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I KNOW what I wrote sounds bollox, Val.
I've moved 250 miles away, and only get to 4-5 matches a year now; but this last year I've sat amongst silence; the Smethwick sound like the Halfords Lane; and Away following has dropped through total apathy.
I actually enjoyed our Promotion Years, and the ground was always rocking when we put up a fight but still got relegated. As Steve says, Newcastle fans are having a ball this season, and going home with a smile on their faces. I watched a pathetic display against Boro in my last game, and we walked back down B'ham Road to my car: nobody on either side of the Road was saying a word, just looking down at their feet. There are a couple of thousand STHs who probably won't renew even if we stay up, because they're bored to tears, and the whole Day Experience is depressing. Most of us on here are hooked but, like fags and drugs, you only need so many bad trips to come off them entirely.