A lot of Newcastle United fans have reacted to a post from Mark Douglas, which included a link to a tweet from Sheffield United – as the Blades confirmed they were going to be providing refunds for the rest of the season.
This led Douglas to tweet, asking Toon fans to guess which is the only Premier League club not to say anything about refunds.
The answer is, of course, Newcastle United, who have refused to comment on refunds as they continue to hold onto season ticket money despite the Premier League confirming the rest of the season would be played behind closed doors.
This tweet from Douglas has angered these Toon fans, who cannot believe their club are continuing to hold onto their money.
Are you surprised by this from Newcastle?
No
Yes
Nufc are a disgrace but we already know that long before this, I blame @premierleague, they need to make a decision yes or no because the longer this goes on the more the @premierleague are allowing Mike Ashley to get away with this
— Jonathan collin (@Lips1982) June 8, 2020
Pathetic from @NUFC neglectful by @premierleague. Cheers both.
— Pete Mills (@TheOnePeteMills) June 8, 2020
A joke of an owner
— Tom Macdonald (@Macka1995) June 8, 2020
@NUFC , simply not good enough . Regardless of a takeover . The contempt you show Newcastle fans is shocking
— Ian Windsor (@IanAWindsor) June 8, 2020
Former Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan, as well as Douglas, have criticised this stance from Newcastle, but still, the Toon have said nothing about refunds.
This post from Douglas led to some Toon fans jokingly asking which club Douglas is talking about.
Hmm tough choice… Can we have a clue?? ?
— Alice (@Alicenufc9) June 8, 2020
@Joshcameron9 Mike Ashley still at it
— James Beedie (@17jamesbeedie) June 8, 2020
Would it be the one with the same owner who furloughs staff and then asks them to work ?
— Marky (@toontilley) June 8, 2020
Give us a clue Mark?
— Paul Karter (@peekeekay) June 8, 2020
Give us a clue?
— Jordan (@GeordieJordan96) June 8, 2020
The ongoing takeover of Newcastle might be having an impact on this situation – with Sky Sports’ Pete Graves certainly thinking this could be the case – but if so, then surely someone from Newcastle should come out and say something?
Instead, they are refusing to comment, and it is clearly angering these Toon fans.
Jordan did hint in his recent rant on TalkSPORT that the new owners would be coming in ‘sooner rather than later’, but even so, Newcastle should be communicating with their fans. (0:42)
One fan does believe that the takeover is having an impact and that it is leaving the club in limbo.
Ashley won’t sanction it coz he’ll believe it’s not his problem as he’s all but sold the club. Any new owners CANT do it coz well…they don’t own the club yet. In Limbo and as ever it’s the fans who suffer. Ridiculous
— derek bird (@derekbird3) June 8, 2020
It certainly looks as if the takeover is having some effect as player contracts also need to be negotiated, but with this ongoing takeover, that is proving to be harder than anticipated.
However, it is the season ticket money that is, understandably, concerning these Toon fans.