
will receive £1.8m.
Plans were also revealed for the UK's largest Adidas Superstore to
be opened in the south stand of the ground in March, 2005.
The shop will be operated by the club but will be fitted out by Adidas.
It is expected to attract more customers and will add to the club's
long term financial growth. It will be alongside a new 1,200 capacity
sports bar, which will open from December. A five-year deal has been
signed with Newcastle Breweries to provide the alcohol. Mr Shepherd
said: "The bar should be open in December, and early next year the
Adidas superstore will open. That will make a significant difference.
The store will be the largest in the UK."
The annual report thanked Sir Bobby Robson, who left the club in August,
for his five years of work. The yearly results, up to July 31, showed
average attendance for Premier League and Carling Cup games was up
from 51,053 to 51,715, but down for Uefa competitions at 41,753 compared
to 43,666 the season before.
Match turnover was up to £33.9m after 28 games were played at St James'
Park, compared to 27 in the previous year.
Income from the sale of season tickets and matchday corporate facilities
grew by 17% to a club record high.
Net debt decreased by £5.7m but still stands at £37.2m, although the
cash from Woodgate's transfer is not included as it occurred after
the company's year end. Other players to depart from St James' Park
on a fee were Nolberto Solano to Aston Villa (£1.75m), Lomana LuaLua
to Portsmouth (£1.2m) and Gary Speed to Bolton (£500,000).
Seven other players were released on free transfers.
Mr Shepherd said: "I am pleased to announce a further successful year
for United, delivering a strong performance on and off the pitch."
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NUFC Vs Fulham Fixture Change
Newcastle's fixture at home to Fulham on the 6th of November will
now be played the following day on the 7th due to our UEFA Cup commitments.
Remember folks, our fixture at home to Manchester City was also changed.
That game is to be played on the 24th of October.
Panionios Vs NUFC Live On Telly
ITV2, who have already done a deal with United to show all of our
home UEFA Cup matches, announced today that they are to show our Group
D opening match in Athens live too. The match will be played on the
21st of this month.
Woody Believe It
Former Toon defender Jonathan Woodgate has pulled up in training according
to Sky Sports News. Woodgate, who hasn't played a match since April
was expected to make his Real Madrid bow in a friendly game against
Alcorcon on Tuesday but it looks like is long wait for a return to
fitness will be a few more weeks off yet. |
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