Bleating Ashley's to blame: Freddy.FORMER Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd Freddy Shepherd (born 1942) is an English businessman and the former chairman of Newcastle United Football Club. During his time at Newcastle, both as an active assistant to and later replacement of Sir John Hall as Chairman for ten years, Shepherd proved an often outspoken insists Mike Ashley Mike Ashley could refer to:
Since then, however, the Magpies have lurched from crisis to crisis and are staring stare v. stared, star·ing, stares v.intr. 1. To look directly and fixedly, often with a wide-eyed gaze. See Synonyms at gaze. 2. To be conspicuous; stand out. 3. relegation in the face heading into the final weekend of the Premier League season. Shepherd said today: "Relegation would be an absolute disaster in terms of corporate business and the crowd. "It took us 12 to 15 years to build a big ground, a great academy and a good set of players. "We left, and all of a sudden there is a disaster - and you cannot make a profit out of a disaster. "One thing that is really upsetting is the whingeing which is going on. "The people running the club blame everyone but themselves. They have to look at themselves and say 'what have we done wrong here' and not start blaming other people. "It annoys me when they seem to blame me all the time. "Every year we were there we made a profit. "There is only one person to blame, and that is the guy who decides who is going to run the club. "Lots of people can buy football clubs - but not many can run them." |
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