May 28, 20197 yr 12 hours ago, miamiwhite said: When did that come about ? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7075591/Sheik-Khaled-confirms-agreed-terms-buy-Newcastle-United-Mike-Ashley.html
May 28, 20197 yr Maybe Ashley will take a punt on us - he seems to enjoy buying run down business losing a fortune
May 28, 20197 yr 24 minutes ago, bolty58 said: Pissed off. Why don't some fucking oil rich arabs buy us? Bahraini's perhaps. Because we had as chairman the one individual in the UK who was less pleasant to deal with than Mike Ashley?
May 28, 20197 yr 6 minutes ago, ProfessorWoland said: Because we had as chairman the one individual in the UK who was less pleasant to deal with than Mike Ashley? Dunno about that, read that Newcastle have been on the market for 11 years
May 28, 20197 yr 14 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said: Dunno about that, read that Newcastle have been on the market for 11 years How long is it now since ED first put us up for sale?
May 28, 20197 yr 2 minutes ago, ProfessorWoland said: How long is it now since ED first put us up for sale? the day he arrived wasn't it? though there was a period of time where we weren't for sale then we were again call it 3 years though
May 28, 20197 yr 38 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said: the day he arrived wasn't it? though there was a period of time where we weren't for sale then we were again call it 3 years though I was really thinking of the total time he club had been for sale, including the period Gartside was shopping it around for ED? Still, none of this is going to magic up a billionaire buyer for BWFC. Be interesting to see how this plays out for Nufc, I wonder why they went public before the deal was signed, but maybe that wasn't intentional...
May 28, 20197 yr Just now, ProfessorWoland said: I was really thinking of the total time he club had been for sale, including the period Gartside was shopping it around for ED? Still, none of this is going to magic up a billionaire buyer for BWFC. Be interesting to see how this plays out for Nufc, I wonder why they went public before the deal was signed, but maybe that wasn't intentional... ah right, I misread ED as KA found this from October 2014 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/bolton-wanderers/11151710/Bolton-Wanderers-for-sale-reveals-chairman-Phil-Gartside.html
May 28, 20197 yr Cheers, still some way off then if Ashley had been trying to flog it from he outset.
May 28, 20197 yr 12 minutes ago, ProfessorWoland said: Cheers, still some way off then if Ashley had been trying to flog it from he outset. October 2014 is when it became widely known. I believe it was some years before (at least 3) that potential buyers were being vetted.
May 28, 20197 yr Newcastle is a decent purchase at the right price given that they have a gigantic catchment area with bugger all competition for fans especially between them and Scotland. Like Norwich - huge county and no other league teams. We on the other hand are literally surrounded.
May 28, 20197 yr As much as Ashley may be distasteful, Newcastle have done ok during his stewardship. Might not have chucked mega bucks, but brought in a decent manager and they are now establishing themselves in the premier league.
May 28, 20197 yr 39 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: As much as Ashley may be distasteful, Newcastle have done ok during his stewardship. Might not have chucked mega bucks, but brought in a decent manager and they are now establishing themselves in the premier league. He also got rid of their best manager.
May 28, 20197 yr 2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: As much as Ashley may be distasteful, Newcastle have done ok during his stewardship. Might not have chucked mega bucks, but brought in a decent manager and they are now establishing themselves in the premier league. Spot on. To think some deluded Geordies were suggesting that he was worse than Ken. I’d take Ashley as owner
May 28, 20197 yr 4 hours ago, Hoppy510 said: Newcastle is a decent purchase at the right price given that they have a gigantic catchment area with bugger all competition for fans especially between them and Scotland. Like Norwich - huge county and no other league teams. We on the other hand are literally surrounded. This
May 28, 20197 yr 3 hours ago, MalcolmW said: He also got rid of their best manager. They're doing ok though aren't they? It's not who goes, but who comes in, and the success you have as a result. I wish our owner had been as bad as him.
May 29, 20197 yr A lot of Newcastle fans seem to think because they have a big stadium and a lot of fans, that they have a god given right to be challenging for the title.
May 29, 20197 yr This Arab bloke apparently can't get the £25m proof of funds (according to SKY) needed to satisfy the takeover, is his name Sheik Bassini
May 29, 20197 yr I’m up in Durham at moment and the local press reckon it won’t happen saying that bids that hit public domain before completion don’t usually happen. Edited May 29, 20197 yr by Mounts Kipper
May 29, 20197 yr 15 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said: I’m up in Durham at moment and the local press reckon it won’t happen saying that bids that hit public domain before completion don’t usually happen. Well what he needs to do is buy a club nearer to his cousin and get DHL to pick his bank book up to prove he can afford it. Makes far better sense to me
When did that come about ?