Newcastle Thread - 2022/23

[Mick_]

buzzing at the moment, how longs the Swedish forward out for???

We expect Isak to be back during the World Cup break so he will be training with us when we go to Saudi and should be playing when the league restarts.

I do like the look of him, I don't envy Eddie Howe having to try to get him into the starting 11. I guess staying in both cup competitions for as long as possible will help.

 

[Vienna_70]

I can't even begin to work out what was going through that moron’s mind to do that. I'm sure at the time it was said that the lad who punched the horse hadn't been to a game for years.

It’s a shame that he went to that game which was against Sunderland, he had probably been drinking from the early hours, not that that’s an excuse.

What could possibly go through your head which ended up with your brain telling you to punch the horse? I just don’t get it.

Ex-footballer Quinn gets three-year ban for neglecting horses

The former professional footballer Mick Quinn was yesterday banned from training horses until 2004 after a Jockey Club inquiry into allegations that he neglected his horses.

www.theguardian.com

 

[Mick_]

My kind of post!

Indeed. City Newcastle Sunderland Everton Villa Spurs are all the same kind of fanbases throughout history.

City 28,273 average in the third tier which went up from the season before, Sunderland 30,118, 30,847 and 32,157 averages in the third tier, Newcastle 51,106 average in the second tier which was higher than 9 of the 10 previous seasons to that.

Nobody can say anything about the support of these three clubs.

I honestly couldn't believe the support you had in the old third division and I was amazed by it at the time. Your support was outstanding and makes an absolute mockery of anybody who sings ‘where were you when you were shit’.

 

[the blue panther]

I hope you get to experience some of the incredible times we've been so, so fortunate to experience. It is life changing; heart lifting; magical. We are so so lucky to have had what we've had for 13/14 years - and they all said that it wouldn't last!
We've been blessed indeed - and we all know and appreciate it.

 

[cleavers]

Newcastle is usually a great city for away fans

Been many times, and always enjoyed it, found the odd place a bit intimidating, but I've rarely seen any trouble, other than for those looking for it, same can be said for Sunderland too.

The one time a few of yours (kids basically) threatend a group of blues I was with, those idiots were f**ked off by your fans (adults).

 

[lasereyes]

It will be interesting to see how Howe treats the cups.If i was a Newcastle fan i would be hoping he plays strong teams.
A far better chance of winning a cup than the league.

And remember how our run started 11 years ago ...

 

[blue cigar]

I was replying to somebody who had mentioned 15k. We did have the crowds you mentioned when we were in the old 2nd division. You were in the old 2nd division in 1988 and had less than 20k.

In those days we all had hopeless stadiums compared to what we have now and we were either in recession or ready to go into one. We also had hooliganism, racism, sexism and every other ism you can think of. Football was toxic and gates were down at most grounds in England.

We didn't average less than 20,, Newcastle did. A complete blurring of facts. Newcastle support is a myth

 

[JASR]

That's brilliant, I might try to download the files to see if I can do anything with them instead of typing as it's so easy to hit the wrong key on a keyboard and screw everything up.

It’s a good site, and I’ve quoted it a few times, but our resident archivist @Gary James has pointed out a few times that the City figures aren’t entirely accurate (iirc he’s contacted the site owner, but nothing changed).

As to whether any other clubs figures are entirely accurate, I don’t know.

But if you take it and understand it as a sort of average accuracy, it’s good.

 

[yeseye]

That's brilliant, I might try to download the files to see if I can do anything with them instead of typing as it's so easy to hit the wrong key on a keyboard and screw everything up.

I wouldn’t be downloading anything off a unsecured site personally.

 

[Mick_]

Been many times, and always enjoyed it, found the odd place a bit intimidating, but I've rarely seen any trouble, other than for those looking for it, same can be said for Sunderland too.

The one time a few of yours (kids basically) threatend a group of blues I was with, those idiots were f**ked off by your fans (adults).

Most of our fans take pride that we're one of the few cities that don't operate away fans only pubs and almost everybody is welcome. Newcastle was as bad as anywhere for away fans until the last 10 years or so. I can't put my finger on why it changed for the better, only that it has.

 

[Mick_]

It’s a good site, and I’ve quoted it a few times, but our resident archivist @Gary James has pointed out a few times that the City figures aren’t entirely accurate (iirc he’s contacted the site owner, but nothing changed).

As to whether any other clubs figures are entirely accurate, I don’t know.

But if you take it and understand it as a sort of average accuracy, it’s good.

This is another site https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/eng-premier-league/ which has a lot of data although it doesn't go back as far with attendances, epsecially away from the Premier League. You can navigate using the tabs at the top of the page.

 

[Lord Blue]

I’m definitely not Mick Quinn. He was a strange footballer, he had the physique of a sumo wrestler but could find the net.

he scored sooo many goals

 

[Spanishbob]

It’s going to be interesting in the next few seasons. Got two Newcastle fans i go drinking with and has always the talk of football is centre stage. At the moment they are pretty down to earth with the takeover and know it will take a few seasons to be where we are. Having said that they like the majority of fans of other clubs they take has gospel what they read in the media about our gods own and have to fight off each accusation they present to me. So i keep telling them what your reading now is nothing compared to what you will get in the future especially with being Saudi owned.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

And they'll have to deal with this too.

 

[aguero93:20]

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And they'll have to deal with this too.

That's spot on, where's it from?

 

[fitzy blue]

I've haven't punched any animals, ever. The bloke who did it at Newcastle was an arse and rightly went to prison for it even though the horse was fine.

Didn't realise he got sent down for it.
Suppose it was Northumperland Prison.
If it was on Merseyside they'd be still looking for him.

 

[richardtheref]

We didn't average less than 20,, Newcastle did. A complete blurring of facts. Newcastle support is a myth

I was at Ossie Ardilles last game and the crowd for that was something like 13k

 

[Mick_]

Didn't realise he got sent down for it.
Suppose it was Northumperland Prison.
If it was on Merseyside they'd be still looking for him.

He was sent down for 12 months and was out after less than 3 months. He deserved everything he got, he had a wife and child so it was tough on them but I guess that's always the case for families of criminals.

 

[Mick_]

I was at Ossie Ardilles last game and the crowd for that was something like 13k

His last game was away to Oxford and the crowd was less than 6,000. His last game at home was against Charlton and the gate was 15,663 whilst we were bottom of the old second division and looking likely to go down to the old first division for the first time in our history.

Our first home game under Keegan was against Bristol City and the crowd was 29,263, almost double the previous home game.

 

[super_city_si]

Interesting to see if Howe goes all in for top 4 and sacrifices the cups or tries to get a trophy. They should realistically have a shot at a cup this year if they take it seriously.