The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday
Plans to erect a statue of Newcastle United hero Alan Shearer outside St James's Park have been vetoed by owner Mike Ashley.
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mike Ashley has postponed his meeting with stand-in manager Joe Kinnear, increasing the chances of the former Wimbledon boss being handed the job permanently.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Newcastle United interim manager's contract talks with Mike Ashley have been postponed.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joe Kinnear has accepted postponing his meeting with Mike Ashley regarding the sale of Newcastle
Newcastle United Mad (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to The Mail ... Mike Ashley has frozen plans for a statue of Toon hero Alan Shearer being put outside St James' Park.
Newcastle United Mad (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joe Kinnear has licked Mike Ashley's arse, and gone to extreme lengths to keep himself in a job ... but the truth is out ... he is nothing more than Ashley's puppet!
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Newcastle interim manager will call on club owner Mike Ashley to place him in charge until the end of the season.
Newcastle United Mad (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Wigan owner Dave Whelan, who knows Mike Ashley "very well", describes the Newcastle owner as one of the greediest men he has ever come across. And the former Spurs fan is currently hiding away from Tyneside.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
Newcastle United 2 Wigan Athletic 2Wigan chairman Dave Whelan has issued a scathing indictment of Mike Ashley's Newcastle regime.
SoccerBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... who was supposed to be one of the interested parties obviously had a bad phone connection with Ashley because the price they are quoting is $225 million which is what Ashley paid for Newcastle when he bought it in 2007. He is probably best known in the UK as the developer of the newly opened O2, the previous version: The Dome, proved to be a symbol of neo-liberal excess for the Blair...
Newcastle United Mad (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
The closest we have come to seeing Mike Ashley ADDRESS the Toon fans was a ridiculous letter handed to the media when he decided to sell the club.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Wigan owner Dave Whelan has accused Mike Ashley of being "greedy" as he reportedly holds out for a buyer who will pay £250million for Newcastle.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Dave Whelan has accused Mike Ashley of being "greedy" and failing to "understand" football. Nonetheless the Wigan Athletic owner retains a modicum of sympathy for Ashley as he endeavours to sell Newcastle after being effectively hounded out by fans who are incandescent at Kevin Keegan's acrimonious departure. "If Mike Ashley will sell Newcastle for the right money...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Mike Ashley’s running of Newcastle United has been pilloried by Dave Whelan, the owner-chairman of Wigan Athletic. Whelan, a longstanding business rival of the billionaire sportswear retailer, believes that Ashley is “greedy” for reportedly seeking a profit on Newcastle’s sale and dismissed the prospect of him winning back the respect of the club’s supporters.
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Wigan Athletic owner Dave Whelan has accused Mike Ashley of being "greedy" as he reportedly holds out for a buyer who will pay £250million for Newcastle United.
