Realised that they wanted me to put in, this was about 1981, they wanted me to put half a million pound in the club. Which at the time was a fortune and for that they were going to make me an honorary board member with no decisions and no say.
“There is a mood change within police match commanders and I would like to think my chief constable would not oppose a move to safe standing. The idea that if people are put in a standing area they will behave criminally is totally wrong”.
What is said through the week is unimportant once 12.45 comes around on Saturday, the only thing that counts is supporting the team for ninety minutes. It is our job.
In a poll of thousands of Newcastle United fans, an astonishing figure of over 92% of them say that Alan Pardew wasn’t backed by Mike Ashley in the summer transfer market, a lack of a ‘fair amount’ of money leading to the poor form in the league.
You may recall a couple of weeks ago, the sad/amusing story of Newcastle fan, Paul West, who lost his keys in Bruges. Paul had to make a special trip home via train/boat to collect his spare keys, then return to Bruges to retrieve his car!
Let’s all please take as many positives in terms of improvement from Wednesday as we can and support the team on Monday. No boos, just the fantastic support we all know our fans are capable of.
Despite the shocking football and results, when any Newcastle fans dared to say that Allardyce was failing and his buys had been disastrous, the press’ overwhelming message was who were the fans to think they knew better…respected manager…supporters haven’t a clue.
Things just seemed to get worse on the pitch despite attempts from the away support to lift spirits and by the time their second goal went in even the spirits of the away support were drained and who could blame them.