When my Brighton supporting dad introduced me to Newcastle United nufc
Sick of reading about VAR well let me guide you on my own swift Newcastle United trip down memory lane.
So it is 1970, I am six years old and Santa Claus is due in a few days, my early pressie was SJP and a 2-0 win over the aforementioned Huddersfield Town, no stand out memory of the game apart from the fact I was perched on a barrier in the A wing Paddock. What did stand out though was the grass, it was a beautiful green colour, not like the dull grey I had become accustomed to on “Shoot”…..anyway we won 2-0 and I went home happy with stories to tell at school.
Step forward a year and there is only one game we can talk about, yes it’s 6th round of the FA Cup and Nottingham Forest up here, and yes some of their elder fans are still bitter.
However, in April we played Manchester United at SJP and it was an eye opener on and off the pitch.
A few years later I was to learn this was to become the norm. Anyway, we had an exciting team and somehow were not far off the leaders for most of the season, we eventually finished 5th but that only tells half the tale. NUFC were front page news as Gordon Lee showed his loyalty by going off to Everton at about Christmas time, his coach the respectable Richard “dickie” Dinnis was to be his replacement but only after the players nearly went on strike.
Firstly, on the 29th March 1978 the unthinkable happened, the board at SJP decided ground improvements were needed and opted to pull down and replace the heart and soul of Newcastle United, The Leazes End. Older folk will know the passion it could generate, The Kop at Anfield and the Stretford End at Man Utd had nothing on the Leazes End in full voice and at times it really was the 12th man .
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