manorpark

I don't often read this thread, but they are an amazingly funny collection of very weird people, I mean R E A L L Y weird! They are the funniest thing around since "Fawlty Towers" (c'mon, you all know Fawlty Towers . . . ) and actually they are very similar to Fawlty Towers in that they never get it right !!!

It is time people got over the mindset of fear and assumption of automatic failure. We are in for years, decades, of permanent fun and achievement - GET USED TO IT !!!!

No, it is before then, it may have even expired already! EDIT - Just seen your post MagCA !!

On what grounds?

WHO makes this stuff up??

I worked in the Estates team for HMRC, and all HMRC buildings (HMCE and IR, as they were then) were sold to Mapeley PLC in 2001 . . . except for the huge BPV site, they have never been owned by Mapeley they still remained Crown owned.

Yes, but the singular post of "Mr St James' Park, do-it-all" will not ever be filled again !!

Charnley will be replaced by a CEO in due course (I think Mandy may fancy that one). The "Director of Football" post, has nothing to do with the CEO post. Different jobs, completely different functions within the organisation.

Our Badge should stay exactly as it is . . . https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-norwich-new-badge-22255365

Surely Charnley will be replaced by a new CEO. That is nothing to do with the proposed appointment of a "Director of Football".

E X A C T L Y !!!!!!!!!!!!

That'll be no use, I don't think Sunderland will get promoted this season . . .

City of Newcastle upon Tyne - Coat of Arms The coat of arms for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne has been in use since at least the fourteenth century. The earliest surviving example of the three silver castles on a red shield, dating from about 1400, is in the window on the north side of the Chancel in St. John's Church. It has three castles, supported by two seahorses. At the top there is a lion holding the golden staff of St. George's pennant. At the bottom is the motto Fortiter Defendit Triumphans, meaning Triumphing by Brave Defence. Both the supporters and crest were added to the shield by grant of William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, in 1575. The blazon - The formal description of the coat of arms, known as a blazon, is: Arms: Gules three Castles triple towered Argent. Crest: On a Wreath of the Colours a Castle as in the Arms issuant therefrom a demi Lion guardant supporting a Flagstaff Or flying therefrom a forked Pennon of the Arms of Saint George. Supporters: On either side a Sea Horse proper crined and finned Or. What the coat of arms means: The castle motif goes back to earliest times. Originally the town took its name from the "New Castle" built by order of Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror, in 1080 and a castle was depicted on the twelfth century common seal. The supporters, two mythical sea-horses shaded in green with gold manes, fins and tails, are a reminder that Newcastle is a seaport. The motto, Fortiter Defendit Triumphans (Triumphing by Brave Defence) was adopted during the Civil War, following the stubborn defense of the town against the Scots in 1644.

Our Club Crest is based on our City Coat of Arms. Our ancient City Coat of Arms has Seahorses on it, and that is not going to change. As the principal Football Club of our Region that also primarily represents our great City around the world, then our Club Crest should (in my opinion) continue to represent "Club and City" combined, as it does now. The below explains the City of Newcastle upon Tyne Coat of Arms . . . The coat of arms for the city of Newcastle upon Tyne has been in use since at least the fourteenth century. The earliest surviving example of the three silver castles on a red shield, dating from about 1400, is in the window on the north side of the Chancel in St. John's Church. It has three castles, supported by two seahorses. At the top there is a lion holding the golden staff of St. George's pennant. At the bottom is the motto Fortiter Defendit Triumphans, meaning Triumphing by Brave Defence. Both the supporters and crest were added to the shield by grant of William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, in 1575. The blazon - The formal description of the coat of arms, known as a blazon, is: Arms: Gules three Castles triple towered Argent. Crest: On a Wreath of the Colours a Castle as in the Arms issuant therefrom a demi Lion guardant supporting a Flagstaff Or flying therefrom a forked Pennon of the Arms of Saint George. Supporters: On either side a Sea Horse proper crined and finned Or. What the coat of arms means: The castle motif goes back to earliest times. Originally the town took its name from the "New Castle" built by order of Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror, in 1080 and a castle was depicted on the twelfth century common seal. The supporters, two mythical sea-horses shaded in green with gold manes, fins and tails, are a reminder that Newcastle is a seaport. The motto, Fortiter Defendit Triumphans (Triumphing by Brave Defence) was adopted during the Civil War, following the stubborn defense of the town against the Scots in 1644.

The original one is the City Coat of Arms, then and now, nothing has changed on that, see the example below on display at the Civic Centre . . . With the agreement of the City, the Club used to use their crest identically, but moved away from that in 1976. In making a unique version of the City Coat of Arms to become our current Club Crest, the City Coat of Arms was re-adopted but simplified and some of the colours were changed for our use, to (I always assumed) a more "NUFC-related" series of colours.

I have a lot of faith in our new owners, for a lot of things. One of the attributes that I believe they possess is "taste", so for that reason I do not believe they will want to change our beautiful and historically significant club crest.

The beautiful Coat of Arms of our great Regional Capital City . . . Has been beautifully adapted to become the symbol of this great regions only truly significant Football Club, and it should always remain that way from now onward . . .

The beautiful Coat of Arms of our great Regional Capital City, has been equally beautifully adapted to become the symbol of this great regions only truly significant Football Club . . . The Seahorses have always been part of the City Coat of Arms, and for that reason (our club represents us, our City and our Region) it is an important part of the NUFC Crest. They have been used in many ways to symbolise the history of our City and I would never want to see our club break any aspect of the links between the two (City and Club) in any way. For example, here are the Seahorses at the Civic Centre . . .

I fully agree with that, our current Club Crest is fantastic . . .

Also, was Callum Wilson there, I didn't spot him?

Great post! Thankfully, I really feel that we can (now) sort any and all of this out when/if it is directed at us, to stop us achieving success. The difference now is that we are owned by a group of (what I perceive to be) intelligent, articulate, caring, forward thinking and vastly wealthy owners, who are all (simply) used to succeeding in what they do. We have unlimited access to the very best legal teams that money can buy . . . IF we need them. Let's hope we do not need them, all we want is to be treated completely fairly, and to not be 'picked on' in any way, ever. I am sure that the not-too-bright (as we know) Premier League will be very well aware of our power and capabilities, and will (hopefully) avoid even trying the most blatant of their lying and cheating (pro-Big 6) deviations !!!

See posts just above yours, that crest was taken down from the Leazes End, and then 'lost' for many years before being found and sold on eBay for £1,444.00.

In our unique position as a historically famous club now owned by very rich and world-renowned owners, we will not have to wait to be playing in European competitions to obtain very large sponsorship deals. Sponsors will want to be associated with P I F, long before we (as the 'P I F-owned' Football Club) return to regularly playing in Europe again.

Reminds me of how they were both hailed as the "Golden Generation" when they were selected to play for England as players. As anyone who remembers that period, they were both pretty well always a great disappointment for England, as the international side continued to 'fail' at all tournaments. Played very well for their clubs, but could not do it for England. Both of them appear to have very little about them to suggest they will be any good as managers either! So, bring on the London Press bigging up their fabricated "Golden Generation" of failed new managers !!!