Video: Top Gear presenters attend Middlesbrough match in Newcastle shirts
Posted By Rob Parker on November 25, 2009
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In a gag that could easily have backfired, Top Gear presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May bounded onto the pitch at half-time in Middlesbrough’s match against Nottingham Forest wearing Newcastle shirts.
The trio briefly endured a torrent of abuse before swiftly heading down the tunnel for a costume change!
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“how shit are they” we’ll see how many you bring to the city ground eh ??? 22,000 is a disgrace with 3,500 awy fans in your shiny nearly new non-atmospheric concrete bowl of seats,…….ps get yourself a decent phone for video-ing, mine was better five years ago
Must have been nice for the 5 home supporters at the ground to finally have something to sing about
What a shame that the camera keeps showing all the empty seats - still, even the best CGI wouldn’t be able to mask the pi55 poor support Boro have - won’t be long before Boro & Darlo are competing for the most empty seats at a home game !!
Good to see the lazy stereotypes are still in force. The media has told you Boro have terrible fans, therefore they have terrible fans.
Population of Peterborough: 163K. Average attendance: 10K
Population of Preston: 143K. Average attendance: 13K
Population of Middlesbrough: 160K. Average attendance: 21K
Population of Bristol: 550K. [2 teams] Average attendance: 14K
Population of Sheffield: 513K [2 teams]: Average attendance: 22K
Etc and so forth.
But never mind the facts, eh?
What happened was that Boro had the temerity to spend a bit of cash and make a play for improving their standing. Oh, how dare they? They filled their 34K stadium for a few seasons but couldn’t maintain it. They DID raise their average attendance from around 15K (in the 80’s) to 27-31K though.
By anyone’s standards, that would be a good result, but no - mention Boro and you’ll get “mercinaries” and “terrible fans” from the sheep who swallow everything they read.