Kevin Carr's Gloves 4406 Posted Sunday at 19:43 Share Posted Sunday at 19:43 I know we all want to qualify for the CL but I’m 56 and this the best season I have ever witnessed. No matter what happens from here on in this season will go down in history for me. 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3864 Posted Sunday at 19:48 Share Posted Sunday at 19:48 4 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: I know we all want to qualify for the CL but I’m 56 and this the best season I have ever witnessed. No matter what happens from here on in this season will go down in history for me. 56? Mate I thought you were at least in your late 60s early 70s with your crack. Nay offence 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4772 Posted Sunday at 19:49 Share Posted Sunday at 19:49 All seasons go down in history tbf 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 24360 Posted Sunday at 20:09 Share Posted Sunday at 20:09 22 minutes ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: I know we all want to qualify for the CL but I’m 56 and this the best season I have ever witnessed. No matter what happens from here on in this season will go down in history for me. it’s the best of my lifetime whatever happens next. We won a trophy and we’re well placed for champions league football with four games to go. Europa league would also be a triumph given the lack of recent investment. having said that, I still think we’re going to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 38083 Posted Sunday at 20:53 Share Posted Sunday at 20:53 The trophy should make it the best and it was immense but if you're not there to see it plus if you're no onger a young buck? I always say my joint favourite seasons were 92-94 promotion plus 3rd in the PL. A young man in my prime enjoying the KK feast after the famine of division two. Amazing. I loved the cup win, who couldn't as a NUFC fan but it's at a distance so different. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 5431 Posted Sunday at 21:53 Share Posted Sunday at 21:53 Lovely to finally win a trophy but there will be no escaping the damage if we miss out on CL football. Really they are two separate things in my mind. The league is “the season” and the cup is an event. With that in mind, 3rd with Keegan and getting CL with Eddie, both beat this so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2494 Posted Sunday at 23:39 Share Posted Sunday at 23:39 3 hours ago, Kevin Carr's Gloves said: I know we all want to qualify for the CL but I’m 56 and this the best season I have ever witnessed. No matter what happens from here on in this season will go down in history for me. Completely agree. Lifting a domestic trophy trumps everything for me. Hopefully we can add CL qualification to it too. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 10906 Posted yesterday at 06:09 Share Posted yesterday at 06:09 (edited) with both ct and hmhm here. the promotion season with keegan the manager after so nearly going down to the 3rd division was fucking immense, we went top of the table in september and then stopped there. as if that wasn't enough we were introduced to a young lad away at swindon town in late march, andy cole who'd go on to notch 12 goals including 2 hat tricks in the last 10 games, fucking unstoppable. not gonna dwell too long on the following season, just enough to say that finishing 3rd in the top division was the stuff of fucking fantasy for anybody who'd supported nufc throughout the 70s/80s (and earlier for those older), it would provide for us the following year the opportunity to see us play in europe for the 1st time (for me) but also we played football which at times was sublime, the best football I've ever seen newcastle play in my life, NOWT has come close, I doubt it ever will. I love isak, but andy fucking cole man.... for fucks sake! I was lucky enough to have a good chat with keegan in 2018 and thank him for the memories he'd provided, he asked ne which was the best.... the promotion season in 83/84 was unbeatable for me. I'd seen my teenage home in the leazes pulled down in '78, we were shit, really shit. I cut my teeth as a regular away supporter under mcgarry as a mid/late teen in the 2nd division, with cox, varadi, waddle it improved a bit, and again the next year after the initial euphoria of keegan signing, but 83/84 man... our ground was a shit tip, every fucker was on the dole, hooliganism was an adrenaline pumping head fuck, the miners strike had started, the north/south divide felt like a chasm. I plodged in ponds on golf courses looking for balls to sell, I did cash in hand fiddle jobs as a builder's labourer, I tarmaced the roads at feathers caravan park in whitley bay, I scraped the money together to see us at every away game that season amongst the biggest away support you could ever witness, we took over cities, towns and football grounds in our thousands and thousands in a way which can never be replicated, we were a proper army. I was 21 year old, invincible, devilishly handsome and despite all the shit we were going through as a region I've never been so proud to be a geordie in my life. Edited yesterday at 06:39 by thebrokendoll 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 8058 Posted yesterday at 07:01 Share Posted yesterday at 07:01 (edited) Great post @thebrokendoll. i also think the wave of europhia when KK was manager tops it. The first and probably last time I cried at match was the 7-1 Leicester festival game when the entire crowd were singing the Andy Cole song (even East Stand). That was when I was around 12-13 and had been watching football since 5. All id known was us being shit but i still loved it when we had Kevin Dillon and Billy Askew patrolling the midfield. I probably didn’t even understand the tactical side at that point (first full season ticket was 88-89) but I loved the smell of bovril and