Chatting to the ever erudite @AliKhaled_ about #ESL today and he asked for quote for something he's writing. Hope he doesn't mind if I share it here:
"As a lifelong Newcastle fan, a legacy fan as the new ESL would have us known, I have personally been through the highs and lows..
"As a lifelong Newcastle fan, a legacy fan as the new ESL would have us known, I have personally been through the highs and lows..
..of supporting your team. I have been there through the Keegan 'Entertainers' years. Seen us challenge for titles and get to finals only to suffer glorious defeats. I've seen us take on the best of Europe and win; Barcelona, Juventus, PSV and more taken down by my boys...
.. I've also seen us relegated twice under the current ownership and the hard battle to regain our place in the top flight of England. In the game of football it is simple. You are where you are based on sporting merit alone. The league table does not lie. Each season is...
...a level playing field. Sporting merit is how the game should be settled. It should not be about how deep your pockets are. A ESL based on this is an insult to every fan who dreams. Every fan who longs to see their club rise on the basis of their effort alone......
...The ESL and their member clubs' collective greed will I'm my opinion be their undoing and its time the football family stood together and said enough is enough."
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