Memories of the 1990 Wembley play off final v Swindon.

Yep, betting against their own side was wrong but, in terms of the relegation punishment, it was pretty irrelevant. That was down to the fiddling of the transfer system by using those secret side agreements. Those same cash side payments led to the tax irregularities, too.
As for the game in the betting scandal (the first part of my investigation to be published) - it was the FA Cup fourth round in 1988 and, yes, Gazza was on fire and arguably playing as well as he did for anyone in his career. But Newcastle were not setting league on fire that season and few would have predicted a 5-0 result.
Incidentally, Newcastle's average gate that season (87-88) was 28,796. Yes, 28,796. Ahhh...those golden days before Sir John, Special K and the celebrated Geordie Nayshun.

Special ‘K’plastic mags, Keegonites, boils my piss when we see just how many supporters we lost during those spells he was with them!
 



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