fags and atmosphere was intoxicating. My Dad passed about over 10 years ago and we’d always go together. I associate going to the match with him and I hope my lads grow up the same. I wished he was around to see the cup win. Edited yesterday at 07:04 by Holden McGroin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 12215 Posted yesterday at 07:43 Share Posted yesterday at 07:43 1 hour ago, thebrokendoll said: with both ct and hmhm here. the promotion season with keegan the manager after so nearly going down to the 3rd division was fucking immense, we went top of the table in september and then stopped there. as if that wasn't enough we were introduced to a young lad away at swindon town in late march, andy cole who'd go on to notch 12 goals including 2 hat tricks in the last 10 games, fucking unstoppable. not gonna dwell too long on the following season, just enough to say that finishing 3rd in the top division was the stuff of fucking fantasy for anybody who'd supported nufc throughout the 70s/80s (and earlier for those older), it would provide for us the following year the opportunity to see us play in europe for the 1st time (for me) but also we played football which at times was sublime, the best football I've ever seen newcastle play in my life, NOWT has come close, I doubt it ever will. I love isak, but andy fucking cole man.... for fucks sake! I was lucky enough to have a good chat with keegan in 2018 and thank him for the memories he'd provided, he asked ne which was the best.... the promotion season in 83/84 was unbeatable for me. I'd seen my teenage home in the leazes pulled down in '78, we were shit, really shit. I cut my teeth as a regular away supporter under mcgarry as a mid/late teen in the 2nd division, with cox, varadi, waddle it improved a bit, and again the next year after the initial euphoria of keegan signing, but 83/84 man... our ground was a shit tip, every fucker was on the dole, hooliganism was an adrenaline pumping head fuck, the miners strike had started, the north/south divide felt like a chasm. I plodged in ponds on golf courses looking for balls to sell, I did cash in hand fiddle jobs as a builder's labourer, I tarmaced the roads at feathers caravan park in whitley bay, I scraped the money together to see us at every away game that season amongst the biggest away support you could ever witness, we took over cities, towns and football grounds in our thousands and thousands in a way which can never be replicated, we were a proper army. I was 21 year old, invincible, devilishly handsome and despite all the shit we were going through as a region I've never been so proud to be a geordie in my life. Great post TBD, but it has to be said: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 24360 Posted yesterday at 08:02 Share Posted yesterday at 08:02 10 hours ago, Christmas Tree said: Lovely to finally win a trophy but there will be no escaping the damage if we miss out on CL football. Really they are two separate things in my mind. The league is “the season” and the cup is an event. With that in mind, 3rd with Keegan and getting CL with Eddie, both beat this so far. Football is about how it makes you feel though. I shed tears of joy when we won the league cup. That never happened when we qualified for the champions league or finished second or third under Keegan. You could argue we were better then over a league season and there were amazing memories and moments but I don’t recall one that made me feel how I did after seeing us finally lift a cup. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 12690 Posted yesterday at 08:29 Share Posted yesterday at 08:29 All this nostalgia proves is that you’re all canny old tbh. I remember the keegan days, but was only 10 when he chucked in the towel, and we got lumbered with the dour Scottish cunt who ruined us. Sir Bobby was in during my formative years and I’d probably say I preferred those times over Keegan purely because I was old enough then to appreciate it. All that before another dour Scottish cunt came in and ruined us again. None of it tops this season though, because you simply can’t compare nearly winning stuff with actually winning something IMO. I’m saying all of this to say once Eddie wraps in be prepared for Moyes ball because we always replace our favourites with a dour Scottish cunt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 12215 Posted yesterday at 08:34 Share Posted yesterday at 08:34 4 minutes ago, Dazzler said: All this nostalgia proves is that you’re all canny old tbh. I remember the keegan days, but was only 10 when he chucked in the towel, and we got lumbered with the dour Scottish cunt who ruined us. Sir Bobby was in during my formative years and I’d probably say I preferred those times over Keegan purely because I was old enough then to appreciate it. All that before another dour Scottish cunt came in and ruined us again. None of it tops this season though, because you simply can’t compare nearly winning stuff with actually winning something IMO. I’m saying all of this to say once Eddie wraps in be prepared for Moyes ball because we always replace our favourites with a dour Scottish cunt. Don't think PaddockLad wants it tbh. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 52822 Posted yesterday at 09:36 Share Posted yesterday at 09:36 Looking forward to us winning the Premier League, only to be told it wasn't as good as being in the second division. