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WHERE’S ALL THE PARTY SPIRIT AS TOON RETURN?

NEWCASTLE ONWAY BACK TO THE PREMIER
By Chris Dunlavy

IT’S 11.30pm on Monday in the Strawberry, the iconic pub that sits in the shadow of Newcastle’s famous Gallowgate End.
Two hours earlier, a comfortable 4-1 win over Preston had sealed an instant return to the Premier League.
Yet there are no raucous hordes thronging the bar. No chants, no jubilant songs assaulting the eardrums. As last orders rings, the old place echoes to the sound of stacked stools, lifeless as Moussa Sissoko on match day.
On the pitch, too, there was scant sign of unbound joy. No pitch invasion. No lap o...

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