BlueStar

That's the spirit

People who just can't see us winning need to get to the bookies, we're clear favourites, evens at best, with the draw 3/1 and a Brighton win 11/4. I agree that I wouldn't go as far as to say we're "clear favourites" from a non-betting point of view. Whether that's because I have been watching us more closely than Mr Paddy Power has, or if it's just the natural pessimism of being a Toon fan I dunno. But I've never met a poor bookie.

Did a proper Ando "Awwwhhh JUST PURRIT IN THE NET!"!"

As we saw with the difference between the Villa and Spurs match, just because something wasn't working at the end of one game, doesn't mean that will continue at the start of the next, because unlike with Bruce we're not just going to "go again" and hope it's magically better, we have a manager and a coaching team who will have looked closely at what went wrong last time and will have been working hard behind the scenes for how to address it. That's not to say it'll work, but the fact you know it can is a cause for optimism. Won't know if I'm confident or not until we're like 10 minutes in.

Be fine man

YES POPEY

That was the first away match I'd been to in ages, specifically chosen cos I was sick of always going to away games and seeing us lose.

Mackem I know doesn't want to come up yet, not sure how prevalent that view is

This been posted yet? Supposedly Gooner was in the family area, pissed up and hoying bottles about, so not just as simple as finding a rival fan in the home end

Haha, he was a fantastic striker for the staff team apparently

He's asked me if I can make some honorary Geordie certificates for his Scottish mates who sit a bit along "I can get them laminated at the same place that do my anti king ones"

Haha, did he teach you French and/or German by any chance?

In the tower

My dad during the anthem, what a legend

Kevin Keegan

That hashtag man. Hope we tear them a #NewArs

My dad is taking his Not My King posters to the match to wave if they play the anthem. Pray for me

Haaland now has 51 goals in total and was asked about beating Dixie Dean’s all-time top-flight record of 63. “I don’t think of this,” he said. “I sleep tonight and then I think about three points against Leeds [on Saturday]. I will go home now and play some video games and then speak – I cannot say which games – it’s too embarrassing.” Which video games do we reckon Haaland is embarrassed about playing?

NUFC: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Willock, Joelinton, Murphy, Gordon, Isak. Subs: Dubravka, Dummett, Wilson, Ritchie, Lewis, Targett, Manquillo, Almiron, Anderson. Southampton: McCarthy, Walker-Peters, Lyanco, Ward-Prowse, Armstrong, Djenepo, Sulemana, Alcaraz, Bednarek, Bella-Kotchap, Lavia. Subs: Bazunu, Maitland-Niles, Caleta-Car, Armstrong, Adams, Mara, Elyounoussi, Dialklo, Walcott. Referee: Anthony Taylor (Greater Manchester) Attendance: 52,234 Final score: 3-1 41' Armstrong 54', 81' Wilson 79' Walcott (OG) Booked: Bednarek Ruben Selles (coach) Walker-Peters Armstrong Joelinton Lavia Sent off: Television coverage: None. Radio coverage: BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Newcastle. Online radio coverage in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_five_live/ Online radio coverage outside the UK: https://www.nufc.co.uk/liveaudio.html PLEASE DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DISCUSS, REQUEST OR PROVIDE LINKS TO ILLEGAL MATCH STREAMS. IF YOU DO, YOU WILL BE BANNED. .

Apparently it's automatic that when you refund your ticket, you return the loyalty points, so they'll manually add them back. Still funny.

"Gulls on the roof of South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (April 25) could be heard calling out as the bench watched CCTV of the “bizarre” incident, which happened in a back street of Gladstone Street, Sunderland." Trying to make out he was getting heckled by the family of the victim from the gallery

Took the loyalty points back off those who went to the Newcastle match due to the refund