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Can't help think of how i might feel at the end of the game, in agony or ecstatic? Important not to lose, but a win would ease so much pressure. Every single point could prove crucial in the end. Prediction:1-1

Aye, the "perilously close to the relegation zone" bit was annoying. Fact of the matter is that taking into account the favourable fixtures in the 1st half of the season, we should have had enough points in the bag to not even be thinking of being in danger.

I agree with the sentiment of heza09s' post. This season has been unbelievably depressing and frustrating, but booing and the likes doesn't help anybody. I know you can only take so much and frustration boils over, but try and stay behind the team. Sometimes easier said than done i know.

Particularly funny to see the smogs humiliated. Both team and fans were a disgrace to their club. Poor performance on the field and off it. Crowd booing throughout. Oh how i hate them and their "cheer up Kevin Keegan" s**t. Back on topic however, it's refreshing to see some under-dogs in the semis/final. Beyond the wildest dreams of most of their fans no doubt.

Once missed the Toon Travel bus and had to spend the night in Newark. We were on our way home from West Ham and stopped off for a drink. Got split up from the others and had drunkenly lost my bearings. It was mid January and fkn freezing. I just wanted my bed and was so desperate that i would have paid whatever to taxi it home. Taxi driver disuaded me and suggested staying in the local travelodge and returning the following day. I took his advice but it still cost me £90 for accomodation/train.

Aye, don't you just hate those c**ts. Bernie Slaven harping on every night, on the "legends" phone-in about us going down. He want's to have another look at the table because if we're in the relegation battle, they certainly are. 3 of their next 4 games are v Villa, Arsenal and Chelsea away. Hope to god they go down.

Keegan's inherited a poor squad. He's only had 5 premiership games, 3 of which were against top opposition in Man u, Arsenal and Villa. Granted he had the transfer window without buying. If there's no decent players available, there's no point in buying for the sake of it. Home games v Reading, Fulham, mackems are the key to staying up. Let's hope we do and see if he can re-build in the summer. I'm sure he'll have a damned good try at signing one or two decent players.

I go to the occasional St Mirren game, when the Toon haven't got a game of course. Stayed at a friends' aunties house in that area, back in the eighties. I was up there for about 3 weeks, so took in a few games on all the local grounds. Went to Celtic, Rangers, Hearts, Morton even. Didn't like the old firm because of all the glory-hunters they get. St Mirren had a canny team at the time. I remember Frank Mcavennie was playing for them, and they used to scrape into the uefa cup now and again. They always gave the "big" clubs a good game. Playing in black and white stripes helped i suppose.

Get your kid to stand on the chair. I've been going to away games since i was 6, and was small for my age most of the time, but never had a problem standing on my chair. Sometimes i couldn't see perfectly but pretty well, and always liked standing. She does stand on a chair. Unfortunately she's been asked to get down by stewards not brave enough to challenge anyone else. At Blackburn for example. Why should she stand on a chair? She wants to sit in it. Oh, and because she's female, she's probably got even less right to see an away game i suppose.

Guess the Barnsley fans aren't the only happy people eh?

Away games are all about going for a fun drink, song and dance. Standing up is part of matchday tradition, and more of the 'working class' attend away games, as well as young'uns. If you go to an away game and don't want to stand just don't go, only morons sit at away games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What you're saying heza09 is that if you're elderly,infirm,disabled or a child you've no right to watch the Toon away because the "real" fans stand throughout the game, making it impossible for you to see. Those older ones in particular were watching the Toon long before you. They're not morons, but people who should have the right to follow the team they've loved for years. I don't mind standing. I'm tall enough and able bodied. I like the fun,drink,singing as much as anyone. Just occasionally i'll take the bairn to an away game and it would be nice to have a view of the match. As i've previously pointed out, if kids can't go Today then who'll be the fans of the future? I'm all for safe standing, but until it happens, try and respect the people who physically can't/don't want to stand at a match they've paid a fortune to see.

