FourLaneBlue Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Many of us on here are a bitter bunch at times...we don't like to acknowledge the deserved and glorious success of other teams. However on this occasion I must say well done to The Toon...you deserve it. It's been 32 years since their last silverware but they will very shortly be presented with their latest and much awaited trophy... The Intertoto Cup. True they got through it in the Summer but I can only presume that the competition is so important that they need time to fashion and appropriate monument to such success. It is their first trophy since the 1969 Fairs Cup which they qualified for being finish 10th in the league and being a city - you could have one team per city in those days so a number of clubs above them missed out as did town teams. Who wouldn't want to win a "competition" as restrictive as that? The Intertoto is an important competition and is being taken so by Glenn Roeder who related his joy and pride at the huge success. ""We will be very happy to receive it," said Roeder. "It would be disrespectful to consider it a lesser tournament, as some managers do." Quite true that it should not be taken as a lesser competition as it is hard to win. In fact so difficult is it that ONLY three teams have been winning it every single damn year before this. Newcastle had to beat some of Europe's finest teams on their way to such a reward...culminating in the two-leg final victory over the Norwegian giants Lillestrom; a result that sent shockwaves throughout Europe. Last week some Newcastle fans - ' The Greatest Fans In The World Ever' TM - suggested that Rovers are a bunch of thugs and always kick out when playing "the big clubs". With this success we have to hold up our hands and say they are correct. Newcastle are BIG. Newcastle are a success. So congratulations to the 'Toon Army'...here's to another 37 years until your next MAJOR trophy. BBC TODAY - Newcastle To Lift Intertoto Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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joey_big_nose Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 It is the bizarrest competition going. No league, no final as such, it's just who out of the intertoto winners last the longest in the UEFA cup. What's the point of awarding a trophy? The only thing it is going to inspire on Tyneside is faint embarassment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby G Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Congrats to the biggest club in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rover6 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Alan Shearer must be cursing his ill-timed retirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 The best supporters in the world really deserve this after all this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzanotsogreat Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 You mark my words Newcastle fans and the Geoardie Bias media will honestly believe that the "MASSIVE CLUB" has finaly won a trophy. No doubt deluded geordies will include this piece of scrap metal amongst "MAJOR TROPHY" wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsubmarine Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 What an achievement! Shearer will be very proud of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roaming Rover Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/...EDIUMSQUARE.jpg Here it is. Looks more like a scrabble board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1864roverite Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 The country's biggest club, the country's largest fan base and the most impressively run outfit in the Premiership can be proud of at last winning more than the wooden spoon the intertoto champions has definately got a ring about it when linked to the bar codes fc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenodrog Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I was told this last night by a mate of mine who is a Newcastle fan. He admitted that neither he nor his mates knew a thing about it until he read about it in the press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozz Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 And I must mention how impressive the legendary tradition of scarf twirling over the head is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipl Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Intertoontoon Made for each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EIEIEIO Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Don't forget the League 1 title back in '93 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazsimm Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Shame Shearer retired last season, he said he always wanted to win something at Newcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/...EDIUMSQUARE.jpg Here it is. Looks more like a scrabble board Looks like they've nicked some poor disabled person's keyboard if I'm honest. :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockers Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 whens the open top bus parade? i cant wait to see the media coverage of it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Castell Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 They're buying a Leyland minibus and cutting the roof off as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esulx Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 It looks more like one of those tacky glass squares that some people have in their house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipl Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The Guardian don't seem to have noticed the glorious Intertoontoon achievement! Must confess to laughing at the opening sentence- a 94 year old remembering Newcastle winning the league. On that basis, can we find a Rovers fan who was at Wembley in 1928? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovermatt Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Newcastle are clearly the greatest sporting institution in the world (greater even than the mighty Man Utd plc). The club and its loyal fans deserve their success. Everything at St. James's Park is just so great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourLaneBlue Posted January 1, 2007 Author Share Posted January 1, 2007 Only the true greats of European football get to win the Intertoto Cup. Here's Fulham winning it in 2002... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON GARNERS 194 Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Only the true greats of European football get to win the Intertoto Cup. I demand to know why the mighty Burnley have never won it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DudeAbides Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The Greatest Fans in the world! No-one seems to remember they averaged less than 20,000 in the early 90's before Keegan arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elwaxo Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The Greatest Fans in the world! No-one seems to remember they averaged less than 20,000 in the early 90's before Keegan arrived. is that true (about their average)???....... its funny when u talk to geordie fans they wont let you leave without them telling you that they are the biggest club in england...although...i thought st james was always like that....did they re-develop it then??.....all i can remember is andy cole scoring some cracking goals in a complete stadium.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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