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I'd wager he'll go for nowhere near that. He's hardly set the Championship alight this season.

Couldn't care less tbh. After the way they went on with Amanda Staveley they opened themselves up as fair game. Would rather the kids faces had been blurred out mind but other than that fuck the bitter twats

Aye they said for years before there was relegation from Scottish League 2 that many of the Junior teams (that's what they call Non League teams for those who don't know) were stronger than a lot of the league teams and it's proven to be the case. First thing's first they need to stay in this league. Then this American Millionaire needs to show his hand. Pump a few quid in, invest in the squad and see what happens. Personally I feel they're better off in the Scottish League. At the moment they are a League below the proper league and as you say there's always the chance of a cup game at Ibrox or Parkhead in front of 50,000 which would generate ridiculous money for them. Just separately from all this I had a good 10 minute chat with the Chairman before the match yesterday. Asked if I'd been to the Cup Final. Said I had. Told me he had a tear in his eye when we won it. Couldn't have been prouder for the Region. Said it before but they're great people up there.

They're out on a limb geographically really. Even in the Northern League they'd have a fair few 100 mile trips to the Teesside teams. It was mentioned on that forum and on a fans Facebook page about moving down to the NL but it was shot down in flames. Geography is another reason they can't attract the quality of players or have to overpay for them. The relegation issue is very confusing and depends on a load of permutations. They do now have an American Millionaire on the board of directors. If they can stay up I think he might put his hand in his pocket for a summer rebuild. https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/borders/news/berwick-rangers-chris-butler-joins-board/

I'd be amazed if anyone from one of the low pots waited for the slight chance of it going as far as pot 6 mind. I certainly don't know anyone who was daft enough.

Just like Catchphrase. Say what you see.

8 mackems in that photo. 3 of them obese, 2 of them morbidly so. Apparently we're the "fat gravy stained fanbase though".

Berwick 1-2 Tranent. Another awful display by Berwick who are in increasing danger of dropping into the obscurity of the East Of Scotland League. First time I've seen the fans start to really get on the players/managers/Chairman's back and it was getting very tetchy at times to the point where the club have had to issue a statement today. Attendance 410.

Aye but there was only 800/900 successful applicants in pot 6 so when they went on sale to those who'd got the email saying they could apply from 12pm on the Thursday there could only have been those people on, not 8000+ No way was anyone from pot 4 or 5 waiting for pot 6 so they could sit with their mates either!

Tbh my seat was empty. I was in block 139 but my mate was in block 136 so I just stood with him. I reckon a fair few people were doing the same. Also loads standing in the aisles as wel.

I got lucky in pot 6 for Wembley and when I went on I was queue number 8,700 odd. Bear in mind there was only 800-900 tickets up for grabs so only that amount of people could have been trying to buy tickets.

My dad was actually in Stings class at school (St Cuthberts). Reckons he wasn't really into football back then but definitely wasn't a Sunderland fan!

Is that mag who isn't a mag Chris Dobie, who's been a season ticket holder since he was a bairn? Not sure why they keep on spouting this type of absolute horse shit. Apparently Sam Fender only got interested in NUFC when he became famous to help push along his career. I mean there's photos of him as a bairn in his Newcastle gear but they aren't having it. Such a tapped (dwindling) group of people.

The Look North thread on there is a thing of absolute beauty. However bitter and twisted anyone thought they were just take a read of that and you will them realise you weren't even close. They are broken. Done. Finished. There is nothing happening at their own club to even offer them a glimmer of positivity for the future. They either blow promotion this season or become next seasons Southampton. The fewm gets greater and greater as you scroll to the next page https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/look-north-again.1650764/

This is just wrong on every level. It's something for the entire city and wider Region is this. Whether you're a season ticket holder, Mag+ member or whatever it shouldn't make any difference at all. Massive own goal.

Off to Berwick v Tranent on Saturday. Absolutely massive game game for Berwick.

Great to hear. I know we sounded brilliant from where I was right behind the goal in the lower tier and that we couldn't hear them but I'm also aware that the acoustics at Wembley are absolutely shite so good to know we sounded loud from a more neutral area.

