{"id":37346,"date":"2022-12-24T10:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T07:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/?p=37346"},"modified":"2022-12-24T10:48:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T07:48:19","slug":"watch-a-newcastle-fans-experience-in-riyadh-perfectly-sums-up-what-life-in-the-city-for-a-tourist-is-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/latest\/watch-a-newcastle-fans-experience-in-riyadh-perfectly-sums-up-what-life-in-the-city-for-a-tourist-is-like\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: A Newcastle Fan\u2019s Experience In Riyadh Perfectly Sums Up What Life In The City For A Tourist Is Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With PIF as its backers, there\u2019s perhaps no club in the English Premier League that is supported by Saudis as is Newcastle United.<\/p>\n<h2>Earlier this month, the Magpies spent a week in Riyadh for a warm-weather training camp that featured a match against the Saudi club Al-Hilal.<\/h2>\n<p>Newcastle loyalists were also in the city to watch them play live. A Newcastle fan who runs the popular Newcastlefanstv YouTube account posted a summary of his trip to Riyadh, and it\u2019s actually spot on (well, for the most part, at least).<\/p>\n<p>From how the people of the country respected tourists to getting gifts from two of Al-Hilal\u2019s fans. He also spoke about how economical he found the place to be and shed light on what he termed &#8220;media scaring&#8221; in the West.<\/p>\n<h2>Wait till you get to the part where he describes the driving conditions in the city.<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umdkKUzN1dU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With PIF as its backers, there\u2019s perhaps no club in the English Premier League that is supported by Saudis as is Newcastle United. 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