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Ashley's a vandal, say MPs
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 | 58 Comments |
Identity crisis for our ground.
The renaming of Newcastle United's ground continues to rankle people, this time in parliament where a Commons motion has been taken out to object to it.
Ashley's plans to rename St James' Park after his T-shirt company have certainly caused a stir, one that stretches as far as House of Commons.
12 MPs have signed a Commons motion condemning Ashley's attempts to strip away 100 years of history in favour of shifting a few more shirts. Those that signed the motion – should you wish to either vote for them or pelt them with eggs, depending upon your particular stance on the matter – are Labour MPs Ian Mearns, Pat Glass, Catherine McKinnell, Chi Onwurah, Nick Brown, Ian Lavery, Dennis Skinner, David Anderson, Mary Glindon, Stephen Hepburn, Alex Cunningham and Sir Alan Meale.
Their motion brands the act as 'corporate vandalism' and David Anderson, Labour MP for Blaydon, said:
"They've got no interest whatsoever in the ordinary football fan. They are ignoring the people who have made this the club what it is, who spent more than 100 years building this club up into an icon for our region.
"It is total disrespect for the history and culture of our region."
Ashley and his less rotund sidekick claim that the S_____ D_____ A____ moniker is only there to 'showcase' the whole idea of renaming, presumably because other companies are too stupid to understand what renaming a stadium in their image means. The S_____ D_____ name, we are told, is just transitory until a sponsor comes along and pays us many millions for the privilege, a point that has been discussed at length in such posts as 'Mike Ashley's big, fat, St James' Park lie?' by my colleague.
Newcastle City Council has already lodged their disapproval of the renaming and stated that it will not be changing any of its own signage and that it's still St James' Park as far as they are concerned.
Since the St James' Park sign was removed by the club it has twice been repainted by 'activists', although the first guy that tried only got as far as 'St James' before the local rozzers felt his collar.
The club as so far refused to comment on the Commons motion, which is hardly a surprise – I doubt Ashley could give two hoots what fans, City Councils and MPs think.
Newcastle United and the renaming of St James' Park
"That this House deeply regrets the decision to rebrand the historic home of Newcastle United Football Club, St James' Park; condemns the corporate vandalism perpetrated by the clubs owners in removing the name "St James' Park" from the stadium; warmly endorses the now famous front page banner headline of the local Evening Chronicle 'St James' Park and Always Will Be'; notes that the Chief Executive of Newcastle's new shirt sponsor, Virgin Money has added her concerns about the rebranding and hopes that others will follow her example; notes that Newcastle City Council have debated and agreed a motion stating that the Council have no plans to change any way-finding signs which bear the name St James' Park, rather than the name of Mike Ashley's business; and urges Mike Ashley the owner of Newcastle United to reconsider his decision."
Just to refresh your memory, the chief executive of Vorgin Money, Jayne-Anne Ghadia, said of the name change:
"I don't think that would be right for Newcastle. St James' Park is part of the heritage of Newcastle and it's important to local people, so for me it should be called St James' Park."
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Posted on February 22, 2012	 by Hugh de Payen	in category: Derek Llambias and Hugh de Payen and Mike Ashley and St James's Park and St James's Park renaming rights	, with tags: Commons motion about St James' Park, St James' Park renaming
Have MP's got nothing better to do?????????
Kamar says:
I'm sure Mike Ashle will be quaking in his boots.
I'm also sure that all these parliamentarians will be giving up their private boxes and reserved seating at the ground in protest and/or will no longer accept complimentary hospitality from the club.
And I'm also sure that they will demand that Mike Ashley close down all the Sports Direct shops in their constituences as a matter of principle and solidarity with all Novocastrians and if people lose their jobs it's a price worth paying especially in Bolsover that hot bed of support for Newcastle United.
Good old Dennis, the "Beast of Bolsover".
Hugh, I've just added the motion itself at the bottom, hope you don't mind?
ps: and what the Virgin lass said.
Ok, completely off topic but i'm wondering if anyone knows where i might be able to find some clips of Tony Green ?
Summer, if you're in Newcastle have you tried the "Back Page?"
http://www.tbpsportsmemorabilia.co.uk/
56 St Andrews Street, Toon.
Also I have a link for a site that specialises in classic football DVDs from the old times.
http://www.classicfootballdvds.com/
1971-73 (when he played for NUFC) on this page would be a good place to start:
http://www.classicfootballdvds.com/footballleagueold.htm
Then the Cup competitions and suchlike. I noticed he had Supermac's SJP debut, the hatrick where he got carried off on a stretcher, which is nice.
Much Appreciated Worky.
Nee botha Summer.
Kilgore_D_Sprout says:
Naming the ground is surely the right of the ground owner?
He/she can call it what he/she or a sponsor damn well likes, surely?
Football is a business and like it or not, will be run as such or the Rangers FC disaster will happen a lot more often.
Whether fans will call it St. James' Park, or Aunt Bessie's Frozen Produce Stadium is irrelevant in terms of the club's financial status.
To Geordies it'll be ST. J P, to the rest it'll be a ground where enter the name on their sat-navs just to watch their team get stuffed.
Which is what matters.
Is anyone else thinking its time to let this one go, it is sad knowing the names gone but if the team carries on the way there going there going to be a massive success! I dont agree with everything ashley does but the majority of things have done good!
The club and team have far exceeded expectations! Ashleys changes wont stop at this, so its better to behind the team! Us, the players or the mps cant change
It's sad. People suggest to let this go because it's the path of least resistance and we're inured to expect everything worthwhile in life to be easy.
The statement is just a bit over the top. "Corporate vandalism" aside, we can get everyone on the same page and getting over it when we get a real sponsor paying a real fee for the PRIVILEGE of putting their name on the park. The current situation stinks of cronyism and provocation. If you pinch your nose hard enough, I guess you can convince yourself otherwise.
"we can get everyone on the same page and getting over it when we get a real sponsor paying a real fee for the PRIVILEGE of putting their name on the park."
That isn't going to happen though tunyc. The "showcase" idea was a ruse from the start, and was always destined to ruin any slim chance of it working in the first place. As I wrote in one of my pieces, potential sponsors want to be associated with Newcastle United, not Sports Direct and they certainly don't want Sports Direct's "sloppy seconds." That will denigrate their brand, not enhance it. What is more they would only be interested if the fans had been consulted beforehand and were agreeable to it, the fee was far lower than the one which has been quoted, and indeed, quoting a figure at all was a disatrous move as far as potential outside sponsorship is concerned.
Though Ashley can afford to consult with the very best marketing and PR consultants, this has broken so many of the cardinal rules of sponsorship that one can only presume that it is actually designed to fail in much the same manner as Mel Brooks' fictitious musical, "Springtime for Hitler", and that it will remain as the "SDA" for quite some time.
"Let This One Go"??? Are you serious? Are you a Geordie? How old are you??
For the record – Newcastle United and St James' Park are known throughout the world of football. St James' Park – a venue that has seen football history being made, great players throughout history, fantastic european nights. A venue where our fathers and grandfathers stood and went through the same emotions that we do. The bond between the team the ground and the fans is a strong one, a historical bond, a family bond.
Geordies don't give that sort of thing up easily. It's our history, our heritage, our tradition – and a T-shirt salesman from London can't be expected to appreciate that.
But we do.
"Let this one go???"
Tsunki says:
The name change is as mercenary as it appears, and as tunyc says, was never intended to attract anyone, quite the opposite. The Virgin spokesman proved that point because it thoroughly deterred even our very wealthy shirt sponsor from using the club's brand to enhance it's presence in the north East as successor to the once-popular and locally identifiaable Northern Rock. It is designed to stay as an ever-present subliminal along with all the stand and pitchside hoardings, by being radomly mentioned by tv pundits in the same way as is Reebok, JD Sports, JJB… It should never be 'let go' as that will be the day MA realises he has eroded our value of SJP. In the meantime, I am happy to feed from the crumbs falling from the table with cheap ticket offers, snazzy team-based leisure wear, our team being relatively successful, and it's future, financially & talent-wise, seemingly stable. But MA will not get admiration from me until he behaves like he has a shred of respect for his punters, a big ask for a man who won't give you your money back if you don't like his tatty trainer socks.
Sorry – for 'tunyc' read 'Worky'. Oops.
1901 – Newcastle United 1, Liverpool 0 at a stadium called "St James' Park." As filmed by Mitchell and Kenyon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhjTX39xKB4
Our goal was scored by Bob McColl, subsequently of McColl's newsagents fame. This film also includes foptage of a previously unknown stand on the Barrack Rd side of the ground, which was demolished in 1905.
Some so called fans are willing to throw all that history away for something which, far from benifitting the club will actually denigrate it, and all because we had a run of 11 good games at the beginning of one season.
I'll never "let this go" either.
Well Worky, that brought about a most reverential silence! Evocative.
Supermac says:
Part of my studies over many years deal with how old cultures, once rich & vibrant, are taken over by new outside cultures. The "natives" find their traditions and lifestyles gradualy altered in form, value & meaning by the "invaders" who recognise and value the power & status of the traditions but have no respect for their real meaning.
