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I was in the Leazes that day too. Has anyone ever found footage of that Gazza goal? I'm sick of telling every f***er it's the best I've ever seen without evidence to back it up. Beating Chelsea qualified us for the Mercantile Credit Classic tournament at Wembley, otherwise known as the meeting of the mobs...

Had a better record than Hughton last season. Fact. So did Tony Adams, Sammy Lee and everyone else who's managed in the Premiership. He had a worse record than one of our worst managers ever . And yet Hughton, having cleared out the shite who did most to get us relegated, is now doing pretty well. There's nothing to suggest Shearer wouldn't be doing the same, or better.

Had a better record than Hughton last season. Fact.

Bellamy a better servant for Newcastle than Given? Now I've heard everything. Anyone fancy pushing a pregnant lass down a flight of stairs or throwing a chair at the assistant manager?

I'll just wait to see if the Given haters have the courage to jeer him amid the appreciative reception he'll receive from the vast majority of fans whenever he returns to SJP. But I won't hold my breath...

Sly muttering? As I recall, Shay regularly spoke his mind in public while he was up here - and was widely thanked for it. Damned if you do etc.... but don't let me interrupt your sorry vendetta.

Do you boys not actually get to see many NUFC games? Butt has done it before - several times.

That is f**kin' spooky. The exhaust fell off my car on the way to Barnsley in 1990/91. I missed a 1-1 draw - my mate was in casualty with burns after trying to pick the pipe up off the hard shoulder...

Christ, you people are sad...

He's finished. The standard of the Greek league is very poor and he couldn't hack it there, or in the MLS with Toronto. Let's move on.

A bit optimistic, considering the abject opposition we've faced in the Championship?

I've still got the NUFC/Brazil hat from when Mirandinha signed. Happy days...

loser Fucktard Have you visited skunkers.net? They would LOVE you over there...

Anyone remember lads starting fires to keep warm (or cos they were pyromaniacs) on the Gallowgate? I'm sure I do - even when the ground was quite full, like for the 5-0 v Man City in '83 (Beardsley's first display of irrefutable genius)

Keane blatantly still bears a grudge against Given for siding with Mick McCarthy in 2002. Funny how he managed to bury the hatchet with Niall Quinn for a boatload of cash at Sunderland.

Like Given, Beardsley left because he wanted to. He was offered better money and went to a club he thought was better than Newcastle. Thats what professional footballers tend to do. Ironically the player who really did not want to leave but was to some extent pushed out was Chris Waddle, and yet he seemed to face more animosity after his departure being called Judas etc. Yet Beardo was never vilified (not widely, anyway) and was welcomed back as the prodigal son. I don't have a problem with that, but I'm losing hope that Given would be offered the same courtesy.

Aye, I'll accept that outweighs the evidence of nigh on 500 games.

Never mind the 12 years' service, eh? Can the Given haters - or the few who are old enough - tell me if they feel the same way towards Peter Beardsley (who left us right in the s**te when he went to Liverpool)?

Whatever happened to Drunk 'n' Disorderly, Hark now Hear etc? Even the Blaydon Races is a rarity these days. Don't agree that we don't have decent songs in the locker though. Shola Ameobi and Any O'Brien spring to mind.

Last night's first half was as bad as I've ever seen him (I've stuck up for him in the past). Horrendous. Improved in the second half, but then so did the team - massively. Have to say it's inviting teams on to us away from home - and inviting trouble - playing him and Smith together. Guthrie's no great shakes, but at least he has the energy to get from box to box if Smith simply sits in.

Respect where it's due - the lad was magnificent tonight.

Do you not read the Sunday Sun? Farrington crucifies Ashley every week.

Shola should have caved the charva c***s face in Very constructive. Are you looking forward to half-term?

Strange how the Mail remember Guivarc'h but managed to leave the legendary Bobby Mitchell out of their list of top 50 British wingers the other day (behind the likes of Stewart Ripley!)