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 38083 Posted yesterday at 09:54 Share Posted yesterday at 09:54 3 hours ago, thebrokendoll said: with both ct and hmhm here. the promotion season with keegan the manager after so nearly going down to the 3rd division was fucking immense, we went top of the table in september and then stopped there. as if that wasn't enough we were introduced to a young lad away at swindon town in late march, andy cole who'd go on to notch 12 goals including 2 hat tricks in the last 10 games, fucking unstoppable. not gonna dwell too long on the following season, just enough to say that finishing 3rd in the top division was the stuff of fucking fantasy for anybody who'd supported nufc throughout the 70s/80s (and earlier for those older), it would provide for us the following year the opportunity to see us play in europe for the 1st time (for me) but also we played football which at times was sublime, the best football I've ever seen newcastle play in my life, NOWT has come close, I doubt it ever will. I love isak, but andy fucking cole man.... for fucks sake! I was lucky enough to have a good chat with keegan in 2018 and thank him for the memories he'd provided, he asked ne which was the best.... the promotion season in 83/84 was unbeatable for me. I'd seen my teenage home in the leazes pulled down in '78, we were shit, really shit. I cut my teeth as a regular away supporter under mcgarry as a mid/late teen in the 2nd division, with cox, varadi, waddle it improved a bit, and again the next year after the initial euphoria of keegan signing, but 83/84 man... our ground was a shit tip, every fucker was on the dole, hooliganism was an adrenaline pumping head fuck, the miners strike had started, the north/south divide felt like a chasm. I plodged in ponds on golf courses looking for balls to sell, I did cash in hand fiddle jobs as a builder's labourer, I tarmaced the roads at feathers caravan park in whitley bay, I scraped the money together to see us at every away game that season amongst the biggest away support you could ever witness, we took over cities, towns and football grounds in our thousands and thousands in a way which can never be replicated, we were a proper army. I was 21 year old, invincible, devilishly handsome and despite all the shit we were going through as a region I've never been so proud to be a geordie in my life. I was too young for the 83-84 season, my dad took me to the first home game which I loved even though we managed to get beat and that was my first and last glimpse of KK in a NUFC shirt for a proper match. I'd have loved to have went to the aways but it was about five years after that season I went to my first. A completely different environment to what there is now and that's not always a bad thing but I'm just glad I got to see football raw and uncut for a few years anyway. Obviously there's rose tinted glasses a la gemmill which I wouldn't deny but I read someone saying not too long ago that the SJP clientele is more Jesmond than Walker, more Darras Hall than Cowgate and whilst that's an exaggerated point it's not that exaggerated. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrokendoll 10906 Posted yesterday at 09:59 Share Posted yesterday at 09:59 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Looking forward to us winning the Premier League, only to be told it wasn't as good as being in the second division. you had to be there. you were probably out jogging.... Edited yesterday at 10:05 by thebrokendoll 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 52822 Posted yesterday at 10:26 Share Posted yesterday at 10:26 25 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said: you had to be there. you were probably out jogging.... You were blatantly sucking lads off for ticket money. I can read between the lines. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 5431 Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago 7 hours ago, Dr Gloom said: Football is about how it makes you feel though. I shed tears of joy when we won the league cup. That never happened when we qualified for the champions league or finished second or third under Keegan. You could argue we were better then over a league season and there were amazing memories and moments but I don’t recall one that made me feel how I did after seeing us finally lift a cup. I don’t disagree which is why I treat it more as a standalone event. It’s never happened in our lifetime and even if we win it next year, I’m pretty sure most of us will stay dry eyed. Where as how our league season plays out, significantly impacts the clubs upward journey. I will be overjoyed we’ve won a cup, but gutted if we miss out and stagnate while the likes of Villa and Forrest overtake us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 12215 Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago 1 minute ago, Christmas Tree said: I don’t disagree which is why I treat it more as a standalone event. It’s never happened in our lifetime and even if we win it next year, I’m pretty sure most of us will stay dry eyed. Where as how our league season plays out, significantly impacts the clubs upward journey. I will be overjoyed we’ve won a cup, but gutted if we miss out and stagnate while the likes of Villa and Forrest overtake us. They won't, they don't have Eddie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4518 Posted 8 hours ago Share Posted 8 hours ago On 05/05/2025 at 07:09, thebrokendoll said: with both ct and hmhm here. the promotion season with keegan the manager after so nearly going down to the 3rd division was fucking immense, we went top of the table in september and then stopped there. as if that wasn't enough we were introduced to a young lad away at swindon town in late march, andy cole who'd go on to notch 12 goals including 2 hat tricks in the last 10 games, fucking unstoppable. not gonna dwell too long on the following season, just enough to say that finishing 3rd in the top division was the stuff of fucking fantasy for anybody who'd supported nufc throughout the 70s/80s (and earlier for those older), it would provide for us the following year the opportunity to see us play in europe for the 1st time (for me) but also we played football which at times was sublime, the best football I've ever seen newcastle play in my life, NOWT has come close, I doubt it