Do you like Newcastle United?

[Carlton Blade]

I enjoyed the first Keegan teams. I remember the atmosphere at BL being amazing the year they went up (I think we won 2-0?). But their fans are insufferable now

 

[dublin 10 blade]

Nowt against them
Although I too remember when they had less than us crowd wise
I traveled over for one of our games , think it was Bradford at home , which was postponed due to bad weather
Mags where playing Toytown
Around 60-70 went to “ see “ the game
They didn’t sell out that old end at millmoor
But they did have a cracking team under KK

 

[Silent Blade]

A few hours before our 2-0 win against Newcastle in April 1994, I was in my car wearing a Blade shirt looking for a parking space in Surrey Street, a large number of Newcastle fans were coming out of the Surrey pub and after spotting my shirt, they swarmed round my car and were rocking it with me inside as if they were trying to turn my car over. I had to smile through the windows rather than showing any panic. A minute later they went on to a different pub. I was relieved but saw the funny side of it!

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

quite liked them this day though

 

[raul]

Might be an unrepresentative group, but my only real contact with them is when they pile on the 20.30 to Doncaster on a Saturday ( last train back from Burgh when I'm up to watch Hibs) and they inevitably cause the train to be held in the station whilst they kick some off, held in Durham whilst the Railway Police turn up to kick some off, or held in Darlington whilst the Railway Police turn up to kick some off, which in turn means I'm too late into Doncaster for last train back to my local station and have to wait for last train to Wakey at about 23.15.

So, cunts.

 

[originaltrueblade]

I don’t mind them BUT today I do !!!!

 

[petcharlie]

Don't mind the club but hate the arsehole who owns them.

 

[metalblade]

I don't give a toss about Newcastle and as others have said the fans are the SWFC of the North East ......................... proper deluded. They do turn out in huge numbers though but having said that if the game is going badly half of them will be home by full time. Sounds familiar. Thinking about it they have a cunt of an owner too the only Premier League club yet to offer a refund and have already trousered money for next season from the fans.

 

[Gavlar]

They're from Newcastle but are Blades fans ?

Yep. My grandma moved away years before, she lived in gleadless for years after so adopted the blades.
My dad was born in south shields but moved to sheffield when he was young and supports the blades.
I lived in Sheffield til I was 8 and support the blades.

 

[Aston max]

Personally, i have a lot of time for the Geordies. Seems like they have had a rough deal over the last few years but for some reason have never really kicked off. I can't think of us really having an owner or chairman anywhere near as bad as Ashley. I think that our supporters would have bashed the walls down to get a twat like him out of our club but the Newcastle fans seem to have reluctantly put up with him. Yes there has been protests but nothing of the like of Charlton or Coventry fans over the last few seasons.

As a club they come across as so near yet so far with huge support that deserved more. The fans show great humour and of loads of games that i have been at, have only seen trouble once and that was in the 60s when hooliganism was rife. Top club with top fans.

Always been my second team (my grandad was from Newcastle) so Always took a interest

 

[Houston_Blade]

The question in the OP is do you like Newcastle United?
My answer is no!

But as for living up here and the people, for me it's the best place in the world.
Newcastle is a fantastic city with, under normal circumstances, loads happening, fantastic restaurants and theatre.....
We have some of the best coastline and beaches in the country and some beautiful countryside where I live in Northumberland.

Reminds me of a taxi driver I once had driving me in Newcastle from the station to the office. His quote is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard in my life, he asked me if I’d been to Newcastle before and I said that I was up there once or twice a week for meetings, he then said “Newcastle is the best place in the world and I’ve been everywhere like Benidorm and Magaluf, but Newcastle is the best”.

A ringing endorsement if ever I’ve heard one. I was just disappointed he didn’t say “Shearer” at the end of every sentence.

 

[niktheblade]

Set of deluded wankpuffins

 

[8lade]

No, I like Sheffield United.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I have no affection for any football team other than the Blades. None. Not even England - well...o.k. if they are playing in a competitive match with something at stake I'll want them to win, but I don't get in the remotest bit excited about it.

Newcastle United. Big club. Great following. Proud history. Done nowt for years.

Geordies: Nice down to earth, working class folks. Always made me feel welcome when I've been up there. Very friendly.

Newcastle City: Lively place. Decent range of shops and places to eat. Great nightlife. On the border of some lovely countryside.

