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Alf wrote:
Fair do's.
What I did find strange was that Keegan had been running a soccer school in Scotland. An ex England international player and manager who's not short of brass teaching kids how to dribble around cones, all in a country that despises English football. Does that not seem odd to anyone else?
Kevin Keegans Soccer Circus is the dogs balls mate 
We had a European tourney last year (over 30's) 16 teams from all over Europe,and everyone agreed that it was brill
Julie wrote: Whatever!
It doesn't matter what you lot, or anyone else, thinks, I'm absolutely thrilled to bits that King Kev is back. Everyone up here is.
Of course the Premier League has changed since last time he was here, you don't need to tell us that, we've played in it for long enough.
Without a doubt it will be more difficult this time around, but Keegan hasn't been out of the game for all that long and he had no mangerial experience at all last time he came in and effectively saved Newcastle United.
Plus, look at Mark Hughes. He had no league managerial experience at all (although obviously had managed Wales), but it didn't stop Blackburn giving him the job.
Special K coming home will raise morale amongst the players, fans and around the city in general. He plays a brand of football that we love up here and with the backing that i'm sure he will have been promised by Mike Ashley, I think better times are just around the corner
As far as i'm concerned, Premier League football is far better for having Kevin Keegan, for all of his passion, flair and charisma. I know Newcastle United is.
The man is a god
Couldn't agree more!
Digi Mike wrote: What has 'King' Kev achieved as a Manager? Can someone tell me please?
Newcastle United
Winner 1992–93 Football League First Division
Runner Up 1995–96 FA Premier League 1996–97 Charity Shield
Fulham
Winner 1998–99 Football League Second Division
Manchester City
Winner 2001–02 Football League First Division
Which isn't that bad! 
Nick King wrote:
Digi Mike wrote: What has 'King' Kev achieved as a Manager? Can someone tell me please?
Newcastle United
Winner 1992–93 Football League First Division
Runner Up 1995–96 FA Premier League 1996–97 Charity Shield
Fulham
Winner 1998–99 Football League Second Division
Manchester City
Winner 2001–02 Football League First Division
Which isn't that bad!
none of them count.
here's the ones that do.
Premier League/Old First Division One Championship FA Cup League Cup European Cup Uefa Cup.
since when is coming second winning?
King John Honest John wrote:
Nick King wrote:
Digi Mike wrote: What has 'King' Kev achieved as a Manager? Can someone tell me please?
Newcastle United
Winner 1992–93 Football League First Division
Runner Up 1995–96 FA Premier League 1996–97 Charity Shield
Fulham
Winner 1998–99 Football League Second Division
Manchester City
Winner 2001–02 Football League First Division
Which isn't that bad!
none of them count.
here's the ones that do.
Premier League/Old First Division One Championship FA Cup League Cup European Cup Uefa Cup.
since when is coming second winning?
Absolutely! 
These are much better statistics (as a player):
Liverpool Winner
1972–73 League Championship 1972–73 UEFA Cup 1973–74 FA Cup 1974–75 Charity Shield 1975–76 League Championship 1975–76 UEFA Cup 1976–77 Charity Shield 1976–77 League Championship 1976–77 European Cup
Runner Up 1973–74 League Championship 1974–75 League Championship 1976–77 FA Cup
and ask any true Red in the know.
for all his graft and two european player of the year awards, he still wasn't a patch on the real King.
that's him on the right btw.
Nick King wrote:
El Jarvo wrote: 0-0 at home to Bolton. "Living the dream!"
'twas a thrilling match...
so...would Big Sam have lost that one???
Boatraceface wrote: It's a right laugh watching Look North News lately... All these deluded Mags thinking they are finally gunna overhaul The Boro as the most successful side of the modern era in the North East..All that financial might and that whopping catchment area and they are still rubbish and win nowt.Zip.Zero.Squat.Nish.Diddly. Mystifying
Yet ultimately satisfying!
For all your trophies (er one cup 
), and being the most 'successful North East team of the modern era', as you put it. You must be well proud of your half full stadium every other weekend.
At least we draw in the crowds, no matter how we're playing. Thats why we'll always be the biggest club in the North East.
Dream on sunshine
El Jarvo wrote: 0-0 at home to Bolton. "Living the dream!"
You think it's really fair to judge him after a couple of days? And people say Newcastle fans are quick to slag off managers 
Both teams on Sat, were the legacy of Sam Allardyce.
Fact.
Missy Jem wrote:
El Jarvo wrote: Anyone remember this lad?
He looks like he's ten pin bowling!!!
I've just noticed his trailing leg!! The poor fookers got elephantitis!!!!!!
