Tough start pleases Beardsley

Thu, 18 Jun 12:10:11 2009

Newcastle legend Peter Beardsley has welcomed a tough start to the club's bid for an immediate return to the Barclays Premier League.

The Magpies begin at relegated West Brom on August 8 and face fellow former top-flight sides Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, Crystal Palace and Leicester in the first five games.

Beardsley, a veteran of the successful 1983-84 promotion campaign, told the club`s official website: "It's a brilliant start. The first five games are all against former Premier League sides and clubs with ambition to get back in the top flight.

"They will be tough games but I'm sure they will be good games. That's also important for the fans that we did have some big games at home early on in the season.

"All of that points towards some good games and also a chance to take points from teams who, come the end of the season, will probably be up there in the promotion race."

 

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  1. BREAKING NEWS:

    Ronaldo's £80 million move to Real­­ Madrid looks to be off after Real's Chairman found­­ he could buy a big girl's blouse at Primark for­­ £4.99

    From Hutch, on Thu 18 Jun 3:25PM
    "IS THAT­ THE BEST YOU CAN DO" HUTCH/RABBIT,really.

    From impactclean, on Fri 19 Jun 10:34AM

  2. what a load of @#$% no owner no manager were never­ going to win the championship like this and west brom­ are @#$% so were going to batter them at the start of­ the season

    From STEPHEN, on Thu 18 Jun 4:26PM

  3. BREAKING NEWS:

    Ronaldo's £80 million move to Real­ Madrid looks to be off after Real's Chairman found­ he could buy a big girl's blouse at Primark for­ £4.99

    From Hutch, on Thu 18 Jun 3:25PM

  4. No manager, no new signings, no settled new owner, and­ a team with players who give 70% effort for 50k a­ week.
    Unless these problems are solved, I won't­ expect much from the start of the season.

    From Jason A, on Thu 18 Jun 2:37PM

  5. What a way to start. No Manager, no owners, the same­ @#$% players. Pre-season a few weeks away....

    From Bobby Robson A Legend, on Thu 18 Jun 2:22PM
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    Quasimodo's back, obbvee-ushly! Still talking­ @#$%, obbvee-ushly. What a leg-end!!

    From toonrdoon, on Thu 18 Jun 1:38PM

  7. i doubt we'll go straight back up, we've no­ manager, no owner, no new players, the OLD players that­ haven't had the good sense to f**k off yet and­ we're a few weeks from pre-season!

    From Matt36, on Thu 18 Jun 1:00PM

  8. I agree 100%; i'd rather these games to start with­ then the likes of Blackpool, Plymouth and Peterborough­ (no offence intended to those clubs). I feel we need to­ be eased back into this league, and these are just the­ perfect fixtures in which to do it; they are more­ familiar names, and not the likes of Doncaster and­ Scunthorpe which really will hit home the 'harsh­ reality' of the Championship (again, no offence to­ those clubs)!!

    From cameron w, on Thu 18 Jun 12:32PM

  9. I'd be very surprised if Newcastle went straight­ back up. I don't think they've got a good­ enough team. And with them starting fixtures they may­ struggle. A few losses and the morale goes and they­ could end up in another relegation battle. Like Leeds­ did a few seasons ago.

    From mark_09081984, on Thu 18 Jun 12:28PM

  10. With the state of things at the club it could actually­ be a good start to the campaign. If we manage to get­ something out of these games then it will give everyone­ a boost, but should they fail to win these, then at­ least they will have the easier games at a later point­ in the season when they are perhaps playign better and­ can play a bit of catch up then. Not all doom and­ gloom :)

    From Scottie, on Thu 18 Jun 12:23PM

  11. OBVIOUISLY ......PETER.

    AWESOME PLAYER. WE­ NEED MORE LIKE YOU NOW THOUGH

    From steve, on Thu 18 Jun 12:14PM
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