So, we’re lastly right here. It’s the place we all the time needed to be. The promised land of the Champions League, Europe’s elite competitors and Europe’s elite groups, enjoying US, Newcastle United.
The dream was delivered unexpectedly in 2001/02 below Sir Bobby Robson, participation sealed with a 2-2 draw over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park I appear to recall.
I bear in mind the evening properly. The euphoria when the ultimate whistle blew that we had reached such a spot, properly forward of time in that squad’s improvement and journey.
Quick ahead to 2022/23 and Eddie Howe is the dream maker, aided by the brand new possession and their very own progressive plans for the membership, having supplied the dream properly upfront of expectation as soon as once more.
The place will we find yourself this season?
Who is aware of, the expertise is what issues and qualifying once more might be key to us each financially and by way of squad improvement.
It’s an expertise and a studying curve for the house owners, administration, gamers AND followers. Most them haven’t had this “drawback” to cope with and it’s nice.
As an apart, isn’t it nice to have a load of Geordies within the squad and sure enjoying tonight and within the competitors going ahead? Dan Burn, Eliot Anderson, Paul Dummett, Sean Longstaff, Lewis Miley and many others all on the high desk of soccer and that’s warming to know. I wager in the event you’d requested them two years in the past if they might be in such a wonderful place…
I personally might be working.
Having broke from the shackles of working behind enemy strains in mackemland (Hooray!) I might be hanging onto each look and each phrase of the individuals round me tonight, ready for information of what’s occurring on the San Siro. Simply saying that may be a shock to the system and one factor I didn’t suppose I’d be saying for a lot of a 12 months.
I’ve solely been lucky to have a season ticket on a few events in my life, on account of circumstance and finance, due to this fact travelling away hasn’t been on my radar, so getting overseas for a Toon match is a distant pipedream as properly.
Nevertheless, I additionally don’t begrudge any fan that may accomplish that, be it Middlesbrough, Mansfield or Milan. It’s a journey and a brand new one for a lot of a fan. My prediction is a 2-2 draw with Alexander Isak to attain.
Misplaced optimism? Robust, I’ll dwell with it if it goes pear formed..
HTL
PS: It could be remiss of me to disregard the information that broke this morning {that a} Newcastle fan had been attacked / stabbed by a gang over in Milan. We hear that he’s in a secure situation in a Milan hospital and that’s trigger for some consolation.
Nevertheless, no fan ought to observe his group, residence OR overseas and be in concern of his/her life. I’m not within the perpetrators, hopefully they are going to be punished, it’s the fan wellbeing I’m excited about.
To everybody who has travelled, it doesn’t matter what the end result, return protected and sound. With tales and reminiscences AND hopefully with some extent or three.
