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Post by tyketaffy on Jan 13, 2022 16:26:19 GMT 1
Dread the day when see kids walking round town in Newcastle gear. Unless you are a geordie born n bred Jim who I mentioned earlier is in his late sixties like me and his lad who he drives to Newcastle are exiled Geordies who live in Yorkshire now since Jim retired (ex copper). Jims "Lad" he drives to games is around 35/40 years old so not a nipper
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Post by Orinoco on Jan 13, 2022 19:40:50 GMT 1
Dread the day when see kids walking round town in Newcastle gear. Unless you are a geordie born n bred Jim who I mentioned earlier is in his late sixties like me and his lad who he drives to Newcastle are exiled Geordies who live in Yorkshire now since Jim retired (ex copper). Jims "Lad" he drives to games is around 35/40 years old so not a nipper I mean the bandwagon kids, like you see now walking round town in Liverpool, Man u kit's, cos daddy subscribes to sky.
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Post by westislandterrier on Jan 13, 2022 20:43:54 GMT 1
Dread the day when see kids walking round town in Newcastle gear. Only a matter of time till it happens here orinico - only difference is that adults, middle aged, and old worthies, can join the kids age ranges... Seen it happen in the 90’s with Man Utd, then Chelsea, then Man City, and doubtless Newcastle sooner rather than Later (it must’ve been impossible to get Nottingham Forest tops in the Late 70’s and Liverpool ones in the 80’s here or I guess that they’d have been sported by all and sundry from The Glory Glory Brigade)... Certainly in the highly unlikely event that Huddersfield Town becomes the richest club on the planet, they’ll be a multitude of HTAFC tops in every corner of this rock in the Atlantic Ocean... Not sure if I’d totally like that as I like the inevitable ‘Why Huddersfield’ question and answer session that I frequently get and in fact got from a sueveyor today that needed access to my aunties house for air source heating installation... Loved telling him ma love affair with Town and he seemed guiuninely intreuged - off to the co-op now to do the weekly shop and show off that same T-shirt... one of my new pair that arrived this week !
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Post by Orinoco on Jan 13, 2022 21:03:08 GMT 1
Dread the day when see kids walking round town in Newcastle gear. Only a matter of time till it happens here orinico - only difference is that adults, middle aged, and old worthies, can join the kids age ranges... Seen it happen in the 90’s with Man Utd, then Chelsea, then Man City, and doubtless Newcastle sooner rather than Later (it must’ve been impossible to get Nottingham Forest tops in the Late 70’s and Liverpool ones in the 80’s here or I guess that they’d have been sported by all and sundry from The Glory Glory Brigade)... Certainly in the highly unlikely event that Huddersfield Town becomes the richest club on the planet, they’ll be a multitude of HTAFC tops in every corner of this rock in the Atlantic Ocean... Not sure if I’d totally like that as I like the inevitable ‘Why Huddersfield’ question and answer session that I frequently get and in fact got from a sueveyor today that needed access to my aunties house for air source heating installation... Loved telling him ma love affair with Town and he seemed guiuninely intreuged - off to the co-op now to do the weekly shop and show off that same T-shirt... one of my new pair that arrived this week ! I currently live in Bradford at the moment, you would think it Liverpool, the shirts are everywhere, both adults and kids, sad really.
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Post by tyketaffy on Jan 14, 2022 8:24:30 GMT 1
Coming back from an away game darn sarf (cannot remember which team we played) in the Buxton era we spotted two guys in the middle of nowhere with Blue & White scarves and assuming they were town fans on their way back we stopped the van and offered them a lift back to Hudds. It turned out they were Everton fans whose car had broken down We sat in the van all the way back chatting footie and they claimed Liverpool supporters were like Man Utd supporters , mainly not from the city itself but trophy hunters jumping on the band wagon and that Everton at least had genuine supporters just from pool. We dropped them off at the services on the M62 to scrounge a lift back home. I have very happy memories of that era because despite the idiots that caused bother at many clubs then, 99% of fans were deceent people who supported their club through thick and thin and were always happy to chat footie with fans from other clubs.