These could be cultural, material, economic, political or military invaders (or elements of each) but the result is usualy the same – the traditions become gradualy worthless to the invaders, loose their meaning and fall out of use.
If you have read this far then you will have seen the parallel – do you want SJP to end up like the pyramids or Easter Island statues? Relics for the amusement of tourists – with stories of lost greatness and dareing deeds of years ago?
It's up to you!
Supermac – I grasp your explanation but not the point. Are you for stadium renaming, against, or are you saying it is destined to become moot in the context of human history(which applies essentially to just about everything)?
lualua17 says:
UTD111 & Workey totally agree lads I will never 'let this one go' I find it hard to believe some of these comments are written by Geordies. As you say me, my father, my grandfather and great grandfather have all been to St James' Park witnessing the high's & lows in the great history of our club. The question probably would be asked 'What's in a name?' everything in my opinion.
Supermac, well, my career isn't "in ruins" like yours, but I do have a very strong interest in things such as geopolitics, seeing and learning about different cultures around the world and more recent history. You can see it happening now in terms of "cultural imperialism" and the homogenisation of the world in general through globalisation. The things which once bound cultures together, gave them identity and made the world a wonderful and diverse place become as you write, quaint "relics for the amusement of tourists".
Newcastle United is becoming homogenised and without it's own identity. Without it's own identity and it's own traditions the club is hardly worth supporting and I've supported Newcastle United since the 'seventies.
Llambias himself said when he announced the name change:
"We understand that side of it, if fans continue to call it St. James' Park. But it is the sponsor's responsibility as well as ours to move forward, time will dissolve that."
"UTD111 & Workey totally agree lads I will never 'let this one go' I find it hard to believe some of these comments are written by Geordies."
Sadly I'm not so surprised lualua, Ashley is a very divisive character.
Tsunki, if you liked the video above, here's two fleeting glimpses of the greatest Newcastle United team ever, the team that won three of our four League titles so far (1905/1907/1909).
The first is another one against Liverpool at SJP, in 1905 this time. It also features that stand again just before it was demolished. One of our lot's smirkin' a tab as he walks out on to the pitch :lol:
The second one is of the 1910 cup final against Barnsley which we won eventually. By all accounts it was a very innovative, modern and stylish team for it's day which preferred elegance to mere brute force. The first match was a 1-1 draw, but we won the replay 2-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mD3WczRmqQ
For the record, worky-of course you're right. Just setting it up.
Great videos-but isn't the first clip in the post above from the same match as the first video you posted? Some of the action is the same.
My point is "It's up to you!"
Accept it or reject it.
It's one more aspect of loosing a local/ regional/ national identity.
Look at any list you care to make of changes that caused uproar at the time but have been meekly absorbed.
They took us out of Durham & stuck us in Tyne & Wear – almost universal complaint but quickly forgotten.
They took away (after 1,000 years) half crowns & tanners and gave us Ps.
They took away nice sping temperatures of 61f and gave us chilly sounding 16c.
Replaced iconic red phone boxes with blue ones with a flying fairy painted on them.
Even NUFC bloggers criticised me on here when I called our no 9 shirt iconic because a centre forward was part of our tradition – most said it was "old fashioned" "holding us back in the modern game" and we should "move on".
Fair enough. Things change.
Well, "It's up to you!" stick with it
– or accept it as "old fashioned and move on".
prophet stephen c says:
Superman something don't matter to us. Lots of us don't have an issue with who wears the no.9. This was just as much a ruse as the re-naming. I don't think for one second mike, lamearse and pardew actually care enough about the fans to hold back the no.9 shirt "because it means a lot to people up here" the new no.9 playing at st.James park means a lot more.
Why oh why would they even pretend to have our best interests at heart in making a player "earn" the number 9 shirt when they knew they were going to take away something much more precious
Let's not kid ourselves, pardew, ashley and lamearse are all in it together to make a buck. Yes we are flying high but at what cost? To sell our soul for poor clothing and to keep kids in work in sweat shops in Laos.
You can shove you're number 9 where the sun don't shine.
And supermac I'm surprised you even question the validity of heritage, the collesium in Rome will always be the collesium. Unless you are going to tell me, even that is not immune from corporate slander and graphiti.
Hoolie says:
I'll reject it thanks.
Call me old fashioned but I'm proud to be a Geordie…
…if we never win the cup again, I'll brave the dark at ST. JAMES'S PARK, at the Gallowgate End in the rain,
Am coming home…
Reverendly said Stephen.
glentoon says:
Top geordie song that hoolie.
Aye Glen,
Especially as I'm living doon sooth, that song always meks iz bubble. Even Alan Price's Jarrow Song still effects me.
But nowt changes – still getting screwed by the corporation.
Me Like!
"Superman something don't matter to us. Lots of us don't have an issue with who wears the no.9. This was just as much a ruse as the re-naming."
I'm not sure about that, but I was thinking similar things Stephen.
John Hall kind of rewrote alot of our history back in the 'nineties along with his "Geordie Nation" cobblers. He actually edited out alot of it with all his blah blah Jackie Milburn, blah blah Alan Shearer… There's much more to Newcastle's football than number 9s and as Chuck once rightly said, the fetishisation of a big centre forward ties the club to a certain rather simplistic and direct style. I'm not so sure that we were always so fixated on this number 9 thing before that.
Personally I wouldn't even say that our most important player in recent times was Alan Shearer; it was the artist, the goalmaker supreme, Pedro.
prophet stephen c says: "And supermac I'm surprised you even question the validity of heritage, the collesium in Rome will always be the collesium"
– don't you see that in this case YOU are the outsider who has usurped the native traditions? It is a subtle trap – interpretations change and memories lapse until you end up with what you picture as what you call the collesium – the original fans may have no idea what you are refering to, others may think you are talking about a night club!
Pedro forever!
The MAN!
Surely the ones who care less about the name change are the ones that should worry (about their attitude)…The ones that DO care surely don't have to worry 'cos they'll just carry on calling it SJP like they always have & always will?
That old clip showed how old sponsorship/business interests is/are in the game.
I've always preferred the name 'Gallowgate' personally, it sounds more gnarly & imposing than some nod to a fairy tale religious fakir.
"The ones that DO care surely don't have to worry 'cos they'll just carry on calling it SJP like they always have & always will?"
Many people say that, but it's mostly self deception Clint – The name will pass in time if people excuse themselves.
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
Ya' can't force the non-carers to care though mate.
People still refer to telecom tower as 'the post office tower' ffs!
It'll always be: (in no particular order) Saint James' Park, SJP, Gallowgate, Barrack Rd., the Cathedral on the hill, Hyem etc. I'm sure there are others.
Rules are meant to be smashed to pieces, then danced on, while laughing in the face of the powers that be, defiantly, perpetually, just as a matter of rote.
"War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; SJP is SDA" – Big Brother Ashley
Pass the victory gin!
You've obviously never worked in PR or advertising Clint.
And it will always be Marathon not snickers.
Starburst – bollix, they're opal Fruits!
I'm gannin to St. James' Park, others can go to the Imports Rejects Urinal if they want.
@ Hoolie
Unfortunately I don't remember Marathons, or Opal Fruits, the same way the our kids children will not remember SJP – only SDA…or which ever it will be called in 2,5,10 years time.
Dreamer says: "which ever it will be called in 2,5,10 years time" – or until a genuine sponor appears or Big Brother sells up!
Let's hope a new owner will instantly reverse the title – but only until it suits them otherwise I suppose.
What worries me is that I agree with the MP for Blaydon – which proves that I'm loosing my sanity.
Soh ! it's spelled St. James'Park eh!
Never knew the exact way to spell it.
Appears there has been little interest by any corporation or business to invest money in re-naming the stadium or using their logo for the purpose of advertising.
Obviously the prime candidate would have been "Virgin",
however even they probably consider it too toxic at this time.
Stupid is as stupid does, perhaps at some future time there may be an interest in sponsoring a company logo, but at present, the only money involved , has been the cost of tearing down a cultural icon and replacing it with a sign that symbolizes all that the NUFC fans detest about the present ownership.
Then again there may be no plan whatsoever to actually give those big money guys, Nike,O2, etc., the opportunity to get into a bidding war over the rights and simply have the SD symbols as another adjunct to the Mike Ashley business conglomerate, which appears to be buying up companies, with the recent windfall of profits generated by increased sales.
About the no. 9# shirt, do i have to explain it to y'all again ?
The debates about the number are of a fairly recent nature.
Yes back in the day there was a certain pride in NUFC teams employing great center forwards, "Hughie Gallacher", "Wor Jackie", etc. but one has to remember shirt numbers were only numbered from 2# to 11#.
There were no other numbers and of course whoever played in the center forward role wore the no 9# shirt.
Same as whoever played in the Center half role automatically wore the no.5# shirt.
(dont mention this to Ashley, he may bring back the 2# Thru 11# numbers saving money on having to add names, and having the substituted player hand over his shirt to his replacement)