ever will. I love isak, but andy fucking cole man.... for fucks sake! I was lucky enough to have a good chat with keegan in 2018 and thank him for the memories he'd provided, he asked ne which was the best.... the promotion season in 83/84 was unbeatable for me. I'd seen my teenage home in the leazes pulled down in '78, we were shit, really shit. I cut my teeth as a regular away supporter under mcgarry as a mid/late teen in the 2nd division, with cox, varadi, waddle it improved a bit, and again the next year after the initial euphoria of keegan signing, but 83/84 man... our ground was a shit tip, every fucker was on the dole, hooliganism was an adrenaline pumping head fuck, the miners strike had started, the north/south divide felt like a chasm. I plodged in ponds on golf courses looking for balls to sell, I did cash in hand fiddle jobs as a builder's labourer, I tarmaced the roads at feathers caravan park in whitley bay, I scraped the money together to see us at every away game that season amongst the biggest away support you could ever witness, we took over cities, towns and football grounds in our thousands and thousands in a way which can never be replicated, we were a proper army. I was 21 year old, invincible, devilishly handsome and despite all the shit we were going through as a region I've never been so proud to be a geordie in my life. Couldn't agree more the 2 seasons with Keegan in the 2nd division were by far the most fun I ever had, I was living in London but managed 30 plus games both seasons. The London branch of the supporters club organised cheap train travel, for home games it was a tenner for an open return ticket 0900 from King's X, any train back. The 19:00 train back was the last sensible choice, I always ended up on the 1am rattler, pissed as a cunt, that went via Cambridge and Peterborough and got into King's X for 0830 Sunday morning, then straight over to Hackney Marshes to play Sunday League. Away matches were the bomb though, none of that ticket shite just turn up, and the more of you there were the more of the ground they would open up A particular favourite was early on in the frenzy when the bandwagon started to roll was Rotheram away. We'd just signed Terry Mac what a day 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 7424 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago Terry Mac was some player - it's easy to overlook his influence to that team but was definitely part of the master plan. Seen that clip a few times and whilst it's fabulous to see, my skin crawls when our fans are singing YNWA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 24360 Posted 7 hours ago Share Posted 7 hours ago 49 minutes ago, Craig said: Terry Mac was some player - it's easy to overlook his influence to that team but was definitely part of the master plan. Seen that clip a few times and whilst it's fabulous to see, my skin crawls when our fans are singing YNWA. i was too young to really remember that side but Terry Mac is al legend. I served him I was working at the Chinese restaurant in Darras hall in the mid 90s. He said he'd give me a good tip if I kept the beers flowing and he was true to his word. I must have served him 6-7 pints over the course of his dinner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1407 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago I think watching us win promotion with Keegan at the helm, and the following season back in the premier league were my two favourite seasons to watch us as a whole. We played superbly and it was such a joy to watch. This season we haven't always been great, the start was pretty poor and their was plenty of talk that Howe could be in trouble before we went on the run starting with the Chelsea cup game. But come on, we've won a fucking trophy. Regardless of where we finish now, this will be my favourite season possibly ever. If we win the league or champions league in the years to come, I don't think it will ever mean more to me than winning the league cup after waiting so long. When I lost my dad a few years ago, he died still thinking we getting relegated and missed the end to that season, the improvements since and the win at Wembley. The emotion of that is, I think, very similar to what a lot of our other supporters felt and I don't think it will ever be beaten. Champions league qualification clearly means a lot to the club to help in the goals moving forward but for me it's only the cherry on top of the icing on massive cake that this season has been. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 7424 Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Aye my favourite seasons over all the years were 92/93 & 93/94. Few gave us any chance when we were promoted and we absolutely stormed that first season in the Prem - it was an absolute joy to watch. And I get the sentiments being shared about winning the cup - it's the only time this club has reduced me to tears and even watching it back it stokes the same emotion. We will never eclipse that feeling because the enormity of it was the length of time we'd been waiting for it. As Clery said it means more that we did it when we did, and with the players we did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4518 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 29 minutes ago, David Kelly said: But come on, we've won a fucking trophy. Regardless of where we finish now, this will be my favourite season possibly ever. Objectively you are right of course, but football was my life then. It just meant more being a part of it, and the rhythm of match going every Saturday It's partly age, partly distance cost and opportunity, but I'm an observer now, not a participant. It is a bit like choosing between your children though. Having said that I do have a favourite kid 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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