Aren't we a big club anymore?
Of course we are. Although newspapers here seem to have a different view on that. Was reading The New Paper on friday and there was a column of the big teams in the premier league. And yeap, it doesn't include Newcastle. Why? There are a few reasons for that.
When we promoted to the premier league in 1993, no one expected us to finish in the top 5. From then onwards, we never looked back. The Kevin Keegan took us a level up and we were challenging for the league. Then came our big break in season 95/96, when we could and should have won the league but like any newcastle fan will tell u, fate always conspire against us. Up until today.....
So, we finish runners-up twice behind the manure scums and we were classified as the one of the big teams. Then came the black days of Kenny Daglish and Ruud Gullit. For almost 4 years, we were in the shadows and everyone acted like they didn't know us. And those newcastle fans who supported during the halcyon days of Kevin Keegan disappeared. Well, not me and many others. We stuck to the team through hell and heaven.
Then came along Bobby Robson. He transformed a team who was on the brink of relegation although we had a team which was too good for relegation. Season 99/00 was a 'stabilising the ship' period. The next season, 2000/01 was a transition period. 2001/02 was to be our year. We finished 4th in the league and qualified for the champions league qualifier. That season saw us (re)gaining our tag as the 'Entertainers'. And we were also known as the comeback kings, in no less than 15 matches, we came back from a losing position to win games.
The next season 2002/03, saw us finishing 3rd ahead of Chelsea and making history in the champions league. We became the first team to lose the first 3 matches and still qualify for the next round of group matches. Terrific.
Well, at that point in time , you would think that we were going to bigger and better things. Who wouldn't thought of that right? And as always, like i say earlier, fate always conspire against us. Season 2003/04 was a season of underachieving. At the start of the season, the board thouhght that it wasn't necessary to buy any new players to strenghtened the team except for the lone acquisition of Bowyer for free. And at the same time, Chelsea who finished behind us the previous season, went out with guns blazing, buying all the quality players they could lay their hands on. And so were other big teams.
Look at where Chelsea are now and where we are. Unbelievable.......
We literally fell from grace. Literally. For me, that season when we didn't strenghtened when we supposed to saw us tumbling down. And till today, we are still falling..............When will it stop?
When we promoted to the premier league in 1993, no one expected us to finish in the top 5. From then onwards, we never looked back. The Kevin Keegan took us a level up and we were challenging for the league. Then came our big break in season 95/96, when we could and should have won the league but like any newcastle fan will tell u, fate always conspire against us. Up until today.....
So, we finish runners-up twice behind the manure scums and we were classified as the one of the big teams. Then came the black days of Kenny Daglish and Ruud Gullit. For almost 4 years, we were in the shadows and everyone acted like they didn't know us. And those newcastle fans who supported during the halcyon days of Kevin Keegan disappeared. Well, not me and many others. We stuck to the team through hell and heaven.
Then came along Bobby Robson. He transformed a team who was on the brink of relegation although we had a team which was too good for relegation. Season 99/00 was a 'stabilising the ship' period. The next season, 2000/01 was a transition period. 2001/02 was to be our year. We finished 4th in the league and qualified for the champions league qualifier. That season saw us (re)gaining our tag as the 'Entertainers'. And we were also known as the comeback kings, in no less than 15 matches, we came back from a losing position to win games.
The next season 2002/03, saw us finishing 3rd ahead of Chelsea and making history in the champions league. We became the first team to lose the first 3 matches and still qualify for the next round of group matches. Terrific.
Well, at that point in time , you would think that we were going to bigger and better things. Who wouldn't thought of that right? And as always, like i say earlier, fate always conspire against us. Season 2003/04 was a season of underachieving. At the start of the season, the board thouhght that it wasn't necessary to buy any new players to strenghtened the team except for the lone acquisition of Bowyer for free. And at the same time, Chelsea who finished behind us the previous season, went out with guns blazing, buying all the quality players they could lay their hands on. And so were other big teams.
Look at where Chelsea are now and where we are. Unbelievable.......
We literally fell from grace. Literally. For me, that season when we didn't strenghtened when we supposed to saw us tumbling down. And till today, we are still falling..............When will it stop?
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