Newcastle United fans - Uncomfortable Champions League (European competition) truth emerges
It’s weird how the return of the football season fires up your interest. Having largely ignored the kickabouts, sponsor twerks and general non-matches that make up pre-season, I now find myself, like many Newcastle United fans, scouting around midweek to schedules and checking results at random throughout the working day.
Back in the days when United were perennial European competitors, I found it a bit annoying that the Scottish teams would regularly fail to qualify even as far as the first round proper. The prospect of a midweek jaunt to Edinburgh or Glasgow, that would be so much easier than the majority of Premier League away journeys was appealing in itself, before you even consider the fact that most ties would be relatively winnable.
Now, my immediate reaction to finding this out was probably a similar one to most Mags, or anyone who has only discovered this while reading this right now. Basically “Wouldn’t it be brilliant/hilarious if Hibs won?” However, that’s the other point, our chances of making our way in should be slightly higher than in previous campaigns.
Broadly speaking, this is good news. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who will be so supremely confident of Newcastle’s chances that they’d say fifth place isn’t at least a highly feasible option come the end of the season. England has a strong presence across all competitions, withconference league win meaning we have eight teams instead of the allocated seven.
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