Kevin Keegan

[Hovagod]

2 minutes ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

 

But if good player comes to Keegan and says "Thank you Kevin for the opportunity and continued support in the football related arena, but I've done that. I want to better myself, I want to move on." then Keegan can make that dream come true. 

And people say he and Terry McDermott were just a big pair of tits.

 

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by Hovagod

[MrRaspberryJam]

Just now, Hovagod said:

And people say him and Terry McDermott were just a big pair of tits.

 

Him, McDermott and Derek Fazakerley were like Morecombe and Wise. Plus one other one. 

[Paully]

The King! 
 

 

[TheBrownBottle]

It would be an easy win for the club to appoint KK as club president or club ambassador - they may already have offered of course.

[jack j]

By the little bits and bobs I've heard it sounds like he seems happy to just be on the outside looking in fondly

[Hovagod]

Doing a talk in in shields the day before the season starts 

[wormy]

44 minutes ago, jack j said:

By the little bits and bobs I've heard it sounds like he seems happy to just be on the outside looking in fondly

 

Yeah seems he's more than happy watching from afar and fair enough. I think the club have been in touch with him too from previous articles I've passed.

 

Unless he indicates otherwise I think all they need to do (and I'm sure already have) is make sure he knows he's got a seat for life and is welcome any time, until the suitable time to properly honour him in some way with a statue or whatever they agree. 

[Sima]

I was 12-16 when Keegan was our manager and had a ST for it's entirety. 

 

What a fucking ride, man.  Some of the best years of my life.

[Wandy]

4 hours ago, Sima said:

I was 12-16 when Keegan was our manager and had a ST for it's entirety. 

 

What a fucking ride, man.  Some of the best years of my life.

 

I was 20 - 25 for the KK era, and also wisely got one of the half-season tickets available in the 92/93 promotion season, otherwise I would have been locked out of SJP for those 5 amazing years.

 

Literally could not have timed it better. It was a glorious time, not only to be a NUFC fan, but also being a young Geordie living on Tyneside. They were the days when the Bigg Market & Quayside were in their absolute pomp, rammed every night for 6 days out of 7. Even more luckily, my University years also ran concurrently with the KK era, and it's no exaggeration to say that the weekend started on a Wednesday and ended on the Monday, with Tuesday off to recover. 

 

The town is a woeful night out these days compared to the halcyon days of the 90s...only truly busy on a Saturday night, and the bars are just dull as fuck. I actually feel a bit sorry for the local kids of today, not seeing how or why Newcastle got it's party-town reputation.

 

 

Edited July 4, 2022 by Wandy

[Thomson Mouse]

2 hours ago, Hovagod said:

Doing a talk in in shields the day before the season starts 

 

Where’s the talk-in?

[Hovagod]

5 minutes ago, Thomson Mouse said:

 

Where’s the talk-in?

Hedworth Hall

[Thomson Mouse]

6 minutes ago, Hovagod said:

Hedworth Hall

 

Thanks, do you know where can get tickets from?

[Ashley17]

2 hours ago, wormy said:

 

Yeah seems he's more than happy watching from afar and fair enough. I think the club have been in touch with him too from previous articles I've passed.

 

Unless he indicates otherwise I think all they need to do (and I'm sure already have) is make sure he knows he's got a seat for life and is welcome any time, until the suitable time to properly honour him in some way with a statue or whatever they agree. 

He has been offered a role but he wants to actually do something meaningful and not just be wheeled out for events. He’s left it to the owners to offer him something worthwhile.

[davidnolan13]

6 minutes ago, Thomson Mouse said:

 

Thanks, do you know where can get tickets from?

https://hedworthhall.co.uk/king-kev-returns-to-the-hedworth-hall/

[Ben]

He's on in Stanley in September 

[wormy]

9 minutes ago, Ashley17 said:

He has been offered a role but he wants to actually do something meaningful and not just be wheeled out for events. He’s left it to the owners to offer him something worthwhile.

 

That's interesting considering I was clearly under the impression it was practically the opposite.

 

In that case I hope they can come to some sort of understanding to allow his involvement in a way everyone's happy with. 

[LFEE]

1 hour ago, Wandy said:

 

I was 20 - 25 for the KK era, and also wisely got one of the half-season tickets available in in 92/93 promotion season, otherwise I would have been locked out of SJP for those 5 amazing years.

 

Literally could not have timed it better. It was a glorious time, not only to be a NUFC fan, but also being a young Geordie living on Tyneside. They were the days when the Bigg Market & Quayside were in their absolute pomp, rammed every night for 6 days out of 7. Even more luckily, my University years also ran concurrently with the KK era, and it's no exaggeration to say that the weekend started on a Wednesday and ended on the Monday, with Tuesday off to recover. 

 

The town is a woeful night out these days compared to the halcyon days of the 90s...only truly busy on a Saturday night, and the bars are just dull as fuck. I actually feel a bit sorry for the local kids of today, not seeing how or why Newcastle got it's party-town reputation.

Agree. Late licensing for alcohol has been a disaster for Newcastle. Should cap it till midnight.

[LV]

2 hours ago, Wandy said:

 

I was 20 - 25 for the KK era, and also wisely got one of the half-season tickets available in in 92/93 promotion season, otherwise I would have been locked out of SJP for those 5 amazing years.