It appears in to-days game the two to eleven numbers are meaningless, due to having done away with the fifties& sixties lineups plus the fact names have now become a part of the shirt in order to identify the player and certain players obviously favoring certain numbers.
To get back to the point, having had certain iconic center forwards Malcolm McDonald, Shearer, etc. who all wore the old center forward no9. it's become even more of an iconic piece of bullshit, that represents a time long past and a style of football consigned to the ashbin of history and it annoys the hell out of me when i hear fans chunder on about it and it's importance.
May the no 9# shirt RIP.
I always used to write "St James's" and both are correct, but I switched to St James' as that's what was on the sign, or WAS anyway (bastads).
As I've written several times before, it's also way too expensive Chuck. Pay attention! ;-)
Even if it wasn't "toxic" the amount raised through a name change would only be a fraction of the sums mentioned. As I've also written, Arsenal only get around £2.8 million per annum in real terms for the Emirates and that had no history so it wasn't toxic. Other similar examples such as Borussia Dortmund and the Sydney Olympic stadium raise around £3.5m and £4 million per annum respectively. It's the shirts which which raise far more.
When I first started supporting it was in the latter days of Supermac. He was massive of course, but I don't recall constant waffle about "the iconic number 9," just Supermac and the fact he scored alot of goals. I'm prepared to stand corrected though as I was a bairn at the time, though I seem to recall the guff started with Hall and Shearer.
Another thing which you didn't mention was the shirts. You'd just take a black n white scarf down to the game back on the old days, but now the marketing twats have manipulated people into thinking that you aren't a proper fan unless you wear a shirt to games, and you're made to feel like a leper if you don't. I've never done football shirts unless I was actually playing football.
"I don't recall constant waffle about "the iconic number 9" mmmmmmm ? I don't know. Certainly in the days of the Mighty Wynn we compared him to Wor Jackie and felt that the wold felt better with a top CF.
And comentators & newspapers regularly talked about the 9 shirt – or at least it felt that way.
Then when Shearer was signed it was all brought back again.
But am I seeing it all through a rosey glow of byegone days? I don't think so, but clearly not everyone agrees, but I'm happy with my delusion – or I wouldn't have supported NUFC for so long.
Well, time will dissolve Llambias also. Heck, I've argued that the name change is not such a big deal when set against the homogenizing and unravelling of our world at large, but "he who does not change his mind in the light of greater reason is a fool" according to Mahatma Gandhi, and while I can accept Kilgore's argument (which may be all that matters) I can also accept that this name change is an unnecessary and nasty poke in the Geordies' eye by Ashley and Llambias with their overused blunt stick.
Nah Supermac, there was alot of mythmaking in the Hall years, a great simplification (and distortion) of Newcastle United's history. There were quite a few new supporters came into the club who had little or no clue about the full and rich history of the club and there were a few potted, easy to remember myths all wrapped up and waiting for them. Some things were exaggerated, many things were forgotten and some were just made up.
Another myth from those days is the one that Alan Shearer turned down Manchester United to play for his home town club as the legendary number 9. Jack Walker wouldn't sell him to Manchester United and you have to know Blackburn's history to understand why. Blackburn were a top team in those days and had won the league. Could you imagine if Newcastle and Sunderland were vying for the Premier League title, then all of a sudden John Hall made an announcement that he was selling Shearer to the Mackems? Well that was something like Walker's position at that time. But I digress…
Getting back to the no9 thing proper, I think that Chuck has already touched on that one. Aye, people would compare great centre forwards both at Newcastle United and other clubs and the term "Number 9" and "Centre Forward" were interchangable because the centre forward was ALWAYS number 9 and importantly, there was only one. In the early fifties, Newcastle United's top scorer wasn't Jackie Milburn, it was the mighty George Robledo. He wasn't a number 9 though, he was an inside left, a number 10, but there were two inside forwards, with the inside right playing playing number 8.
Now of course, tactics and formations have moved on and number 10 has something of a different meaning and is also regarded as something of an "iconic" position because it has been worn by some of the finest players in the history of football, Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Zico and more.
My favourite player ever was a number nine until 1970, then he changed to number 14 because the old system was starting to become outdated. If we want to talk about iconic number 9s, we should go back to playing in a 2-3-5 formation.
one would have to be particularly weak-willed to buy/consume/believe anything from the hype of PR or commercials…obviously sheople do partake of such crap like.
You'd be surprised whom 'consults' with the likes of me mate!
Newcastle fans 'invented' mass team shirt wearing to games when first entering the prem, if i remember correctly. It's been de riguer ever since for many a clubs fan. That was always gonna be loved by the manufacturers.
Heard this tune/chant from the Ajax fans and couldnt get it out of my head. Simple chorus, no words but maybe by adding "St James ses Park " every fourth "line" it would let the Fatman know we dont brook his crapulence :)
"Well, time will dissolve Llambias also. Heck, I've argued that the name change is not such a big deal when set against the homogenizing and unravelling of our world at large,"
Sometimes time may dissolve people, but not their actions Paul. As for big deals and smaller deals, it doesn't work like that, everything is related.
Back in the middle of the nineties I used my knowledge and my contacts to help my girlfriend of the time to raise funds for a fairly new and unheard of organisation called the Stephen Lawrence family campaign. It was about two parents seeking justice for their murdered teenage son, one of many who had suffered a similar fate simply because of the colour of their skin. As soon as I started doing it though, I could tell from the reaction that it would lead to something momentous. It exploded, it became totemic, so much so that many years later it ended up changing British law and created a revolution in attitudes to racism in the UK. One murder at a bus stop changed a whole country.
The murder of one person for the colour of his skin is the murder of all people for the colour of their skin, and the homogenisation of one thing is the homgenisation of all things. Everything is related.
one would have to be particularly weak-willed to buy/consume/believe anything from the hype of PR or commercials"
Some people like to think that Clint, and some people don't even realise when PR is PR. It works. There was once a time when significant sections of the UK thought we could be gassed by a developing country 3000 miles away. There are still many people who think that a "dirty bomb" could kill thousands of people when in reality it would only make a few people cough a bit.
"Newcastle fans 'invented' mass team shirt wearing to games"
Aye Clint, the mass marketing of football shirts by the sportswear industry and retailers such as Mike Ashley and Dave Whelan at around the same time had nothing whatsoever to do with it. :-)
All i'm saying is that Toon fans made it fashionable, all my mates down here, fans of other teams, were amazed at the Geordie faithful- a mass of B&W stripes on match days. It changed fans of all hue.
Regardless!
Amen, Worky. Yin-Yang; the Law of Karma; Universal Oneness. HWTL.
AndyMac, I'm sorry that your previous two comments were held for moderation. Problem sorted now.
@tunyc yeah im a geordie through and through, im 26 and nufc is my pride and joy! But intead of living in a dream world, except from whinging about it explain what apart from whinging you can do to change it? Im as gutted as the next nufc fan about it but like i said theres nothing we can do to stop ashley changing stuff! Ashleys changes wont stop here so its pointless being against it all! Were in a european spot at the minute by players he has signed, so not all he does is bad, were you whinging when he signed cisse?
just in case you missed it –
Shirt of Legends: The Story of Newcastle United's No.9 Heroes by Paul Joannou
Newcastle United is a colourful football club at the very heart of the city's community and one with a rich history and tradition. One character has become synonymous with the Black 'n' Whites and their famous striped shirts – the centre-forward, the No. 9 hero, the man who has pulled on the 'Shirt of Legends'. Since the club's earliest days, the rapport between Newcastle's fervent Geordie supporters and United's centre-forward has been one of the great tales of soccer: one full of incident, controversy and fabulous goalscoring feats. Much rests on the shoulders of United's centre-forward. He carries the dreams of thousands and the hopes of a whole Geordie nation. From Peddie, Appleyard and Shepherd to Wee Hughie Gallacher and the 'Smiling Assassin', Albert Stubbins. Onwards with 'Wor' Jackie Milburn – a legend in himself – Len White, the mighty Wyn Davies and a brash cockney, Malcolm Macdonald – 'Supermac' to all. And including modern-day icons: Andy Cole, Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer – perhaps the biggest No. 9 hero of them all. They have been a mixed bunch: some tall, lean and fast; some small, tricky and highly skilled. Others have been graceful; a few have roved along the forward line, while there have been robust, aggressive characters on view, too. Some have been masterful in the air, while several struck the ball with terrific power; others have possessed the art of placement and, a few, the ultimate poacher's instinct in front of goal. But all had the same mission: to score goals and, whatever their style, if they donned the centre-forward shirt for Newcastle United, they were treated as gods. Shirt of Legends is about all of those players – the many different characters and personalities in the centre-forward role who have worn Newcastle United's No. 9 shirt since its introduction in 1939.


