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Last night I was listening to 5Live radio and the commentator was saying how brilliant Newcastle fans were. Then I got in and the Channel 5 commentator and Joe Royle were up the Geordies arses saying how passionate they are and how brilliant they look in their black and white shirts.
THE GROUND WAS HALF FULL! IN THE ONLY COMPETITION THEY MIGHT WIN!
How the fuck do Newcastle get away with it? It must drive Sunderland fans mental. The media are completely obsessed with them and happy to peddle any 'Toon' stereotype. Just because they turn every ground they go to into a barcode doesnt make them the self appointed 'worlds greatest supporters'.
Id love to see them back in the 2nd tier AGAIN. Their support would not stand up to scrtiny And I say AGAIN because they have spent a lot of their not so illustrious history in the 2nd division. Theyve just got lucky in riding the Premiership gravy train.
Newcastle United. Full of shit. Rant over.
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« Reply #1 on: Friday, March 9, 2007, 22:06:50 » |
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alan shearer was fucking class though....
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Fred Elliot
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« Reply #2 on: Friday, March 9, 2007, 22:07:41 » |
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So was Malcolm MacDonald
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« Reply #3 on: Friday, March 9, 2007, 22:14:47 » |
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Whats that got to do with their ground being half full?  That was a serious rant. :soap: I might go post on a Newcastle board. :twak: |
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« Reply #4 on: Friday, March 9, 2007, 22:31:20 » |
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In their defence it costs a lot of money to go to football and Newcastle fill their ground with Geordies.The likes of Man utd ,Arsenal and Chelsea get day trippers,foreigners and nuetrals taking up much of the stands for games like this.Its a flimsy arguement and ive no real wish to stand up for them but there is some truth to it. .
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« Reply #5 on: Friday, March 9, 2007, 22:54:50 » |
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Spot on Yeovil...ive been to st.james a couple of times, and you dont find many out of towners going, I'd say about 90% of their support is local to the north east unlike salford united, aresenal et-al. And they make you feel really welcome if you do go. Best suuporters in the world? Dunno....i think for hard core support in the top 10 at least.
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f it dont need fixing....dont fuckin break it
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« Reply #6 on: Saturday, March 10, 2007, 11:04:21 » |
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shoes off if u love the toon
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« Reply #7 on: Saturday, March 10, 2007, 11:22:13 » |
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Spencer, I agree with your sentiment 100%. The first season I recall us playing Newcastle was back in 63/64 in the old Div 2 (second tier) our crowd average of 18000+ was more than the likes of Man City, Soton, Derby and on a par with the Smoggies.
However Newcastle and Leeds had 29000....Leeds being champions.....both were dwarfed by Sunderland who had 41000.
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« Reply #8 on: Saturday, March 10, 2007, 12:36:56 » |
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both were dwarfed by Sunderland who had 41000. who now have to give away free tickets in order to get some sort of gate |
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« Reply #9 on: Saturday, March 10, 2007, 17:11:13 » |
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id like to add their kick off times have been rather wanky too
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« Reply #10 on: Sunday, March 11, 2007, 12:01:59 » |
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Sunderland took 9000 to Barnsley yesterday, I wonder how many Newcastle would?
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« Reply #11 on: Sunday, March 11, 2007, 12:54:45 » |
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About the same mate, they bring quite the away followings.
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« Reply #12 on: Sunday, March 11, 2007, 13:59:47 » |
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Sunderland took 9000 to Barnsley yesterday, I wonder how many Newcastle would? the Barnsley away end doesnt even hold 9,000. Only holds 8... |
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« Reply #13 on: Sunday, March 11, 2007, 14:00:14 » |
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8,000 that is...not just 8 people.
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« Reply #14 on: Sunday, March 11, 2007, 16:46:18 » |
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About the same mate, they bring quite the away followings. Its all a matter of opinion. But id say Sunderland have the 2nd best away support in the country after Man United. Probably then Liverpool, Spurs, Chelsea. DV, I think they had some of that side stand to the right as well. Could be wrong though. Whatever it was it was impressive. I think Newcastle have considered themselves a top 5 team in the country for a good 10 years now. But Id never put them in that bracket. This seems to be dawning on the supporters who jumped on the bandwagon post 1993 (Geordies or not). The wind is falling out of their sails. |
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