In 1882 The Sporting Times published an obituary that stated that English Cricket had died, the body would be cremated, and the ashes would be taken to Australia. Cricket fans out there will instantly recognise this as the story explaining the origin of The Ashes series of tests.

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Speaking to the media following chants of “Shepherd Out” at the weekend Sir John Hall believes that fans’ discontent has been blown out of proportion.

The former Chairman said:

“I’m very surprised and disappointed with what has happened at Sunday’s defeat at Middlesbrough when, I understand, a small group of fans chanted for a small amount of time, and I believe it has been blown out of all proportion by sections of the media.

“Like I did before him, Freddy Shepherd has backed every Newcastle United manager in the transfer market to the limit of the club’s resources.

“And like me, he can’t legislate for what happens on the field. That is up the manager and the players, and it’s clear to me and everyone that some of the players brought by previous managers simply haven’t been good enough.

“In fact, our fans must look in amazement at some of the vast sums of money paid out for players who aren’t good enough for this football club”

Another defeat for Roeder and his men at the weekend made it 6 in just 9 Premiership outings to date, plunging us towards the trapdoor just 2 points off a relegation spot.

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More takeover talk with Belgravia apparently stepping up their interest in United, say the Journal anyway…

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Henry Winter from the Telegraph cranks up the pressure on Freddy Shepherd with a quite damning article which we think deserves a bigger audience, so have a read…

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Let’s face it. Glenn Roeder will never do the job for Newcastle that all fans hoped he would do no matter how hard he tries. And the time will soon come when the club will have to admit that the good person that is Mr. Roeder is not good enough, shake his hand and wish him all the best.

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