There was a season’s finest crowd of 6,187 below the lights at Kingston Park as Newcastle delivered a major assertion.
Throw within the components and it added as much as a really north east expertise and it’s that id which Diamond believes generally is a key attraction.
“Newcastle has this uniqueness about its character with sport,” he stated.
“I went to St James’ Park for the soccer the opposite night time and the ambiance within the metropolis is sensible. It is an actual sporting metropolis.
“We do not need the type of investor who’s simply coming in for ego, we wish somebody who’s going to construct issues locally – an academy, a neighborhood division, a basis and fly the flag for the north east.
“The id will be an attraction, but it surely’s how we promote the membership and the place we are able to take the membership.
“We can’t be self sustainable, we are going to want funding, however in the end the particular person or organisation coming in will see that we all know what we’re doing. That’s actually essential for us and them.”