Blackburn v Newcastle

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Newcastle a working class football club? They are owned by a Middle Eastern state.

Gone are the days football clubs are owned by the local businessman with a few bob.

I totally agree with you about the ownership but the club is overwhelmingly a working class club

[J R Hartley]

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I totally agree with you about the ownership but the club is overwhelmingly a working class club

And so is Liverpool. They hate the Tories and the establishment more than you. If you dont think the people of Liverpool are obsessed with their football teams - Liverpool and Everton - in the same way as fans of Newcastle, Villa, and the others you mentioned, then you are seriously deranged.

I was listening to Pete Hooton of The Farm on the radio last week. Great guy, absolutley obsessed with football and Liverpool FC.

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And so is Liverpool. They hate the Tories and the establishment more than you. If you dont think the people of Liverpool are obsessed with their football teams - Liverpool and Everton - in the same way as fans of Newcastle, Villa, and the others you mentioned, then you are seriously deranged.

I was listening to Pete Hooton of The Farm on the radio last week. Great guy, absolutley obsessed with football and Liverpool FC.

I don't think the people from Surrey and Pontypridd who support Liverpool are the same as 8000 geordies travelling 4 hours on a Tuesday night to support their team

If 8000 Liverpool fans travel to London loads of them will live locally

When the geordies play in London very few will be that type of fan , they will be up at 5am from Newcastle Central

Hardcore , loyal support

It's not difficult to understand

[J R Hartley]

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I don't think the people from Surrey and Pontypridd who support Liverpool are the same as 8000 geordies travelling 4 hours on a Tuesday night to support their team

If 8000 Liverpool fans travel to London loads of them will live locally

When the geordies play in London very few will be that type of fan , they will be up at 5am from Newcastle Central

Hardcore , loyal support

It's not difficult to understand

By that logic people from Pontypridd who are Liverpool or Man United season ticket holders and travel a 7 hour round trip every home game should be applauded then?

The vast majority of match going Liverpool fans are from Liverpool. A die hard Liverpool supporter, from Livcerpool, is no different to a die hard Newcastle supporter from Newcastle, or a Carlisle fan from Carlisle.

Yes Liverpool have a global support too, it comes with being succesful in the 70s and 80s as football started reaching a wider audience, but to suggest that their core match going support is not from the city of Liverpool is ludicrous. Most Premier League clubs these days, the larger more established ones - including your Newcastle and Villas - have an element of support outside of the city and plenty of tourists too.

And on the subject of support, Liverpool supporters were 100% the proverbial 12th man on Sunday. NQAT.

[splott parker]

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The night we played Liverpool in the League Cup in 2007 at Anfield, an old Liverpool fan we were talking to in the pub after the game described non Liverpudlian Liverpool fans as excess baggage. Made us laugh.

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And so is Liverpool. They hate the Tories and the establishment more than you. If you dont think the people of Liverpool are obsessed with their football teams - Liverpool and Everton - in the same way as fans of Newcastle, Villa, and the others you mentioned, then you are seriously deranged.

I was listening to Pete Hooton of The Farm on the radio last week. Great guy, absolutley obsessed with football and Liverpool FC.

It's something that's rarely talked about these days. But Liverpool and Manchester are historically great football cities. For all 4 clubs. It's not their fault that they attract glory hunters. I see glory hunting as a weakness in character. When I say we/us about the City I think I deserve it. I stood on the Bob Bank with a gang of half a dozen mates that were 20 yards away from the next gang of half a dozen mates. I'll take the lows all day long because it's worth it for the highs. I'm still proud that we gave Liverpool a good game in the League Cup Final, I'm also still gutted that we didn't beat them. We could have. Pompey, not so much, we were never really in that game. The Cities of Liverpool and Manchester could ban "outsiders" and they'd still get over 200,000 fans attending games between them all. Normal people can't afford it these days. I have a mate who's a Chelsea season ticket holder, he treats himself to 3 or 4 games a season. The rest of the tickets he has to sell. But he's Chelsea. Always has been, it's not his fault they became a rich club. It's the glory hunters that keep his season ticket alive.

[J R Hartley]

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It's something that's rarely talked about these days. But Liverpool and Manchester are historically great football cities. For all 4 clubs. It's not their fault that they attract glory hunters. I see glory hunting as a weakness in character. When I say we/us about the City I think I deserve it. I stood on the Bob Bank with a gang of half a dozen mates that were 20 yards away from the next gang of half a dozen mates. I'll take the lows all day long because it's worth it for the highs. I'm still proud that we gave Liverpool a good game in the League Cup Final, I'm also still gutted that we didn't beat them. We could have. Pompey, not so much, we were never really in that game. The Cities of Liverpool and Manchester could ban "outsiders" and they'd still get over 200,000 fans attending games between them all. Normal people can't afford it these days. I have a mate who's a Chelsea season ticket holder, he treats himself to 3 or 4 games a season. The rest of the tickets he has to sell. But he's Chelsea. Always has been, it's not his fault they became a rich club. It's the glory hunters that keep his season ticket alive.

It makes me laugh now how people mock Man City and their support. Before the oil money they were always well regarded as a team with good support. Getting big numbers home and away when they dropped down the divisions and their neighbours were winning all the major trophies domestically and in Europe. People have short memories, especially when it comes to football.

[Dave Blue]

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I expect many locals of these big teams can’t get a look in due to cost.

[splott parker]

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It makes me laugh now how people mock Man City and their support. Before the oil money they were always well regarded as a team with good support. Getting big numbers home and away when they dropped down the divisions and their neighbours were winning all the major trophies domestically and in Europe. People have short memories, especially when it comes to football.

28,000 + average gate in the third tier is not to be sniffed at.

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I expect many locals of these big teams can’t get a look in due to cost.

Which is why they take the piss out of the day trippers

[J R Hartley]

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28,000 + average gate in the third tier is not to be sniffed at.

Exactly. But now theyve got a new generation of young / global fans because of their success then ALL Man City fans are a bunch of plastics according to the Sludges of this world.

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By that logic people from Pontypridd who are Liverpool or Man United season ticket holders and travel a 7 hour round trip every home game should be applauded then?

The vast majority of match going Liverpool fans are from Liverpool. A die hard Liverpool supporter, from Livcerpool, is no different to a die hard Newcastle supporter from Newcastle, or a Carlisle fan from Carlisle.

Yes Liverpool have a global support too, it comes with being succesful in the 70s and 80s as football started reaching a wider audience, but to suggest that their core match going support is not from the city of Liverpool is ludicrous. Most Premier League clubs these days, the larger more established ones - including your Newcastle and Villas - have an element of support outside of the city and plenty of tourists too.

And on the subject of support, Liverpool supporters were 100% the proverbial 12th man on Sunday. NQAT.

I didn't watch it

[J R Hartley]

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I didn't watch it

Whens that ever stopped you forcing your opinions on others.

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Exactly. But now theyve got a new generation of young / global fans because of their success then ALL Man City fans are a bunch of plastics according to the Sludges of this world.

You will have to point out where I said Man City are a plastics club

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Whens that ever stopped you forcing your opinions on others.

Oh the irony Mr manager assassination

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