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O’LEARY HEADING FOR NEWCASTLE?

WILLIAM HILL have made David O’Leary 11/4 second favourite in their market about who will be Newcastle manager on the first day of 2010, with only Alan Shearer preferred in the betting, at 11/10.
‘Media rumour seems to suggest that should Mike Ashley fail to find a buyer he may decide to stay at the club and offer O’Leary the job’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘But Alan Shearer is still likely to be the first port of call for any potential purchaser of the club’.
NEWCASTLE MANAGER ON JAN 1, 2010:

Alan Shearer
11/10

David Oleary
11/4

Chris Hughton
4/1

Colin Calderwood
10/1

Kevin Keegan
16/1

Alan Curbishley
20/1

Aidy Boothroyd
20/1

Lee Clark
33/1

Glenn Hoddle
40/1

Steve Bruce
66/1

NEWCASTLE are 7/1 joint second favourites to win the Championship with William Hill, who make West Brom 5/1 favourites and also offer: 7/1 Middlesbro; 8/1 Sheff U; 10 Ipswich; 11 Cardiff; 14 Reading; 16 Forest ;Leicester; 20 QPR; 25 Derby

FURTHER INFORMATION….Graham Sharpe…0780 3233702