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'I was going to the Landmark restaurant before the match and was right among the crowd - I have never felt so much joy, happiness and hope in many years.' 'They were all stopping me and wanting to talk about the players, manager and owners. That excitement, it brought back a lot of memories.' 'That was a golden moment but, without everything - what we did in saving the club and building a stadium and a team everyone fell in love with - Newcastle United would not be what it is today.' 'I was in Hong Kong when I got a call to say, 'The club is going bust'. The words are seared in my memory. That call cost me £860,000! We were a bunch of Geordies who changed the complete structure of a football club and gave it ambition, we just weren't big enough to carry it on into this era.' 'I was running a property business, my family business. It was my job to look to the future and predict change. When Roman Abramovich came in at Chelsea, he was a billionaire. I said, 'I cannot compete. I'm not putting my business at risk, borrowing to buy a player for £20million'. For him, it was loose cash. So, I made the decision to get out.' 'Now look at Chelsea… we were always told Abramovich was here for reasons other than football.' 'It's time for the powers-that-be to sit down and say, 'How do we control football?'. When billion-pound TV deals came in, football started to appeal to a different type of investor - people who know money. They're not interested in the sport. It's another means to make another billion.' 'Had the European Super League happened, it would have destroyed the game completely for the ordinary fan. Football should be about every club having a dream, not solely about the money you have. When people say, 'Newcastle is the richest club in the world', I shudder. I don't want to be known as that. There is more to life than money - it is how we use it.' 'If you're not going to ban (foreign and state-funded ownership), you have to put restrictions on it. Too much money is leaving the game. How can we use that in a better way?' 'For me, the Premier League and Government have a responsibility to put a taxation on transfer fees and put money back into sport. Sadly, I cannot see any system stopping it at the moment. It is the greed of the clubs trying to break away from the Premier League that horrifies me. I hear they are still trying to challenge it. Stuff them, I say.' 'No. I ran out of time. It was my club. I had been fixed on Newcastle since a boy. I used to stand on the roof terrace and shout, 'Sack the board!'. 'By the time I was chairman, I had a greater vision of the North-East and where it needed to go, economically. What I learned, owning a football club, is that you are responsible for people's lives. That will never leave me. The tens of thousands of fans when Alan Shearer signed… incredible.' 'So, I always thought, 'How can we use football to regenerate the area?'. I spoke to Sky, and they needed content to fill their channels. I thought, 'I'll get in here early'. I wanted to bring all sports under one roof, a Newcastle sporting club - rugby, basketball, ice-hockey. But I was before my time, it took a lot longer for the money to come in via television.' 'But that was my dream, to sportswash the area, to give it a new image, to get away from unemployment and poor housing. I was trying to do something. I hope the new owners can take that on.' 'I have spoken to them and, while talking is easy, I think they have a genuine desire to take this club to where it should be.' 'The Premier League say the owners are fit and proper, and the British Government is selling arms to the Saudis. So, as supporters, that decision has been made. 'I also believe they have bought the club cheap at £300m. They are talking about Chelsea being worth £3billion - so there is a huge gap between the current and potential value of Newcastle. They will only accelerate that value by winning.' 'I would like to think so. I am convinced they will bring success. Eddie Howe seems very good and I expect they will back him. 'The one time I stood in Kevin's way was when he wanted Peter Beardsley. I thought he was too old. That proved to me, you have to let a manager sink or swim. He swam with that one! 'But yes, at my age, you start thinking about how long you've got. Even if a title comes after me, I don't mind. We set those roots for the future.'

New flag from Argentina given to WorFlags.

"Quackem."

Turned off the gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria today.

Who gives a shite. Him and Allan are compadres.

Who goes in between the sticks, if there is an injury? The ginger, third from the left?

Every shot is hitting the upper 90. The only midget in the squad.

Paquetá and Guilherme Arana for Bruno. Tanguy Ndombele for Saint-Maximin.

No you!

36 but we will end up with 63.

They did!

Good ol' boys. Can never do wrong. Especially in the derby.

Nope! I think that is in the same vein as Kane.

No fucking thanx! Shay Given has inflicted enough pain. He should of never been sold.

Six points automatic to the scousers it would seem. Allison taking the dive in the 92nd in hindsight was fucking hilarious!

Linked to Pickford!