Yes, you can always win things with passion and enthusiasm.Doesn't matter if you've got no talent
Then again , Greece did win Euro 2004.Maybe there is a glimmer of hope for Keegan in that:
Julie wrote:
Boatraceface wrote: It's a right laugh watching Look North News lately... All these deluded Mags thinking they are finally gunna overhaul The Boro as the most successful side of the modern era in the North East..All that financial might and that whopping catchment area and they are still rubbish and win nowt.Zip.Zero.Squat.Nish.Diddly. Mystifying
For all your trophies (er one cup
At least we draw in the crowds, no matter how we're playing. Thats why we'll always be the biggest club in the North East.
Dream on sunshine
What's Tyneside's catchment area? 1.3 millionish people? in a one club city..You'd think they'd fill the stadium on that.
What's Teesside's catchment? 180,000 people..
Teesside is much less populated than Tyneside ofcourse..
But Boro have Steve Gibson,a proper owner and No1 fan. Boro marched to a European final,and won the League cup.Newcastle have done nothing at all have they.Speaks for itself really..Boro are top dogs in the North East when you deal in the facts.Newcastle are underachievers and deluded hype ar'nt they? Ask anyone..
Julie wrote: At least we draw in the crowds, no matter how we're playing. Thats why we'll always be the biggest club in the North East.
Miraculously though, your average attendance appears to have TREBLED in the past fifteen years!
Boatraceface wrote:
Julie wrote:
Boatraceface wrote: It's a right laugh watching Look North News lately... All these deluded Mags thinking they are finally gunna overhaul The Boro as the most successful side of the modern era in the North East..All that financial might and that whopping catchment area and they are still rubbish and win nowt.Zip.Zero.Squat.Nish.Diddly. Mystifying
For all your trophies (er one cup
At least we draw in the crowds, no matter how we're playing. Thats why we'll always be the biggest club in the North East.
Dream on sunshine
What's Tyneside's catchment area? 1.3 millionish people? in a one club city..You'd think they'd fill the stadium on that. What's Teesside's catchment? 180,000 people.. Teesside is much less populated than Tyneside ofcourse.. But Boro have Steve Gibson,a proper owner and No1 fan. Boro marched to a European final,and won the League cup.Newcastle have done nothing at all have they.Speaks for itself really..Boro are top dogs in the North East when you deal in the facts.Newcastle are underachievers and deluded hype ar'nt they? Ask anyone..
Your own trophy cabinet is hardly overflowing.
If you wanna take bragging rights from winning the League cup and having your arses kicked in the UEFA cup final, go for it. We've played Champions League football and, more often than not, have finished higher than you lot in the league. The facts speak for themselves.
You're obviously defining 'biggest club in the North East' differently to me.
I wouldn't expect you to agree though
El Jarvo wrote:
Julie wrote: At least we draw in the crowds, no matter how we're playing. Thats why we'll always be the biggest club in the North East.
Miraculously though, your average attendance appears to have TREBLED in the past fifteen years!
I thought the suggestion here was that we ARE shite. Make your minds up.
Besides, if you're gonna quote stats, don't conveniently ignore the significant increase in capacity at St James's Park during the period in question.
Julie wrote:
I thought the suggestion here was that we ARE shite. Make your minds up.
Besides, if you're gonna quote stats, don't conveniently ignore the significant increase in capacity at St James's Park during the period in question.
They are shite, haven't won anything for ages, Newcastle supporters being the finest etc is just another urban myth. No-one wanted to go see the Toon in the eighties, I was in Newcastle then and worked at a factory in Cramlington. One lad was the laughing stock, why? Because he had a season ticket to St James's Park and no-one else wanted one. There were always empty spaces in the ground and the team were shit then.
As for the attendance, the capacity hasn't really increased that much has it? There was a ten year drop because the ground capacities across the country were reduced in the early nineties due to all seater grounds being enforced.
Biggest League Cup attendance: 49,902 Vs Spurs Semi Final (1975-76)
Don't believe the hype!
James Thomas wrote:
Julie wrote:
I thought the suggestion here was that we ARE shite. Make your minds up.
Besides, if you're gonna quote stats, don't conveniently ignore the significant increase in capacity at St James's Park during the period in question.
They are shite, haven't won anything for ages, Newcastle supporters being the finest etc is just another urban myth. No-one wanted to go see the Toon in the eighties, I was in Newcastle then and worked at a factory in Cramlington. One lad was the laughing stock, why? Because he had a season ticket to St James's Park and no-one else wanted one. There were always empty spaces in the ground and the team were shit then.
As for the attendance, the capacity hasn't really increased that much has it? There was a ten year drop because the ground capacities across the country were reduced in the early nineties due to all seater grounds being enforced.
