Hopefully a good helping of sea air tonight won’t do wonders for them either but our prospects in this two-legged tie may be more to do with the strength of the Newcastle side put out on the pitch, rather than any other factors.
Ukrainian club’s officials have requested that spectators don’t wear black & white shirts/scarves etc and the Whitley Bay website says that admittance may be denied if anybody does turn up in United colours.
In an interesting turn of events, Newcastle United’s Europa League opponents, FC Metalist Kharkiv, have set up a friendly against Whitley Bay in advance of the clash at St.James’ Park next Thursday.
