Shepherd: 'The Toon MUST Stay Up'!

"But at the end of the day, we are where we are and we'll get out of this.

"It would be and it would be bad for the city - we have huge business interests in the city so it wouldn't be any good for us either so I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that we stay up.

"I'm sure Mike Ashley will put the money in to invest in the team and get the team back up if they do go down but as I say, I'm confident they will stay up.

"Perhaps Shearer was brought in a little too late but time will tell on that.

"But I'm confident whatever happens he's the future manager for Newcastle."

Saturday 02nd May 2009
Chelsea v Fulham 15.00
Man City v Blackburn 15.00
Middlesbrough v Man Utd 12.45
Portsmouth v Arsenal 15.00
Stoke City v West Ham 15.00
Tottenham v West Brom 15.00
Wigan Athletic v Bolton 15.00

Sunday 03rd May 2009
Liverpool v Newcastle 13.30
Sunderland v Everton 16.00

Monday 04th May 2009
Aston Villa v Hull City 20.00

Saturday 09th May 2009
Blackburn v Portsmouth 15.00
Bolton v Sunderland 15.00
Everton v Tottenham 15.00
Fulham v Aston Villa 15.00

Sunday 10th May 2009
Arsenal v Chelsea 16.00
Man Utd v Man City 13.30

Monday 11th May 2009
Newcastle v Middlesbrough 20.00

Wednesday 13th May 2009
Wigan Athletic v Man Utd 20.00

Saturday 16th May 2009
Bolton v Hull City 15.00
Everton v West Ham 15.00
Man Utd v Arsenal 12.45
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa 15.00
Newcastle v Fulham 15.00
Stoke City v Wigan Athletic 15.00
Tottenham v Man City 15.00

Sunday 17th May 2009
Chelsea v Blackburn 16.00
West Brom v Liverpool 13.30

Monday 18th May 2009
Portsmouth v Sunderland 20.00

Sunday 24th May 2009
Arsenal v Stoke City 16.00
Aston Villa v Newcastle 16.00
Blackburn v West Brom 16.00
Fulham v Everton 16.00
Hull City v Man Utd 16.00
Liverpool v Tottenham 16.00
Man City v Bolton 16.00
Sunderland v Chelsea 16.00
West Ham v Middlesbrough 16.00
Wigan Athletic v Portsmouth 16.00