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[Albion] Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***
- Thread starter Dick Head
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What a great weekend away (and I’m still here). I wore my colours all day in the city centre with not a murmur from anyone, except from weirdos in mufti who whispered “sea-siders” to me as they walked by. Dunno why they were in disguise. Nattered to various Geordies in various Spoons. The weirdest one was a Frenchman travelling around the UK who’d bought the full black and white kit. I’m expecting not to understand Geordies but not because of a clousseauesque French accent.
Our position in the ground is dreadful. The players are dots, you can’t see a screen, and the PA dreadful.
But it was a creditable performance. What felt like a disaster at half-time, felt like a triumph at the end (funny old game, football).
I got the train to Morpeth today, which is a pleasant town in Northumberland with lovely walking.
Tomorrow I’m getting the train home after a great weekend. And it’s 50 years since I came here for university.
Our position in the ground is dreadful. The players are dots, you can’t see a screen, and the PA dreadful.
But it was a creditable performance. What felt like a disaster at half-time, felt like a triumph at the end (funny old game, football).
I got the train to Morpeth today, which is a pleasant town in Northumberland with lovely walking.
Tomorrow I’m getting the train home after a great weekend. And it’s 50 years since I came here for university.
Superphil
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That’s really decent. Gutted I couldn’t go.
Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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Mine got nicked before I got to my seat last year. I wonder if many went walkies this time.
PascalGroß Tips
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- Jan 29, 2024
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They weren't on the seats this time. They handed them out to everyone once we'd passed through the turnstiles.
Wardy's twin
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That's better. I know a few people including me did complain....
PascalGroß Tips
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In PBOBE’s little speech at the pre match gig, he did suggest they would be on the seats and that if when you got to your seat there was nothing there, you should check the pockets of the person next to you
Maybe the people giving out the t-shirts didn’t fancy taking them all the way up to the gods.
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Bit rich of us to be booing you for those tactics as it's something we're quite happy to do when it suits. Running joke that Schar magically gets a head injury when Howe needs to get messages to the team, or we need to kill some momentum.
Thought you were good value for the draw and it's another game where we didn't kill a game when our tails are up. Partly lack of alacrity of thought from the forwards, partly a hodgepodge midfield not really clicking. Your goal came from a lack of presence in our box, perhaps a lack of experience from Anderson.
Anyway, hope everybody who made the trip up enjoyed their visit and all that.
Oh, quick thing about the away fans position. It's essentially due to the bones of the stadium, we can't have them pitch-side and still maintain the right fan separation in the entrances and concourse. The mooted renovation to St James' has this in mind and it will help the atmosphere, and people planning trips to SJP won't have to google crampons and Sherpa hire.