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Post by tyketaffy on Jan 14, 2022 11:58:16 GMT 1
"The armchair supporters see more than a lot of fans that travel to all the games,every game is shown live,plus the view can be better and they probably aren't half pissed" I met Jim again and told him about the Newcastle thread on the forum ,in particular the comment above. His response was that he agreed as he spent half the games he attended with his head buried in his hands saying to his son what the fuck am I doing here watching this shite
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Post by sabailand on Jan 14, 2022 14:59:59 GMT 1
Coming back from an away game darn sarf (cannot remember which team we played) in the Buxton era we spotted two guys in the middle of nowhere with Blue & White scarves and assuming they were town fans on their way back we stopped the van and offered them a lift back to Hudds. It turned out they were Everton fans whose car had broken down We sat in the van all the way back chatting footie and they claimed Liverpool supporters were like Man Utd supporters , mainly not from the city itself but trophy hunters jumping on the band wagon and that Everton at least had genuine supporters just from pool. We dropped them off at the services on the M62 to scrounge a lift back home. I have very happy memories of that era because despite the idiots that caused bother at many clubs then, 99% of fans were deceent people who supported their club through thick and thin and were always happy to chat footie with fans from other clubs. Yes back in the eighties it wasnt fashionable to be a football fan, (not too many celebs claiming to support teams as much as nowadays), attendances were on the decline, hooliganism was common, grounds resembled museums, but like today there were still true lovers of the ngame who followed their teams blindly, there were still glory hunters who wore shirts of the most successfull clubs but thats always been thus, football on the whole has changes massively though both in good ways and bad.
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 14, 2022 15:01:03 GMT 1
"The armchair supporters see more than a lot of fans that travel to all the games,every game is shown live,plus the view can be better and they probably aren't half pissed" I met Jim again and told him about the Newcastle thread on the forum ,in particular the comment above. His response was that he agreed as he spent half the games he attended with his head buried in his hands saying to his son what the fuck am I doing here watching this shite 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 14, 2022 16:55:33 GMT 1
Selling Wood has conveniently left Burnley without enough fit, or covid negative, players left to play Leicester and the PL have let them call it off 🤔
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Post by workshyfop on Jan 14, 2022 17:06:28 GMT 1
Makes me laugh kids supporting Liverpool but having the excuse that it's "my dad's team" even though their dad is from nowhere near Merseyside there and simply supported them from his armchair because they were winning every week! Weirdly, Man City still haven't caught on really. Compared to Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona, I rarely see anyone in their shirts. I reckon Newcastle will be the same unless they dominate for 10 years at some point.
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Post by Orinoco on Jan 14, 2022 17:08:49 GMT 1
Makes me laugh kids supporting Liverpool but having the excuse that it's "my dad's team" even though their dad is from nowhere near Merseyside there and simply supported them from his armchair because they were winning every week! Weirdly, Man City still haven't caught on really. Compared to Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona, I rarely see anyone in their shirts. I reckon Newcastle will be the same unless they dominate for 10 years at some point. It is weird why city haven't caught on like you say.
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 14, 2022 19:38:44 GMT 1
Makes me laugh kids supporting Liverpool but having the excuse that it's "my dad's team" even though their dad is from nowhere near Merseyside there and simply supported them from his armchair because they were winning every week! Weirdly, Man City still haven't caught on really. Compared to Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona, I rarely see anyone in their shirts. I reckon Newcastle will be the same unless they dominate for 10 years at some point. And City shirts look nicer than any of those bar Arsenals
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Post by nicovaesen on Jan 14, 2022 19:56:08 GMT 1
All tops but towns look dirty 🤣
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Post by westislandterrier on Jan 14, 2022 21:21:59 GMT 1
All tops but towns look dirty 🤣 Well maybe one exception could be that glorious win over West Ham in the FA cup mudbath in 1972... Possibly quite a few days work also for the kit washer Ladies from winter matches at Leeds Road in The Final Whistle videotapes ! Aaah memories, memories (tv ones anyway) - when footy players were men and not margarine !
