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Midfield
You are living in fantasy land if you think the thoughts, ideas, wishes of Newcastle supporters had any bearing on the sale of the club. Palms will have been greased either personally or the UK government might get something favourable as a result. There are loads of petitions every year and most come to nowt.Yep that is a large part of it but it also clearly mentions their disgust re the human rights record of the proposed owners which was also part of their objection.
As I said just an interesting slant on the often used statement by many clubs including Newcastle that fans can’t do anything and clearly a stark contrast to the approach of a large proportion of fans at Newcastle who actively petitioned lobbied and pressurised the establishment to enable the takeover