First of all, good post, i have had many discussions with Newcastle fans thinking that Newcastle fans from other countries are just gloryhunters. I've been following Newcastle since 1994 the first season in the Premiership, and i've never even once considered cheering another team.
n the start it was mainly from playing championship manager, but then I started watching english football each saturday, unfortunately danish tv lost the rights in the mid 90es, so now i have to go to the local pub, but a good game and a couple of pints ain't that bad either
I was in Newcastle for the first time in april, and it was awsome, the city, the game (Shearer's last home game vs Wigan, 2 goals) was amazing and people were very friendly to us and I will definitely come back this season.
I think that I speak for most scandinavian toon fans when I say that we're not gloryhunters, we might not be born in Newcastle or in Geordieland or even England, but we still cheer the team each week every season.