Matt

Best not to take a chance and just buy an iPhone.

I may have just punted all my remaining Westjet Dollars on flights back next weekend. What's a 12 hour round trip for a once in a [lifetime/few years] opportunity?

Met up with mates from all over in Bruges- trains, planes and north sea ferries. Absolutely class few days.

They can rebuild just the same in the next division down. There will be a whole clutch of NE sides in there, depending on what happens with Stan and the ground grading of those at the top of the NL.

Major issue at Blyth is that sponsorships and season ticket money- proceeds which are usually spent over a season- were pissed away / redirected by the former owner from the outset. That said, the club has gone out with scratch sides plenty of time over the last 20 years and has not suffered a similar miserable run. Next season will be their lowest pyramid position since the 1994-95 season.

Holy shit is that still going? 23 years and counting!

Keith Curle was a nasty cunt and deserved all of that and more.

Shit. I totally missed us winning the league that season.

Horrific defending from Walker-Peters for the goal.

Commentator unaware that taking your keeper out of the rotation also means he won't face opposing penalties.

Bruno's presence raises our game and sets the standard. Players can't put in half-arsed tackles and runs with him around.

Christ. Player has rotten half, gets hooked, must mean he's finished at the club. We're about to head into an intensive period of fixtures, we'll need the whole squad.

Toronto FC did a video back in Newcastle with Matty during his off-season (sorry if already posted elsewhere):

Absolutely rank half of football.

I remember being on holiday in Malta for that 2002 game where Lua Lua scored two. Watched the first half in a bar and had to head back across half the island to our hotel at HT so missed all the 2nd half goals. Livid.

Just been in a bar with a screen showing the Womens u17 final - North Korea beat Spain in the final. The NK team all have absolutely identical haircuts. Romania 94 vibes, but with extra dystopia.

Please do! There is more to come on the Trust’s ownership % and how they are raising funds. It will be a hard season on the pitch but at least the ownership nightmare is over.

#cansofLCL Shame about Stockdale but I assume they have someone lined up. The lads involved are genuine supporters and i’m delighted the club is back in the hands of people who care about its future. Relegation is more than likely, but that’s a secondary matter today.

Gives them some optionality. You would expect them to hoover up any parcel close to the ground they could.

Maybe my memory is failing me but I seem to remember we never properly recruited a RB that summer and he was thrown in. I was sat in the SE corner at the time so got a few 45 min masterclasses of full back work.

Lots of folk remember him by his purple patch in CM but i can’t get away from his first few games at RB. I mean he was no right-footed Wayne Quinn but he was so inept at PL level, getting stupid bookings and then being unable to tackle for the rest of the game. I guess he found a niche as a basic but plucky emergency CM- an earlier Hayden- but I can’t look back favourably on this guy. We should have had better as with 100 other similar situations under Ashley. I’m glad he at least had a good time playing here and looks back on it fondly. But like Leon Best, I can’t understand the cult hero status afforded.

Wayne Quinn vs Troyes, Intertoto 2nd leg.

Sounds like Blyth just have too many young lads for that level. it’s not looking good.

Totally agree. He also showed second half why he shouldn’t be trying mazy runs, but moving the ball out of his feet and cutting in he’s very effective.

Glorious victory for the convicted racist.