A great ad idea - probably.A NON-LEAGUE North-East football team is looking to boost crowd numbers with a billboard campaign alongside a leading brewer. Blyth Spartans - whose average gate is around 650 - want to encourage Newcastle United fans to come to their games when the Magpies are playing away from home. The poster, created in conjunction with sponsors Carling car·ling n. One of the short timbers running fore and aft that connect the transverse beams supporting the deck of a ship. [Middle English, from Old French calingue and from Old Norse , reads "when the black and whites are away come and watch the green and whites" and is located at The Strawberry pub outside St James's Park
St James's Park . It pictures the 1978 side that lost to Wrexham in the FA Cup fifth round. And the caption, "probably the best non-league side in the world", echoes the comments of former FA secretary Ted Croker Edgar Alfred (Ted) Croker (born 13 February 1924; died 25 December 1992) was an RAF pilot and a footballer for Charlton Athletic. Career In 1974, as the then Football Association secretary,[1] who said they were probably the best non-league side in England after their 1978 cup exit. Club secretary Ian Evans said: "We want to double the crowds but even a small percentage of Newcastle fans would be great." Meanwhile, the name of another of the club's sponsors, Viz, appeared on the players' shorts for the first time over the weekend. |
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