Newcastle relegated to the Championship
By: j | May 24th, 2009The pain of the 2008 / 2009 campaign for Newcastle supporters ended with the hellish drop the Championship following their 1-0 loss to Aston Villa. Decided with a unfortunate own goal by Damien Duff, the Magpies lacked the fire and venom need to succeed and will look back on the sad date in history with the knowledge that a draw would have saved them.
To review the match is a pointless stroll in the dark of night. Newcastle had few noteworthy opportunities to score and for the most part seemed not to understand the repercussions of lost. However the dye is now cast and Newcastle must now face a very difficult and murky road back up to the Premier League.
The challenges that they will face is a lengthy one, starting with plunging cash flows and asset value, coupled with salaries that need a mass overhaul. The solutions are not-so-simple as Newcastle has the mark as the first major club derailed by the worlds financial meltdown. In the coming days there will be much speculation on the value of “Newcastle, the Championship side” and while there will be public glaze in the positive from management, the financial issues the club will now face places them on the shakiest of ground. Despite well intended commentary from management regarding player changes and fire and brimstone speeches, the day-to-day grind of Football management, will now have to marry between the Premier League budget and a Championship revenue stream, while being significantly under-capitalized. This adds up to a series of difficult choices as Newcastle must now balance its budget within significantly tighter constraints and equally plan the quickest route possible to the Premier League or suffer the same fate as Charlton Athletic and Leeds.
Now more than ever Newcastle, the Toon Army must grow together and support the club with passion. The task is not an easy one but it must start with an undying support.
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“The solutions are not-so-simple as Newcastle has the mark as the first major club derailed by the worlds financial meltdown.”
are you kidding man? this club was derailed by pure ineptness on the part of ashley, wise, and whoever they decided to put in charge for 15 minutes. it’s an exercise in ridiculous, horrifically bad management…not the product of the credit bubbles bursting. that’s a giant copout and the kind of copout that allows idiots like ashley and his lot to run a club that has no business even being in this sort of situation right into the toilet.
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I didn’t get a chance to see the game. I really admire the Newcastle supporters. Who do you think would be the best and the worst players of the season?
It seemed odd to me how so many good players, Coloccini and Jonas started off great and then disappeared towards the 2nd half of the season.
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Chelsea fan here; sad to see Newcastle go down, big club with a great stadium and support. Hate to see big clubs go down, the likes of Wigan, Stoke and Hull aren’t exactly bringing anything to the premiership. But they play better football so what can you do. All the best in Championship and please don’t appoint Keegan again, he’s not the messiah!
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Thank you everyone for joining me.
Matt, I agree with you that management was poor but this well before that the finances of the club were falling apart. I began commenting of this in August or September as it was obvious they did not have the money to make the right moves.
James – I’m planning on doing a post on that but with the team being relegated it is difficult for me to really say “best and worst”. However who are your choices?
Thank you “Mattsmash”, hopefully they can muster a quick bounce back.
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j, my choices would be the ‘big names’ and the ‘reliables’ who were brought in to do what they did at their previous clubs, but instead did a little over nothing. I’m not sure who would be the ‘best’though.
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I feel sorry for you. For whatever reason I have a soft spot for Newcastle ever since I first visited England, and have kept following their course. It’s a sad sight to see them falling, but I hope they’ll do a proper clear reboot and be up again soon.
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