When Roeder came out last week and slammed fat cat millionaires who join clubs just for money, people automatically thought that was directed at rumours linking us with Saviola but I don’t think that was the case, the rumours linking us with David Beckham would probably be more like the reason for his outburst and I also think it was a slight message to Freddy Shepherd not to pursue that kind of target under his nose because let’s face it, it wouldn’t be the first time that Freddy Shepherd has taken transfer dealings into his own hands.
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No “fat cat millionaires”? Are you listening Shepherd?
By Jay Cockerill On Tue 18 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
How Lillestrom Fans Rated Their Trip To Newcastle…
By N.O On Mon 17 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
Newcastle-Online.com hooked up with Lillestrom fan Egil Sande to get his post-visit views on the trip he and his fellow fans made to Newcastle over the weekend.
Boring Boring Premiership
By Andrew Flintoff On Mon 17 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
Once again, the Premiership season is upon us, and once again, the formality that is Chelsea have already strengthened to ridiculous proportions the side that so comfortably waltzed to the Premiership title last season. Bearing in mind that the rest of the league is yet to make any substantial signings, where does this leave everyone else?
Toon 1-1 Lillestrom: Player Ratings & Match Analysis
By HTT On Sun 16 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
A rather different type of Toon player ratings than previous efforts, with an overall look at the game and opposition with detailed match analysis.
Euro Ref Watch: Newcastle vs Lillestrom SK
By Paul Mosley On Sat 15 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
The referee for the 1st leg of our Intertoto clash with Lillestrom SK will be Joeri Van Der Velde of Belgium. He was in charge of Liverpool’s 3-0 success over TNS in last season’s Champions League Qualifier, and also when England U21 met Austria at Elland Road last year, with Mags James Milner and Steven Taylor in the England line-up that night.
His asistants, also Belgian, are Vincent Despiegeleer and Denis Bruggeman. The fourth official is Chris Sarginson who, as you can probably guess, is not Belgian, but English, and is a Premiership Assistant Referee, from Staffordshire. We had a Belgian referee in last year’s Intertoto Cup, the 1st leg of our tie against Deportivo in Spain was refereed by Serge Gumienny.
They Think It’s All Over - Its Only Just Begun
By Archie Brand On Thu 13 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
While Bahrain is only a fairly small island off the coast of Saudi Arabia they are crazy about their football here. Almost every day for the last 6 weeks, sometime during the day I have found myself discussing the merits of 4-4-2 over 4-5-1 with Mohammed, the office runner. As with many people of a similar age born in the region, Mohammed and education were never introduced to each other, as a result his English is extremely poor.
Spotlight Newcastle
By Dhruv Jani On Thu 13 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
So the grandest sporting spectacle of all is finally over with the most tainted of footballing nations being crowned as world champions, and attentions can be happily switched back to concerns more close to the heart: that of club football.
New Era, New Leader
By N.O On Thu 13 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
With Shearer gone Wor Glenn has opted for Scott Parker to replace the great man as Club Captain with Shay Vice Captain. Speaking to the official site Roeder said:
“I had a decision to make about appointing a new skipper after the retirement of Alan Shearer and it’s one I gave an awful lot of thought and consideration to.
“In Scott and Shay I found myself fortunate to have two outstanding candidates for a difficult role in replacing a Geordie legend like Alan who was such a magnificent skipper for this club.
“I’ve been captain of this club myself in the past and I know what a huge honour it is. Scott and Shay have all the qualities I look for in a leader and there were so many reasons why either man could have been given the job.
“However, Shay’s position as a goalkeeper came into it obviously, while Scott as a central midfielder is more in touch with the whole side.
“But if for any reason we are without Scott then Shay will get the job. He captained the side for the last three games of the season and also kept three clean sheets in that time.”
Meanwhile Parker had this to say:
“Being asked to become the new captain of Newcastle United is without doubt the greatest honour of my career.
“It’s an absolute privilege to take over the skipper’s armband from Alan Shearer and lead out the side. Alan was a fantastic servant for the club and I am thrilled to follow in his footsteps.
“As the manager said, there were outstanding candidates for the job in the dressing room and I am honoured that he has chosen me for the position.
“But it’s also great to have the support of Shay Given as a vice-captain and the rest of the lads in the dressing room.
“I had a few games as captain last season and really enjoyed them. After missing the end of last season with illness I was already looking forward to the new term and getting back out on the pitch anyway, but to be doing so as captain is brilliant.”
Behind Enemy Lines: A Lillestrom Fans’ View
By N.O On Tue 11 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
Newcastle-Online.com go behind enemy lines to bring you the views of Lillestrom fan Torolf Holte from Lillestrom supporters website Kfl.no. Here we get Torolf’s views on the game on Saturday and other things.
The fork in the Roed
By A.K. Dholakia On Thu 6 Jul 2006 | Comments Off
Mark Lawrenson, and those of his questionable ilk, will no doubt interminably malign Newcastle United’s defence whenever results and performances are not going the way of Roeder’s team. It’s an easy assessment to make in the wake of Kevin Keegan’s legacy of gung-ho flamboyant and attacking football which always attested to the immortal ethos that if the opposition scores four, Newcastle United will score five.
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