16 Things We Learned From Newcastle Vs. Sacramento Republic
13. Newcastle Are Not A Global Brand In World Football
https://twitter.com/lee_ryder/status/622587918587072512 United's hosts thought they were playing Sunderland for crying out loud! Despite all the exposure life in the Premier League brings, Newcastle are perennial minnows in terms of the global game of football. Those working for Sacramento Republic's official Youtube channel displayed this as they had quite blatantly never heard of Newcastle United Football Club, any of its players or coaching staff. Just look at that graphic below, Mike Williamson at right-back? And "Haldera" at centre-back. Urgh... In fairness, this lack of knowledge made for quite an entertaining night of commentary as the announcers resorted to making up some pretty special lies throughout the night, as well as getting a plethora of United's players' names wrong. According to them, Massadio Sissoko plays for The Toon while we've all been saying "Sissoko" wrong... It's actually "Siscosko". The highlight of the night, as Tom explains, was this gem of information about Demba Ba's departure to Chelsea. https://twitter.com/Hazzard_T/status/622740508834705408
