Newcastle Takeover Done

[goats]

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Chelsea were always going to attract players as they are London based, Man City not so much , and Newcastle - hardly an outpost of culture.

Come on, mbappe has always dreamed of playing for the geordie stripers since he was a young lad

[The Lone Gunman]

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Going by your logic with wigan and Leicester, they could have already……they never seem too. I don’t even recall if they’ve made it to a cup final in the last 30 years? Have they? Or semi?

It's not my 'logic'. They were facts.

Newcastle were FA Cup runners-up in 97/98 and 98/99. They finished as Premier League runners-up in 95/96 and 96/97, and finished third in 93/94 and 2002/03.

The Manchester City comparison is a valid one. They had been nowhere near winning anything for decades until their current ownership took over.

[Whisperer]

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It’s funny how they never question the Saudi regime when it comes to horse racing - the sport of kings, but a good working class game - the beautiful game as the fit and proper test..this deal should have gone through in 2017.

[goats]

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It's not my 'logic'. They were facts.

Newcastle were FA Cup runners-up in 97/98 and 98/99. They finished as Premier League runners-up in 95/96 and 96/97, and finished third in 93/94 and 2002/03.

The Manchester City comparison is a valid one. They had been nowhere near winning anything for decades until their current ownership took over.

They had a good run mid 90’s I recall, was that with KK as manager?

[The Bloop]

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A lot depends on who they install as manager and what players (if any) they can attract in January.
Their fans will expect immediate results but it could still be a very long season for them trying to avoid relegation.

[The Lone Gunman]

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They had a good run mid 90’s I recall, was that with KK as manager?

93/94 and 95/96 - Kevin Keegan
96/97 and 97/98 - Kenny Dalglish
98/99 - Ruud Gullit
02/03 - Bobby Robson

[Cardiff Ultra]

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I understand the hypocrisy but god I hope they get relegated

I completely agree and it's not hypocrisy mate. Tan may have done a few dodgy deals but he hasn't funded Al Qaeda, bombed Yemen, chopped up journalists he doesn't like or beheaded homosexuals.

The amount of whataboutery going on from Newcastle fans online is unbelievable. It's moral relativism at its worst.

[Toadstool]

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Would be great if some Israeli businessmen took over Sunderland…

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Would be great if some Israeli businessmen took over Sunderland…

Zionderland perhaps.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Zionderland perhaps.

For younger viewers, this is the art of wit

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Both them and Sunderland are fecking big clubs mind

[Rjk]

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Both them and Sunderland are fecking big clubs mind

massive

[The Lone Gunman]

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Newcastle's average attendance the last time they were in the Championship (2016/17) was 51,106.

[Rjk]

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Newcastle's average attendance the last time they were in the Championship (2016/17) was 51,106.

that's very impressive. only a handful of clubs would match that. they've been an obvious target for this kind of takeover for a while.

that said, it's always easier to maintain good attendances if you are only relegated for one season, and go straight back up.
anyone having a prolonged period in the lower leagues like we did for a 20 odd year period is obviously going to be hugely detrimental to the attendance for a long period afterwards, as whole generations of potential fans had been lost. especially as during the same period the premier League was launched and went into a marketing overdrive.