Tonight at St James Park, the home of Newcastle United (yes, like the beer), a team from Israel made up of both Arabs and Israels will take on the Premier League side.Telegraph | Sport | Newcastle face a team in harmony
The poorest club in the Israeli Premier League, they have seen their coffers bolstered by donors in the oil-rich Gulf states, but they had to rely on goodwill from Newcastle to complete their trip to the North-east. Newcastle agreed to pick up the bill for the coach to transport their opponents from Heathrow Airport to their modest hotel on Tyneside.
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