Showing posts with label Mike Ashley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mike Ashley. Show all posts

Sunday, September 14, 2008

COCKNEY MAFIA OUT!




Newcastle owner Mike Ashley announced today that he is putting the club up for sale. After a disastrous start to the season, including yesterday's loss at home to Hull City, Ashley bowed to fan demands that he give up the club. There has been no word about what will happen to recently fired manager Kevin Keegan. Ashley's decision to sell the team was unrelated to the recent well-publicized beer he drank during Newcastle's match against Arsenal.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley drinking a beer



Arsenal 2 - Newcastle 0. As most of you already know, it is actually illegal to drink alcohol within sight of the pitch as football match in the UK.

And now it appears that Ashley may face legal consequences for his actions - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/newcastle/2660366/Newcastle-owner-Mike-Ashley-faces-possible-Police-action-over-pint---Football.html (Updated 9-2-08).

"Hockey ought to be sternly forbidden, as it is not only annoying but dangerous." Halifax Morning Sun, quoted in Michael McKinley's Hockey - A People's History