Our respective football teams
- 1. Our respective football teams James and Brendon
- 2. Newcastle United Newcastle United are widely regarded as the greatest team in England. Some even speculate that they may be the greatest club on planet Earth.
- 3. Glory Years Newcastle won the much-coveted Inter-city Fairs Cup in 1969, and have won four League Championship titles and six FA Cups. The club's most successful period was between 1904 and 1910, when they won an FA Cup and three of their First Division titles.
- 4. The Golden 90卒s When I was growing up, Newcastle were at their best. The team was labelled "The Entertainers, due to their attacking style of football and skilful players like David Ginola, Les Ferdinand and the great Alan Shearer. We came second in the Premier League twice, behind Manchester United both times, and were very unlucky never to win the league. We also reached two FA Cup finals. We had another excellent season in 2003/04 under the legendary Bobby Robson. My two best memories of supporting Newcastle came in the Golden era of the 1990卒s. The first, when we thrashed Manchester United 5-0 and Philippe Albert lobbed Peter Schmeichal. The second, a 3-2 victory over Barcelona in the Champions league.
- 5. Rivalry with Sunderland They have a fierce local rivalry with Sunderland, and the two clubs have engaged in the TyneWear derby since 1898. It is one of the fiercest derbies in English football.
- 6. This year we won 1-0 thanks to a beautiful free-kick from superstar Ryan Taylor, and last year we beat the dirty Mackems 5-1! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LvziY_EiG4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHkgXGzsX4w&feature=related
- 7. The Fans Newcastle fans are renowned for following their team through thick and thin. They regularly attracted crowds of over 50,000 in the season that they were relegated to the Championship. The passionate supporters often stand shirtless in St. James卒 Park, where temperatures in the cold North Eastern city of Newcastle can drop below -5C. Our most famous fan is the legendary Jimmy Five Bellies.
- 9. Today
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- 11. The Great Escape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d35TNwlhmcc&featur e=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pCD6Qy_YDM
- 12. Leeds United
- 13. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away Leeds United used to be the best team in England. They dominated English football in the early 60卒s and early 70卒s under manager Don Revie. Despite their success during this era, much of it was down to their violent tactics. They were nicknamed 卒dirty Leeds卒.
- 14. Leeds in the late 1990s early 2000卒s Leeds had great players like Mark Viduka, Harry Kewell, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Rio Ferdinand and Alan Smith. They came third in the league in 1998 and did themselves proud in Europe, reaching the semi-finals of the Champions league the next season.
- 15. Since then Unfortunately, the wheels fell off for Leeds. They were relegated twice, reaching the lowly depths of the third tier of English football, where Brendon used to go and watch them play at exotic grounds like Oldham, Stockport and Darlington.
- 16. The Leeds fans are a tough bunch. They have had to put up with much pain over the years. They were recently thrashed by arch rivals Manchester United卒s reserve team, and lost 5-0 last week to Blackpool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwJnqIkZ4LQ
- 17. Frequency Adverbs: Newcastle ALWAYS win. They NEVER lose. Leeds SOMETIMES lose 5-0. Brendon cries EVERY weekend that they play. Please be kind to Brendon, he has had a very hard time supporting little Leeds and has been left emotionally scared. These are our football teams. Thank you