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Article: Football: SIR JOHN HALL EXCLUSIVE Let the good Tynes roll again; ROBBO CAN COP THE LOT FOR NEWCASTLE: MARTIN HARDY Talks to club President Sir John Hall about his ambitions for Newcastle United...and the man to fulfil them.(Sport)
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- The People (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2000
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Byline: MARTIN HARDY
WHEN Sir John Hall missed out on snaring Bobby Robson as the new Newcastle manager nearly four years ago, it almost got the Magpies relegated.
Robson decided to honour his contract at Spanish giants Barcelona while the Geordies went into freefall under the disastrous reigns of Kenny Dalglish and Ruud Gullit.
And former Chairman Hall is adamant the Magpies got it spot on when they refused the Football Association permission to take United's saviour in a caretaker role and demanded the same loyalty from Robson as he showed those ...