King Kev is Back

[Minder]

in fairness to keegan he has really tightened things up at the back for newcastle,they are a lot harder to score against
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Aye, dead on, United hammered five past them last week and they didnt have it in them to hang on today. They are a joke at the back, in the middle and up front!

In other words, they are ket!

i was taking the piss just a small bit

[Minder]

Newcastle are too big a club to go down

[clarshack]

i think forest said the same thing back in 93.

[Square Ball]

And United as well

[Armagh4SamAgain]

but I don't think United will go down squareball

[Square Ball]

but I don't think United will go down squareball

neither do I, think they may be safe this year

[FermGael]

If you look at Newcastle's next few games, it is quite hard.
Saturday, 08 March 2008
Barclays Premier League
Liverpool v Newcastle, 15:00

Monday, 17 March 2008
Barclays Premier League
Birmingham v Newcastle, 20:00

Saturday, 22 March 2008
Barclays Premier League
Newcastle v Fulham, 15:00

Sunday, 30 March 2008
Barclays Premier League
Tottenham v Newcastle, 15:00

Saturday, 05 April 2008
Barclays Premier League
Newcastle v Reading, 15:00

Saturday, 12 April 2008
Barclays Premier League
Portsmouth v Newcastle, 15:00



With the exception of Fulham at home, They have no easy games.
Other sides around them are picking up points(Reading, Birmingham, Sunderland) and
Newcastle are in a terrible run of form.  Relegation is a real possibility.9/2 is a good price which will shorten.

[qub la la la]

king kev got the dreaded vote of confidence too. William Hill are giving 7/2 that he will leave before the end of the season. they are also down to 7/1 to not win a game under keegan this season from 33s

[Maximus Marillius]

King Kev is gone

[orangeman]

King Kev is back again !! This time to lift a nice cheque.   


Former Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan has been awarded £2m damages plus interest after winning his case against the club for constructive dismissal.

The panel agreed that in signing Uruguayan midfielder Ignacio Gonzalez, against Keegan's wishes, the club were in breach of a term in his contract.

It was also agreed that Keegan would receive no further damages.

Keegan parted company with the club, owned by businessman Mike Ashley, in September 2008.

A relieved Keegan said in a statement: "I am delighted that the Premier League manager's arbitration tribunal has today formally announced that it has upheld my claim for wrongful dismissal against Newcastle United.

"The tribunal has found the conduct of the club in forcing a player on me against my wishes represented a fundamental breach of my contract of employment.

I also want to confirm that a central purpose of my claim has always been to clear my name and restore my reputation

Former Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan
"I do not believe that there is any manager in football who could have remained at the club in the light of their conduct.

"I also want to confirm that a central purpose of my claim has always been to clear my name and restore my reputation.

"I consider it of vital importance that I was able to let people know about the full circumstances of my resignation and the way in which I had been treated by the club. I hope that this purpose has now been achieved."

Newcastle refused to comment on the case, merely reporting the panel's decision and publishing the official report.

The transfer of Gonzalez features heavily in the report, as does the relationship between Dennis Wise, Tony Jimenez and Ashley with Keegan.

In particular, the report concludes that the deal to bring Gonzalez to the club, on a loan basis, was "in the commercial interests of the Club."

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Also, I think KK is justified in claiming damages for the stigma attached to his name

Hughie_Gallagher
The report continued: "The 'commercial interests', according to the club, were that the signing of the player on loan would be a 'favour' to two influential South American agents who would look favourably on the club in the future.

"The loan deal cost the club nearly £1m in wages for a player who was not expected to play for the first team but no payment was made by the club to the agents in respect of the deal."

It was Ashley who brought Keegan back to Newcastle for his second spell in charge at St James' Park in January 2008, following the termination of Sam Allardyce's contract.

The report states that Keegan was offered a deal which was worth an initial £3m per annum for three-and-a-half years, a figure which was the basis behind his initial damages claim in the region of £8.5m for his agreed spell in charge, and a reported figure in the region of £25m for the length of his career in football before retirement at the presumed age of 65.

Ashley's decision proved a popular one with supporters, who recalled the former England boss's initial spell in charge on Tyneside and the cavalier football his sides played during a four year stay at the club in the 1990s.

Having retained the club's Premier League status that season, Keegan and chairman Mike Ashley appeared to have a strong relationship, but this strained when Dennis Wise was appointed as an executive director of football.

Keegan began the 2008-09 Premier League season in charge, leading the club to two wins, a draw and a defeat in four league and cup matches before leaving on the Thursday, 4 September 2008.

Gonzalez's signing was made on deadline day of Sunday, 31 August 2008, an act which prompted Keegan to tender his resignation.

Wise left the club in April 2009, former vice-president (player recruitment) Tony Jimenez left in October 2008, while owner Mike Ashley remains at the club despite a long-running bid to sell it.

[Hound]

The panel agreed that in signing Uruguayan midfielder Ignacio Gonzalez, against Keegan's wishes, the club were in breach of a term in his contract.

Jaysus, never heard of that chap. Did he ever even play I wonder?

[Minder]

It is reckoned Keegan will be disappointed with this ad he was expecting £8.5m and a further £16m as he reckoned he wouldn't get another managerial job due to Newcastle sacking him.

[stew]

It is reckoned Keegan will be disappointed with this ad he was expecting £8.5m and a further £16m as he reckoned he wouldn't get another managerial job due to Newcastle sacking him.

Feck him, he is already a multi millionaire, he was shit and they have to give him another two million.

[orangeman]

It is reckoned Keegan will be disappointed with this ad he was expecting £8.5m and a further £16m as he reckoned he wouldn't get another managerial job due to Newcastle sacking him.

According to King Kev, the money wasn't important - he was only out to clear his name and uphold his reputation ! 

[orangeman]

More good news for Kev ! 


Newcastle must pay Keegan's costs 

Keegan left Newcastle United in September 2008
Newcastle United have been ordered to pay all of Kevin Keegan's costs in his successful claim for constructive dismissal, which could reach £1.5m.

Keegan left the club last September after the Uruguayan player Ignacio Gonzalez was signed against his wishes.

Earlier this month an arbitration tribunal awarded him £2m, finding the club was in breach of contract.

In a statement, the tribunal panel said the club had made "entirely unfounded allegations" against Keegan.

Up-for-sale Newcastle have yet to comment on the decision.

The tribunal said it rejected Newcastle's claims that they should not be liable for costs because they had offered to settle the case before the hearing earlier this month.

'Without merit'

A statement said: "We direct that the club should pay all of Mr Keegan's costs.

"Moreover, we reject the club's attempt to rely on the various offers which it made both prior to and during the hearing to settle the claim, since none of them involved the club's acceptance that he had been constructively dismissed and all of them involved a condition of secrecy or confidentiality.

"We direct that the club should pay Mr Keegan's costs on an indemnity basis given the manner in which it conducted this litigation.

"Its defence on the primary liability issue was, in our view, wholly without merit and it chose to make entirely unfounded allegations against Mr Keegan."

The tribunal said if the parties could not agree on costs then it would decide the figure.

It has already been agreed that Keegan will not receive any further damages.

Keegan parted company with the club, owned by businessman Mike Ashley, in September 2008.

It was Ashley who brought Keegan back to Newcastle for his second spell in charge at St James' Park in January 2008, following the termination of Sam Allardyce's contract.