Shepherd slagged off the LMA chief executive, by describing him as "a union leader", for trying "stop someone getting a job."
Barnwell: "He is surprised a union is keeping a man out of work. We are not a union, we are an association. As for keeping men out of work, I find that fairly ironic that you and Newcastle of all people have taken the moral ground of compassion and job security.
"Your (Shepherd) past record for dismissal and termination of managers' contracts speaks for itself."
Shepherd: "There should be no misunderstanding between myself and John - after all, we come from the same working class area of Newcastle, so nothing should be lost in translation.
"I'd ask John to look up the word union in the Oxford English Dictionary - one of the definitions is `a club, society or association formed by people with a common interest or purpose'. Now if that isn't a definition of the LMA, then what is?
"I've also noted John's comments about dismissals and termination of managers' contracts but as John well knows, any manager who has left St James's Park has left with every penny he has been entitled to.
"I've made it clear that I'm disappointed in the stance adopted by John, but I'd ask him to take these latest comments in the spirit they are intended."
We await Round Three.