- 21. Power of one
- (Agents)
- ... s career, has reportedly also begun to act as an advisor to Mike Ashley at Newcastle. Chelsea fans needn't be smug either: super-agent Pini Zahavi is a member of Roman Abramovich's inner circle. I ...
- Created on 21 March 2011
- 22. Weekly Howl 10-12-10
- (2010)
- ... have happened at the London casino formerly run by Newcastle's managing director Derek Llambias where Mike Ashley and Alan Pardew are both members. There's the basis for a column, Chris. --- Contribute ...
- Created on 13 December 2010
- 23. Playing to the gallery
- (Editorials)
- ... time and again that they often don’t know the first thing about the game. But surely the people in charge at Liverpool would at least know not to go down the route taken by Mike Ashley and his assorted ...
- Created on 21 November 2010
- 24. Weekly Howl 29-10-10
- (2010)
- ... some interesting information." --- from Mike Donnan "If you had to vote for the institution that embodies the worst aspects of life in Britain, the Daily Express, a hectoring, xenophobic scandal ...
- Created on 04 November 2010
- 25. Weekly Howl 30-07-10
- (2010)
- ... song about a specific footballer, Tony Coleman would be the obvious choice. --- from Mike Ticher "I hope it's true that Alan Mayes did not 'bear any scars' from Chelsea's barren ...
- Created on 03 August 2010
- 26. Weekly Howl 09-04-10
- (2010)
- ... and Steve Ogrizovic from Chesterfield. Bruce Grobbelaar then played for most of the 1980s, only losing his place briefly to Mike Hooper, who was previously with Wrexham. The reserve keepers who have ...
- Created on 15 April 2010
- 27. All in the name
- (Newswatch)
- Newcastle United are in the headlines as Mike Ashley prepares to sell the naming rights to St James' Park Newcastle businessman Barry Moat has been depicted in the press as the club’s potential saviour ...
- Created on 21 December 2009
- 28. Another missed chance
- (Players)
- Ashley Timms found himself jailed for attempting to blackmail a Premier League footballer. But as Mike Whalley reports, his attempts to rebuild his career are not running smoothly When you’re trying ...
- Created on 21 November 2009
- 29. Weekly Howl 06-11-09
- (2009)
- ... League Division Two." --- from Ian Beecham "Newcastle's custard-yellow away kit has not been a big hit with their supporters. But maybe that was the whole idea. I have heard that Mike ...
- Created on 10 November 2009
- 30. Letters, WSC 272
- (Readers' letters)
- ... Dear WSC You may have heard that Newcastle’s Derek Llambias recently ran naked across St James’ Park after losing a bet with Mike Ashley that Shola Ameobi wouldn’t score a hat-trick – as he’d just done ...
- Created on 21 October 2009
- 31. Blind faith
- (Fan culture)
- ... the retail chain Sports Direct (SD) makes news it is usually in connection with their owner, Mike Ashley. But in mid-August several newspapers carried the story of a man who went to an SD store and spent ...
- Created on 21 October 2009
- 32. Unrealistic expectations
- (Editorials)
- ... by the fact that he will have to recruit almost an entirely new team on the cheap, while underachieving millionaires are shipped out. There might be worse still to come. If Mike Ashley does succeed in ...
- Created on 21 July 2009
- 33. Whelan and dealing
- (Newswatch)
- Wigan's chairman Dave Whelan gives his views on his opposite number at Newcastle, Mike Ashley “Mike Ashley has no class whatsoever. I think he has got what he deserves at Newcastle. You don’t go in ...
- Created on 21 May 2009
- 34. Newcastle, Watford, Chester City
- (Sharp end)
- ... offload – and not being able to. Portsmouth and West Ham’s travails have had the highest recent profile, while at Newcastle Mike Ashley’s decision to withdraw the club from sale has rekindled some of the ...
- Created on 21 February 2009
- 35. Letters, WSC 262
- (Readers' letters)
- ... Mike Ashley to him. Ian Chadwick, Corbridge Dear WSC Your article All Played Out (WSC 260) referred to Slade’s appeal to the football fan. As a teenager I went to their gig at Bridlington Spa theatre ...
- Created on 21 December 2008
- 36. Directors of football
- (Clubs)
- ... resigned because players were apparently being bought and sold by Dennis Wise without his agreement. Intriguingly, Mike Ashley had been advised by his associate Paul Kemsley, a former Spurs director. Kemsley ...
- Created on 21 November 2008
- 37. Talking back
- (Newswatch)
- ... reaction to referee Mike Riley soon assumed prime importance. By the time of Grand Slam Sunday three days later, the new FA chairman Lord Triesman was making personal appeals to Alex Ferguson to “show ...
- Created on 21 May 2008
- 38. Letters, WSC 254
- (Readers' letters)
- ... indefinitely, and we’d all be happy. Mike Taylor, Tulse Hill, London Dear WSC Without wanting to offend or denigrate the Republic of Ireland’s fine achievement in landing Giovanni Trapattoni as their ...
- Created on 21 April 2008
- 39. Loony Toon?
- (Clubs)
- ... this time around. For all that his belly-wobbling antics may entertain, Mike Ashley is no John Hall. He is not offering promise of a revivified Geordie Nation. He does not see the return of the man “they” ...
- Created on 21 March 2008
- 40. Special ones
- (Newswatch)
- ... further – Mike Ashley danced in his “King Kev” replica shirt while Keegan told us that only he knows what the crowd want. Even if meant as a joke, his crass comparison of football in Newcastle to the theatre ...
- Created on 21 March 2008
