Newcastle Get Rid of Pictures of Bobby Robson's Team, Dump Them in Skip

Newcastle have scored a PR own goal by being caught dumping photographs of Sir Bobby Robson's immensely popular 2001/02 team in a skip. 

The discarded framed photographs were spotted by local newspaper the Chronicle, which has had a tempestuous relationship with the club's current board headed by owner Mike Ashley. 

The Chronicle was banned from St. James' Park for 14 months in 2013 and 2014.

Kate Proctor notes in the report about the dumped photographs: 

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Sir Bobby, flanked by his star players Alan Shearer and Gary Speed are shown standing proudly in their squad line-up photo—but the image has been removed from the walls of St James’ Park.

Alongside around 30 other framed photographs, the team picture now lies discarded in a skip, alongside grass cuttings and building materials.

It is understood that the pictures had been on the walls of the club’s 100 corporate boxes but have now been replaced by more up to date images of the current team.

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Steve Wraith, of NUFC Fans United, expressed his disappointment about the club throwing out the photographs, saying: 

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They could have auctioned them for charity, but just to put these things in the bin is awful. Now fans are talking about going and helping themselves.

They are pictures of club legends. I don’t think the club want people to be reminded of a time when they were doing well because they are doing so badly at the moment.

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Newcastle finished fourth in the Premier League in the 2001/02 season and then third the season after.

They have not finished as high since then.

[Chronicle]