Robson: We're back on the map & staying there

By Matthew Jones
March 28 2003

Magpies' boss, Sir Bobby Robson hoping to keep Newcastle in the Champions League year after year following this years dissapointment. "We are back on the map now"

Just as he did for almost a decade in the 1970s and 1980s with former club Ipswich, Sir Bobby Robson is hoping to keep Newcastle United on the "Football Map". The 70-Year old boss believes that The Magpies' deserve to the well known world wide.

He is not going to settle for a single season in the Champions League and leave it at that. He is hoping to keep his side in the competition year after year getting stronger each time.

"We've put Newcastle back on the European football map," he said.

"We did that at Ipswich because we were in with Ipswich for 10 years.

"We put Ipswich on the map because of the football club, not because of the town, and I think what we've done this year is we've again put the name of Newcastle United on the list of footballing countries throughout Europe."