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It
was forty years ago today, when Joe Harvey’s boys taught them how to
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11th June 2009 |
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You have to go back to a year when The Beatles gave their last
public performance, the Woodstock Festival was first held, Pelé
scored his 1,000th goal, England were still World Champions, the
first message was sent over ARPANET (the forerunner of the
internet), Richard Nixon became the 37th President of the United
States of America, the Boeing 747 jumbo jet made its maiden
flight, war existed in Vietnam, the
Communist
Party controlled the East and the West put the first man on the
Moon, for the last time Newcastle United Football Club won a
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That year was 1969 and Newcastle won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. |
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2008/2009 Season Review |
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9th June 2009 |
The season was a
complete and utter disaster, both on and off the field, and sadly it
resulting in the unthinkable, RELEGATION. Thank you Mr Ashley!!
Anyway, Aussie Mags has reviewed each player in the squad and posed the
question 'Should they stay or should they go now?'
We've broke it up into sections so make sure you have your say below:
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Goalkeepers
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Defenders
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Midfielders
- Forwards (Coming Soon)
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Aston Villa 1 v 0 Newcastle United -
Barclays Premiership Match 38 |
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27th May 2009 |
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Relegation!
Our worst fears came true at Villa
Park on Sunday as a 0-1 defeat to Aston Villa relegated Newcastle United
to the Championship for the first time in 16 years.
A cruel deflection off Damien Duff in the first half was enough to beat
the Toon as the team dropped out of the Premier League with a whimper.
In the opening 20 minutes the players looked up for it, numerous chances
were created but again they were squandered with alarming inaccuracy.
The repeat offender of recent times was again at it, as Obafemi Martins
failed to hit the target with a glorious opportunity. The look on his
manager’s face told the story.
For a brief 14 minute period Newcastle were outside the relegation zone,
a Manchester United goal at Hull was celebrated by the travelling fans,
but any hope of survival was quickly given an reality check with Duff's
inadvertent own goal.
The second half that followed summed up just how bad and spiritless this
Newcastle United team has become.
A disinterested Aston Villa side that had one eye on their end of season
party out played the team who were allegedly fighting for their Premier
League survival.
In truth Newcastle did not go down because of a shocking last 45 minutes
at Villa Park, they have gone down because they have been consistently
awful for 38 games.
Four managers in one season, with a group of players who have serially
underachieved, is a receipt for disaster in anybody’s books.
The blame game will no doubt start, and fingers can be pointed at many
people this season.
Mike Ashley will rightly top the list because he is ultimately
responsible for the football club. His appointment Dennis Wise and
subsequent allowance of him to control transfer activity on a cost
cutting restricted budget, just one of his major failings.
Kevin Keegan should also get a mention, we will all wonder what position
the team might have finished at if he had stayed and rallied the troops
in true inspirational Keegan style. However, his principles were
compromised and we never got to find out.
The club did however slowly start its fall from grace in some part when
we failed to beat Partizan Belgrade in the Champions League Qualifier
penalty shoot-out back in 2003. The subsequent lose of Champions
League’s money halted the necessary squad improvements which resulted in
a 5th place league finish that season.
With no planning and no suitable successor groomed, the ill-timed
sacking of Sir Bobby Robson at the start of the next season started a
series of major off field blunders that has continued and haunted the
club for the next 5 years.
To be relegated is awful feeling, a feeling I didn’t want to experience
again, even several days later perhaps it hasn’t really sunk in. The
relative shelter from the Tyneside goldfish bowl, that is Australia, at
this moment time has it benefits. My grieving process is current very
private, nobody at my work is concerned (or perhaps even knows!),
leaving only the long-suffering wife to pick up the pieces.
However, football moves on very quickly, and in just over 4 weeks
pre-season training will start meaning all our hopes and expectations
will again surface.
The opponents may not be as glamorous, the live TV cameras won’t always
be there, the players will not be of the excepted calibre, but the fans
will be the same and the passion will be just as strong.
When we see a Black & White player score a goal, the rush of excitement
will still be as great.
We may be down for now, but we will be back one day, the light of this
great football club will never go out while we are around.
Keep the faith.
Thanks to everyone for reading and taking part in Aussie Mags this
season. Your feedback and contributions make it all worthwhile.
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Match Report -
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Coca-Cola Championship Match 1 |
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8th August 2009 |
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Barclays Premiership Match 38 |
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24th May 2009 |
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4pm (GMT) |
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Villa Park |
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Foxsports 1 |
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