Any old farts on here remember "Tuxedo Junction" nightclub in Newcastle? That was a great place back in the day. Every table in the club had a telephone on it and a seating plan, showing the telephone number of all the other tables. If you saw a bird you fancied you could just look up the table number she was sat on and give her a call and ask to come up to dance. Saved a lot of dancing around the handbag on the dance floor and slowly moving in on her. Of course, there'd be a few girls on each table and the wrong one might pick up the phone, then it would be a case of, "Hiya, can you put yer mate on - her in that yellow top? What's her name? eh? Lindsey, oreight, put Lindsey on for us...". Hiya Lindsey, I'm sat on table 12 - straight ahead of you - look I'm waving..."coo-eee! I just wondered if you fancied a dan..."

Click.
brrrrrrrrrrr.............

 

[robbiez666]

I've worked in Newcastle before and whilst I like Geordies the whole toon army thing always felt a bit weird. The amount of football tops you used to see around on a Thursday afternoon was astonishing. The way they treated Sunderland fans was questionable. One club cities are all a bit strange.

 

[Lane Ender]

Newcastle wasn’t a nice place to go early mid 70s
We only used to take a few hundred so you had to be on your toes with no protection in those days
Home games against them were brilliant looked forward to that fixture

 

[Paisley Blade]

I have no affection for any football team other than the Blades. None. Not even England - well...o.k. if they are playing in a competitive match with something at stake I'll want them to win, but I don't get in the remotest bit excited about it.

Newcastle United. Big club. Great following. Proud history. Done nowt for years.

Geordies: Nice down to earth, working class folks. Always made me feel welcome when I've been up there. Very friendly.

Newcastle City: Lively place. Decent range of shops and places to eat. Great nightlife. On the border of some lovely countryside.

Any old farts on here remember "Tuxedo Junction" nightclub in Newcastle? That was a great place back in the day. Every table in the club had a telephone on it and a seating plan, showing the telephone number of all the other tables. If you saw a bird you fancied you could just look up the table number she was sat on and give her a call and ask to come up to dance. Saved a lot of dancing around the handbag on the dance floor and slowly moving in on her. Of course, there'd be a few girls on each table and the wrong one might pick up the phone, then it would be a case of, "Hiya, can you put yer mate on - her in that yellow top? What's her name? eh? Lindsey, oreight, put Lindsey on for us...". Hiya Lindsey, I'm sat on table 12 - straight ahead of you - look I'm waving..."coo-eee! I just wondered if you fancied a dan..."

Click.
brrrrrrrrrrr.............

Went in Tuxedo Junction a few times , wasn't the most welcoming place for students , Stage Door on Stowell Street was our main hang out.

Tuxedo Princess aka ' The Boat' was a laugh though. Once won a bottle of fake champagne in a karaoke comp there ( 'You to me are everything ' since you ask). The same night my mate got lost looking for the bogs and found himself outside on deck, from where he took a beery piss in to the Tyne. Unfortunately for him , one of the bouncers spotted him and tapped him on the shoulder before head butting him and lobbing him off ( on the Quayside fortunately ...).

Great days.

 

[BonzoBlade]

Stage Door was great as was the Quay Club, even Elephant Man could have scored in there!

 

[Seanshoreham]

Worked with a few Sunderland and Boro fans in my time, it seems that the Geordies do have a bit of 'Pigitus, however the difference being that Newcastle are a big club support-wise and Wendy are not

 

[I'll tell me dad.]

No

 

[Bladesman98]

Not keen

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

I've just been to take my Blades badge out of the rear window of my car!

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Personally, i have a lot of time for the Geordies. Seems like they have had a rough deal over the last few years but for some reason have never really kicked off. I can't think of us really having an owner or chairman anywhere near as bad as Ashley. I think that our supporters would have bashed the walls down to get a twat like him out of our club but the Newcastle fans seem to have reluctantly put up with him. Yes there has been protests but nothing of the like of Charlton or Coventry fans over the last few seasons.

As a club they come across as so near yet so far with huge support that deserved more. The fans show great humour and of loads of games that i have been at, have only seen trouble once and that was in the 60s when hooliganism was rife. Top club with top fans.

No. They can fuck right off.

 

[VwBlade]

Just fucking hate Steve Bruce

 

[The Fish]

Ditto, Jesus. That city is fantastic, but it's heavy going being the stag there

I'm not sure how I feel about them as a club. I think they deserve better in terms of ownership, and how they've been treated. I feel like their fans would currently be a great crack to have a few pints with, but I wonder if they've got an added humility after years of dejection. I don't know why, but I also seem to recall, or believe that if they had things a bit better that'd probably bring about a bit more of insufferable arrogance, like with Leeds.

Think you're right, if we'd won owt there'd be a fair few of us who shifted from hopes to expectations. As it is, after 13 years of Ashley, even hope has been drilled out of us. Our ambitions these days are survival and hope to see the lads in the shirts put in a shift.

