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Heard Allardyce on SSN saying he was the victim of new owners coming in at Newcastle and Blackburn, and losing his job had nothing to do with results. He obviously thought we were doing ok when he was here, but it seemed like one of the worst halves to a season i've experienced, certainly. The performances v Derby and Wigan summed his reign up for me.

Excellent player for us and you will fail to find a single SAFC supporter who disagrees,no way back for him at the end though and always picked up a mysterious injury when Fulham were due to play at the SOL. Sunderland are s***. Ok I'll bite as that's what you want. If we are "s***",what on earth does this make Newcastle? I like this forum, but you are easily,beyond a question of doubt,the most deluded poster on here by a country mile and please keep on putting Sunderland down because it's just making you look even more stupid. Newcastle must be half decent, judging by the way your lot have celebrated scraping above us in the league. Sounds like it's been one hell of an achievement, that superior finish.

Meanwhile, umpteen FTM banners can be seen at most SAFC games.

One of his laziest ever displays yesterday. It annoys me that he's doing what most of us can only dream of, playing regularly in the Newcastle 1st team, and he just can't be bothered. I suppose he's a bit of a cult figure after all these years, but after performances like yesterday you could easily swap the 3rd letter in cult for another.

As usual, the mackems measure of success is how they finish in relation to NUFC. To us, the higher league placing would have been a nice bonus, to them, it's the be all and end all. I think we've over achieved while SAFC have under achieved. It seems s'land fans can't see that. By the way, did i see brucey mouthing the words "the b*****ds", as he punched the air towards the end of yesterdays game? Who could he have meant? They finished highest in the league, we had the better of the derby games. Honours even i think.

Aye, and the Mackems will take credit for taking their full allocation no doubt.

Catergory C games are versus the small, insignificant sides such as the Mackems. No, seriously, i'm guessing it's agianst the likes of WBA, Fulham, Bolton, Brum, Wigan etc. The last 2 may not be there next season of course, but if Reading go up, that'll probably be another.

That's my two nieces. They were chuffed to bits when they saw it. Nolan was saying to their brother, "You should always look after your sisters". He seems a canny bloke really.

Aye. Went to SJP and there was a canny turn out from the players. Nolan, Harper, Barton, Colo, Ben Arfa, Tiote, Harps, Raylor, Gosling (serving behind the till), Smith. Nolan,Harper and Colo were particularly sociable and enthusiastic. Smith and Ben Arfa looked particularly bored. Almost had to wake Ben Arfa up when it was the bairns turn for an autograph. Smith i'm not too concerned about, and i'll certainly forgive HBA if he can get back to reproducing displays of the goodison park standard of last season. Gosling sounded like he was raring to go when i asked if he'd be ok for pre-season. All in all, pleased we went.

I think it's more about the cost of the 2 squads rather than players currently available.

Aye, but season ticket holders/members won't get a GOLD crest from sports direct. £15 to claim superfan status is a lot of money.

A draw won't be enough if SAFC win. As long as the mackems don't win we'll finish above them and that would be an added bonus to a good season. Owt could happen on Sunday though, so i'm remaining cautious about who'll finish highest. The main aim of the season, survival, has already beeen achieved so let's be thankful for that.

Me and a mate were possibly on that coach too. Was a "Magpie travel" coach we were on. I think it was somewhere near Old Street station, possibly Shoreditch? Managed to get a taxi with a few more Geordies and as you say, got in for nowt at half time, just in time to see Millwall complete the 4-0 rout. Got our coach fare back from the club too. Disastrous day, but a bit of an adventure, which ultimately cost us very little.

That Walsh own goal. When it went in i should have been terrified, given that what looked like half of the population of Leicester was running towards us, but the elation and relief of that goal overcame all that. One of my biggest adrenaline rushes ever, that's for sure.

There are plenty more tits in that picture.

Winning at Filbert Street, Leicester in 92 to avoid dropping into old 3rd div. Oh the sheer relief. Away to Zulte Waragem in belgium a few years back. Had everything booked but no ticket. Decided to go anyway. Day before leaving, rumours circulated that anyone without a ticket would be turned back on arrival. As we arrived in Brussels, a line of police faced us and we thought our trip could be over. Next thing, they simply handed us a bit of paper that said welcome to Belgium. It had loads of info on it. We got tickets, had 2 days on the drink in a loveley city. Couldn't have turned out better. We even won.

1-0 loss at Boro recently was pretty bad. Game was re-arranged for being originally postponed for non-existant snow. Horrible people and place, bad result, mate got a slap as we made our way back to the coaches. Won't rush back there. Hopefully never play them again. Tasting my 1st away defeat to the mackems the other year has to be up there i suppose, but it had to happen one year. They waited 28 years or so. From a travelling point of view, i remember going to a league cup tie at Plough lane, Wimbledon in the 80's. The coach got stuck in traffic after an accident. We turned up for the last 20 mins with the score 1-1, then they snatched it with a last minute goal, leaving us with nothing but the massive coach journey home to look forward to.

Blackburn v Man City last night, sounded like City fans were singing "Who put the ball in the Munichs net?" Personally hate Man U, but a bit disrespectful that. Regretably i have to admit to joining in with "Who's that lying on the runway" in years gone by. A combination of youth and drink unfortunately.

Good goal from lovenkrands and we looked deceivingly comfortable at that point. Very lucky to come away with a point in the end. Had to go in their end due to us being a ticket short. Didn't feel too uncomfortable. Luckily, after a few pints i was heading downstairs to the bogs when they scored, so i escaped their celebrations. Once at the bog, a Bpool fan stood along from me saying "Get in! Scummy Newcastle b*****ds! We're back in it now, 3 points, come on!" Just couldn't react without blowing my cover. You could tell they've been playing badly by the audible gasps of tension on the rare occasion we went into their half of the pitch.

Some of the prices this season have put me off already. Villa(£41) and Chelsea(£50) meant i didn't even consider going. They can stick it at those prices. Having said that, i've paid £42 for Liverpool, but only because everything else-travel,hotel etc-was booked beforehand. Love the game, but it's only worth so much to watch 90ish minutes of football.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=184587218253710&id=183670551678710 safc Eastons favourite bit was the "lets all laugh at Newcastle" posters. How original. He obviously wasn't around when we took similiar posters to the SOL in the season they went down with the least points ever.

We may be ok now considering the number of teams who'd need to overhaul us, but surely we can get at least 3 poiints from games v B'pool, Brum and W Brom, even if it's by drawing each one.

One thing this weekend has proved is that the theory that Newcastle fans are not bothered about finishing above Sunderland is now blew out of the water,the sheer euphoria on this thread and the "other games thread" has been stunning. One poster by the name of Jonny Hall even described it as "the best weekend ever",let's hope Newcastle do finish above Sunderland to save some serious red faces on this messageboard come May. Wearside, Sunderland faces should be red at the fact that we have even a sniff of a chance at finishing above you. Even now you should still finish above NUFC, but given the ambitions of both clubs at the start of this season, it shouldn't even be in doubt.

What is it specifically that you don't like? Too many reasons to list, mainly revolving around him playing for Man U. Great player, but IMO that kung fu kick was simply unforgivable and indefensible.

Good spot. Durhamunigeordie, you ARE the Martin Lewis of N-O. He's the money saving expert on breakfast tele by the way.