Alright lads/lasses.
Newcastle fan. Just thought I'd drop by and congratulate you on a great win... and wish you good luck securing the title next week.
We blew our big chance in 96, but I'm confident City won't.
Your fans were outstanding both inside the ground and out. The vast majority of us are a pretty welcoming bunch and it was great banter mingling with the City fans before and after the game.
The best part of it all was the atmosphere away from the ground in the pubs and town. Both sets of fans having a laugh together. That's how it should be.
Also great to see our fans applauding your players and fans, and your fans applauding our players' after the game. That is class by both clubs.
(Of course, no doubt there would have been the odd idiot. This is, after all, Newcastle. And we have a few.)
I feel the need to defend our fans for a couple of things I've read in this thread:
The whistling/booing when City were in possession ... when we played Liverpool earlier this year, we did the same thing and their players shat themselves. City didn't shit themselves.
It's nothing more than creating a cauldron of noise to unsettle the other team. It only happened twice, I think, when City were really applying pressure? Seemed like a long time, probably because City kept the ball for about 3 or 4 minutes!
Also, "where were you when you were shit?" was only sung once in the game from what I heard.
Crap song, and pretty sure the majority agree. With both clubs having been in the doldrums and retained great attendances in the lower divisions, it's a bit silly. Hence the reason it didn't surface very often.
As I mentioned above, a crowd of 52,000 being idiot-free would be a rarity.
Appreciate your post. Geordies are proper fans. Respect today and in the future.
Good luck against QPR. You deserve the title. You've played the best football over the season and are by far the best team.
Great set of fans, who - like us - would actually appreciate and fully deserve your success.