 

Literally could not have timed it better. It was a glorious time, not only to be a NUFC fan, but also being a young Geordie living on Tyneside. They were the days when the Bigg Market & Quayside were in their absolute pomp, rammed every night for 6 days out of 7. Even more luckily, my University years also ran concurrently with the KK era, and it's no exaggeration to say that the weekend started on a Wednesday and ended on the Monday, with Tuesday off to recover. 

 

The town is a woeful night out these days compared to the halcyon days of the 90s...only truly busy on a Saturday night, and the bars are just dull as fuck. I actually feel a bit sorry for the local kids of today, not seeing how or why Newcastle got it's party-town reputation.

What did happen to the nightlife? Why has it become so quiet these days? 

[huss9]

25 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Agree. Late licensing for alcohol has been a disaster for Newcastle. Should cap it till midnight.

my eldest is 17 and just started going out.

her and her friends usually dont go out till 11.

seem to love it and say the town is buzzing, but it does seem a bit strange to me.

[Sima]

16 minutes ago, LV said:

What did happen to the nightlife? Why has it become so quiet these days? 

 

Cost of living coupled with this generation not having the same drinking culture as the previous one imo.

[Chicken Dancer]

Loads of people just like to be seen to be having a good time, rather than just having a good time.

 

Instragram stories of £14 cocktails or what not. Town is so different these days, even on a match day I find.

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

12 minutes ago, Sima said:

 

Cost of living coupled with this generation not having the same drinking culture as the previous one imo.

This. Same reason that smaller, local pubs are closing. You can walk in a supermarket and get a load of peeve for what you’d pay for a few drinks in any city.

[Guest neesy111]

A lot of the bars in town are shite imo nowadays.

[LFEE]

12 minutes ago, LV said:

What did happen to the nightlife? Why has it become so quiet these days? 

Well back in the day (awaits everyone to insert rolling of eyes emoji’s ? ) you had a limited but sensible time allowed to drink with last orders normally called around 22:50 and then you were shown the door around 23:15 when time was called around 23:00.

 

So growing up everyone used public transport and mingled (all age groups) and headed into town on a Friday for example 17:30-19:00 after a days work. Buses and metros always busy and lively and this carried on into pubs where all your groups would have their meet up points and route pre-arranged (no mobile phones remember!) with mine being Dobsons between 18:30-19:15 and working through Bigg Market and ending at the Blackie Boy 22:00 for lasts.

 

Everyone would then either all head home and be done or have a couple in someone’s kitchen if still in the mood whilst others would go to a Nightclub opened up specially for a dance and to try and meet someone you fancy.

 

The beauty of this was the pubs only needed to pay the staff a sensible amount of hours which were full on. The council got the benefit of the majority of people using public transport. The younger ones were kept in line as were mingling with older folk so everyone self policed themselves so ASB and litter etc was a minimum. The taxi drivers earnt a decent living as a restricted amount running for those living further afield and for the nightclub crowd. Everything was just more of a routine and dare say predicable but always busy.

 

Since the extended drinking hours (04:00?) you’ve got one age (older) group going out sooner so pubs still having to open even earlier in the day and as their nights are coming to an end and they get quiet public transport back the more middle aged have arrived separately and started their days then leave either last line of public transport or stay on an hour and grab a taxi parked up whilst the younger ones pre-load all together in one of their houses with cheap drinks from supermarket then mini bus or taxi in around 11pm earliest and then spend very little in bars staying open until 4am paying their staff extra hours etc leading to higher drinks prices which then deters the older and middle aged to visit as often. The public transport prices then go up as not used as much. The ASB and litter gets worse because the young ones practically have the town to themselves and no self policing going on.

 

Notice I used the word Bars. Used to be pubs and then nightclubs by and large. Now you have Bars having to cater for the music oriented customer which of course deters the older and middle aged crowds with the constant boom boom.

 

So in short the wider timescales people have to drink have slowly but surely separated social groups further, increased prices of drinks due to many preloading and staff, power, insurance etc having longer and higher usage costs for no income benefit. Transport both public and private more expensive as having to pay for night buses or taxi longer hours , increased ASB and litter making certain areas less appealing. 
 

I reckon the only positive has been very few queues to get in anywhere or get served compared to the 90’s. The smoking ban was great but obviously not for some. Also gives those a chance who work in pubs to go out for a few hours after a shift I dare say.

 

Town still can be great after everyone has been paid and hoping matchdays will get back to what they were with renewed optimism as you’ve many age groups going and then staying out after the match but as a whole and I think this applies City wide I.E. not London, I think extended drinking hours has had a very negative effect on society.

 

Something you can probably tell I’ve been thinking for a while ?

[Rafalove]

Tinder probably has a lot to do with it. If you want to meet a lass you just go on there nowadays instead of meeting at a bar.

 

In someways it’s a heathy transition. It should mean more sexual encounters are sober and with more clear lines of consent. With fewer women being fondled while inebriated. 

in other ways not so much as it seems to be increasing the number of people especially men who struggle to find sexual partners or even partners in general.

 

it’s such an odd change for society. when I was 18 there were loads of little towns in the north east that people used to say were a “good night out”.

 

I remember people used to recommend all kinds of places and it was a thing to go different places each week. Darlo, Durham , Newcastle, Whitley Bay, Boro dare I say even Sunderland. My own town was once full of bars, pubs and clubs. By the time I was 20/21 there was a very clear decline. I saw today over the last decde there are 7000 fewer pubs today than a decade ago.