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I have done a lot of research on this pen and can't find any information on when it will be produced! The blog where this was originally posted by the owner has not been active since 2011. Can Yanko follow up and let the world know what is going on with this? I really would LOVE this pen and use it everyday!
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Q: PHP delete whole JSON object with keys my Json structured like this

{
  "packages": [
  {
      "id": "TEST",
      "name": "TEST",
      "desc": "TEST",
      "image": "TEST",
      "package": "TEST",
      "version": "1.00",
      "picpath": "TEST",
      "desc_1": "TEST",
      "desc_2": "TEST",
      "ReviewStars": "TEST",
      "Size": "",
      "Author": "TEST",
      "apptype": "TEST",
      "pv": "TEST",
      "main_icon_path": "TEST",
      "main_menu_pic": "TEST",
      "releaseddate": "5/03/2018"
    },
{
    "id": "TEST",
    "name": "TEST",
    "desc": "TEST",
    "image": "TEST",
    "package": "TEST",
    "version": "1.00",
    "picpath": "TEST",
    "desc_1": "ssss",
    "desc_2": "ssss",
    "ReviewStars": "5",
    "Size": "TEST",
    "Author": "TEST",
    "apptype": "222",
    "pv": "TEST",
    "main_icon_path": "TEST",
    "main_menu_pic": "TEST",
    "releaseddate": "2019-06-19",
}