Safe standing would get over the problem of the elderly and infirm, I'm not sure it's such a problem for kids, I had no problem in the Gallowgate and Leazes when they were all standing, having said that, the Gallowgate floodlights came in handy. Agreed. I would love safe standing areas. If you're unable to/don't want to stand, you choose a seat, safe in the knowledge that you'll see the game without anyone standing in font of you. Alternatively you can stand with people who choose to do likewise. Kids managed to see games years ago by sitting on barriers etc. Done it myself. I'd rather my young'un could watch it from a seat though. Hope the march gets some good publicity. The sooner you can choose wether to sit/stand the better IMO. Good luck with it.

I'm all for safe standing areas and being able to choose wether to sit/stand. Unfortunately not everyone is able to stand for 90 minutes. What about the elderly or infirm? Kids can't see 'cause there's a huge bloke in front of them. Before someone suggests not taking the kids, who's going to follow the team in the future if they don't go? Away games are virtually no-go areas for the elderly/infirm/kids because of people standing. Why do we do it at away games? It's not big and not clever. As i say, i'm all for having a choice, but at away games you don't have that choice at present. You either stand or don't see the game. Though i won't be joining the march, i support what it's trying to achieve. I just don't back the standing throughout the man u game suggestion.

The lad in the lane ? or is that the one for west brom? Definately stopped there with Toon travel before. Not sure if that's the one your thinking of though. A big white place if i remember rightly. Normally well served by that point, so that may not be accurate.

Sorry mate. I disagree. If Arsenal were his local team, and he isn't some glory hunter from afar, then this was a game at as close a league ground as he could get. Some Toon fans stumble off a coach at stupid o'clock, after travelling back from London games and go straight to work. While he had a bad night on Tuesday, i bet he's enjoyed better results than NUFC fans have on their travels. My heart bleeds for him.

I think Ellie Crissell,(not sure about the surname spelling), who sometimes does it, used to be on the Tyne Tees news. Good looking, and a Toon fan. What more can you ask for?

Whatever they think of us, we're obviously helping them shift a good few papers. As people have pointed out, we seem very news-worthy for supposedly not being a big club. I bet if they're wrong and we start getting to finals, they'll be printing souvenir pullouts with NUFC plastered all over them. Hypocrites. Fk them all. Hope they get to eat a large slice of humble pie. As that Millwall song goes, "No one likes us, we don't care".

So many great memories. I'll always remember bumping into someone brandishing a chronicle, full of the news we'd signed him as a player. I think there was a picture of him coming down the steps of a plane and the steps had "Newcastle" painted on the side. That made me believe that it just might be true. We'd been rubbish for years and it was all about to change. Suddenly MY club was thrust into national news. This was one of the most successful players the country has ever seen, signing for US. Just seemed too good to be true.

excellent post. Very clever. Most of your friends and family approve of her too.

He failed at a number of jobs, based on effectively cracking and walking away. Its just the way things are. Plenty of people would argue against that, and state other reasons for his departures. If nowt else, least he has the decency to resign, rather than hanging on for a pay-off. So now he's some kind of brave soldier for walking away, as opposed to a man who couldn't take the pressure and did one?? Once could be discussed. Twice would be very unfortunate.........more than that? You seriously think every departure can be dismissed on its own merits, ignoring the pattern? Keegan did not fail here last time. I'm sure the bright successful managers like Hughes and Moyes would love that level of failure So define his success, here and elsewhere. Define his success. Well, when he became manager of the Toon 1st time around, we were nose diving towards the old 3rd division. He won us promotion in his 1st full season, got us into europe the following. Don't think we finished outside the top 6 throughout his reign. Don't think we'd be in the premier league now if he hadn't of came in. We certainly wouldn't have been an established premier league side.

They've had their night out with the big boys, now let them enjoy their trips to Scunthorpe, barnsley and the likes. SCUM.

They were only showing a bit of passion, which is more than some fans this season have. They know who they fancy as manager and tried to show their opinion in the hope that the powers that be took notice.

excusable, because i should imagine they were too embarassed/ashamed and rightly so.

That was Allardyce's team and I don't believe the result would've been any different if he'd been still in charge. Agree with the 2nd point. The result only puts Ashley/Mort under more pressure to get the best man they can for the job. I'm sure whoever takes over will do better, simply by playing players in their right position for starters.

Got to back whoever gets the job. Can't help feeling i'm waiting for the announcement of an underwhelming appointment though.