Newcastle announce further U.S fixture.

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Crew Stadium - Home of Columbus Crew.
Newcastle have announced a second pre-season fixture as what started out as a training camp with a match at the end of it rapidly turns into a mini-tour of the USA.

Columbus Crew will once again welcome the Toon Army to Crew Stadium on July 26th, just six days after the first fixture against Sporting Kansas City and 11 years after we were last at Crew Stadium when we played out a 2-2 draw. For the archivists, Carl Cort scored both goals for us that day.

This mini-tour gives fans over the pond a rare chance to see their black and white idols up close and personal as well as giving the club a more prominent role on the global football map.

As I said in the article about the Kansas City match, the USA is virtually an untouched market for Newcastle. A lot of teams have conducted U.S tours over the last few years and have reaped the benefits of it.

It’s all part of growing the NUFC brand. I hate the word ‘brand’ but to be fair it’s what football has become has become and to compete you must try and bring in the largest amount of money. I wonder how much Newcastle will make through advertising? Probably not much, but I’d hazard a guess that it would be more than what we would make if we went to Rotherham or some such place.

So that’s two fixtures announced:

20-07-2011 – Sporting Kansas City.
26-07-2011 – Columbus Crew.

I expect we’ll see one more fixture added to that.

USA, USA, USA!

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133 thoughts on “Newcastle announce further U.S fixture.”

  3. Richie-

    I beg to differ, mate! You lot KNOW I’ll be the mental one at both of these games leading the fans in song and cheer 😀 Can’t wait for the chance to show the rest of my fellow yanks what it means to support the black n white!!

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  5. OH….what about us lads in the far flung corners of Spain who havn’t been able to watch theToon since…er cough cough, Saturday? 😆

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  9. Dave-

    Nowt, mate. Just workin’. Had a tornado rip through a bit earlier. I was driving back from lunch lol! Tons o fun, that.

    Richie- Far flung corners of Spain? I’ve got an entire OCEAN seperating me from the Toon :mrgreen:

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  10. Richie-

    Believe it or not mate, the Blue Ridge Mountains (part of the Appalachians) are only about 6 hours from my house HAHA! I’ve been up there many a time, and yeah- you’ll see stuff like that lol.

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  13. Big Dave-

    Don’t you’s go and be gettin’ crazy ideas like throwin’ the video back in all our yank faces… 😉 Maybe there’ll be 10 *british* bombers in the air, like… >:D

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  15. Dave-

    Actually, I have it on good authority that the Judas was in fact named after the county 😉

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  21. Dunno if I’ll make both like, but will defo make the Columbus game. tix are $24! Feckin STEAL! And I’ve got me strip and me flag. Paintin my face black n white too! Will be singing Blaydon Races all game!

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  23. Is that if you stick to the speed limit though? 😉

    Still fancy a trip to the States, defo not this year tho 🙁
    Wor lass picked a Rascal Flatts song to be played at our wedding 😯 😯

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  25. Dog-

    Joey Tee-Total! LMFAO!! It’s true though lol.

    Richie-

    Naw mate, I always drive 80 😀 And Rascal Flatts?! Oh she can do WAY better than that!! But they’re from my town, for sure. Think it’s HILARIOUS that country music is being played at y’all’s wedding though hehe

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  27. OH…she loves em and Randy Travis, Alan Jackson etc
    It was Bless the Broken road I think 🙄

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  28. did anyone notice that goal wolves scored was a carbon-copy of the one everton scored against us,learnt nowt there then 🙁

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  29. Wow, is she a Yank? I didn’t think that Coutry music was so popular on the continent.. or England for that matter! All that stuff is made right here in Nashville. Y’all listening to that is a bit like me loving the Toon 🙂

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  30. Btw Richie-

    I’ve met both those guys- Randy Travis and Alan Jackson (biggg pothead btw lol). Saw Randy Travis at a restaraunt the other night. Happens in Nashville all the time.

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  31. OH it was Richie really thats into the Country music.
    Did you see my comment to you the other night when you were on about flicking through the TV and I came across TNA wrestling and there he was still going Sting 😆 😆

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  32. OHURLEY kna not kidding m8 doesnt drink now,tends to shove cigars in people eyes if he does 😆

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  34. Hope we don’t have too many games over in the states, Harry said it did Spurs no favours at all when they went over.