Should be chased out and told they aren't welcome. Looking across at that Liverpool end on Sunday, that would kill me if it ever happened to us. Zero passion, zero enthusiasm, zero noise. Just there to take some photos before pissing off to whichever far flung place they arrived from. The genuine Liverpool fans must be gutted about it.

But that would be rubbish. Ashley didn't build the stadium from a crumbling wreck to what was at the time one of the best in Europe and the 2nd biggest in the Country. In fact he left it in a bit of a state of disrepair. He didn't take the club from a nothing Division 2 team to a top PL team which challenged for the title and played Champions League, breaking the world record transfer fee in the process. He didn't increase our attendances by nearly 200%.

And after all that KK only comes back because of John Hall. He wasn't coming back to work for McKeag and his lot who would have sold any emerging talent from under his feet as soon as an offer came in. We also had the worst ground of us, Sunderland and Boro who at least both had covered home terraced areas. The 21,000 average gate you quoted in 1988 was down to 16,000 by 1991 which was 17th highest in the Country and less than the mackems and even Middlesbrough! If John Hall didn't come in we don't have the club we have today. Simple as that.

Whilst he sat in the Gallowgate iirc.

It's hardly extreme, also I suppose in this day and age some people could think it is. I think of extreme as being someone who wants to bring actual harm to others because they aren't the same religion or race as they are. Lots of people of his generation will think the same tbf.

Tbf the bond scheme was a Freddie Fletcher initiative. Ultimately I'll always hold SJH in high regard. Couldn't care about his political views. Labour aren't exactly much better and over the years as I've got older I've learned to tolerate and respect people with different views to mine, whether that be political or otherwise, as long as they aren't extreme! What I do know is that without him we don't have the Newcastle United that we have today. We were on a one way road to oblivion when he stepped in. I was a season ticket holder when the Magpie Group which he headed, managed to oust McKeag and his cronies out. The ground was a crumbling wreck, we got drenched when it rained, any good players were sold, the team was shit, the crowds were down to 10, 11, 12k for some League games. He spotted the potential, more importantly he brought in Kevin Keegan and the rest they say is history but no doubting that the club we have today is due him and that decision to bring back Kevin Keegan. It changed the course of history for us for ever. He was hoodwinked by Ashley but I don't hold it against him. He had us all fooled for a while. Offering us free beer if we got into the ground early or buying everyone in Blubambu drinks, going in with the fans in his NUFC top, whatever, his charm offensive early doors did a real number on us until his mask slipped. Plus we were getting into the day and age of Chelsea being Russian owned, The Middle East and America were wanting to get involved and SJH and Shepherd just didn't have the means to come close to competing with them. On the face of it, selling to a British born Billionaire with a background in sport didn't appear to be a bad choice. Aside from that I've met him before and thought he was a lovely bloke!

Had 48 hours to digest everything and not sure what I can say. Our crowd was absolutely incredible. Proper spine tingling support. The whole day had a completely different feel to last time. Chalk and cheese. People were up for it right from the off. Our end looked unbelievable. Everyone in black and white and just about everyone stood up for the entirety, unlike last time when most the top tier sat for some bizarre reason. It wasn't just the singing. It was the constant roars of encouragement and sheer intensity coming from our end. Our crowd wanted it so much more than theirs, and fortunately so did our players. The noise must have given them such a lift! Was talking to an elderly(ish) Liverpool fan in the pub afterwards. Whilst I thought their support was really poor on the day they were very friendly in the pubs pre and post match and magnanimous in defeat. He said that's the best support he's ever seen from an opposition support at Wembley and that was his 14th visit! He thought that our noise was the reason they were so quiet and that competing felt like it would be a waste of time. Also bemoaned the amount of tourists in their end and said how much their support has changed in the last decade. Something I pray doesn't happen to us. Just a perfect day/weekend all round.

The last one we went to in 2023 out of the 4 of us who went 2 had tickets and 2 didn't. The 2 who didn't have tickets ended up having a better time than the 2 of us who went to the match.