Biggest League Cup attendance: 49,902 Vs Spurs Semi Final (1975-76)
Don't believe the hype!
Nope, I won't accept it.
We have been playing shite, no doubt about it, but we regularly pull in a crowd of over 50,000 for home matches and sell out our away allocations. We are great fans, considering there has been little return from the team over the years (apart from the best football the Premier League has seen played under Kevin Keegan that is. See my earlier point on KK). No urban myth about it.
Over the life of the Premier League only Man U have a larger average attendance and they've had plenty the cheer. Newcastle fans compare favourably to everyone else in this respect.
Over the last 15 years, the Capacity of St James's Park has increased by approx 15,000 because of the development of the new stands. That was the period that Al referred to when quoting the stats. So yes, the capacity has increased quite a lot and there's still a waiting list for season tickets.
I can't believe that you are all so quick to have a dig at the toon. People in glass houses.....
I've only got one more thing to say on this matter. Keegan Keegan
Julie wrote:
I can't believe that you are all so quick to have a dig at the toon. People in glass houses.....
Stuff that! I've been digging for 20 years.
Julie wrote:
I've only got one more thing to say on this matter. Keegan Keegan
On that we are agreed. Keegan
Julie wrote:
El Jarvo wrote:
Julie wrote: At least we draw in the crowds, no matter how we're playing. Thats why we'll always be the biggest club in the North East.
Miraculously though, your average attendance appears to have TREBLED in the past fifteen years!
I thought the suggestion here was that we ARE shite. Make your minds up.
Besides, if you're gonna quote stats, don't conveniently ignore the significant increase in capacity at St James's Park during the period in question.
Surely it's irrelevant, you only increased the capacity to accomodate the fans that weren't arsed about going when you were shit.
Julie wrote:
James Thomas wrote:
Julie wrote:
I thought the suggestion here was that we ARE shite. Make your minds up.
Besides, if you're gonna quote stats, don't conveniently ignore the significant increase in capacity at St James's Park during the period in question.
They are shite, haven't won anything for ages, Newcastle supporters being the finest etc is just another urban myth. No-one wanted to go see the Toon in the eighties, I was in Newcastle then and worked at a factory in Cramlington. One lad was the laughing stock, why? Because he had a season ticket to St James's Park and no-one else wanted one. There were always empty spaces in the ground and the team were shit then.
As for the attendance, the capacity hasn't really increased that much has it? There was a ten year drop because the ground capacities across the country were reduced in the early nineties due to all seater grounds being enforced.
Biggest League Cup attendance: 49,902 Vs Spurs Semi Final (1975-76)
Don't believe the hype!
Nope, I won't accept it.
We have been playing shite, no doubt about it, but we regularly pull in a crowd of over 50,000 for home matches and sell out our away allocations. We are great fans, considering there has been little return from the team over the years (apart from the best football the Premier League has seen played under Kevin Keegan that is. See my earlier point on KK). No urban myth about it.
Over the life of the Premier League only Man U have a larger average attendance and they've had plenty the cheer. Newcastle fans compare favourably to everyone else in this respect.
Over the last 15 years, the Capacity of St James's Park has increased by approx 15,000 because of the development of the new stands. That was the period that Al referred to when quoting the stats. So yes, the capacity has increased quite a lot and there's still a waiting list for season tickets.
I can't believe that you are all so quick to have a dig at the toon. People in glass houses.....
I've only got one more thing to say on this matter. Keegan Keegan
Jesus weapt, er you had the 2nd largest capacity, hence the 2nd largest average. Great fans my arse. Through thick and thin obviously has different connotations up there.
Julie wrote:
James Thomas wrote:
Julie wrote:
I thought the suggestion here was that we ARE shite. Make your minds up.
Besides, if you're gonna quote stats, don't conveniently ignore the significant increase in capacity at St James's Park during the period in question.
They are shite, haven't won anything for ages, Newcastle supporters being the finest etc is just another urban myth. No-one wanted to go see the Toon in the eighties, I was in Newcastle then and worked at a factory in Cramlington. One lad was the laughing stock, why? Because he had a season ticket to St James's Park and no-one else wanted one. There were always empty spaces in the ground and the team were shit then.
As for the attendance, the capacity hasn't really increased that much has it? There was a ten year drop because the ground capacities across the country were reduced in the early nineties due to all seater grounds being enforced.
Biggest League Cup attendance: 49,902 Vs Spurs Semi Final (1975-76)
Don't believe the hype!
Nope, I won't accept it.