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  37. Dave-

    I didn’t see the comment, mate, but that’s class!!

    Dog-

    Still funny to think of Joey as a tee-totaller hehe! And as far as country goes… divvent kna, mate. I listen to metal, alternative, jam bands n such. Probably Taylor Swift though. And Kenny Chesney (though I’d **** on the ground he walks on, the little *******. He’s SUCH a ****). Toby Keith is still pretty popular. Big n Rich are pretty popular too. No doubt a few that I’m missing too lol

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  38. Hope we don’t have too many games over in the states, Harry said it did Spurs no favours at all when they went over.

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    Well if ‘arry says it, it must be true, with his reputation for honesty and all 😉

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  39. Oh- and Brad Paisley. He’s immense. Great guy too. He’s a member of Masonic Lodge, actually.

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  41. Rich I might be in me early 40’s but I still like Dance music and a bit of Linkin Park oh and if i’m in the mood a bit of classical stuff 😉

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  43. Dog- LOL! speak for yersel, metal and hippie bands are awesome! 😀

    Dave- sounds like you still like to get down, brotha!

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  44. Dave….. I like most stuff, except classical. Some stuff I just like in it’s proper place, I can enjoy jazz if I’m in a jazz bar and didnt mind country in country bars in Canada

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  45. OHURLEY your not another one those FM,my son is one too 😐

    never put my fire-place in for nowt either,tells me nowt the little git 😡

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  47. Richie-

    If you like Canadian country bars… come to Nashville, mate! I can take y’all to the mecca of country music. Y’all would love it!

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  50. Oh you must be a busy man mate with all them Mason meetings and the Orange aswell next you will be telling me your in the RBP too 😆

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  54. Richie- **** you for even insinuating that! T*sspot! :mrgreen:

    Dave- you have no idea mate! They run me ragged! Wtf is RPB?

    Dog- Yeah, Freemason.

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  55. Richie-

    If y’all come to Nashville, lemme know like! I’ll give ya’s the proper tour!

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  56. Dog-

    That’s actually a common urban legend. There have been several, but I think it’s only like 11 or 12 or so.

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  57. Ice…..you a country fan? 😯

    I’m not keen normally, but like I said in it’s place/setting its fine.

    I was in a bar in Madrid a while back with an old army mate and wor lass. It was a proper Spanish bar with all the bull fighting regalia on the walls and at kicking out some fella just burst out singing some old Spanish folk song, then a lass started singing back at him, carried on out into the street and other people joined in singing and flamenco dancing, it was class even more so ‘cos it was off the cuff……….and the fact I was skull f*cked may have helped too 😉 😆

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  60. OH…will do, it’ll happen just don’t know when. This move has cleaned me out………at least now in UK I don’t owe a penny 😀

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  61. Rich – Regalia 😯

    My my, been in Spain five mins and he thinks he us King. Posh get 😉

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  63. RICHIE that must have been a great night,right up my street m8,get some nights like that in malta not tourist places like.
    aye country my fix for my sins,like most music but country is king for me

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  67. Dog-

    Clinton was NOT a Mason. At least not recognized by my Grand Lodge (which was chartered under the Grand Lodge of North Carolina, which was chartered under the Grand Lodge of England). We are the direct descendents of the Masons who went public in England in 1717, therefore any other lodges unrecognized by us would be considered “clandestine” and thus not recognized. Clinton was defo NOT one of our’s, i.e. NOT a Mason.

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  70. OHURLEY i belive you,its my git of a son when he comes from meets he tells me sweet f.a,says oot to shut my gob

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  72. TOONSY yes you are unless someone asks you out right if you are one,you cannot lie,they tell you nowt else like 🙁

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  73. I see batty us getting accused of being a multiple name on .org. This is after I was accused of the same thing yesterday before the comments went missing 🙄

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  74. Toonsy, not exactly. Carnt exactly tell ya what the ritual consists of, or teach ya the modes of recognition, but you can know that I am one lol 😀

    Dog- he’s probably takin’ it to extremes. We’re pretty open here in the States, as long as it’s not Lodge business or ritual. Why don’t you simply ask him for a petition and become one?

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