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But there is an implicit assumption in your argument that there is any equivalence between Archer and Ashley. There isn’t. Ashley bought relative success for the Geordies. He didn’t ruin their club and sell their ground. That wasn’t enough for Newcastle fans though. They want trophies and...

Newcastle fans would claim that as a valid comparison. The rest of us look at Archer and Ashley and see it as completely bonkers. You do know how much Ashley spent at that club ? He also avoided selling St James’ Park.

The poor old Nazis always get a bad press as well. They just had a different belief system, that’s all.

Bloody hell. I don’t like gambling but equating it with beheading, murdering journalists, slavery, exploitative treatment of migrant workers and oppressing and killing people because of their sexuality, that is beyond ridiculous. It is also outright insulting to Tony Bloom.

That might be generational. Those of us that were around at the Goldstone, Gillingham and Withdean would move on. The younger PL fans ? Im not so sure they would be any different to the Geordies.