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Post by hypotenuse on Jan 15, 2022 0:35:05 GMT 1
Makes me laugh kids supporting Liverpool but having the excuse that it's "my dad's team" even though their dad is from nowhere near Merseyside there and simply supported them from his armchair because they were winning every week! Weirdly, Man City still haven't caught on really. Compared to Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona, I rarely see anyone in their shirts. I reckon Newcastle will be the same unless they dominate for 10 years at some point. It is weird why city haven't caught on like you say. It’s cos no-one (bar a few inbred Mancs) gives a fuck about Man City. They have no presence nationally or internationally- they struggle to fill their own stadium most weeks. They are an artificial construct created from Kuwaiti dollars. In 20 years, no-one will know why they appear in any football literature.
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Post by Orinoco on Jan 15, 2022 0:50:32 GMT 1
Premier league in general, overated pile of shite, with its overpaid players diving all over the place.
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Post by hypotenuse on Jan 15, 2022 1:13:41 GMT 1
Premier league in general, overated pile of shite, with its overpaid players diving all over the place. Yep - absolutely agree. We no longer even have a ‘title race’ anymore. All over this year by Jan 1st as it has been every year recently except 2018/19. One horse race like Germany Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 are most years. About as much fun as rabies in an old people’s home.
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Post by Orinoco on Jan 15, 2022 1:35:08 GMT 1
Premier league in general, overated pile of shite, with its overpaid players diving all over the place. Yep - absolutely agree. We no longer even have a ‘title race’ anymore. All over this year by Jan 1st as it has been every year recently except 2018/19. One horse race like Germany Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 are most years. About as much fun as rabies in an old people’s home. Used to be a good league, now it's a circus, Norwich will no doubt walk the championship again next season, like you say the gap is way too big now.
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Post by waterlooboy on Jan 15, 2022 11:21:16 GMT 1
Yep - absolutely agree. We no longer even have a ‘title race’ anymore. All over this year by Jan 1st as it has been every year recently except 2018/19. One horse race like Germany Bundesliga and France Ligue 1 are most years. About as much fun as rabies in an old people’s home. Used to be a good league, now it's a circus, Norwich will no doubt walk the championship again next season, like you say the gap is way too big now. Rather be watching Town in the PL than any other league, take away the end of the Wagner era, it was brilliant watching the lads at the top table, matching it with the best. Seeing the best coming to Town, seeing the stadium full every week. Happy days
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Post by Champers on Jan 15, 2022 11:46:33 GMT 1
It is weird why city haven't caught on like you say. It’s cos no-one (bar a few inbred Mancs) gives a fuck about Man City. They have no presence nationally or internationally- they struggle to fill their own stadium most weeks. They are an artificial construct created from Kuwaiti dollars. In 20 years, no-one will know why they appear in any football literature. Sorry, but that's a load of shite. I'm 42 and in all my football watching lifetime Man City have been a pretty big club. Even before I was born they won a European trophy and bagged the occasional cup. They would also hold the English attendance record too at 84,000+, had Tottenham not recently borrowed Wembley whilst their stadium was redeveloped. You might be pissed off at their new-found wealth, but let's not pretend that they didn't already have a decent history prior to that.
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Post by Mastercracker on Jan 15, 2022 12:16:52 GMT 1
It’s cos no-one (bar a few inbred Mancs) gives a fuck about Man City. They have no presence nationally or internationally- they struggle to fill their own stadium most weeks. They are an artificial construct created from Kuwaiti dollars. In 20 years, no-one will know why they appear in any football literature. Sorry, but that's a load of shite. I'm 42 and in all my football watching lifetime Man City have been a pretty big club. Even before I was born they won a European trophy and bagged the occasional cup. They would also hold the English attendance record too at 84,000+, had Tottenham not recently borrowed Wembley whilst their stadium was redeveloped. You might be pissed off at their new-found wealth, but let's not pretend that they didn't already have a decent history prior to that. Don't understand how this myth has taken hold that pre takeover they were some sort of Town sized club. Yes we used to play them and yeah they were generally shite but they had the 13th highest (28k) average attendance in England, whilst being in League 1. After moving ground but whilst still being shit they were averaging mid to low 40k's. See the odd Man City shirt/tat in the Colne Valley these days sadly.
