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Article: Recipe for disaster - not promotion; At the Northern Echo Arena.
- Article from:
- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- July 20, 2009
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Byline: Luke Edwards
Darlington 2 Newcastle United 7
NEWCASTLE United are like a jumbo jet getting ready for take off with its flimsy fuselage stuck together by industrial strength sticky tape.
That is fine when you are trundling along on the runway getting ready to start a transatlantic flight, but you just know there is going to be a nasty crash shortly after take off when things start to fall apart under pressure.
That United have won both their preseason friendlies with ease, scoring 10 goals in the process against weak opposition, is ...