    ]
}

and  want to delete whole objects by number [0-x] so if i would delete 1 it would look like this

{
  "packages": [
  {
      "id": "TEST",
      "name": "TEST",
      "desc": "TEST",
      "image": "TEST",
      "package": "TEST",
      "version": "1.00",
      "picpath": "TEST",
      "desc_1": "TEST",
      "desc_2": "TEST",
      "ReviewStars": "TEST",
      "Size": "",
      "Author": "TEST",
      "apptype": "TEST",
      "pv": "TEST",
      "main_icon_path": "TEST",
      "main_menu_pic": "TEST",
      "releaseddate": "5/03/2018"
    }

    ]
}

i tried this but it leaves [], still there
$jsons = @file_get_contents($page);

$data = json_decode($jsons ,true);

unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['name']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['id']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['image']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['desc']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['version']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['picpath']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['package']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['desc_1']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['desc_2']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['ReviewStars']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['Size']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['Author']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['apptype']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['pv']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['main_icon_path']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['main_menu_pic']);
unset($data['packages'][$pos] ['releaseddate']);
//unset($data['packages'][$pos]);

$newJsonStrings = json_encode($data, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
file_put_contents($path, $newJsonStrings);

my JSONs only have objects from 0-7 before it creates a new one so doing it by number would be easiest iv also tried googling the answer by havnt had much luck, i also tried doing other solutions that just end up delete the whole json lol

A: You can convert JSON to array and use a function to delete sub-array by key
$jsonToArray = json_decode($json, true);

removeByKey($jsonToArray['packages'] , 0);

function removeByKey(&$a, $key){
  unset($a[$key]);
  return $a;
}

Following function can be used to remove sub-array by supplying an array of keys and a single key
function removeByKey(&$a, $keys){
  if(is_array($keys)){
    foreach ($keys as $v) {
        if(isset($a[$v])) unset($a[$v]);
    }
  }else{
    if(isset($a[$keys])) unset($a[$keys]);
  }
  return $a;
}

Usage :-
$keys = [0,1];// array of keys
removeByKey($jsonToArray['packages'] , $keys);

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A: For this scenario, you just need to use unset($data['packages'][$pos])

