Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
Still think there's a chance we might have got the investment had that Fword fan kept his nose out. Ours (& svens) reputation was damaged beyond repair largely thanks to him. That's not to defend Russell King or to suggest that we wouldn't have been in a mess, but I don't think that journalist helped us one bit, nor gave a **** what happened to us afterwards. We ended up with The Trews for god's sake.

Feel for Newcastle fans at the moment, regardless of the rights or wrongs.
I don’t think there was ever any money available. King was a fraudster, and Notts County were one of his victims. All the money that was spent by Trembling was debt.