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You're both probably right. It was just a poor hoppings/town moor joke with the swings and roundabouts.

Will the majority prefer the parade or will more people choose the town moor? Swings and roundabouts I suppose 😊

Live stream on iPlayer according to Carol Maglia on Look North just now.

I missed that too. Thought he looked like Peter Reid 😯

Heard Dawnie saying her dad played for our reserves in the 50s tonight on Look North after Carol Malia said her dad who passed 11 months ago was Newcastles biggest fan. This after a lengthy bulletin on the Toon lasses derby win. There'll have been a few tellies kicked in on Wearside tonight .

Some might argue "finally win a cup and I'm not able to go and enjoy this type of celebration". Just wanting any celebration to be the best it can be isn't being addicted to misery. Nor is it saying anyone is dissatisfied with the running of the club. There's just a strong feeling they've got this one wrong, but aye, in the grand scheme of things it's hardly a massive problem.

I just think it might be a struggle for the older generation for example to stand for ages.

Wouldn't go that far Hovagod. All some are saying is that they feel the club/council/police have got it wrong. It feels like the celebrations are being dampened to me. Some aren't even physically able to attend and therefore the event is open to some and not all.

Ha Ha, only read a few pages so far but hilarious 😂. There are one or 2 calmer exceptions. "Butchers Coat" was one. They're saying "for Geordies, by Geordies" but I heard the Look North weather lass, Jen Bartram saying she was a Sunderland fan and Anna Foster on radio Newcastle saying the staff is split 50/50. Meanwhile someone on RTG says why watch it yet is commenting on the content of the programme. Clowns 🤡 😂

I agree that the FA cup is the more prestigious but I wouldn't swap winning the league cup last Sunday for winning the FA cup 52 years ago.

I'd be sick of my life if It was the other way round like. We're just everywhere. Still the talk of local radio and tv. It's almost impossible for them to avoid the FACT that we've just won something, beating one of Europe's top sides, no, some of Europe's best sides when you throw in the likes of Arsenal. They're clinging to any crumb they can think of but the crumbs are meagre.

Well probably not but thousands weren't there. This should be an opportunity for grand parents to go with grand kids etc and get close...ish to the players and cup and be easy to access, i.e a bus parade. Rumours there might be one so here's hoping, because it's unreasonable to expect old folk and young kids to be stood in a cold and possibly wet field for hours on end. With a bus parade people along the majority of the route let the bus pass by then disperse, satisfied with having seen what most are interested in, the team and the cup.

You'll get the same people moaning that there are too many at the parade/celebration, when thousands who might have otherwise waited until the 29th might not bother because they've seen the cup this Sunday. In turn that will potentially reduce the crowd by thousands on the 29th.

Just reading the the fume on the chronicle site about the cup being at the women's game. Can't understand it. Just let as many people as possible enjoy it, whether it's Sunday or March 29th or whenever. If it helps boost the crowd then so what? The success of the club has earned the right to cash in however it can, be it extra on Sundays gate or selling "winners" merch at the club shop. It's merely another chance to see it.

Aye, a bus parade allows families, generations of people a chance to see that glorious trophy relatively close up. Surely at a town moor event the team and cup would be miles away from most of the crowd. I can remember my dad taking me to see us coming back from the 76 league cup final with nothing. Only a kid but remember it well and was grateful for him giving me that experience. Would be great for kids to be able to look back on seeing an actual cup. Hopefully they'll see plenty more of course.

Couldn't get the pic opened successfully but can remember beating them 1-0 on the opening day of that season. I'm sure Waddle went in goal but think Carr got injured and was unable to continue.

If I was a mackem I'd just want to hide for the next few months. Wonder how Wee Phillies cup winning party went at Cosy Joe's. Hope he was in there with a face like a smacked arse. Anybody would think I didn't like the bloke.

What was the name of that sports bar at Victoria someone mentioned on here. One or 2 on the train looking for somewhere to watch the game.

Reminds me of that Alan Partridge sketch when he nicked the traffic cone

We went on the Eurostar via Brussels. We were at work the day before and still had no tickets at that point. Some bullshitter came in and said it had been on our local news. Anyone without a ticket will be turned away. We thought we've paid to travel, still got to go. As the train pulled into Brussels it was met by a large group of police so we were nervous despite the umpteen beers we'd had. They merely handed us leaflets saying welcome to Belgium and a list of dos and don'ts. Will be hard to beat those few days.

Didn't expect to get a ticket for the 23 final but booked everything to go down anyway. Even paid to book in a pub to watch the game then unexpectedly was successful in the ballot. Also booked travel and hotel in Gent when we played Zulte Waragem (UEFA cup?) years ago. Ended up getting tickets for the home end off a Belgian, through this very forum IIRC. Been to some of the big ones, Barcelona, Juventus etc but that was without a doubt the best away trip i've ever done. The lad who got us tickets met us after the game and took us on the drink to a street called Ooverport street. What a night. Thurs night and it was like the toon on a Saturday night. Fantastic.

Proof once more that their only pleasure is any NUFC related setback. Hope we spoil his day out. Meanwhile I wonder if Wee Phillie will be leading the toon party in Cosy Joe's if we win it? Imagine that twats face. Would love to see it.

We can no longer be happy just to be there but I agree in that we are knocking on the door and one day we'll kick it in. This is a one off game. Underdogs sometimes win football matches. We'd be raking it in at the bookies if the outcome of games was that easy. It's probably bottom of Liverpool's priorities and cup finals are run of the mill for them where as surely our lot must be up for a cup final. Especially as they must have the memory of letting us and them down in 2023.

Some win that considering Sutton were a league club last season.

Unbelievable man. He relegated us twice. Changed the name of our home to the sports tat arena and turned us into a club that stopped competing. When we had signs of hope like we did at the end of the season Rafa went he ensured any hope was extinguished. It's one thing to sit it out and hope he fucks off but to be vitriolic to those wanting him out just blows my mind.