VARIOUS: NEWCASTLE UNITED SOCCER FANS EXPRESS RELIEF AS CLUB DIRECTORS RESIGN AMID SLEAZE ALLEGATIONS

Record ID: 989126

  • Title: VARIOUS: NEWCASTLE UNITED SOCCER FANS EXPRESS RELIEF AS CLUB DIRECTORS RESIGN AMID SLEAZE ALLEGATIONS
  • Date: 24th March 1998
  • Summary: NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MARCH 24, 1998) AND FILE NEWCASTLE, UK - MARCH 24, 1998 (ITN, NO ACCESS UK) 1. GENERAL VIEWS OF NEWCASTLE UNITED'S GROUND 2. SIR TERENCE HARRISON, CHAIRMAN OF NEWCASTLE UNITED PLC, ENGLISH SPEECH: "MR SHEPHERD AND MR HALL HAVE RESIGNED WHICH I THINK BRINGS AN END TO THIS WHOLE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION. I HAVE ASKED SIR JOHN HALL TO COME BACK AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FOOTBALL CLUB AT THE END OF THE SEASON. HE HAS AGREED AND I'VE SAID IN MY STATEMENT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYONE GETTING BEHIND THE CLUB." NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND, UK (FILE) (TYNE TEES TV, NO ACCESS UK) 3. CLUB'S FORMER CHAIRMAN SIR JOHN HALL (BALD HEAD, BLUE SHIRT, BLUE TIE WITH WHITE SPOTS) SITS BETWEEN HIS SON DOUGLAS (CLEAN-SHAVEN) AND CHAIRMAN FREDDIE SHEPHERD AT MEETING OF NEWCASTLE UNITED BOARD. (GRAPHIC) (REUTERS TELEVISION) (MUTE) 4. COVER OF "NEWS OF THE WORLD" NEWSPAPER OF SUNDAY MARCH 15 WITH HEADLINE ABOUT SOCCER BOSSES (MONACO) (MARCH 1997) (TYNE TEES TV, NO ACCESS UK) 5. HALL AND SHEPHERD HOLD UP BOTTLES OF NEWCASTLE BROWN BEER AND LAUGH AND JOKE AT CAMERA (NEWCASTLE, UK - MARCH 24, 1998 - ITN, NO ACCESS UK) 6. NEWCASTLE SUPPORTERS ENGLISH SPEECH: "I AM VERY RELIEVED THAT THEY HAVE GONE. I THINK IT WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT." "NOW THAT THEY HAVE GONE, THE SUPPORTERS ARE GOING TO FEEL A LOT BETTER." "IT WAS DISGUSTING WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE TOWN; IT WAS AN INSULT TO US ALL, REALLY, SO I'M GLAD IT'S ALL BEEN RESOLVED." "I THINK IT WAS TERRIBLE WHAT THEY SAID AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE, SO IT'S A GOOD JOB THEY'VE GONE." 7. NEWCASTLE NEWSPAPERS COMING OFF THE PRESS SHOWING THE HEADLINE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM AND MONACO
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