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The Almeida Theatre Announces Winter 2015/2016 Season
AuthorEmma ClarendonPosted on September 4, 2015 Categoriesdrama, TheatreTagsAlmeida Theatre, Richard Eyre, Robert Icke
Following on from the successful Almeida Greeks season, the Almeida Theatre has today announced its Winter 2015/2016 season.
Artistic Director Rupert Goold introduced the new season saying: "We follow our Almeida Greeks with a double-header of late nineteenth-century masterpieces by two of the world's most important and influential playwrights. Written less than five years apart, these plays offer startlingly fresh reflections on our lives and our theatre – and how we can understand them."
The two plays that will be staged at the theatre over the coming months are a new translation of Ibesen's Little Eyolf which will then be followed by a new production of Chekov's Uncle Vanya.
Little Eyolf : 19th November 2015 – 9th January 2016 – following on from his productions of Hedda Gabler and Ghosts, Richard Eyre returns to the Almeida with a new version of Little Eyolf.
How is a life well lived? Alfred Allmers comes home to his wife, Rita, and makes a decision. Casting aside his writing, he dedicates his life to raising his son. But one event is going to change his life forever.
The cast will be lead by Jolyon Coy and Lydia Leonard and will also include Sam Hazeldine, Eve Ponsonby and Eileen Walsh. Design will be by Tim Hatley and with lighting by Peter Mumford.
Uncle Vanya: 5th February – 26th March 2016 – following on from his hugely successful production of Oresteia (currently running at the Trafalgar Studios), Almeida Associate Director Robert Icke directs a new production of Chekov's best known play.
The production will see Paul Rhys making his debut at the Almeida in the title role.
Things your life could be: 1) a farce 2)a tragedy 3)pointless 4) all of the above
Things you could do about it: 1) keep living 2)stop living 3)stop someone else living 4)nothing.
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Checkov's masterpiece examines human behaviour in all its contradiction.
Tickets for both productions will first go on sale to Almeida members on Tuesday 8th September and to members of the public on the 15th September.
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Immigration and Human Rights Clinic Helps Honduran Woman Win Asylum
On Feb. 12, U.S. Immigration Judge Audrey Carr granted asylum to a Honduran woman who is a client of the Law School's Immigration and Human Rights Clinic.
While working as a transit police officer in Honduras, the client refused to accept bribes from gangs who sought to procure drivers licenses for their members and information about police operations. Because she refused to comply, the client was threatened by the gang and eventually she and her family were attacked by gunmen at their home. The client fears that if she returns to Honduras, she will be killed.
Judge Carr determined that the client's claim of persecution on account of her membership in a particular social group and her political opinion of opposition to government corruption was valid. Former transit police officers who refused threats by gangs are seen as a group by Hondurans and have discrete boundaries. Corruption within Honduras' national police is normal, if not expected. Therefore, those who do not participate become the targets of persecution merely because they refuse to abuse power.
3L Natacha Garcia, 3L Emily Ortlieb, and 2L Brittany Turany served as student attorneys, working alongside Professor Stephen Meili and performing much of the prep work, including helping to research and write the brief.
Ortlieb, the student director of the clinic, says that a particularly persuasive element of the case was expert testimony presented about the prevalence of corruption in the client's region and line of work.
The case is not over yet, however; the government recently filed an appeal. Meili and the three students are already deep into strategizing and plan to vigorously defend the Immigration Judge's findings. "Our client is exactly the type of person you would want here," Meili says.
2L Brittany Turany, 3L Natacha Garcia, 3L Emily Ortlieb and Prof. Stephen Meili
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HomeOlympicsTokyo 2021: Olympic chief to visit Japan to approve safety amid Covid cases surge
Tokyo 2021: Olympic chief to visit Japan to approve safety amid Covid cases surge
posted on Apr. 18, 2021 at 2:10 pm
The head of the Olympic movement will visit Japan in May as the nation struggles to contain a surge in Covid-19 cases before the start of the Games, with Pfizer agreeing to supply extra vaccine doses to the country.
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, will attend a torch relay ceremony in the western city of Hiroshima on 17 May and meet prime minister Yoshihide Suga the next day, Kyodo News agency said on Saturday, citing sources close to the matter.
Bach is expected to back Japan's commitment to safely host the summer Games, Kyodo reported, which are due to start in late July after being postponed from last year because of the pandemic.
"We are aware of president Bach's intention to come to Japan and would welcome such a visit," the Tokyo Olympic organising committee said in a statement. "However, nothing concrete has been decided."
With fewer than 100 days until the Olympics are due to start in Tokyo, Japan expanded quasi-emergency measures to 10 regions on Friday as a fourth wave of Covid-19 cases spread.
One leading politician said it was still possible the Games could be cancelled again.
Suga, who is on a state visit to the United States, said at a news conference on Friday that he told president Joe Biden he was committed to moving forward with the Games and that Biden offered his support.
It also emerged that Suga had used his trip to the US to obtain extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine to try to contain the spread.
"[Pfizer] have agreed on the essentials of the matter," vaccine tzar, Taro Kono, said during a live interview on Fuji TV, adding that further details including the shipment schedule will be discussed.
Kono did not specify the number of extra doses sought from Pfizer, but said Japan would secure enough supply by the end of September to inoculate all people over 16.
Suga made the request during a telephone call with Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla on Saturday, the last day of a three-day visit to Washington.
Only 0.9% of the Japanese public had received their first vaccine shot as of Friday, compared with 2.5% in South Korea, and 48% in the United Kingdom.
Japan, with its domestic vaccine development still in early stages, has to rely on imports and has signed agreements with Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna. The Pfizer vaccine is the only one Japan has approved so far.
Japan's government says it has secured 314 million doses, enough to cover its entire population by the end of this year. That includes 144 million doses from Pfizer.
Kono has said the pace of the vaccine shipments is expected to pick up beginning in May. Addressing concerns about the shortage of medical workers administering the jabs, the government recently revised a law to recruit nurses who have retired or are on leave to temporarily help with the vaccinations.
Japan added 4,532 coronavirus cases on Saturday for a total of 525,218 since the pandemic began, with 9,584 deaths.
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Georgia edges Missouri
Dawgs when a battle of field goal kickers
Marshall Morgan, who missed from 26 yards about 4 minutes earlier, kicked a 34-yard field goal with 1:44 remaining and Georgia edged Missouri 9-6 on Saturday night in a game with no touchdowns. Georgia (5-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) snapped a two-game losing streak by holding Missouri (4-3, 1-3) to six first downs and 164 total yards. Missouri has lost two straight. Georgia's Sony Michel had 26 carries for 87 yards rushing while taking over as the starter following star tailback Nick Chubb's season-ending knee injury. The Tigers showed why they lead the SEC in pass defense and scoring defense. They had allowed an average of only 13.5 points per game before frustrating quarterback Greyson Lambert and the Bulldogs. Lambert's first pass was intercepted. The win allowed Georgia to protect its hopes of catching SEC East leader Florida, which lost to LSU 35-28.
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Marshall Morgan, who missed from 26 yards about 4 minutes earlier, kicked a 34-yard field goal with 1:44 remaining and Georgia edged Missouri 9-6 on Saturday night in a game with no touchdowns.
Georgia (5-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference) snapped a two-game losing streak by holding Missouri (4-3, 1-3) to six first downs and 164 total yards. Missouri has lost two straight.
Georgia's Sony Michel had 26 carries for 87 yards rushing while taking over as the starter following star tailback Nick Chubb's season-ending knee injury.
The Tigers showed why they lead the SEC in pass defense and scoring defense. They had allowed an average of only 13.5 points per game before frustrating quarterback Greyson Lambert and the Bulldogs. Lambert's first pass was intercepted.
The win allowed Georgia to protect its hopes of catching SEC East leader Florida, which lost to LSU 35-28.


