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RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Davie - 13 Apr 2015 (13 Apr 2015, 10:17 am)Tom I'm expecting another dismal performance by Newcastle tonight... Do you expect anything else mate? RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Tom - 13 Apr 2015 (13 Apr 2015, 11:19 am)Davie Do you expect anything else mate? Not really haha. RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - MrFozz - 13 Apr 2015 (12 Apr 2015, 4:40 pm)leestransportphotos Can I make a request Davie? Could we have updates from these leagues as well?I want results from the Wearside Combination, Durham Alliance, Peterlee and District Sunday League... Along with the Premier League stiffs, maybes even the Durham Challenge Cup... Come on Davie Stelling step up to the plate and show us what your really made of hahaha In all seriousness, a results section could do with a thread on it's own...I will start it RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Adrian - 13 Apr 2015 (12 Apr 2015, 8:18 pm)Andreos1 Have you been lucky enough to play at one of the cricket pitches? We haven't nope! The worst pitch we've played on was probably a one up Sacriston way. The pitch must have been on a 15% gradient, and the team kicking down hill had a clear advantage. There was a one through Shields we played at last season, and the goals were the width of an 11 a side goal, but between the height of a 5 a side and 9 a side goal. Not to mention one of the boxes being like a golf bunker... The best pitches we've played on (away from the RFYL centres) are probably Easington Welfare, Leam Rangers, and Seaham Red Star. RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - LeeCalder - 13 Apr 2015 The worst pitch I've ever played on (And this might surprise you) is West Auckland's! There is a massive hill on one side of the pitch which makes it very hard for an increasable slow left back (me). Yellow/Red cards are inevitable! Actually, I remember getting sent off their once last year for two bookings. Both for smashing the same kid in the back of the calf twice when beaten for pace. RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Tom - 14 Apr 2015 Sissoko seems to have got a two match ban, as opposed to one. Is this because he's already been sent off or something? RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - MrFozz - 14 Apr 2015 (14 Apr 2015, 9:25 am)Tom Sissoko seems to have got a two match ban, as opposed to one.Or the FA have decided to extend the ban for some reason...normally when the sending off is for violent conduct or you put in an appeal that you'll never have a chance of winning RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Tom - 14 Apr 2015 (14 Apr 2015, 9:28 am)MrFozz Or the FA have decided to extend the ban for some reason...normally when the sending off is for violent conduct or you put in an appeal that you'll never have a chance of winning Might be aye, but the sending off wasn't for violent conduct, it was for two yellows? RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - MrFozz - 14 Apr 2015 (14 Apr 2015, 9:30 am)Tom Might be aye, but the sending off wasn't for violent conduct, it was for two yellows?It looked a bad challenge though... I have only seen it quickly so cant say for certain RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - LeeCalder - 14 Apr 2015 2 Red Cards = A longer suspension as far as I'm aware of RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Tom - 14 Apr 2015 (14 Apr 2015, 9:38 am)MrFozz It looked a bad challenge though... Yeah it was a horrific challenge. (14 Apr 2015, 9:43 am)leestransportphotos 2 Red Cards = A longer suspension as far as I'm aware of Yeah it must be, cheers. RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - MrFozz - 14 Apr 2015 (14 Apr 2015, 9:43 am)leestransportphotos 2 Red Cards = A longer suspension as far as I'm aware ofYep... Extra game ban for every red card 1=1 game 2=2 games and so on Violent Conduct is normally a mandatory 3 game ban Yellow Cards brings a ban after 5, then 7, then 10 I think RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Andreos1 - 14 Apr 2015 http://thefootballneutral.com/2015/01/06/the-football-neutral-match-thirty-seven-west-bromwich-albion-vs-gateshead/ I have dipped in and out of this blog, but just found the review of a cold, but noisy day in the West Midlands. RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - LeeCalder - 14 Apr 2015 I was one of those very loud Heed fans RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Andreos1 - 16 Apr 2015 Partly inspired by this: http://ashleyout.com/articles/a-guest-blog-on-the-state-of-newcastle-united-by-george-caulkin-northern-sports-correspondent-of-the-times/ I wanted to jot down some thoughts about my experiences and ideas on events at SJP. Years ago, I jumped on the football bandwagon. Got addicted to it and over the years played it, managed it (computer games of course) and coached it (kids teams). As a youngster growing up in the 80's, it wasn't a good time to go to a game. There were fights, fires, disasters, pitch invasions and locally - usually 90mins of dross. Eventually, as things seemed to be quieting down on the terraces and Newcastle seemed to be on the up and making an early push for promotion back to what was Divison 1, I got my opportunity to head to SJP. I had managed to escape the fun, but archaic Graham Courtney and Charles Harrison on Metro Radio and got to see Newcastle play for the first time. There had been the odd TV game, but I was there, in the flesh, standing in the Gallowgate end. I saw Micky Quinn miss a penalty, but I saw Newcastle scrape out a win. I was hooked. Unfortunately, a dip in form and a series of pitch invasions and also