“Somebody said to me: ‘Your dream job, it could only happen to you that there’s nobody there’,” Bruce said. It’s better than nothing but without the supporters, for me, the spectacle is not enough. He added: “When you’re 1-1 against Manchester United and you’re trying to get the winner with five minutes to play, the fans play their part then and give you that little bit of adrenaline. “Up until the lockdown our home form stacked up, it was always a difficult place to come and play at Newcastle because of the way the supporters are. “The hostility (towards the visiting teams), the way they are has certainly helped Newcastle over the years.

Source: Express October 30, 2020 17:26 UTC