McFaul
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There was a more even playing field financially but it wasn't that easy to win the league. The sides you mention who won it all had the brilliant managers, with Revie at Leeds and Clough (or more specifically Clough and Taylor) at Forest and Derby. Like I said though I'm not having a pop at the Fairs Cup win in terms of being a good achievement. The European Cup was (arguably at least) easier to win, but it was harder to get into it too. That's a point worth making I think.
Fair enough. I can't remember his name but one of Clough's big centre halfs in 72 won Derby's 75 title as manager.
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I met Supermac at the NSC final. Shattered my illusion a bit, him and Gibbo liked like a couple of tramps on the lash.
My dad hero worshipped him as a kid and he was good enough to get a photo with him, albeit with a twisty face
My dad was like that about Len White.
Most people of his age completely went mental over Tony Green. 33 games he played for us and you'd think he was Pele.
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Classic example on the 60's and 70's.
7 days later
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With the caveat that you had to be your nation's title winners (or winners of the previous year's competition) to get into it. We were nowhere near good enough to win the league when we won the Fairs Cup. It was still a brilliant achievement though. Your argument holds water however. The Uefa Cup in its old incarnation was the hardest European competition to win too before the European Cup expansion/Champions League. The entry criteria can't be ignored at the same time.
Anyone could compete for the title in those days. Look at Derby (2 in 4 years), Leeds, Forest. Not many people realise or go on about it but in the year I was born 1977, we lost 4 of our last 5 games but if we'd won those last four we'd have been League Champions. We were an average team working hard. We were so mediocre, (with near enough the same squad) we came bottom the next season. Football in the late 60s and 70s was a complete mix up, and the fact we beat Feyenoord 4-0, who were Champions of Europe 18 months later, proves we could compete. One of our downsides was, while we always had attacking teams over a 10 year period, as Supermac often says we'd win one game 5-0 (should've been 10) and lose the next 5-0 (could've been 20).
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It was accepted by most people that winning the Fairs/UEFA Cup was more difficult than winning the EC for loads of reasons. Nottingham Forest beat MIGHTY MALMO to win it one year. It all changed in the early 90's.
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Nowt wrong with the bloke.
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There's a hashtag on twitter regarding him.
Look at people sticking the knife in, I've lost half my memory maybe even more, but that fucka was a proven wrongun.
Also it was a great forum in those days, with some belta posters. The kid from the NW was the funniest kid who's been on a toon forum.
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No idea who they are pal.
Do you fancy one of them like?
I'm not your pal you ugly mackem cunt.
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Love your haircut. They say Ronan Keeting's mob are handsome, but they're a long way behind you two and I'm telling you that now.
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@leazeslad I reckon he'd be well up for it under rafa. My bf is an ex pro player from Wallsend boys and he told me a while ago he wanted it
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But most of those are shit holes compared to Manchester. The lad grew up a fan and played for Wallsend boys club. Aye it's a bit of a stretch but he would be worth an enquiry. Unless Shelvey decides to give 100% for 46games we are light on quality in the middle
It goes without saying he'd be ecstatic to sign for Newcastle. He's a toon fan from Wallsend, it's nearly as geordie as me, 2 year contract and he'd get us back up have a final season in the Premier League with the club he deeply loves. You only get one career and in 10 years saying he played for Newcastle would end a wonderful 20 years as a professional footballer. It goes without saying he'd come here, only people who really don't have a clue would deny it.
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not yet no, I'm evaluating a security management implementation at the minute, not sure that qualifies as interesting.
Footy isn't till 12:30, first lunchtime game I'll have been out at in months actually, club season finished last week, never play in work during the season otherwise i'd have no rest days between training/gym/matches
You used to play every day at one time. I was jealous.
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how's it all looking, steve?
I've been OK, but the last few weeks I've been having a few pains on the left side of my head. The Drs say it's normal, but I've never had these sharp pains in 2 years. I never lose consciousness, but I have 30 second moments, where I'm here, but I'm genuinely not all there. The world's going on around me, its like everything things zooming around me, then all of a sudden I'm OK. I just pray this one will be OK. They say most people get it back within 2 years, this will be almost 2 years since I had it so naturally I'm a bit all over.
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Sounds like solid evidence. [emoji38]
Whey who cares. No thread made me laugh on here more than that one. Even though I had Wyncing moments of my own accusing the wrong people.
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Latest brain scan in 2 weeks. I'm not going to lie I feel a bit ropey. At least Newcastle can't pester me between now and then.
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except that nothing happened to him and you weren't able to produce any proof other than heresay and "wait and see"
you basically had a load of people on twitter harassing some lad with hashtags
A woman who worked with him claimed his computer had been taken off him. I'm sure there's more interesting things going on at work this morning? You not gearing up for your 2 hour dinner kick around?
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Mugrighter dobbed him into the 5-0 for being a paedo cos he had an S Club 7 poster on his wall iirc
Turned oot I was right though.
#wynwatch
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Aye Quiff good point haha. I like being deluded though, gives me hope for the future.
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No.
Shut up ya daft cunt.
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I was in a pub with wor lass down Shields town centre and all we had to keep us updated was Jeff Stelling. When we went 1-0 I screamed the place down in a big bar, turned around and I was the only fucka doing it. At 5-1 you would've heard me in across the North Sea in Denmark. Aye we're down, but we can come straight back up. Ashley knows he won't get a better manager than Rafa, is there one? He should be licking his hole, because for once I'm optimistic for the future if he gets the job full time. Last time we were down there it was a piece of piss, everyone says it was because of our English core. Possibly, but he can inspire players who have far more ability than they have shown this season. Mitrovic would be more than welcome to stay here, but he needs to grow the fuck up.
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Where's the yid thread?
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I completely understand them being over the moon and gloating to be fair, but their craic is truly tragic. Honestly, as angry as I am with the zombies running nufc, I could still take a laugh from the mackems at our expense, it's just so far they've spectacularly failed to do it on here.
To say they're third world would be being disrespective to our unfortunate world brothers. They die at 43 from too many tabs, they have a CITY which is without doubt THE worst in the Western World. Straight up if we were in the Conference and they were in the Champions League I'd still look down my nose at them from a considerable height.
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Fairs Cup Win
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If you had to pick 5 toon games to go to before you were born who would they be? I'd have chosen:
1971 Newcastle 3 Liverpool 2 (Super Mac debut hat-trick)
1969 Newcastle 2 Rangers 0
1969 Newcastle 3 Ujpesti Dosza 0
1955 Newcastle 3 Blackpool 1 (Wembley)
1955 Sunderland 1 Newcastle 6