Hillsbrough, discouraged too many additional visits over the next year or two. Metro Radio and the perennial squeaky door during pre-match player interviews would have to suffice. I lived and breathed Newcastle United. Newspaper articles, TV appearances, visits to the training grounds. All absorbed and retained for a rainy day. I would break a neck to listen or watch a live game on the radio or telly, until my next visit to SJP. Managers came and went, Jim Smith replaced by Ossie Ardiles. Keegan stepping in and creating a soap opera, Dalglish, Gullit, Robson, Souness, Roeder, Allardyce, Shearer, Keegan (again) and then the interims, caretakers and directors of football that have epitomised the Ashley era of financial stability, but dross on the pitch. It was during the latter days of Allardyce, on a cold November day that things started to change for me. It was poisonous. Hammered at home to Liverpool and 50,000 baying at the home manager. Gradually, my visits to SJP slowly declined. My interest in football didn't though. My passion for Newcastle United wasn't what it was - but I couldn't put my finger on the reasons. I would go to Gateshead games, pop down to Hartlepool, watch Northern -league stuff when family members were playing and watch Newcastle on the telly. Heck, I even paid money to watch Greenock Morton - but couldn't bring myself to go to SJP on a regular basis. 2/3 times a year, even in the second promotion season when the football was decent and the goals flowed. It has got to the point now, where my interest in the team goes as far as youth cup games, listening to the odd game on Radio Newcastle, hearing the same patter day after day on Total Sport and visiting nufc.com. I still give the obligatory fist pump when (if) they score and will always want them to win, but the excitement isn't there any more. The term balance sheet champions is bandied about a lot. £34m sitting in the bank account according to latest reports. Very ambitious financial plans. Stagnation on the pitch can only damage those finances in the long term. If supporters don't spend money within the club, club profits are going to be damaged. Unless there is a change of ownership or we see a movement in the policies set down by Ashley, mid table obscurity and relegation battles, coupled with dire performances will continue to be the norm. There isn't going to be the renaissance seen under Keegan or Robson. There aren't going to be barmy nights in Europe and it doesn't look like a cup run or two will ever happen soon. Fans want to see excitement. They want to feel the anticipation of a new season approaching, seeing how new summer signings settle in and put in 100%. I have no idea why I picked Newcastle to be my team. Growing up with parents who weren't too bothered about football and the lack of a footballing flagbearer, it could have been any team that I picked. Maybe a combination of factors - pre-Metrocentre shopping in the town and being caught up in the match day throngs, being given a Pannini sticker book, who knows. All I do know, is the media didn't love football like they do now. As it is, I enjoy watching Gateshead. Experienced things that I never did with Newcastle and as good as the European nights were (never got to Milan, Turin, Monaco or any other away game), Grimsby at the IS, Wembley and The Hawthorns will stick with me for ever. A lot of the old school Gateshead supporters resent people jumping on the bandwaggon and to an extent, I understand. Seeing people turn up, wearing red and white or black and white tops to watch Gateshead, well... It just isn't right. However, not all of those turning up at the IS are newbies. Like myself, they have been going on and off for years - fitting it in around games at SJP. The lack of entertainment at SJP, has seen those fleeting trips, turn into more regular visits. Hopefully the club can grow because of it and benefit from the regime ruining Newcastle United. RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - LeeCalder - 16 Apr 2015 Some great words about Gateshead there Also... On a more negative note, Please take a moment to pay your respects to former Gateshead FC manager Colin Richardson who sadly passed away at the weekend aged 71. 'Richo' was a well known manager in Non League circles and spent the last few weeks of his life as a scout for West Bromwich Albion. Rest In Peace Colin RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Andreos1 - 16 Apr 2015 (16 Apr 2015, 12:03 pm)leestransportphotos Some great words about Gateshead there What was the story behind him dying? Heard he had, but nothing confirmed. Was over the moon when he got the gig at Doncaster. Just a shame it never worked out at the higher level. Edit: An excellent read http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/columnists/mikeamos/backtrack/12893449.Hard_times/ RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - LeeCalder - 16 Apr 2015 Heart attack RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - MrFozz - 16 Apr 2015 (16 Apr 2015, 8:42 am)Andreos1 Partly inspired by this: http://ashleyout.com/articles/a-guest-blog-on-the-state-of-newcastle-united-by-george-caulkin-northern-sports-correspondent-of-the-times/Can ya not send the FPF round to sort the Fat Cockney...best stop there, don't want to further wear something that was worn out a long time ago RE: 2014-15 Football Season(Who will be the best North East Team) - Andreos1 - 16 Apr 2015 (16 Apr 2015, 4:28 pm)MrFozz Can ya not send the FPF round to sort the Fat Cockney...best stop there, don't want to further wear something that was worn out a long time ago Too busy protesting against the Dubmire WMC regime http://www.ddsl.org.uk/leagueTables/leagueTables.html relegated from Division Two... |