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Armstrong scored a total of 4 PL goals in his two PL seasons with Southampton

I thought he'd been injured most of the season.

I also associated it primarily with that tournament at the Riverside. And David Batty. Cos I got Batty on the back of mine then he left. Yellow numbers.

Sissoko wasn't in the WC winning squad.

Last Newcastle player to score at a world cup? (Actually no, Mitro did, but between his Fulham loan and signing for Fulham. So in spirit, yes I'd say)

Yeah that's not how I remember it at all. Think this impression has only come recently from the way he's tenuously associated himself much more with Liverpool than us. At the time I remember him as popular til he left, when he correctly had a pop at the ambitions of the club under Ashley.

They did this thing in the A league this weekend where the whole round of games was played in Sydney. I went to Brisbane Roar v Newcastle in the Allianz stadium (new ground where Sydney FC play, hosted England Denmark in the women’s World Cup). 3-2 to Brisbane with s dodgy handball VAR pen right at the end. Ground holds 42k and there was prob a couple of k there… but Brisbane had a rowdy bunch of ‘ultras’

I think it does. Couldn’t see a totally straight answer when I tried to find out, but from what I understood. (Assuming top teams win the cups)

Fifteen years Fuckin Russia owned Ipswich could be winning the league by then for all I know

West Ham are sixth and 5 points ahead. We’ve already played top 2 home and away. I don’t think it’s beyond us.

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What a gutter man

People proper freak out in here when we’re losing. Genuinely thought I was on a big delay and hadn’t caught up with the disaster yet. Aye we had a wobble for a bit but howay. Think I’ll keep out fear they have too much quality for us to hang on but what a fun half

What a fucking ball

I was in the second row right behind the goal when Dabizas scored, 12 years old. It was my first time seeing us beat them at the sixth attempt (3rd away, including blowing the 2 goal lead two years previously). I've rarely want something more or been more ecstatic.

I'd only handle Bruno going if he got his dream move to Real Madrid or Barca. I'd be heartbroken seeing him against us for Man City or whoever. It's not just his quality, like Novocastrian says he's the embodiment of post-Ashley - his big lovely smile and our new hope go hand in hand.

I think this point a few people have made us fair enough, but that would mean she should represent ‘new’ fans. New fans and international ones are not one and the same, though obviously there’s overlap. Of course it’s difficult to put an arbitrary time limit on how long someone ‘should’ have supported the club. But surely we can all see two years is not nearly enough to have had any kind of representative experience or even know they’re still going to be a fan by the end of their 3 year term. Unless it was a position to represent U10 fans or something.

Criticising your owners was mag behaviour in the Ashley days too - proper fans gratefully accept their club dropping down two divisions. They're in a right bind.

I'm not *that* arsed, and like someone said, I expect they're toothless anyway, but having a fully grown fan on who's been a fan for TWO YEARS (coinciding with the takeover) is canny shit and a bit mad.

I've always sung 'we'. (while feeling a bit silly singing the fight bit )

I don't recall any particularly long delays in previous years. Think there were typically 40-50 buses in 2000s and ran smoothly AFAIK. Maybe it was the bigger scale. For me it helped the game feel like much more of an event, unique experience, never heard of anything like it in sport of thousands travelling together from one city to another.

I did the bus convoys for all the derbies I've been to (all from 99/00 to 10/11, plus 12/13) and I always fucking loved it. The convoy is such a site, never seen anything like it, all arriving in sunderland together getting abused. It's class. Don't know about it being forced like, but I'd always choose it.

I was going to say Birmingham-Villa looks like a particularly hairy one, but I don't agree about the same city thing, I'd think that's a ferocity *despite* it being same city. Except when it's about something more, like Rangers-Celtic, my impression is being in the same city dampens things. Outside of football you represent the same city, mix much more, share a city pride. For us our city pride and football rivalry are tied up. My mam couldn't give a fuck about football but wants us to win the derby, cos it's her city. Mackems were 'that lot' down the road I was always hearing about growing up, but I never had any mackem mates do dispel the myths and soften things.

Was thinking the same, he’d have lived for winding them up with a goal. Would prob have run to them even if he scored at our end.

Same, I don’t recall ever being aware of that fact.