Dunno about deserve, but by Christ we hope for better ownership. Most of the excitement about this proposed takeover is as much about seeing the back of Ashley as it is some impossibly wealthy Saudi. Course, money's no guarantee of any success, look at Everton, or Leeds, or us in the 90s. At least there'd be a bit of ambition about the place though. Signing players for what they can do on the pitch, rather than in the balance sheets.

I get that a lot of the opinions of Newcastle fans will be based on media, stereotype and some personal experience, but honestly, we're not half as deluded as we're made out. No one has 'expected' much better than midtable for over a decade, mostly we 'expect' to survive (or get promoted from the 2nd tier), but nah, we're not going into every season with thoughts of Europe or silverware. Ashley's done that for us. Thing is, he might be a decent owner if he's learned from his time at Newcastle. Said to mackem mates that he'd be a decent owner for them. Get the books in order, get them promoted to the Championship, at least. As long as he's learned his lessons.

Went in Tuxedo Junction a few times , wasn't the most welcoming place for students , Stage Door on Stowell Street was our main hang out.

Tuxedo Princess aka ' The Boat' was a laugh though. Once won a bottle of fake champagne in a karaoke comp there ( 'You to me are everything ' since you ask). The same night my mate got lost looking for the bogs and found himself outside on deck, from where he took a beery piss in to the Tyne. Unfortunately for him , one of the bouncers spotted him and tapped him on the shoulder before head butting him and lobbing him off ( on the Quayside fortunately ...).

Great days.

The Boat, jesus. That revolving dancefloor caused no end of carnage. Remember one night two lasses who both looked like Shamu in a crop top stepped on at the same time and the thing just shuddered to a halt. Beer, Orange Reef and people went everywhere. Think that was the last time me and my mates went on board.

Apparently it was floated down to Middlesbrough after it closed on Tyneside, no idea if it's still going.

 

[Bobby Boo]

My dads a Geordie and took great delight in our hammering yesterday. As a rule I find most Geordies really annoying,think its just the accent. I don't mind my old man though,he's been in Yorkshire over 40 years so has lost most of his accent.

 

[Danny Blade]

When they beat us at the Lane earlier in the season they kept singing "Geordies, Geordies!"? That is what they are and maybe it's just me but I thought it was a bit naff like? We're Sheffielders but we won't and don't sing "Sheffielders!" now do we? OK there isn't a nickname or a slang term for 'Sheffielders' especially outside of South Yorkshire but even if there was I still don't think we'd sing it, no need to.

 

[Danny Blade]

Most of the excitement about this proposed takeover is as much about seeing the back of Ashley as it is some impossibly wealthy Saudi.

I know you can't wait to move on from Ashley but as you're a working class city what are your fans' general view of this Saudi takeover what with the controversy about their human rights etc etc?

It looks like the PL are about to approve their ownership soon so it looks like this American businessman who has also come in recently offering £350 million is probably going to miss out.

 

[The Fish]

I know you can't wait to move on from Ashley but as you're a working class city what are your fans' general view of this Saudi takeover what with the controversy about their human rights etc etc?

It looks like the PL are about to approve their ownership soon so it looks like this American businessman who has also come in recently offering £350 million is probably going to miss out.

From the mates I've know, the stuff online, it seems the majority of the fanbase are conflicted. There's a loud minority of kids on twitter sticking Saudi flags on their profile, defending the Saudi regime from legitimate criticism, having pops at the widow of the murdered journalist, which is embarrassing and shameful. There'll be some who don't care what the Saudis do in their country and think that we should 'keep politics out of football'. But I do know of at least 2 Newcastle fans who will not set foot in St James' if the takeover goes through. The rest of us are somewhere in between. We're not happy clappers, but we can't/won't walk away from the club and can't help but be excited about what the future may hold.

Personally, I think the Saudi regime is abhorrent and shouldn't be allowed to own a football club. The more outside investment the club gets, the further removed it is from the club I know and love. Wealth is no guarantee of success..

However, I want Ashley out, I'd would love to be competitive (and for that you need untold wealth) and I would love to see the kind of regional regeneration that Man City's owners have done for that area of Manchester.

It's laughable that the O&D test couldn't give two hoots about war crimes, homophobia, misogyny, as long as the bidders have the cash. More interested in Broadcast rights than Human Rights. Which is a disgrace really. And the UK Government, the FA, the PL are all complicit in it.

In a perfect world the club would be owned by an altruistic billionaire from Byker but, there you go.

 

[derfblade.3]

Well i've just read the "View from" and i've changed my mind. What a set of arrogant bastards. End of chat!