Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 No offence intended at all Beren but that perfectly encaptures the difference between locals and "out of towners." I think for local NUFC fans, this is the fixture that means the most by a million miles. The likes of Liverpool and Chelsea don't even come close IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 No offence intended at all Beren but that perfectly encaptures the difference between locals and "out of towners." I think for local NUFC fans, this is the fixture that means the most by a million miles. The likes of Liverpool and Chelsea don't even come close IMO. No offence taken Understandable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 No offence intended at all Beren but that perfectly encaptures the difference between locals and "out of towners." I think for local NUFC fans, this is the fixture that means the most by a million miles. The likes of Liverpool and Chelsea don't even come close IMO. Pretty much this, If we are playing any of the clubs mentioned, i will discuss it with a few people, gimp etc, on here, but thats it till the day of the game. But This game ,I cant get away from it at work, in bed,thinking about it, in the bath earlier I was having PTSD type flash backs to 90 Obsessed? yes I plead guilty. bring it on ya Mackem shits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 How strong was your hate for them when we were in the CL, cp40/Otter? (Keegan or SBR) Sincere question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 How strong was your hate for them when we were in the CL, cp40/Otter? (Keegan or SBR) Sincere question. it was more fun, cos I was 100% confident of the result then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 They were very much a yo yo team at the time and whilst we had our year in the CL they had their 15 point season. It was still the fixture I wanted to win more than any other. If anything the game down there was mildly disappointing, they were shite but we only won 1-0 with a Nobby penalty. Bellamy missed a shit load of chances and there was an awful moment at the end when Kevin Kyle thought he'd scored only for it to be ruled out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 How strong was your hate for them when we were in the CL, cp40/Otter? (Keegan or SBR) Sincere question. it was more fun, cos I was 100% confident of the result then. i wasn't, just the fear of losing was too much but they were much easier to take as they would play us and losing by a couple would be seen as a good result. also the internets role can't be underplayed. in the week leading up to those games i'd have banter with a mag or two at work and normal conversations with another couple/ now thoughyou are open to every idiotic utterance from either side making it seem much more intense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Otter, I know you're currently in Manchester and you do the journey to all the home games...but are you an actual Newcastle lad? Genuine question Yes, born and raised. Moved down here when I was 29. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 They were very much a yo yo team at the time and whilst we had our year in the CL they had their 15 point season. It was still the fixture I wanted to win more than any other. If anything the game down there was mildly disappointing, they were s**** but we only won 1-0 with a Nobby penalty. Bellamy missed a s*** load of chances and there was an awful moment at the end when Kevin Kyle thought he'd scored only for it to be ruled out. great piece of radio commentary for that "SIT DOWN, IT'S DISALLOWED" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 How strong was your hate for them when we were in the CL, cp40/Otter? (Keegan or SBR) Sincere question. it was more fun, cos I was 100% confident of the result then. i wasn't, just the fear of losing was too much but they were much easier to take as they would play us and losing by a couple would be seen as a good result. also the internets role can't be underplayed. in the week leading up to those games i'd have banter with a mag or two at work and normal conversations with another couple/ now thoughyou are open to every idiotic utterance from either side making it seem much more intense. 100% this agreed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It's actually been quite nice these last few years in the build up to this game as I'm out if the bubble and the hype is dampened a little bit. Been busy at work too which means I've not given this game as much thought as usual. Come Saturday though when I'm travelling up, the nerves will kick in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 they have done something we have never done....played in division 3. Facts That Matter. And I went to the game which saw them relegated, along with a canny few others. Another fact that matters, Sunderland have never had a section of St James' during a game when they weren't playing like we had against Gillingham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was it true that at the final whistle of that Gillingham game, some NUFC fans revealed their colours? Would have loved to have seen that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It was very common for north east lads to look out for each other when working away from home in those types of situations. I'd argue it might even be the same now to some extent. I wore an NUFC top in New York City for a day, the only other guy I saw wearing a football top was a mackem, we passed each other in the street and had a quick chat, was good craic actually. I spent 3 years living and working in the midlands and was told another Geordie worked for the company I was at. It turned out that he was a mackem so I had to educate the locals that he wasn't a Geordie and had to explaim what a mackem was. The bloke was a right knacker and I had massive arguments about football as they had the best fans, with smaller gates then us. Sunderland town was better than our city and they had a better team, even when we were beating them, he was a tosser. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 They were very much a yo yo team at the time and whilst we had our year in the CL they had their 15 point season. It was still the fixture I wanted to win more than any other. If anything the game down there was mildly disappointing, they were s**** but we only won 1-0 with a Nobby penalty. Bellamy missed a s*** load of chances and there was an awful moment at the end when Kevin Kyle thought he'd scored only for it to be ruled out. great piece of radio commentary for that "SIT DOWN, IT'S DISALLOWED" Was class that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was that Justin Lockwood or whatever he's called? Credit to the fella at 3-0 at half time during the 5-1 he came on at half time shouting at the mackems "are you lot still here!?" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was it true that at the final whistle of that Gillingham game, some NUFC fans revealed their colours? Would have loved to have seen that. We had our colours on all game and were singing Newcastle songs all through the game, it was like a Newcastle away game. I kid you not, I was standing next to a bloke in the Clock Stand who had a kid on his shoulders who could have been no more than 5 years old. I asked him why he had taken his kid, he said because the match was of historical imporatance and he wanted his son to be able to talk about it for the rest of his life. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Get in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It was very common for north east lads to look out for each other when working away from home in those types of situations. I'd argue it might even be the same now to some extent. I wore an NUFC top in New York City for a day, the only other guy I saw wearing a football top was a mackem, we passed each other in the street and had a quick chat, was good craic actually. I spent 3 years living and working in the midlands and was told another Geordie worked for the company I was at. It turned out that he was a mackem so I had to educate the locals that he wasn't a Geordie and had to explaim what a mackem was. The bloke was a right knacker and I had massive arguments about football as they had the best fans, with smaller gates then us. Sunderland town was better than our city and they had a better team, even when we were beating them, he was a tosser. i've met a few mackems like that, however as you know them longer the defences drop and they do fess up a bit more (in my experience that is). had we been in their shadow for the majority of the last 40yrs or so it could've been us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was it true that at the final whistle of that Gillingham game, some NUFC fans revealed their colours? Would have loved to have seen that. We had our colours on all game and were singing Newcastle songs all through the game, it was like a Newcastle away game. I kid you not, I was standing next to a bloke in the Clock Stand who had a kid on his shoulders who could have been no more than 5 years old. I asked him why he had taken his kid, he said because the match was of historical imporatance and he wanted his son to be able to talk about it for the rest of his life. i wasn't there but i know that ties were kept between us and gillingham for a while with some of them coming up for our games and regularly turning out for london games and a bus load of mags went down there a few times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was that Justin Lockwood or whatever he's called? Credit to the fella at 3-0 at half time during the 5-1 he came on at half time shouting at the mackems "are you lot still here!?" It was Lockwood aye. Remember being furious "The Premiership" on ITV didn't show somebody's disallowed goal in their shitty highlights. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 "GET YOUR SEASON TICKET NOW!" (One for the older chaps) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I was down visiting me mam's side of the family when they lost to Charlton in the playoffs. Watched it in a pub in Greenwich rammed with Charlton fans with me dad. Was only 10. That was a canny day. Seem to remember a couple of their fans bought me dad a pint, and me a coke because we were cheering Charlton on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Get in. We were in the clock stand singing mainly Newcastle songs and the Gillingham fans joined in with us. I would guess that a few hundred of our fans were also in the Roker end because they had Newcastle banners and were wearing Newcastle tops and singing our songs. I went down to Sunderland and parked the car by Seaburn Station. We walked to the ground and could see loads of cars with Newcastle registrations. I told my brother and he said they would be Sunderland fans who had bought cars in Newcastle, I agreed. We got to the back of the Fulwell and we could hear Newcastle songs, my brother said that would be Gillingham fans taking the piss, I agreed. We got behind the Clock Stand and we had massive queues as the Police tried to keep us all in the same section, it was surreal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I was down visiting me mam's side of the family when they lost to Charlton in the playoffs. Watched it in a pub in Greenwich rammed with Charlton fans with me dad. Was only 10. That was a canny day. Seem to remember a couple of their fans bought me dad a pint, and me a coke because we were cheering Charlton on. What a day that was. Back in the era when every Championship Play Off final seemed to be an epic game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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