We have been playing shite, no doubt about it, but we regularly pull in a crowd of over 50,000 for home matches and sell out our away allocations. We are great fans, considering there has been little return from the team over the years (apart from the best football the Premier League has seen played under Kevin Keegan that is. See my earlier point on KK). No urban myth about it.
Over the life of the Premier League only Man U have a larger average attendance and they've had plenty the cheer. Newcastle fans compare favourably to everyone else in this respect.
Over the last 15 years, the Capacity of St James's Park has increased by approx 15,000 because of the development of the new stands. That was the period that Al referred to when quoting the stats. So yes, the capacity has increased quite a lot and there's still a waiting list for season tickets.
I can't believe that you are all so quick to have a dig at the toon. People in glass houses.....
I've only got one more thing to say on this matter. Keegan Keegan
How can Newcastle have ever played the best football? The best football played in the Premier League has been played by either Man United, Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal or Chelsea, that is winning football.
This is what annoys me about "The Toon" all this "we played the best football" bullshit. You cant play the best football if you dont win anything. Give me five at the back, a big man upfront and long ball any day at the week, because it'll always be more successful than that "tactics" Newcastle employed in the mid 90's.
Julie wrote:
Boatraceface wrote:
Julie wrote:
Boatraceface wrote: It's a right laugh watching Look North News lately... All these deluded Mags thinking they are finally gunna overhaul The Boro as the most successful side of the modern era in the North East..All that financial might and that whopping catchment area and they are still rubbish and win nowt.Zip.Zero.Squat.Nish.Diddly. Mystifying
For all your trophies (er one cup
At least we draw in the crowds, no matter how we're playing. Thats why we'll always be the biggest club in the North East.
Dream on sunshine
What's Tyneside's catchment area? 1.3 millionish people? in a one club city..You'd think they'd fill the stadium on that. What's Teesside's catchment? 180,000 people.. Teesside is much less populated than Tyneside ofcourse.. But Boro have Steve Gibson,a proper owner and No1 fan. Boro marched to a European final,and won the League cup.Newcastle have done nothing at all have they.Speaks for itself really..Boro are top dogs in the North East when you deal in the facts.Newcastle are underachievers and deluded hype ar'nt they? Ask anyone..
Your own trophy cabinet is hardly overflowing.
If you wanna take bragging rights from winning the League cup and having your arses kicked in the UEFA cup final, go for it. We've played Champions League football and, more often than not, have finished higher than you lot in the league. The facts speak for themselves.
You're obviously defining 'biggest club in the North East' differently to me.
I wouldn't expect you to agree though
No,and last season's league table finish does'nt agree either, petal.The facts do indeed speak for themselves.
And until you match,or better that silverware we won,we got braggin rights Marvelous
Boatraceface wrote:
Julie wrote:
Boatraceface wrote:
Julie wrote:
Boatraceface wrote: It's a right laugh watching Look North News lately... All these deluded Mags thinking they are finally gunna overhaul The Boro as the most successful side of the modern era in the North East..All that financial might and that whopping catchment area and they are still rubbish and win nowt.Zip.Zero.Squat.Nish.Diddly. Mystifying
For all your trophies (er one cup
At least we draw in the crowds, no matter how we're playing. Thats why we'll always be the biggest club in the North East.
Dream on sunshine
What's Tyneside's catchment area? 1.3 millionish people? in a one club city..You'd think they'd fill the stadium on that. What's Teesside's catchment? 180,000 people.. Teesside is much less populated than Tyneside ofcourse.. But Boro have Steve Gibson,a proper owner and No1 fan. Boro marched to a European final,and won the League cup.Newcastle have done nothing at all have they.Speaks for itself really..Boro are top dogs in the North East when you deal in the facts.Newcastle are underachievers and deluded hype ar'nt they? Ask anyone..
Your own trophy cabinet is hardly overflowing.
If you wanna take bragging rights from winning the League cup and having your arses kicked in the UEFA cup final, go for it. We've played Champions League football and, more often than not, have finished higher than you lot in the league. The facts speak for themselves.
You're obviously defining 'biggest club in the North East' differently to me.
I wouldn't expect you to agree though
No,and last season's league table finish does'nt agree either, petal.The facts do indeed speak for themselves.
I'm really glad Keegan is back ... if nothing else it gives sad people with nothing better to do with their time something to talk about and slag off.
Middlesbro a big club ... like shite are they!
Petal ... wasn't aware you were a plant or a flower Julie. I've always hated that term when used in such a derogatory manner.
As for all of the other utter crap on this thread. We will see over time and by the way, we were at St.James's in the eighties watching McFauls teams/Ossie and all of the crap that went with it. I'm thrilled with our chairman (after having had to endure McKeag in the eighties) and manager and I'd much rather watch attacking football.
Grow up! It's boring.
