Former Newcastle United left winger David Ginola says that unfinished business could encourage Kevin Keegan to return to Newcastle United.
David Ginola - supports Keegan return to Newcastle United
Frenchman Ginola, who played for the Tyneside club from 1995-97, supported Keegan when asked about a potential return for Kevin to the Magpies.
Ginola told BBC5 Live this afternoon:
“Why not?” “When I was there, we didn’t achieve what we expected at the time.”
That was the famous 1995-1996 season, when Newcastle had a 12-point lead at Christmas, in the Premier League, but Manchester United still won the title after Newcastle collapsed in too many games on the run-in.
Ginola, who is now 40, continued:
“Kevin Keegan was the main reason I signed for the club. He really brought something special in terms of spirit,”
“He really was the man for the job, especially at Newcastle.â€
“I learned a lot about how to respect everybody at the club and I am sure this is why he was so loved and appreciated.”
Kevin is currently running his Soccer Circus in Glasgow and has been linked with a return to management at Newcastle. In fact, this afternoon he was installed as the new favorite in the betting at 6-4 by William Hill’s to take on the management job at Newcastle.
Owner Mike Ashley returns from conducting some business in the Pacific Rim tomorrow, so something new may come out tomorrow.
The sooner Newcastle get a good new manager in, the sooner we can start climbing that league table again, and the quicker the better – on both fronts.
Sunderland are getting a little too close to us right now. 
Comments welcome.
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116 responses so far ↓
1 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:31
yay! first post
wall virginity. sweet.
2 gaz // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:31
one of the best players we ever had
3 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:33
he was worth it…
4 adam // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:40
ginola was a great player. wish we had the same team now!
5 Lynxie // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:45
lets get one thing straight people. Sunderland(nil) are not, have not and never will be a threat to Newcastle United. they are the joke from up the road that lights up our Saturday night after another trouncing from some no-mark team from Division 1. They merely serve to remind us of where mediocrity lives and what it looks like. Fear not, keep the faith, and start believing all over again. No-one could do a worse job than Sounness and fat Sam. The future is bright. In fact it is going to be a hoot. Howway the lads!
6 James // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:48
Despite my 40-1 wager on Keegan last week I don’t feel it is right to go back to the past. We need to look to the future - Quique Flores
7 carl // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:48
i think if keegan does come he would be clue-d up on who to bring in at the moment .
would certainly get some attacking midfielders,oh and attacking defenders too lol
8 gaz // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:48
when you look at the players we had then and u look at our team now its enough to make you cry
9 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:48
I think we’ve moved too quickly from the ant and dec argument. What about the wifey from the Shake ‘n’ Vac advert?
10 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:51
we’re not gonna get f*cking flores. i doubt ma is aware of him and i doubt he wants to leave sunny spain for rainy north england.
11 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:51
let me pose another question:
ant or dec?
oooooooooooooo gross
12 tdt // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:52
King Kev King Kev!
13 Adrian Swall // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:52
Wynn. I get them mixed up. Which one’s Shake and which one’s Vac?
14 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:53
King Kong?
15 Jeff D // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:54
The third coming of the messiah !!! What a welcome lift that would be. The toon would erupt if it were to happen. Mike Ashley would make an absoloute fortune. gates would go up, Shirts would sell like hotcakes. The toon marketing machine will go crazy!!!
PRIDE!!! We need it back.
16 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:54
Ping Pong
17 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:55
blank
18 tdt // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:56
king kong ping pong?? what u guys on?? stick to the subject!
19 Graham // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:56
Wynn, I think your right - we need to put the freshnesh back into the team.
Mind you, there’s always the toy bloke from the Dolmio adverts…
20 Adrian Swall // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:56
I’ve just received a spam email . It says “You want third coming? Your pharmacy order is waiting meester”
21 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:57
Ting Tong not from Ping Pong; Ting Tong from Tooting!
22 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:57
the answer my friend is blowin in the wind
the answer is blowin in the wind
tdt - we’ve been on this subject for the past 4 days!!!
23 Black and White Blood // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:58
It’s the not knowing makes it worse.
That’s it I’ve had enough – I’m a true supporter of the Toon therefore take it upon myself to appoint King Kevin Keegan as the next manager! Who is with me..?
Long live the King!