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Microsoft is retiring the Blue Screen of Death for some users
Microsoft is turning the BSOD into a GSOD for users of its Windows 10 beta
By Blair Hanley Frank
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Windows 10 beta testers who are used to the warm, familiar glow of Microsoft's Blue Screen of Death will start learning it's not easy being green.
Microsoft is tweaking its venerable error message that lets people know that something went wrong, and their computers need to be restarted. While everyday consumers will still see the same old BSOD that we love to hate, people who are using beta builds released as part of the Windows 10 Insider Program will now see a Green Screen of Death.
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The change is designed to help distinguish between crashes in the generally available branch of Windows 10 and the beta branch. Microsoft lets people know that they use Insider builds at their own risk, and the betas can contain bugs that crash programs or entire devices.
The change is designed to make it easier for Microsoft to distinguish problem reports from beta testers and consumers, according to a Microsoft blog post written by Windows Insider Program chief Dona Sarkar.
The BSOD has received several upgrades over the lifetime of Windows 10. Microsoft previously added QR codes and links to help pages in an attempt to make it easier for users to diagnose what led to the problems in the first place. At first, those codes just pointed users to a generic help page, but they've since been updated to be more specific.
The new screen is part of a whole slew of updates that Microsoft released to the Windows 10 beta on Monday, including changes to Windows Update and an update to the Start menu that lets users place tiles into folders.
Blair Hanley Frank is primarily focused on the public cloud, productivity and operating systems businesses for the IDG News Service.


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A collective site with many users, blogs and comments juried by doctors, researchers and patient advocates would be an ideal site where patients can gain knowledge and no longer feel alone.
Lars U. Diemer: The industry is really learning how to be patient-centric, I believe. There's an awareness that this means not only focusing on the patient but also looking holistically at the support system that surrounds them – both professional healthcare services and people's family and friends.
Pharma can have an enormous role here. We can enable HCPs to provide relevant, compliant information that addresses not only individual patient concerns but also those of their families and loved ones. We need to have a strong belief in taking better advantage of technology so that doctors get the tools to select relevant patient information together with the patients. And then patients also get the tools to choose what to share with their loved ones so they get the support they need.


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War seems to surround us. As it has done throughout history, instigation often comes from differing religious opinions. Though we really aren't that different, ignorance or misunderstandings place us in opposition. The foundation of every religious belief, from Hinduism to Judaism, is love, acceptance and tolerance, but this seems to have gotten lost in the mix of misinformed misconceptions. Gandhi said, "I consider myself a Hindu, a Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian." Defining himself not as one, but as all, the Dalai Lama noted the "simple philosophy of life is kindness." Diane Hause's retrospective examines the unity and beautiful diversity of the world's religions and how, with some insight and information, we aren't as different as we may think.
A mixed-media artist who utilizes her work as a vehicle to examine a variety of issues, Hause comes from New York, but earned her BFA at UNCW and went on to receive her MFA at University of California Santa Barbara. Having moved back to North Carolina only two years ago, her artistic career has been prolific and influential and was predicated by fate. She was chosen as one of four students in her 5th grade class to take a Saturday trip to the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
This led her to begin an investigation into Middle Eastern religions. She was on a search for humanity, for spirituality—something she said is within all of humankind. 'Convergence of Faith" was born to examine these variety of beliefs—to prove to others we're not as dissimilar as we may think.
One of the unavoidable components of the show is a burqa. A beautiful, light blue garment meant to be tried on by visitors. A taboo dress in our society, the intention is to attempt to, for a brief moment, understand what many Middle Eastern women experience everyday (something after which I tried on made me realize I have a large head). A part of an exhibition that aimed to draw attention to the misogyny against women in Afghanistan, Hause noted it emerged from another prophetic dream.
The next day, after opening her newly arrived Amnesty International catalogue, the same four women were photographed sitting on a bench in Afghanistan. The eyes that had captured Hause in her dream were staring back at her from the pages. She immediately organized an art show to promote awareness about the life of women in Afghanistan.
Hause encourages interactive responses, too, wherein folks can add comments to her book. The range was varied, including the elimination of a woman's sexuality, which while empowering also promoted insecurity and vulnerability. From a feminine perspective, the piece relates to another in Hause's series, which comprises women in an array of poses. They represent priestesses chosen from the most prominent families in ancient Rome. Their jobs were to communicate with the gods and take a forced vow of chastity. If they broke this vow or refused the highly regarded position, death was imminent.
A society regarded with high esteem in life and academics, it is an aspect often overlooked: the innumerable emotional facets of femininity. Vestal virgins are reflective and documented by women who don the burqa; for some it is spiritual, for others, it's a prison.
One of the new works included in the retrospective is entitled "As the Crow Flies." A mixed media piece, it consists of 16 11-inch squares of recycled metal ceiling tiles. A panel features an image of Mother Teresa while another showcases the all-seeing Egyptian eye. It provides a notion of all religions being separate, unless one chooses to see a united front. They are mesmerizing, fitting and united in the basis of their ultimate desires.
Hause's retrospective proves compassion and understanding can pay off—not just artistically but socially and soulfully. The exhibition will be on display through December at 621N4TH. Admission is free and the hours are Monday through Thursday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.


