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Newcastle v Spurs Frienldly

Newcastle play Spurs in Australia the week after the season ends. Eddie Howe and his players are not impressed and I guess the Spurs contingent are not either.
When they arrive back some of them will be getting ready to go to the Euros.
Absolutely bonkers, money talks I guess.

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  • pettgra said:
    Newcastle play Spurs in Australia the week after the season ends. Eddie Howe and his players are not impressed and I guess the Spurs contingent are not either.
    When they arrive back some of them will be getting ready to go to the Euros.
    Absolutely bonkers, money talks I guess.
    As long as there are no England players in either squad that are likely to be picked for the Euros then it sounds like a great idea to me 
  • The sponsors will want everyone there. This is partly a result of the sustainability thing, isn't it? Having to maximise football revenue. Or perhaps just greed, I don't know. Anyway when they start complaining about fixture congestion, remember this. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,031
    I wonder where our end of season tour is.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    Spurs (and probably others) have been doing this for a few years now. 

    I never want to hear Premier League managers moan about how many matches they have to play ever again
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,104
    Strewth mate, shocker
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,017
    se9addick said:
    Spurs (and probably others) have been doing this for a few years now. 
    We haven't done an end of season friendly in years.
    Absolute load of b*ll*cks but I suspect its to do with the big Australian fanbase we've acquired since Big Ange has taken over.
    Spurs' chief football officer Scott Munn is also an Aussie.  It figures.
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,510
    LoOkOuT said:
    Originally, they were to be playing Home and Away!

  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,365
    Yet they want to scrap FA Cup replays, league cup etc….
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,889
    I wonder where our end of season tour is.
    Hungary I believe 😉
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  • ct_addick
    ct_addick Posts: 4,333
    Fair dinkum mate. I was just there last month in Brisbane. Great country although have 10 of the most venomous animals on earth. One of our friends told us her dog was killed after being bitten by an Eastern Brown snake! strewth.
  • Is it Newcastle Jets or Newcastle United?
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,117
    cafctom said:
    Yet they want to scrap FA Cup replays, league cup etc….
    Those games don't make any money.

    The FA needs to stamp this nonsense out, but they won't
  • Major
    Major Posts: 1,026
    Well, to be perfectly honest, I don't support Spurs or Newcastle, so I really don't give a monkey's.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,225
    edited April 2024
    Is it Newcastle Jets or Newcastle United?
    Be more interesting if it was Newcastle Knights.

    Correction made from intersting.
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,014
    That typo is quite triggering…!!
  • Newcastle are playing Spurs on 22 May and the A-League all-stars on 24 May.

    The timing is ridiculous given the PL season doesn't end until early evening on the 19th. Now whilst i'm sure they won't be flying in a cramped economy class, flying for the best part of an entire day to then play 2 games in 48 hours is crazy. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,225
    Must be worthwhile financially then
  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    cafctom said:
    Yet they want to scrap FA Cup replays, league cup etc….
    And they have got their wish, fa cup replays scrapped after the 1st round starting next season
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,014
    edited April 2024
    Newcastle are playing Spurs on 22 May and the A-League all-stars on 24 May.

    The timing is ridiculous given the PL season doesn't end until early evening on the 19th. Now whilst i'm sure they won't be flying in a cramped economy class, flying for the best part of an entire day to then play 2 games in 48 hours is crazy. 
    We can cross reference this thread with the one about the climate emergency. Totally unnecessary flights. Still - let’s just crack on…
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  • twiggyaddick
    twiggyaddick Posts: 1,564
    I wonder where our end of season tour is.
    Wycombe
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    iaitch said:
    Must be worthwhile financially then
    When Liverpool played Man Utd in a friendly in Bangkok two years ago, tickets started at over £100 and the most expensive were £500! It pretty much sold out as well.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,727
    Give it a few years and they will be playing league matches abroad. Similar to the NFL London matches.
  • raytreacy69
    raytreacy69 Posts: 955
    Give it a few more yrs and they will be playing on the Friggin Moon
    it is satellite tv after all
  • Croydon said:
    Give it a few years and they will be playing league matches abroad. Similar to the NFL London matches.
    I strongly suspect it won't be long until the Community Shield is played abroad.