Letters to The Mag – Newcastle United fans (and odd Spurs and Fulham fans) have their say | OneFootball

The opinions continue to flow into The Mag, as Newcastle United fans debate the various issues affecting our club.

Whether it is events on or off the pitch, always plenty to talk about.

Newcastle United fans with the latest collection of opinions below, plus the odd visitor from elsewhere…

Contributions are sometimes too brief to make up into a full article and so we have gathered up a number of recent comments sent in, relating to issues at Newcastle United (if you would like to send anything in, long or short, then contribute@themag.co.uk is the place):

Dear Mag,

My son’s friend Kai has died, sadly he had been ill a long time.

It would be appreciated if we could try and get as much support as possible for a 22 min clap during the Sheffield United as a tribute for Kai.

Kind regards Lisa and Harry

Dear Mag,

Thankfully, Eddie must have read my proposal to play three at the back against Tottenham.

Football isn’t rocket science, and I know and appreciate that the wee notebooks and scribbles that Eddie has, but if he had asked months ago, then I wouldn’t turn him down for advice.

Blatantly obvious, BDB play him in the centre, for goodness sake, it’s logical.

Anyway, tonight’s lottery numbers will be revealed next week…

Stephen

Dear Mag,

I would love us to have Pan-Great Britain Cups on top of European and domestic football.

I do not support a British league and I do not support the Old Firm joining the English Leagues, as everyone would wrongly think Scotland was part of England. AND all the Scottish trophies would be relegated to the status of lower tier trophies, while all the English trophies would be seen as forerunners of the British tier one trophies.

A better idea is to have Pan-Great Britain Cups on top of European and domestic football.

The Scots already have Welsh and Northern Irish club sides in the Scottish Challenge Cup.

I would support Pan-Great Britain Cups on top of league football all the way down the levels at male and female football.

1. Bring back the Anglo Scottish Cup.

2. Invite all Scottish Premiership sides, and selected Welsh Cymru Premier sides into the Football League Trophy. Plus perhaps sides from the Netherlands, North West France and Belgium.

3. Invite all Scottish Championship sides, and all Welsh Cymru Premier sides into the FA Trophy. And perhaps some North Western French non league sides.

4. Invite selected Scottish, Irish, French. Belgian, Dutch, Polish, Swiss, and German sides as guests in the English FA Cup and English League Cup.

5. A Celtic Nations Club Cup. A cup with Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, Cornish, Yorkshire. Breton, and Cumbrian Club sides.

6. A North Atlantic League Cup of the leading club sides from European nations such as Scotland, Wales, England, Ireland. France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland ,Greece, Iceland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, Portugal, or Norway. Plus perhaps sides from North Africa, South America, Saudi Arabia, South America, Asia.

I would love cross border games but not too many.

The Scots, Welsh, and Irish have travelled to Central Asia in UEFA trophies. In rugby the Scots, Welsh, and Irish travel in Club rugby to South Africa and Italy.

30 trips a year to England is too much for Scottish sides. But 6 to 7 times a year would be a highlight of the season.

Joey Vimsante

Dear Mag,

I would be embarrassed if I had to watch the way the Geordies feigned injuries and generally time wasted at Craven Cottage.

We were robbed at St James’s as well and Silva was right, the ref was a joke.

Trevor Sayer

Dear Mag,

Hi, I was reading an article the other day about a possible temporary home if we were rebuilding SJP.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Murrayfield, a 67,000 stadium 100 miles from the Toon.

The club could use the extra profits from 15,000 extra seats to pay for season ticket holders’ transport.

Unlike Glasgow and Sunderland the local reaction probably wouldn’t be too bad and it would provide a big boost to Edinburgh as a city having PL games there.

Gateshead is gonna be way too micky mouse unless major cash (80-100m??) is spent on the temp stands. Murrayfield would have a much better atmosphere.

Just a thought.

Ben

Dear Mag,

There was an incident with a ballboy at our recent home game with West Ham United.

The young fan concerned was under great pressure from a WHU player. The young lad concerned showed great physical and mental pressure, in refusing point blank to give up his stool, so that the player concerned could celebrate his goal.

I contacted Greggs and asked if it would be possible for them to consider giving him a voucher in honour of his defiance.

Greggs are considering my suggestion, so I’d be grateful if anybody reading this who might have any influence at the UK’s greatest supplier of sausage rolls and other fine products, could get this one over the line.

AS

Dear Mag,

Once again more comments in recent articles on past owner (Mike Ashley) and a useless manager (Steve Bruce).

I ask WHY??

Why not go further back and whinge on about a certain time in an alleged place of the night where certain people were taped saying Shearer was a Mary Poppins, Newcastle women were dogs and they were getting top prices for a kit that were getting made for a fiver.

We’ve got new owners, a better manager, let it go for gods sake.

Just as well me dahs not alive, he could give you a run on Westwood.

John Prest

Dear Mag

Yet another quality trip to The Toon!

Like many other Spurs fans, this is the away match we always look for first when the fixtures come out.

Whenever it falls, we make a weekend of it.

The match was painful and no complaints from me on the result, we were lucky to get away with 4-0.

Some of our players need to follow the example of your lot when it comes to playing for the shirt.

Anyway, thanks as always for the brilliant Geordie hospitality.