No, not the performance on the pitch – that was poor of course. The real embarrassment was the cacophony of morons who decided to boo the team off at the final whistle.
It was brought to my attention today that some people may have encountered problems while travelling to last night’s game with Maritimo, when trying to use the Magpie Mover card on Stagecoach buses.
If we’re in one, then the Chinese word for ‘crisis’ also means opportunity. An opportunity for the fans to show our true colours, be patient and get behind the team that we all love and want so desperately to succeed.
Absolute travesty that there were so many empty seats, yet in Bruges town centre you have thousands of ticketless Newcastle fans who’d paid their hard earned money to follow their team.
Look around you at the match, it is very likely that in eight or nine years time you’ll still be looking at the same faces, give or take a baldy head or two!
Transport is still being provided with the tab being picked up by the club but they are now charging a fiver each due to large numbers of fans booking free seats and then not using them.