article_snippet.sent: These are toxic times on Tyneside but the thousands of supporters who boycotted were at least spared another dispiriting display which equalled a club-record rot of six straight defeats in Premier League.
article_snippet.sent: Although the official attendance was returned as a massively inaccurate 47, 427 – making it the biggest of the weekend in the top-flight – estimates had it nearer 40,000 as fans stayed away in protest at Mike Ashley’s running of the club, which this month returned record profits of £18.7million before revealing they have a further £34m in the bank.
article_snippet.sent: One banner – unfurled during a pre-match protest outside of the Gallowgate End – captured the mood of frustration and mistrust among supporters –
article_snippet.sent: People will say as supporters you’ve got to come back, you’ve got to get behind your team.
article_snippet.sent: But what are the owners doing for supporters?
article_snippet.sent: Fans applaud while one holds up a 'Love NUFC, No Ashley' sign, while Jack Colback's Newcastle team-mates join in the celebrations .
article_snippet.sent: Spurs midfielder Erik Lamela (centre) gets a talking to before a yellow card comes a yellow card way after a sliding tackle on Newcastle's Vernon Anita .
article_snippet.sent: A less than full stand at St James' Park watches the action on Sunday between Newcastle United and Tottenham .
article_snippet.sent: A plane hired by the supporters of rivals Sunderland heap misery on United with a reminder their last five consecutive derby losses . '
article_snippet.sent: We don't demand a team that wins, We demand a team that tries,' reads a banner erected outside St James' Park on Sunday .
highlights_snippet.sent: Fans protested before and during the match against owner Mike Ashley's perceived lack of ambition .