How well do young people understand Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Home» Blog » How well do young people understand Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted on September 25th, 2015 when countries set 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Each of these goals has specific targets to be achieved over 15 years leading up to 2030. These goals involve governments, the private sector, civil society and every single person.
Since the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, 90% of humanity is not aware of the United Nations set goals. This low awareness can be attributed to the fact that the SDGs cover a range of complex social, economic and environmental challenges we currently face. The youth in Kenya have not being left behind as most do not well understand the concept of SDGs and what they entail. According to a report targeted towards university students in Kenya, only 45% understand the goals but not in a much broad perspective. This is compared to the 54% of an understanding among university students globally. India has an understanding of the SDGs at 54% which is followed by the USA and the UK. This is an inspiration for all developing countries to also get a deeper understanding of the SDGs. University students are expected to be broad-minded and understand these concepts such as the SDGs more in-depth since the university is a higher education level were many different concepts are discussed. It is imperative that at this level of education, the SDGs need to be well taught and understood and then be able to participate in the implementaion process.
This report done by MK- Africa in collaboration with TIFA Research shows SDG3 which focuses on Good Health and Well-being, SDG 4 Quality Education, SDG 5 on Gender Equality and SDG 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation are at +60% understanding by the youth. This is no surprise as health is critical for everyone no matter the health and access to good health care services is paramount for every individual which can also be interrelated to clean water and sanitation. University students are also well able to understand the importance of education and access to every child.
With environmental challenges increasing daily, Kenyan youth are concerned about environmental problems such as global warming (27%) and environmental pollution (15%). They are also concerned about poverty, unemployment and terrorism. The survey also noted the top 3 concerns for Kenyan youth are unemployment (16%), corruption (15%) and poverty (12%). Fortunately, 98% of the students who participated in the survey feel that SDGs can be used to solve the social, economic problems not only in Kenya but the world.
Universities offer a platform for students to be able to participate in extracurricular activities that broaden their perspectives towards life even after finishing their degree. 62% of those who have participated are involved in activities linked with the attainment of the SDGs. This is a good sign as university students may not well understand these concepts but they can be able to be involved in such.
Postgraduate students, however, have a higher understanding of the SDGs with 88% of the surveyed being highly involved in activities around the SDGs. This can signify that the higher the education level, the deeper the understanding of Sustainable development goals and the targets within.


Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan, the best Indian actors of all time. One is Superstar, one is an acting dictionary. Both have their own styles in acting and following. We know the remunerations of the star heroes how huge they are. Though currently, they are the highest paid actors, in 1970 their remuneration was 2000 and 30000 for Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan Respectively. Actually, Rajnikanth remuneration is higher than the Kamal Hassan in present days. But, in 1970, Kamal Hassan was the highest paid actor than Rajnikanth. The 1970's Tamil movie Moondru Mudichu was the K.Balachander's flick. In that movie, both Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth have acted together and moreover, Sridevi was the heroine of the film.
An interesting thing was that Sridevi did the heroine role at the age of 13 and she made her debut with this film as heroine. And, she has taken 5000 thousand rupees as remuneration for her first movie. This was higher than Rajnikanth's remuneration. Really, it says her reputation in those days moreover for the first movie. Actually, Kamal Hassan was the senior actor, that's why he has taken more remuneration than Rajnikanth and Sridevi. The surprising thing in the whole story was Sridevi's debut movie was at the age of 13.


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The daily repeating job were starting at 7:35am on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th March.
DST has STARTED in the early hours of Sunday 30th March. The time has moved forward one hour.
Now on Sunday 30th and Monday 31st March, this daily repeating job is starting at 6:35am.
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Rwandese tactician Cassa Mbungo will be thrown straight into the deep end on Saturday when he leads out a limping AFC Leopards for the Mashemeji Derby against arch-rivals Gor Mahia at the Moi Sports Centre Kasarani.
The game comes barely four days after Mbungo was appointed to take charge of the team after the exit of Serb Marko Vasiljevic who has been in charge for only two months.
Mbungo, formerly with AS Kigali in Rwanda took charge of his first game on Wednesday just 24 hours after signing an 18-month deal and he got a rude welcome, his side losing 2-1 to relegation fighting Mount Kenya United.
Despite that defeat, Mbungo is still upbeat about the derby though he offers few words of what his side can expect from the fiery tie that brings Nairobi to a stand-still.
It will be a good game. I know Gor Mahia is a tough team and they are currently doing good. I coached Mustafa (Francis) and Jack (Tuyisenge) so I know what threat they can pose. It will be hard turning things around at AFC because I have not been involved much with the signing and pre-season but I will do my best, Mbungo noted.
AFC's loss against Mount Kenya was their fourth in five games and they are currently languishing at 15th spot in the standings with 10 points from 11 games, only two shy of the automatic relegation slots.
Skipper Robinson Kamura has rallied his teammates to give their all in the tie and notes that this could be the turning point of their season.
The derby knows no form. We have to give our best for this game because we know how much it means to the fans. We are of course not happy with the way results have been going for us but we will work as players to get back to the top, Kamura said.
He added; Gor is a good team with a lot of experience and we know it will not be easy.
Ingwe come up against a Gor side that is swimming in improved form and have won five of their last six matches across all competitions, including the hugely morale boosting 4-2 win over Egyptian giants Zamalek in the CAF Confederations Cup.
Cypriot coach Hassan Oktay will also be handling his first derby and the tactician is confident his on-form charges will deliver results.
The derby is an important match to everyone especially the fans and we need to work hard to get a result. AFC are not doing well now but that is not to say we will approach them easy. Everybody turns out different for the derby and we have to work hard to win, the tactician added.
With the derby in the horizon, Oktay will have one eye on Wednesday's CAF Confederations Cup trip away to Petro Atletico in Luanda, Angola, but Oktay sats that will not mean he will field a weakened side against their fiercest rivals.
Well, last season, former coach Dylan Kerr fielded a second string side against Leopards in the wake of a tight fixture in the Confederations Cup and they somwhow engineered a result.
On paper, Gor Mahia are huge favorites for the tie as over the last 22 league meetings, they have won 12 matches and lost five, the other five ending in draws.
The last time AFC beat Gor was in March 2016 when they won 1-0, but Gor has dominated the last six matches winning five and drawing one. Last season, Gor won the first leg 2-1 and return leg 2-0 and odds are hugely stocked for them to carry the day against their rivals.
K'Ogalo will have a clean bill of health with no injuries heading into the tie while AFC have plenty to worry about. Defender Isaac Oduro will be out same as midfielders Marvin Nabwire and Edward Seda. They might be boosted with the return of Victor Majid, but the midfielder has just returned to training and may not have hit the right notes of physical form for the tie.