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NUFC and other Sportswashing Spring 2022

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The money teams had available to them has increased dramatically since the mid 90s which has allowed for the obscene transfers. Back in 1996, what would £15m be as a percentage of NUFC's total revenue? £222m now would be more than their revenue wouldn't it so did they spend over their revenue on Shearer way back in 1996? Surely the transfer fees are in some way relative to the clubs overall revenues also?

Looking for Premier League Prize money history, I found and it shows that in the early 90's the TV money wasn't that great at just under £2m average per team up until 1997 (£192m over 5 seasons between 20 teams). It's not the exact figure and obviously this is just one part of the revenue for a club as it won't include matchday/merchandising/sponsors etc. It would be interesting to know what club revenues were back in the 90s given the growth in other revenues outside of the TV money, especially overseas money as you see in 2nd pic which has probably allowed for the massive growth in transfer figures.

In 1979, Notts Forest paid £1m for Trevor Francis and Shearer was 15 times that 17 years later which had doubled 4 times. Now 26 years later, apart from Neymar and Mbappe (thanks to PSG taking the piss with sponsorship) the next highest transfers are just over £100m without any clauses (I just looked at )


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Iirc, a large chunk of the money was paid by the brewery sponsorship. John Hall got them to advance the money because Jack Walker insisted on all the money in one go.
We were in the top 5 of the Delloitte money league in 97/98 so could probably afford it. 97/98 we were above Barcelona who had broken the world record in 1996 just before Newcastle broke it.
Probably living hand to mouth in terms of income vs outgoings. Then the stadium extension cost about £42m which was borrowed, and the good time stopped so from 98 onwards the club was getting into debt
 

Article from Douglas says that Hayden, Clark, Dwight Gayle, Karl Darlow and Matt Ritchie are all for sale

Lascelles and Almiron also touted as being available. Douglas also speculated that Saint Maximin and Dubravka may also be sold.

He says he has been talking to a “senior club source” (Staveley?) so perhaps this isn’t idle speculation.

The club source tells Douglas that it will be “quality not quantity” this summer.

Douglas explains that this is all because “the finances require it” and “the summer will require them to sell well”.

Also says that they might be doing this window without a director of football as the mags won’t pay up for Ashworth.

But some eye catching sponsorship deals incoming, apparently.

Have to say that this sounds like exactly the type of talk you get from every football club owner who’s looking to turn a fast profit.

I wonder if these new sponsors have been convinced that the mags are heading to the top as easily as the fans have been? And will they sign high value deals reflecting that expectation? The mags commercial revenue is supposed to be shit atm, so if Staveley is pulling a fast one, fleecing new sponsors in that area of the business could be one way to do it?
 

Article from Douglas says that Hayden, Clark, Dwight Gayle, Karl Darlow and Matt Ritchie are all for sale

Lascelles and Almiron also touted as being available. Douglas also speculated that Saint Maximin and Dubravka may also be sold.

He says he has been talking to a “senior club source” (Staveley?) so perhaps this isn’t idle speculation.

The club source tells Douglas that it will be “quality not quantity” this summer.

Douglas explains that this is all because “the finances require it” and “the summer will require them to sell well”.

Also says that they might be doing this window without a director of football as the mags won’t pay up for Ashworth.

But some eye catching sponsorship deals incoming, apparently.

Have to say that this sounds like exactly the type of talk you get from every football club owner who’s looking to turn a fast profit.

I wonder if these new sponsors have been convinced that the mags are heading to the top as easily as the fans have been? And will they sign high value deals reflecting that expectation? The mags commercial revenue is supposed to be shit atm, so if Staveley is pulling a fast one, fleecing new sponsors in that area of the business could be one way to do it?
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How much longer until all the investment in the region is announced?

And what’s the latest update on Ashley’s court case against Staveley over the £10m she denied borrowing from him, but actually did?
 
I predict more of an end game.

Basically Man City attacking Newcastle's end for pretty much 90 minutes.
Given how we almost always get hammered there I am fearful, with LFC hot on their heels, City will batter us. 5-0/6-0. At least Aguero is not there to get another hat-trick.
 
I predict more of an end game.

Basically Man City attacking Newcastle's end for pretty much 90 minutes.
Like they would with 95% of teams in EPL (and Europe) so not exactly a Nostradamus type prediction tbf.
Against Liverpool, might not have been quite 40k but wasn't far off.
Just an extra 7k added on the gate. Not too far off then. 🤔😂
 
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Wonder how they're going to manage to inflate our value above the 1.3 billion it effectively cost them to buy the club and facilitate the deal.
I suppose PIF's governor being at games is a real indicator of their disinterest.

Mental gymnastics.

Like the way spending £90m has kept us up, even though all the signings were shit. I read it on here.
 
Wonder how they're going to manage to inflate our value above the 1.3 billion it effectively cost them to buy the club and facilitate the deal.
I suppose PIF's governor being at games is a real indicator of their disinterest.

Mental gymnastics.

Like the way spending £90m has kept us up, even though all the signings were shit. I read it on here.
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Very cultured, tell me, how did you find some creative whit and humour?
 
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Did he get this idea from Laurence Llewellyn Bowen?

Jesus Wept man 🙈

18 teeth total in this picture
Wonder how they're going to manage to inflate our value above the 1.3 billion it effectively cost them to buy the club and facilitate the deal.
I suppose PIF's governor being at games is a real indicator of their disinterest.

Mental gymnastics.

Like the way spending £90m has kept us up, even though all the signings were shit. I read it on here.

I love how your manager isn’t intelligent enough to comment on your owners. Just a lovely team from top to bottom
 
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Wonder how they're going to manage to inflate our value above the 1.3 billion it effectively cost them to buy the club and facilitate the deal.
I suppose PIF's governor being at games is a real indicator of their disinterest.

Mental gymnastics.

Like the way spending £90m has kept us up, even though all the signings were shit. I read it on here.
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Sad, sad Tommo....bless.....😂
 
And what will that be?
Public money to take him to court. He says sorry. A bit of a sob story. Community Service, at most. Probably nowt.
Better, swifter and cheaper lesson in manners would be a swift dig from someone from either affiliation.
It's called justice. It may not be as punitive as you seem to want, but it's civilised and avoids mob rule. That way leads to anarchy
 
That during a game with Arsenal their kit clashed and so had to change their kit before kick off and that's how they ended up with black and white?
 
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