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March to June 2020 - NEWCASTLE UTD fc

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BiereSpeciale said:
Interesting point mate. I'm from Durham as well but not old enough to remember Durham Wasps. Can remember the ice rink mind so good point made
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Typical skyboy horse puncher then
BiereSpeciale said:
One for the older generation... Did the influence of Sir John Hall and his PR give people who grew up supporting Newcastle United in the mid-late 90s a false impression that we are not as big as we think we are?
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Of course you aren't as big as you think you are why do you think most the country see your 1992er mob as deluded bells
 
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praha12 said:
And indirectly took the Sunderland Chiefs out by moving the Wasps to Crowtree, and don't get me started on his treatment of Whitley Warriors.
Relegated from the premier to the fourth division overnight, with no chance of getting back.
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Like I say, the bloke was an arsehole consumed by wanting Newcastle sporting club to be the epicentre of sport in the region, bollox to everyone else
 
wackyjacky said:
That's worded as if it's a false impression that you think you're big when in reality you're not as big as you think you are. I think you mean (or should do) that a false impression was given that you're bigger than what you actually are?
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Confused me with the way it's worded too. Guess to be expected given the barcode in his blood.
 
That Geordie Nation thing was bizarre. It's like he tried to turn Tyneside in to some sort of banana republic where he was the mad corrupt dictator
 
BiereSpeciale said:
One for the older generation... Did the influence of Sir John Hall and his PR give people who grew up supporting Newcastle United in the mid-late 90s a false impression that we are not as big as we think we are?
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I grew up in Gateshead (felling) always called myself a geordie and was never called a makem until about 93/94 when he had 2 years spouting about a geordie nation. The city is f***ing tiny and most of its support come from the surrounding areas. That fucked a lot of people off. Growing up in the 80s Newcastle were a season away from doing a present day Sunderland.
 
4everredandwhite said:
He managed to get rid of Durham Wasps with his wild idea of a sporting club of Newcastle, that is how he wanted you to be, maybe that is where the delusion was spawned from
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I believe the ‘Newcastle’ basketball team had Sunderland in their title for 18 years before they became Newcastle Comets.
 
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