Newcastle make UEFA Cup progress
Baggies bounce Os
No opposition to Villa offer
—– Newcastle United make it through to the First Round proper of the UEFA Cup but their striking deficiencies are there for all to see in the goalless draw with FK Ventspils at St James Park.
United go lead by a single goal from the first leg and could have scored many more as the dominated the Latvian visitors.
Help maybe close to hand though as the £10million signing of Obafemi Martins from Inter Milan is confirmed.
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—– The First Round of the Carling Cup is completed, and West Bromwich Albion avoid further embarrassment for the Championship clubs.
The Baggies win 3-0 at Leyton Orient.
—– As the midnight deadline passes unopposed, Randy Lerner secures a majority holding in Aston Villa.
The 44-year-old owner of NFL’s Cleveland Browns NFL now owns 59.69% of Villa.
The consortia led by Michael Neville and Nicholas Padfield fail to table a bid so 57% of the club owned by chairman Doug Ellis and fellow shareholder Jack Petchey should now be transferred.
The takeover should be completed in the autumn.
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