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Pre match article in the Newcastle Chronicle
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Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Must have missed the liquidation and demotion to the Conference. Strange, normally quite observant about stuff like that. Jesus. Now THAT's lazy.
Scoffers
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I guess they meant "survived the drop" meaning we nearly went in to the conference. In general, a nice report, they got most of it accurate
Tooting Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Weird article all round. If you were going to this sort of reflective piece, choose the most recent two (or three) games in the same competition, the FA Cup ties in the 80s (not even mentioned, both of which we won obviously).
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severnside gull
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not entirely accurate but tolerably emotive even if it has very little to do with this week's game
The Large One
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We didn't survive liquidation or the Conference - we avoided it.
Bit of a non-article, all things considered.
Bit of a non-article, all things considered.
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Strange sign-off too...
As the two sides lock horns amid the plush surroundings of the new all-seater stadium, it is safe to say fans of both side have endured the emotive and at times cruel and unforgiving nature of the beautiful game.
All things may be relative, but a few Geordies grizzling about Keegan's departure aside, I can't really say I readily recall Newcastle United's hardships.
As the two sides lock horns amid the plush surroundings of the new all-seater stadium, it is safe to say fans of both side have endured the emotive and at times cruel and unforgiving nature of the beautiful game.
All things may be relative, but a few Geordies grizzling about Keegan's departure aside, I can't really say I readily recall Newcastle United's hardships.
Not Andy Naylor
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Also Steve Coppell didn't lead us back into the second tier, although I'm confident he would have ...