24 Adrian Swall // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:58
Let’s have a sing song
25 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 21:59
beefy and lamby?
they could be the meat in your sandwich
26 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:00
ding dong. oooh there goes the doorbell
27 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:00
knock knock
28 Adrian Swall // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:01
Who’s there?
29 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:01
rock around the clock, du du du du du da
30 Graham // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:01
come in
31 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:01
NOT MOURINHO HAHA
32 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:02
King Kev
33 tdt // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:02
haha i no av bin silently observing! Long live the King!
34 Adrian Swall // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:02
rock the clock, du du du du du da, who?
35 Stamford Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:02
Why do so many of you keep on harking back to the past? I hope Keegan does not come. Look at how he walked out of jobs when the going got rough !!! We need a manager who is currently up to speed with the modern game. It has changed a lot since K’s Newcastle days. Too much sentiment not enough feet on the ground.
36 Adrian Swall // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:03
Stand up if you love the toon
37 tdt // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:04
asta la waygo!
38 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:04
Once a good manager, always a good manager.
It wont take long to get up to speed on the modern game. If he is appointed soon, then the rest of the season to get up to speed.
39 James // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:06
Quique Flores for Newcastle. Best young manager available. Could be in place for Weds game if Ashley moved quick.
We should stop being romantic about the team and dreaming of yesteryear. We need to be clever. We need to get someone in who we can build a future with.
40 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:06
Our assistant manager seems to have got off lightly….
41 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:08
James - Yer like a broken record mate, it aint gonna happen so shush ya mush. Just let them do their work, we finally got a good owner and chairman, they’ll do the biz, dont u worry.
42 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:09
A patient says: “Doctor, last night I made a Freudian slip, I was having dinner with my mother-in-law and wanted to say: “Could you please pass the butter.†But instead I said: “You silly cow, you have completely ruined my lifeâ€.â€
43 The black in the blacknwhite // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:09
what the fcuk is going on guys??
I honestly think were going mad!!
its starting to look as Valle warned we should never have scked sam, (as much as i hate him) without a ready replacement!!
but im committed in more ways than one!!!
44 toon sooth // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:12
King kev said himself that he hasn’t seen a live match for ages,. I wonder if he would be behind the times,with regards to everyone else in the prem.
Although it could work the other way that being out of the game for so long, he will then come back with a renewed freshness that we so badly need.
Toon Toon!
45 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:12
A woman goes into a cafe with a duck. She puts the duck on a stool and sits next to it. The waiter comes over and says: “Hey! That’s the ugliest pig that I have ever seen.†The woman says: “It’s a duck, not a pig.†And the Waiter says: “I was talking to the duck.â€
46 scotty // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:13
This site is making me laugh at the mo with all the banter lads!!! keep it up………..
47 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:14
“Aha” said Dr Freud. “Your mother in law is just a frigment of your masturbation. Put your trousers back on”
48 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:16
thats just really immature
49 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:16
what did the cannibal do after he dumped his girlfriend?
50 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:17
…. and the duck says “Are ye staring at me pork scratchings?”
51 scotty // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:17
??
52 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:18
wiped his bum
53 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:18
six dwarfs are sitting in a jacuzzi feeling happy, so he got up and left.
54 scotty // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:19
te he
55 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:21
…. and now they’re feeling grumpy
56 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:23
i’m afraid i can’t think of any more without getting horrendously offensive and i’m not about to do that online.
however if we all put our heads together (not literally) then maybe we can coome uo with some.
why did Keegan cross the road?
to sign for newcastle.
57 GraemeR // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:23
Ive enlarged Ginolas picture and cut out two eyes - wor lass is well up for it - thanks Ed
58 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:23
wynn
if it all goes to play then they;ll soon be feeling sleepy if ya know what i mean
59 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:23
cross the border mate!
60 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:26
i can’t. you first.
61 Black and White Blood // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:26
What would be Keegan’s first starting 11 out of our bunch of black & white misfits..?
Keeper
* Given
Backs
* Enrique’s
* Taylor
* Rozehnal..? - Ramage
* Beye
Midfield
* Emre
* Barton – Prison allowing
Wingers
* Millner
* Duff
Forwards
* Martins
* Smith – Sorry I think sick note “Owen†is a past tense, money grabbing little s**t..!
Bench
1 Harper
2 Cacapa
3 N’Zogbia
4 Viduka
62 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:26
look i’ll see if there’s anything in fhm
63 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:26
Ed. I think we’ve finished with the Ginola link.
