- A-League All Stars hammered a Newcastle United youth group
- No massive title stars from the Magpies featured on Friday
- Some tickets in Melbourne had been $700, followers felt ripped off
Newcastle United have been accused of ripping off disgruntled soccer followers after the Premier League facet had been embarrassed 8-0 by a second-string A-League All Stars squad on Friday night time.
Two days after taking part in Tottenham in Melbourne, the Magpies fielded an under-21s squad at Marvel Stadium – and had been left red-faced.
The hosts ran riot, with targets from Wellington Phoenix’s Ben Outdated, Western Sydney Wanderers younger gun Nicolas Milanovic and A-League golden boot winner Adam Taggart making it 3-0 at halftime.
Patrick Kisnorbo’s facet had been much more ruthless within the second half, discovering the again of the web on 5 extra events.
Supporters understandably felt short-changed – and given some tickets value as much as $700, paying to observe Premier League stars and as a substitute seeing youth group gamers was unacceptable within the eyes of many.
Newcastle United have been accused of ripping off soccer followers after the Premier League facet (proper) had been embarrassed 8-0 by a second-string A-League All Stars squad
Two days after taking part in Tottenham in Melbourne, the Magpies – and supervisor Eddie Howe (pictured) fielded an under-21s squad at Marvel Stadium
Loads of Newcastle followers – each based mostly in Australia and travelling from all over the world – had been embarrassed on the fulltime rating
What many soccer followers did not know was that a lot of Newcastle’s first group stars flew out of Australia on Wednesday following the 1-1 draw with Spurs on the MCG (pictured, a youthful Newcastle XI)
‘Embarrassing ranges of disrespect. Fly midway all over the world. Pocket the cheque and play the B Workforce,’ one fan wrote on Newcastle’s page on X at fulltime.
One other posted sarcastically: ‘the long run is shiny.’
A 3rd merely weighed in with: ’embarrassing.’
And in a telling insult, San Marino – the whipping boys of world soccer given their document of 1 win and 9 attracts from 203 matches as a nation – mocked the Magpies on social media.
They cheekily posted in response to the end result: ‘We need to play towards you. We have now related ranges.’
What many soccer followers did not know was that a lot of Newcastle’s first group stars flew out of Australia following the 1-1 draw with Spurs on the MCG on Wednesday night time.
The likes of Lewis Corridor, Elliot Anderson and England’s Kieran Trippier stayed on native soil – however properly took no half in Friday’s match.
Fortunately for followers decked out in black and white, the surprising end result will not enter the document books.
That doubtful honour adopted a 9-0 loss to Burton Wanderers on April 15 in 1895 – three years after the membership was based.
It comes as the 2 publish season friendlies organized for the Magpies – a part of World Soccer Week in Melbourne – endured widespread criticism.
Former Newcastle legend Alan Shearer described it as pure ‘insanity’.
England supervisor Gareth Southgate, who has named Trippier in his provisional Euro 2024 squad, described the friendlies as ‘not excellent news.’
