LionOfGosforth

They must live such full and fruitful lives in their Pennywell hovels

"Just heard Bruno got injured ? Was it bad ? Please tell me it was bad" "Nowt an AK47 to the temple won’t remedy" Classiest fans in the world marra.

The match thread from today is one of the best things i've ever read. Treat yourself man.

Think that just about defines akka like

Yep, he favored a 4-4-1-1 back then and played it regularly. EH has plenty of tactical tweaks up his sleeve and although it's not ideal, i'm sure he has planned for losing a key player at some point and the tactical shift it might bring

Imagine that pen being given against either Manchester team at home or Liverpool at Anfield. No chance.

Live table looks fucking amazing btw

The fewm on RTG will be a sight

Love to see Isak's goals per minutes on the pitch

So good just to have Isak back, let alone scoring

Thanks @Dokko

No fucking way

Not watching wtf happened? missed pel?

Good news keeps on coming. Fuck ffp we need to spend this window

It's lucky we're so defensively sound because the goals have really dried up

The one thing that could derail our season, injuries to key players with our squad being so thin quality-wise. Let's hope Bruno doesn't miss too much time

Yeah away games in the 80s were something else. Often times, it was a vibe or a feeling more than anything actually happening. Remember going to Blackpool in the league cup and me and a couple of friends got followed near the seafront and then confronted by some big lads. Thought we were gonna get our heads kicked in, turned out to be Toon lads was so relieved. That said, after game with Forest at City Ground in 86 or 87 last game of the season, there was a 30 each side scrap for a good 2-3 minutes on the pitch after the game. Different times

Can only comment on what I personally saw. We only played Leeds a couple of times in the cup that I recall in the 80s, missed the 89 game. Elland Road a different story. West Ham brought some tiny followings, rarely saw anything with them. Didn't see any bother with Liverpool at home but saw a fair bit at Anfield in April 85. Cunts with Stanleys. Aware of the Farmers Rest thing with Chelsea around 86. Man Utd certainly caused plenty of bother at a couple of home games and brought a fair following. Got hit with coins and a pie at Old Trafford in 87 when Mirandinha scored but i'd not count that

Talking about running battles with Spurs down Seven Sisters and utter mayhem outside before during and after that game. Running scraps with Man Utd in town at Easter. It was more a comment on the frequency of serious bother, I never saw all that much (probably attended 30ish games a season 83 onwards), never mind at every single home game. Not counting the posturing and yelling at opposing fans that certainly went on most games.

Started going to Toon games in the early 80s and honestly, can count on the fingers of one hand the amount of times I saw any serious disorder at a game, main one being Spurs in the cup in 87 and maybe at Liverpool in 85 and once in town against Man Utd around Easter 87. For it to be happening, even on a small scale, at basically every home game, I mean makes Sunderland look like the land that time forgot. Maybe it's a thing that's on the rise generally? I've read about a couple of incidents on Barrack Rd at recent Toon games with Chelsea in particular acting themselves.

Now there's an intelligent lad who clearly gets how to keep the fans onside

Hope Gakpo enjoyed his debut and being part of what Klopp described as "Brighton beating a bad team"

"We've chased Millwall a few times. They don't even travel up here" Read more fascinating Walter Mitty style tales here: https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/trouble-again.1598018/page-6

"Undercover coppers all over today outside the ground like". In their sad empty lives/heads, every home game is Millwall vs West Ham at Cold Blow Lane in 1985

Like clockwork the thick lying scruffs