Congratulations Newcastle United.

***greenlex*** · 05-04-2010 06:12 PM

Back with the big boys at first time of asking.

***SteveHFC*** · 05-04-2010 06:28 PM

Well Done Newcastle

**Wotherspiniesta** · 05-04-2010 06:33 PM

Have a wee soft spot for Newcastle. The people and the place. Glad to see them back in the big time.

**Reaper** · 05-04-2010 06:38 PM

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Have a wee soft spot for Newcastle. The people and the place. Glad to see them back in the big time.

Cracking effort, the Championship IMHO is the most competitive league in the country and a hard hard league to get out of. It's definitely not a given for the relegated teams.

**Nuitdelune** · 05-04-2010 06:42 PM

I congratulate the manager chappie--done his job with no fuss and no glamour seeking

**~~Saorsa~~** · 05-04-2010 06:55 PM

Better still bloody win tonight though

**iwasthere1972** · 05-04-2010 07:12 PM

Whey aye man.

Ant and Dec

The Likely Lads

Ye knaa what ah mean leik.

Oh dear 0-1

**7Hero** · 05-04-2010 07:26 PM

they had one of the biggest wage budgets in the premiership, why would it be such a great success for them to run away with the coca cola ???

**~~Saorsa~~** · 05-04-2010 07:34 PM

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Whey aye man.

Ant and Dec

The Likely Lads

Ye knaa what ah mean leik.

Oh dear 0-1

1-1 c'mon

**iwasthere1972** · 05-04-2010 07:35 PM

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1-1

Just saw it.

Eeeh man, ahm gannin te the booza.

**chrisski33** · 05-04-2010 08:18 PM

Sorry but i hope they go straight bak down!

**CB_NO3** · 05-04-2010 08:20 PM

2-1 Nolan

***J-C*** · 05-04-2010 08:20 PM

2-1 Good goal by Nolan.

**CB_NO3** · 05-04-2010 08:20 PM

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2-1 Good goal by Nolan.

Beat you.

**~~Saorsa~~** · 05-04-2010 08:21 PM

***J-C*** · 05-04-2010 08:22 PM

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Beat you.

I had 3 extra words to type though

***Lmc2105*** · 05-04-2010 08:23 PM

Cause utd just won waiting on the toon for 160 quid for the first time in my life Mon the Newcastle!!!

**~~Saorsa~~** · 05-04-2010 08:47 PM

woo hoo

**CFC** · 05-04-2010 08:49 PM

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Sorry but i hope they go straight bak down!

Why? Just so a joke of an outfit like Leicester come up in their place?

**thefifer1959** · 05-04-2010 09:03 PM

my first love is the Hibees, but due to Ian Porterfield being a friend way back I have a very soft spot for the macams, be nice to get the derby back on.

Well done the Newcastle

***Hibbie_Cameron*** · 05-04-2010 09:41 PM

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they had one of the biggest wage budgets in the premiership, why would it be such a great success for them to run away with the coca cola ???

Because most of the big earners are gone

**iwasthere1972** · 05-04-2010 11:23 PM

Macar will be tanning himself with his slipper on hearing the news that the "Toon" are back in the big time.

***StevieC*** · 06-04-2010 01:13 AM

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they had one of the biggest wage budgets in the premiership, why would it be such a great success for them to run away with the coca cola ???

Because they slashed the big earners from the team and were in a bit of a turmoil prior to the season starting mibbies?

They will be going into the Premiership with one of the smallest wage budgets (if not the smallest) so I'm guessing you'll be heaping the praise on them if they manage to stay up.

**Albanian Hibs** · 06-04-2010 07:01 AM

***LancsHibs*** · 06-04-2010 07:24 AM

Yes well done Newcastle (tho' would have laughed if they had 'done a Leeds'

). Blackpool will now be the only team to do 'the double' over them on Saturday. Come on the 'Pool get inte them big time Charlies

***Aldo*** · 06-04-2010 07:45 AM

Ma down south team.

Excellent night last night and a bit of a fuzzy heed this morning.

**hibsbollah** · 06-04-2010 08:09 AM

Looking forward to more top flight comedy next year from world football's biggest circus top-hat underachievers

***J-C*** · 06-04-2010 08:21 AM

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Looking forward to more top flight comedy next year from world football's biggest circus top-hat underachievers

Their chairman made a lot of very big mistakes when in the top flight, hopefully he's realised them and won't do it again. The club needs stability and also paying proper wages for players who actually want to be at the club, not money grabbers like there was before. I hope he give Houghton the chance to show what he can do in the EPL but I have a feeling he's going to go back to Shearer, who talks the talk but as yet hasn't even walked the managerial course.

***StevieC*** · 06-04-2010 08:48 AM

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Their chairman made a lot of very big mistakes when in the top flight, hopefully he's realised them and won't do it again.

I'm not sure he will be there, if the word on the street is to be believed. That is both welcome and worrying .. "better the devil you know".

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The club needs stability and also paying proper wages for players who actually want to be at the club, not money grabbers like there was before.

They will go into the EPL as stable as they have been for many years. Good team spirit, no big earners, and even players like Smith and Barton willing to take pay-cuts to stay.

They are a long way off being able to do anything in the EPL but they have a solid base now.

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I hope he give Houghton the chance to show what he can do in the EPL but I have a feeling he's going to go back to Shearer, who talks the talk but as yet hasn't even walked the managerial course.

The fans have really taken to Houghton so I would be very very surprised if Shearer is even mentioned in conversation these days.