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So, we are a small club?

Discussion in 'Newcastle United' started by I Sit Next To A Badger-Leazes Corner, Jul 21, 2011.

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  1. Snorlax

    Snorlax Active Member

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    <laugh> <3 Carew
     
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    Snorlax, Jul 21, 2011
  2. Agent Bruce

    Agent Bruce Well-Known Member

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    Great post WisconsinMagpie.

    70 Toon supporters turned out and we put away 4 cases of Newcastle Brown Ale (provided at discount by a local liquor store) plus a case of Corona in an hour and a half before the game. Afterward there was more black-and-white than blue in the bars near the stadium.

    You certainly sound like one of us.
     
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    We are an amazingly well supported regional club ( routinely top3 crowds in EPL), but big clubs have international fan bases usually built up on Champions League exposure.
     
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    From an American standpoint, the big clubs to follow are Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool. But I'd put Newcastle United in a tier of clubs just under them that might at least ring a bell with American fans and that would have a table of supporters in any decent soccer pub, along with Man City and Tottenham. When Bill Simmons of ESPN did a story on choosing an EPL club and asked American readers to write in and say what club they follow and why, he rated Newcastle third in the league as a club for Americans to follow. So while we aren't a giant club internationally, I'd say we aren't just a well-followed regional club, either.
     
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    WisconsinMagpie, Jul 22, 2011
  5. Agent Bruce

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    When Bill Simmons of ESPN did a story on choosing an EPL club and asked American readers to write in and say what club they follow and why, he rated Newcastle third in the league as a club for Americans to follow.

    Good on Bill Simmons. <ok>

    Too many people just jump on the bandwaggon and follow Man Utd.
     
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    Agent Bruce, Jul 22, 2011
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    Thats about where I'd rate us to be fair in terms of notoriety
     
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    TheLittleGeordie, Jul 22, 2011
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    rep from me also dude!
     
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