64 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:28
Probably
Given
Beye Taylor Faye Enirque
Milner Zog Emre Duff
Martins Owen
!
65 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:29
This joke has been replaced:
last one i got:
2 fish in a tank-one turns to the other and says you know how to drive this thing?
why did the chicken cross the road?
to get to the other side! ha works everytime.
66 ToonKing // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:37
Mike Ashley is walking down the street…. he spots and old lady carrying a bunch of heavy shopping bags.
Mike walks over :
“Can you manage love ???”
Old Lady:
“Sod off………i don’t want the job!!!!
67 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:40
ToonKing, i think most of us have heard that one a million times in the last few days mate.
68 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:41
ha
69 alan olivier // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:46
i am alan oliver I DO NOT STOP TALKING SHIT?
70 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:49
are you his french cousin, ‘olivier’.
71 cooldj // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:50
lol
72 ToonKing // Jan 14, 2008 at 22:55
i know, i myself wrote it a couple of times……..but i can’t help it…….love that joke…..and there is always someone who missed it
73 alan olivier // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:00
SORRY TOM TOON THE GRAMMER SPECIALIST AND PROFESSIONAL CORECTOR AND SPEECH THERAPIST AND TEACHER
74 e // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:03
tom_toon i swear you live on this site, when i scroll down the comments on everypage its 30% u all the time
75 G. // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:04
Does Keegan have enough credibilty with the new 20 a 26 yr old superplayers, that we desperately need to bring in?
I don’t think so
That’s why I think he’s in the past. (although i wouldv prefered difrently)
A foreign manager would easily get a load of talented spaniards, french etc overhere
Well, ‘easily’, that is if we don’t relegate this season :/
76 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:05
What’s brown and does tricks?
77 alan olivier // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:05
E
EXACTLY
78 alan olivier // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:06
AMEOBIES BROWN AND TRYS TRICKS
79 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:08
tom toon
80 Hammy // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:08
Alan, your caps lock button is stuck mate…..
81 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:09
yeas?
82 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:11
e, i dont think so mate, no more than most.
I out all day and sometimes night on saturday, and at school every day of the week. Been on the comp alot lately revising for me a-level modulars.
83 Victor Meldrew // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:12
Wyn. WHo you calling a clever sh*te?
84 e // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:12
kk its jsut i see your comments more than anymore, no offence or anything.
85 e // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:13
anyone*
86 alan olivier // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:13
sorry HAMMY
87 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:14
Ye i generally keep em short n frequent. Thats why, but in terms of posting time, no more than many others
88 Edd Case // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:15
anyone tell me what the name of that ‘up and coming’ new Ronaldinho type player is?
is it Chakramri? something?
89 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:15
Chikhaoui mate. I kinda invented the revolution!
90 Wynn the Leap // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:16
Well spotted victor. Divent apoligise e! There ’s always someone trying to score points. Hope ‘es got his dinner money for the morra. hahaha
91 geordiejayne13 // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:17
stamford Toon. Keegan did not walk out on the club when the going was tough, as it certainly wasn’t tough on the playing field. It was the board demanding that we sell players like ferdinand that got his goat oh and the fatone and his side kick.
Keegan I don’t forget what you did or how good you did it. They say we had a bad defence, well I would have that kind of bad defence and finish second and third in the prem anytime
92 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:19
Wynn, hope your not talking bout me, kinda lost the plot at the moment!
93 Hammy // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:21
Keegan walked out because the club was being run by money laundering crooks with gangland connections…..
94 Edd Case // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:22
Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:15
Chikhaoui mate. I kinda invented the revolution!
Cheers Tom, thought it was you.
How did you find out about him?
Im bored, wanted to watch some clips on youtube.
95 Hammy // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:23
Chikhaoui…
Isn’t that the guy off Voyager?
96 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:25
his name popped up when he transfered to zurich so i thought id watch him and now it seems most big clubs are tracking him.
97 alan olivier // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:26
theres gonna be a fight . its kickin off on here id put a fiver on edd case
98 alan olivier // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:26
i am really joey barton
99 alan olivier // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:27
tom toon
the toon are looking for some new scouts you could be the man!
100 Edd Case // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:28
Just been watching some clips on youtube.
Perhaps more Zidaneish than Ronaldinho.
Looks a good player.
Hey, remember when Keegan bought us Asprilla as a treat?
