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| Quote Tre Cool="Tre Cool"Why is being 'Newcastle' preferable to being 'Gateshead'?
Newcastle: population 280200, 2 x elite pro-football clubs
Gateshead: population 200200, 0 x elite pro-football clubs'"
Because to start with those population figures are incorrect.
If you're taking just the city/town boundaries then it's:
Newcastle 280k
Gateshead 78k
But if you're taking what most people understand as Newcastle which includes the area around it, in the same way as when people talk about London they don't mean just the City of London, then Newcastle's population jumps to well over 1m.
Those people associate themselves with the large regional centre that is Newcastle. And even if they don't they're far more likely to associate themselves with that regional centre than they are a relatively small town somewhere else in that region.
It's also not like Gateshead has a significant fan base or following that would be put off by a name change. And since they will be actually moving out of Gateshead and into Newcastle I personally think it would be daft not to change the name. |
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| Quote Alex Mc="Alex Mc"Gateshead are already in super league masquerading as Hull F.C....'"
Aye, that was the new merged team in 1999 wasn't it ?
Has it been 150 years already....lol |
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| Quote Him="Him"Because to start with those population figures are incorrect.
If you're taking just the city/town boundaries then it's:
Newcastle 280k
Gateshead 78k
But if you're taking what most people understand as Newcastle which includes the area around it, in the same way as when people talk about London they don't mean just the City of London, then Newcastle's population jumps to well over 1m.
Those people associate themselves with the large regional centre that is Newcastle. And even if they don't they're far more likely to associate themselves with that regional centre than they are a relatively small town somewhere else in that region.
It's also not like Gateshead has a significant fan base or following that would be put off by a name change. And since they will be actually moving out of Gateshead and into Newcastle I personally think it would be daft not to change the name.'"
I also would use the Newcastle name, they are passionate about the city and sport. If it could be linked to the Football club as well, all the better. People who don't know the area, don't realise just what a big step crossing the Tyne is, either way, they are poles a part...
A team of magpies would fly I'm sure..... |
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| Quote JEAN CAPDOUZE="JEAN CAPDOUZE"This is in the category of dreamtime perhaps, but imagine a Super League bereft of Widnes and Castleford, which did have [iNewcastle, London, Bradford[/i, and [iToulouse[/i.
Wow!
People from the non-M62 parts of the world, especially journalists, might then stop sneering at Super League.'"
You talk about the non-M62 parts of the country and then suggest Bradford .. Have you seen a map of the UK at all????
Why Bradford over Castleford or Widnes? What makes them more worthy? 3 towns/cities that are all sitting on the M62 so why suggest that dumping 2 of them in favour of one that has shown no greater ability to successfully manage a team in recent years? |
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So "North East Thunder" then?
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| Quote Fordy="Fordy"You talk about the non-M62 parts of the country and then suggest Bradford .. Have you seen a map of the UK at all????
Why Bradford over Castleford or Widnes? What makes them more worthy? 3 towns/cities that are all sitting on the M62 so why suggest that dumping 2 of them in favour of one that has shown no greater ability to successfully manage a team in recent years?'"
That's a pretty short memory |
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| Quote SmokeyTA="SmokeyTA"That's a pretty short memory'"
10 years now is it? |
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| Quote JEAN CAPDOUZE="JEAN CAPDOUZE"Meanwhile watch the four PNG players start smashing the defenses of the other Championship One clubs. Winger Garry Lo in particular -- the next Marcus Bai -- is going to accumulate a lot of tries. These PNG players are a cut above the playing standard of Championship One.
I fully expect a steady stream of young PNG talents will want to join their compatriots at Newcastle/Gateshead before too long.'"
Interesting point. There is quite a conveyor-belt of talent in PNG. |
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With the open promotion surely all teams are now aiming for SL.
Aiming and getting there are two completely different things
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| Quote moto748="moto748"Interesting point. There is quite a conveyor-belt of talent in PNG.'"
Define talent? |
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| Quote Khlav Kalash="Khlav Kalash"10 years now is it?'"
a whole 8 since they were world champions |
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Call me a detective but if you go on to their squad page the tab at the top of the web browser changes to Newcastle Thunder ...
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