JCONA Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Newcastle is in England. Was thinking this with every post I read just waiting for it to be pointed out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Why arent England bidding for it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Why arent England bidding for it? Because they won't get it. UEFA and FIFA now want countries that don't have the infrastructure to bid for the Euro's and World Cup in order to create a "legacy". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 As captain, manager, director and Vice -President, Stan served United in three spells over almost seventy years. Known as "Mister Newcastle" thanks to his later achievements on and off the field, Stan was initially discarded by the club as a teenage amateur before WW1, returning to play local football for Shildon. After a brief spell at Bradford City, his career took off after some impressive displays for Greenock Morton, before his move to Newcastle followed in May 1920. The return on the £2,500 fee paid was instant as Seymour marked his debut with a goal on the opening day of the season, although his side only managed a 1-1 home draw with West Bromwich Albion. Four solid seasons brought successive top ten finishes, culminating in a 2-0 victory in the 1924 FA Cup Final, where Seymour scored the second goal in the dying minutes of the club’s Wembley debut. Seymour’s finest campaign though came in 1926/27 as he was an ever-present in the Championship-winning side, scoring eighteen goals – the last of which came in a title- clinching 1-1 draw at West Ham United. Two seasons later came his retirement from playing, his final appearance coming at SJP against Arsenal in October 1928. Nine years later however, Stan was invited to join the Newcastle Board, giving up his sideline of a newspaper match compiler but retaining ownership of the sports shop he’d established in the city. After the war years intervened, Seymour set about reconstructing the side which achieved promotion back to the First Division at the second attempt in 1948. Having handed over nominal control of team affairs to George Martin, Seymour took over again when Martin defected to Aston Villa in 1950, presiding over two FA Cup Final wins. A dip in results though saw Stan convinced by his fellow directors to make way for another team manager, Duggie Livingstone arriving at Christmas 1954. He was to last barely a year though, with Seymour famously over-ruling him before the 1955 FA Final, when Jackie Milburn was omitted from the first teamsheet submitted to the directors for their approval. Stan remained at SJP while Charlie Mitten and Norman Smith were tried as manager. However his masterstroke was bringing Joe Harvey back in 1962 to fill the role. Harvey eventually departed in 1975, with Seymour retiring as a club director the following year - aged 83. He passed away two years later, having seen his son join the board – although he didn’t live to see Stan Seymour junior emulate his father and become Chairman. So deserving of having something in his name at SJP. His brithday today http://sportsclopedia.com/images/top%20tens/Stan%20Seymour.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieT Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Looked to be workmen on the roof of the East Stand earlier this morning. Assume the Sports Direct signage is on its way down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Wish they'd bring the old 'NEWCASTLE UNITED' signage back I fucking hate the ground atm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR15 Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I hope it stays down for good. The giant "N" (from the UNITED part) is in my mates back garden, bought it off E-Bay, looks canny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5539/20120612171901.jpg Saw this on way back from work, looks like we're just covering sports direct on the gallowgate roof with black covers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Mmmm giant roll of electrician's tape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Aye, they could have at least used white Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Oh for fucks sake, black sticky tape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 SJP is going to be on the world stage when the games are played there, and they've made the top of the ground look ridiculous with massive black patches Honestly, why not just use grey covers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Why not remove the name, I mean it was only there to advertise the possibility of renaming the stadium, so presumably we'll be getting a paying sponsor for the new season. Right? ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 presumably we'll be getting a paying sponsor for the new season. Right? ... Chuckle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 To be fair, they did say it was a temporary measure to 'rebrand' SJP. Did the original quotes from Dekka say that we'd only be doing it for this season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 To be fair you have to be batshit crazy to think they will change it back after one season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 To be fair you have to be batshit crazy to think they will change it back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Black covers man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 To be fair, they did say it was a temporary measure to 'rebrand' SJP. Did the original quotes from Dekka say that we'd only be doing it for this season? That was 3 seasons back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Using black and making it stand out as much as possible is probably deliberate. "What's under those covers?" say many. "Sports Direct logo" etc etc OC should have told them to paint the fucker out. Was just about to say the exact same thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Olympic Torch lap of SJP cancelled cos we haven't taken the Sports Direct shit down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 1719: Controversial news, this, from BBC Newcastle's Fiona Marley Paterson at Saint James' Park, where the torch had been scheduled to complete a tour of the pitch. "The Olympic Flame won't now be doing a lap of honour around the pitch at Newcastle United's ground - apparently because the ground is still sporting 'unofficial' advertising." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 1719: Controversial news, this, from BBC Newcastle's Fiona Marley Paterson at Saint James' Park, where the torch had been scheduled to complete a tour of the pitch. "The Olympic Flame won't now be doing a lap of honour around the pitch at Newcastle United's ground - apparently because the ground is still sporting 'unofficial' advertising." Get in Serves the fat cunt right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA un-fucking-believable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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