Can you just imagine who he’d treat us with if he came back again and this time with more money to spend? Chikhaoui? and the rest!
101 James // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:30
Quique Flores for the Toon. He will bring the flair of Real Madrid to Newcastle. Best/Most Talented Manager we can get right now.
We all know Mourinho, Lippi, Hitzfield, Van Gaal would be good managers. But never going to come.
Flores is 41 and already has an excellent track record from La Liga. Currently looking for a big challenge according to his rep . And yes folks he speaks fluent English.
Let’s build for the future with the best young coach in Europe, and not look to the past with Keegan.
102 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:31
He looks like that from those videos, but hes more of an Ibrahimovic type, probably gets involved with the midfeld more though.
His mate at Sahel, Chermiti is looking a good player aswell.
103 Warwick Hunt // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:35
It seems we didn’t sign that 3rd youngster Tamas Kadar after all, he has went back home after the BS sacking. It may come off later I suppose.
This brings me to a very valid point about Keegan, I remember him disbanding the reserve team because the FA had stated that a percentage of the reserve fixtures had to be played at the Home grounds. We can’t have that again, football has moved on and we need the Arsenal ethos of trawling the world and not just Geordie land for young talent.
104 Warwick Hunt // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:49
James.
You can get Flores at 249-1 at betfair.
http://bettingzone.oddschecker.com/bettingzone/mode:o.card:footballspecials-footballspecials.odds:18761641x.sid:4351882.sort:F
105 Shearer's the man // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:51
Hey James, Quiqes Flores’ agent wouldn’t be called……. James by any chance?
106 Tom_Toon // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:54
Edd, if your gonna watch the african nations cup, Chikhaoui will be playing, look for Chermiti and Nafkha (dunno if hes in the squad though), new wave of tunisian talent, who are looking very good at the moment.
107 Shearer's the man // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:55
James, does this sound like the sort of guy Mike Ashley had in mind for his Chelsea walloping style of football?
“Quique Sanchez Flores has officially been sacked as boss of Valencia CF.
The manager, who took over in 2005, has been under pressure for months from fans and club officials alike.
Despite his side’s lofty position in La Liga, Sunday night’s 3-0 defeat at Sevilla proved too much for the club hierarchy to bear.
European football, too, must have played its part, the 2-0 defeat to Rosenborg midweek being perhaps Los Che’s worst continental result in recent years.”
“With the fans vociferously protesting against Quique’s style of play, and the narrow margins of victory that the team sometimes produced, club president Juan Soler clearly felt that it was time to act.”
108 Shearer's the man // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:56
I mean, “fans vociferously protesting about his style of play”…. once again another coach who wouldn’t last 5 minutes up here…
109 Ausgeordie // Jan 14, 2008 at 23:57
lynxie your the reason this club is shit. No respect for other teams and this blind belief that we are amazing. What about leeds? Bet they had a ton of arrogant wankers like you. Mate everyone and every team is a danger to us at the moment. Did you not see the derby games?? We gave up against man u the other night and that shows serious problems with the team and the players we have.
110 Wynn the Leap // Jan 15, 2008 at 0:02
Streuth! Is this the bloke in the ‘knock knock’ joke?
111 Shearer's the man // Jan 15, 2008 at 0:09
Hey, Ausgeordie, I think Lynxie was just trying to put a positive spin on a desperate situation. I think we need to keep this forum where we respect everyone’s opinions and not throw incendiary flames around. Apart from James that is! We gotta keep knocking back his incessant Flores chants anyway we can
112 Shearer's the man // Jan 15, 2008 at 0:14
Alan Shearer in poll position as Toon Army says no to Kevin Keegan dream ticket:
from the Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/newcastle/article3187725.ece
113 Wynn the Leap // Jan 15, 2008 at 0:26
The Times conducted a poll in Newcastle? Why didn’t they go straight to Alan Olver? He could have given them any number of headlines. “A source close to Alan Shearer said ….”
114 Shearer's the man // Jan 15, 2008 at 0:29
Alan Oliver for Shearer’s number 2. Dream ticket!
115 Wynn the Leap // Jan 15, 2008 at 0:29
Been a load of serious stuff and load of laughs tonight.
…. and we are mental and we are mad ….
Keep the faith till Ed’s next missive.
116 Leo* // Jan 15, 2008 at 1:53
how unfare is it, he is a great football, and has the best hair around haha… he is worth it
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