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Post by Orinoco on Jan 15, 2022 12:43:22 GMT 1
Sorry, but that's a load of shite. I'm 42 and in all my football watching lifetime Man City have been a pretty big club. Even before I was born they won a European trophy and bagged the occasional cup. They would also hold the English attendance record too at 84,000+, had Tottenham not recently borrowed Wembley whilst their stadium was redeveloped. You might be pissed off at their new-found wealth, but let's not pretend that they didn't already have a decent history prior to that. Don't understand how this myth has taken hold that pre takeover they were some sort of Town sized club. Yes we used to play them and yeah they were generally shite but they had the 13th highest (28k) average attendance in England, whilst being in League 1. After moving ground but whilst still being shit they were averaging mid to low 40k's. See the odd Man City shirt/tat in the Colne Valley these days sadly. I know a few lads from slawit who have watched city all their lives, through all the league 1 days. They ain't just jumped on the band wagon.
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Post by Mastercracker on Jan 15, 2022 13:04:28 GMT 1
Don't understand how this myth has taken hold that pre takeover they were some sort of Town sized club. Yes we used to play them and yeah they were generally shite but they had the 13th highest (28k) average attendance in England, whilst being in League 1. After moving ground but whilst still being shit they were averaging mid to low 40k's. See the odd Man City shirt/tat in the Colne Valley these days sadly. I know a few lads from slawit who have watched city all their lives, through all the league 1 days. They ain't just jumped on the band wagon. Fair enough. It’s not exactly far away it would probably be my easiest ground to get to if Town didn’t exist.
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 15, 2022 13:35:04 GMT 1
I know a few lads from slawit who have watched city all their lives, through all the league 1 days. They ain't just jumped on the band wagon. Fair enough. It’s not exactly far away it would probably be my easiest ground to get to if Town didn’t exist. When we swapped places with the Blades in the PL, the club in our village advertised the Sky games by saying "come and watch your local PL team" (the lad who did their social media was a Sheffield fan). He wasn't happy when I pointed out that the most local PL side to us was City 🤣
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Post by Mastercracker on Jan 15, 2022 14:04:12 GMT 1
Train to Manc. 40 mins
Rattler to Sheff. About 4 days.
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Post by Orinoco on Jan 15, 2022 19:15:45 GMT 1
Train to Manc. 40 mins Rattler to Sheff. About 4 days. Quicker to walk to Sheffield!!
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Mar 10, 2022 22:21:17 GMT 1
Since the last post in this thread they have played 8 games.
Won 6 and drawn 2.
Fair play to Eddie Howe as that is some turnaround
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Post by canuckterrier on Mar 10, 2022 22:23:25 GMT 1
Since the last post in this thread they have played 8 games. Won 6 and drawn 2. Fair play to Eddie Howe as that is some turnaround The 100 million spent during the Xmas window probably helped the cause somewhat.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Mar 10, 2022 22:26:32 GMT 1
Since the last post in this thread they have played 8 games. Won 6 and drawn 2. Fair play to Eddie Howe as that is some turnaround The 100 million spent during the Xmas window probably helped the cause somewhat. The last few games they've been without Trippier and Saint Maximin which makes it even more impressive Easy to say they've spent money but you still have to make it work. Clearly a better manager than many of us give him credit for
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Post by canuckterrier on Mar 10, 2022 22:37:59 GMT 1
The 100 million spent during the Xmas window probably helped the cause somewhat. The last few games they've been without Trippier and Saint Maximin which makes it even more impressive Easy to say they've spent money but you still have to make it work. Clearly a better manager than many of us give him credit for I didn't say he was a bad manager. I just said that the extra money wasn't a hinderance.
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