This could be Rotterdam or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome - but it's actually Gateshead Quays. Feyenoord Rotterdam football club sticker. Away fans like to do this as a way of marking territory, seeing themselves as marauding invaders. There's a few dotted around Tyneside [thread]⬇️
Celtic Ultras sticker on Newcastle Quayside...
There's a bit of Glaswegian old firm sticker rivalry down there... this is the Rangers equivalent on City Road:
A charming bunch, Rangers fans...
Not to be outdone, here's a Dundee F.C. Saturday Culture sticker near the Pitcher & Piano...
See also: Dean Street, Newcastle...
However, that 'right-wing' Dundee casuals sticker is lorded over by a Nazi-smashing St Pauli FC (Hamburg's famously left-wing football club) one...
Sunday stroll update: Sectarian sticker tension on Newcastle Quayside as Celtic Ultras has been overlaid by Rangers Ultras...
Meanwhile on Mosley Street, Swansea City are getting in on the sticker action (Sir Benfro is Welsh for Pembrokeshire):
Dundee United represented on Forth Street, behind Newcastle Central Station...
Crass cultural appropriation of Andy Capp by Northern Ireland's Cliftonville F.C. Casuals on Newcastle Quayside...
Hertha Berlin sticker at the bottom of Westgate Road, Newcastle. Hertha were German Champions in 1930 and 1931, which means they've been waiting almost as long as #NUFC to win the top flight trophy again... #HerthaBSC
Continuing the German theme, here's an Uwe Rösler-inspired Man City sticker on Neville Street, near Newcastle Central Station ("Uwe's grandad bombed the Stretford End" was a popular City chant in the '90s)...
Another 'Cit-eh' sticker on Grainger Street...
Not too far away, in the Orchard Street tunnel, a lazily-placed Blackburn Rovers sticker. Definitely not 'Purely Belter' this one:
Hekkie Amsterdam - an Ajax-supporting group - sticking up on Forth Street, behind Newcastle Central Station...
Dundee again, on St Nicholas' Street this time, with an accompanying Brexit-themed sticker...
Just before the first #NUFC home game of the season, here's a sneaky Sunderland sticker directly outside the Gallowgate end. Maybe Steve Bruce can send somebody out with soapy water and a scraper at half-time...
Faded Boro sticker on Northumberland Road...
And another from Teesside - Stockton Town sticker on Clayton Street...
Pretty much the only thing of footballing interest seen on Strawberry Place today is this Carlisle United sticker: 'Football Lads & Lasses Against Fascism - For a United Working Class'
"It's a little bit funny..." Elton John features on this Watford FC sticker outside Newcastle Central Station 😳
F.C. Hansa Rostock sticker on Scotswood Road next to Jurys Inn. German clubs well represented on the streets of Newcastle 🇩🇪
Next to SJP on Strawberry Place, a debut appearance by an Austrian football team on this thread: Linzer Athletik-Sport-Klub, aka Linzer ASK, aka LASK 🇦🇹
'Dublin's Red and Black' - Bohemian Football Club sticker on Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne #bohs 🇮🇪
Just a little further down Westgate Road are the 'JARRA MAGS', representing Jarrow Football Club 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Big poppy on that one...
Wolverhampton Wanderers sticker on a Groat Market telephone box...
See also: Barrack Road
Inadvertently got myself in this shot... at least I was wearing a mask 😷 Crystal Palace's Holmesdale Fanatics Ultras sticker on Bath Lane:
Here's a close-up...
Stickers representing clubs in Austria, Germany, Holland, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland so far, but the only one claiming to be the 'Biggest Club in Europe' is, of course, Newcastle Benfield... (on the steps leading to The Cumberland Arms in Ouseburn)
Looks like Roly from Grange Hill on this Chelsea FC sticker (Side, Newcastle):
It's a London thing innit... Millwall Berserkers, Grainger Street:
Fulham getting in on the act at the bottom of Grey Street...
Meanwhile, back on the Side, we have 'DARLO BOYS ON TOUR'. Familiar big poppy incorporated into this sticker's design... not sure what the lemon represents though 🍋🤔
The Mackems have been torn off a strip on Clayton Street. Crammy (Cramlington) Mags still flying the flag for Northumberland...
Hamburger SV (aka Hamburg) sticker on Newcastle Quayside 🇩🇪
And Hamburg's other famous team - FC St. Pauli - on Pilgrim Street 🏴‍☠️🇩🇪🏴‍☠️
The Tees Transporter Bridge (aka Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge) features on this Red Faction Ultras Boro sticker, near the North Terrace pub, Claremont Road, Newcastle...
Newcastle Blue Star and 'Joe Harvey took a holiday' #NUFC stickers on Clayton Street...
Lads, I wasn't expecting there to be so many football stickers around Newcastle either, but I'm going to persist with this thread. Quite a few to catch up with. Here's an Ipswich Town stamp at the bottom of Westgate Road...
Sex Pistols-inspired Watford sticker, Grainger Street...
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