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[The League Cup Final] Newcastle United vs. Manchester United: 26/02/2023 @ 4.30pm (Sky)


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6 minutes ago, TRon said:

 On two fronts, the league and the final itself if they have to juggle players to avoid burnout.

 

Yep a nice draw tonight please (with 32 Man Utd injuries!) or even a winning team by one goal preferably Barca!

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1 hour ago, Paully said:

My mates have just had a call off the box office - 5 of them together were in period 4 and all missed out on the ballot - they've now got tickets so keep an eye on your phones for anyone unsuccessful!

 

A member of my family just got the same call and now has a ticket. I tried to get it off him but he's not having any of it. [emoji38]

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Apologies for the full question but anyone with a concession ticket - does it actually show this on the ticket ? - I’ve been sent one for my dad but it doesn’t say concession or have the correct price that I can see - just wanting to check if I can give it to someone else (younger) if he can’t make it… thanks 

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4 minutes ago, DL7777 said:

Apologies for the full question but anyone with a concession ticket - does it actually show this on the ticket ? - I’ve been sent one for my dad but it doesn’t say concession or have the correct price that I can see - just wanting to check if I can give it to someone else (younger) if he can’t make it… thanks 

Someone mentioned further back in the thread that there’s had a ‘C’ handwritten on. 

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5 minutes ago, DL7777 said:

Apologies for the full question but anyone with a concession ticket - does it actually show this on the ticket ? - I’ve been sent one for my dad but it doesn’t say concession or have the correct price that I can see - just wanting to check if I can give it to someone else (younger) if he can’t make it… thanks 

 

You will be fine. Really wouldn't worry.

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1 hour ago, SteV said:

Someone mentioned further back in the thread that there’s had a ‘C’ handwritten on. 

 

My mate was being a wanker and tried to write CUNT on my ticket, Ticket Officer Inspector at Wembley Person. 

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Let's talk about 1998 and 1999 finals. A couple of things have struck me, while looking back (I was 10 at the time).

 

1. Unfortunate that we were managed by Dalglish and Ruud for them games, as opposed to Keegan and Robson who were in charge either side of them.

 

2. Also unfortunate that we played 2 of the best sides the league has had in Viera/Adams Arsenal and then Treble winning Man United. As opposed to Chelsea, who won it in 1997 and 2000.

 

Can anyone recall expectations before those finals? It feels looking back as Newcastle were very much the underdogs to the champions. We also made some horrific defensive errors in both games. Goalkeeping was all over the place. 

 

I mean we had Laurent Chavet playing.

 

Can't help but feel that we are much better equipped, certainly defensively.

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1 minute ago, STM said:

Let's talk about 1998 and 1999 finals. A couple of things have struck me, while looking back (I was 10 at the time).

 

1. Unfortunate that we were managed by Dalglish and Ruud for them games, as opposed to Keegan and Robson who were in charge either side of them.

 

2. Also unfortunate that we played 2 of the best sides the league has had in Viera/Adams Arsenal and then Treble winning Man United. As opposed to Chelsea, who won it in 1997 and 2000.

 

Can anyone recall expectations before those finals? It feels looking back as Newcastle were very much the underdogs to the champions. We also made some horrific defensive errors in both games. Goalkeeping was all over the place. 

 

I mean we had Laurent Chavet playing.

 

Can't help but feel that we are much better equipped, certainly defensively.

I wasn’t expecting anything other than defeat.  A win in either would have been a massive upset.  Hope rather than expectation was the order of the day for anyone other than the most optimistic (being kind there) of our support.

 

We don’t go into the LC Final as favourites this time either, but there’s a hell of a lot more hope that we can win.  This is a much better side in every way, with a much better manager.  And I can’t imagine the support having to chant ‘attack attack attack’ at the players this time round. 

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4 minutes ago, STM said:

Let's talk about 1998 and 1999 finals. A couple of things have struck me, while looking back (I was 10 at the time).

 

1. Unfortunate that we were managed by Dalglish and Ruud for them games, as opposed to Keegan and Robson who were in charge either side of them.

 

2. Also unfortunate that we played 2 of the best sides the league has had in Viera/Adams Arsenal and then Treble winning Man United. As opposed to Chelsea, who won it in 1997 and 2000.

 

Can anyone recall expectations before those finals? It feels looking back as Newcastle were very much the underdogs to the champions. We also made some horrific defensive errors in both games. Goalkeeping was all over the place. 

 

I mean we had Laurent Chavet playing.

 

Can't help but feel that we are much better equipped, certainly defensively.

Was thinking about this while watching Man U at Barcelona before. Yes they're a top side and much improved since early season but no way as good as the one we played in 99 with Schmeichel, Giggs, Scholes and Sheringham to name a few.

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7 minutes ago, STM said:

Let's talk about 1998 and 1999 finals. A couple of things have struck me, while looking back (I was 10 at the time).

 

1. Unfortunate that we were managed by Dalglish and Ruud for them games, as opposed to Keegan and Robson who were in charge either side of them.

 

2. Also unfortunate that we played 2 of the best sides the league has had in Viera/Adams Arsenal and then Treble winning Man United. As opposed to Chelsea, who won it in 1997 and 2000.

 

Can anyone recall expectations before those finals? It feels looking back as Newcastle were very much the underdogs to the champions. We also made some horrific defensive errors in both games. Goalkeeping was all over the place. 

 

I mean we had Laurent Chavet playing.

 

Can't help but feel that we are much better equipped, certainly defensively.

 

Both years it was a case of hoping for an upset, but knowing that this was unlikely. We were unfortunate in that we played the PL Champions in both games. We didn't lay a glove on either of them and they never got out of second gear to beat us.

 

This game should, in theory, be a lot closer. They are currently better than us in midfield and attack but the margins are a lot closer than they were back then. So while in those days a win was pretty much a fantasy scenario, this time we have a fighting chance.

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