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Ranger didn't break the lads jaw. Ah, my mistake. Sure the press had it as that originally? Should have got wireside on the case?

I don't think 95% on here have knocked someone unconscious and broke their jaw though. That said, pretty similar to what Carroll did to one of our own and we cheered him and sang songs about it

Sure it's been mentioned but whilst wireside is a proper fucking weirdo, our lot on rtg are pretty fucking embarassing at the minute. It's their forum, give them some abuse by all means but continuous average trolling? Bah, it's rubbish, thought our lot were a lot better than that

Sunderland haven't banned him from every pub in his home town, the landlords of the pubs and clubs in Stockton-on-Tees have banned him from visiting their establishments. thats what he said. I don't get it The OP doesn't say Sunderland banned him, he said Sunderland made Cattermole their club captain despite the fact he's banned from all the pubs in Stockton, and that says a lot about them (i.e. they are happy to have someone who is pretty widely acknowledged as a massive cunt as their club captain).

Threads and responses like this are the reason this is the only toon forum I bother with. Cheers lads

Around £350m in Europe from £1.4bn global total ex-UK. Worth £2bn in UK alone.

Likely option is Sky (or the Premier League itself) would buy all European rights then sub-license through Europe, but they would do this based on selectively choosing those countries where interest is high enough that they can drive a higher price and thus there's less risk of them then selling decoders, etc. back to the UK cheaply.

Yep, everyone relocated to Cock and Lion after Barley Mow landlord packed it in. Pretty sure it was the Barley Mow where Lee Clark was photoed in the SMB shirt. Watched us against Lillestrom there I think in the intertoto just after I moved to London, was a great little pub.

Cock and Lion on wigmore street for Sky / ESPN games, Famous 3 Kings off west kensington tube for all 3pm kick offs / non-sky televised. Worth phoning first but they have 90% of the games there (and actually have some kind of special licence to show these, or so they tell me - they certainly publicise showing them quite extensively)

Andy Carroll on loan for remainder of season.

Quotes from Bendtner today give the impression he's already looking beyond Sunderland next season. It's the problem Sunderland will always have, the place is a shithole and no one is going to stay there if they can get out. Even living in Newcastle they can't escape where they have to go and play and the halfbreeds that frequent the ground they play in.

And not in the position they look likely to play him.

Don't think this list is right, QPR have 6 games (5 of which at home) listed on their site (i know this as my QPR supporting mate emailed me to abuse me that they were now a bigger club as a result!)

Paddy Power refunding all losing bets if Barca win in 90 mins which is probably the best offer I've seen out there. The tips guy on F365 has been shite all season but has called 4-3 Blackpool Bolton, 3-3 Us v WBA in the last 2 weeks, so third time lucky he's going 4-2 Barca w/ Messi 1st scorer which is available on Paddy Power at 225-1. Cheeky £40 on it in the hope Barca will win in 90 so even when it doesn't come off it's no loss. If it does come off it'll be circa £10k payout and I'll be having a good night out.

Agreed. He's off to Liverpool instead. You can be such a prick at times. You impressively manage it on a constant basis. You don't like the owners, you think the club is going to spontaneously combust and all good will turn to evil. We get it. Now please, for the love of god, shhhhh. I've sat on the fringes of this forum for 5 years and only NE5 surpassed the tedious predictability of the rehashed shite you post on the football boards. You are a walking advert to ignore the entire United for Newcastle campaign which is a real shame.

Bryan Robson just been announced being treated for throat cancer.

Probably been mentioned but the rob lee equaliser at wembley against chelsea was pretty special. David Kelly against grimsby for two too, that was fucking ace...

That's a joke, right?

Impressive that a French lass was perusing the online Chronicle pages and caught this news before any of the other resident news junkies... Almost as if you're not quite who you say you are!

Even without those 3, a midfield of Jonas, Ireland, Guthrie, Ben Arfa wouldn't be a disaster. Obviously dependent on Ben Arfa and Ireland being fit, but with the first fixture any suspensions could occur in being 5th March, and for Nolan and Barton (providing no red cards) over a month away, there's every chance we'll have plenty of cover for everyone bar Tiote.

Agree with the woodgate praise. I remember being at the game where we beat Chelsea 2-1 through Ameobi and Shearer, when Woodgate got injured after Bellamy had been recently crocked, genuinely believe if those two had stayed fit that season we'd have had a very good crack at the title. Woodgate was insanely good, just too often injured.

Just got this from a colleague (Southend fan), thought it was quite nice: Hello Pete, Bit of a bizarre one this weekend..................... Set off 8am Sat morn to watch the mighty Shrimpers attempt to equal all time record of 5 away wins on the spin (no idea how we had managed to chalk up four so far ).......................away to Accrington Stanley ! 265 miles later arrived at Accy's ground at 2pm , to be told the game had been called off at 1.30pm due to a waterlogged pitch ! No prior mention of any possible problem .......the look of despair on my sons faces wasn't really what I had put all that effort in for . Grabbed the newspaper and scoured the fixtures for anything near enough to still get to , and at 2.15 pulled out the Accy car park headed for Blackburn. Just got there in time and at 3pm dead took our seats in the home stand , right alongside a sellout end of Toon supporters in full voice, and I mean in full voice ........ There are some crazy ones in that travelling army , which was a good few thousand strong. Enjoyed the match , albeit 0-0 , and both teams hit the woodwork early on ........ but felt very odd being shouted at by thousands of Geordies that my support was , shall we say , 'not good' , to be polite ! The support they gave Newcastle was fantastic and I was hoping for a black and white goal as I would have liked to have seen the celebrations !!

I raised this to my arsenal supporting friend today and in fairness, the actual context was he was asked by a journalist if he was worth the money he was on and the full quotes were as follows: “I would lie, though, if I said I didn’t enjoy the money I earn in football. I think we spend an incredible amount of time, energy and focus on our football career, because when we are not training or playing matches we still have to live for football. “It is always fair to ask whether the players are worth the incredible amounts of money we earn and ask whether we earn too much. “I believe we must be worth our salaries because that is how the mechanisms of the society works. As long as I work as hard as I can, I believe I am worth what is coming my way. “There is a price to pay as well for us players and, personally, I think I pay a big price with my body, my time and with never being able to have privacy when I am out and around other people. “Understand me correctly, I do not complain about that. It’s a natural part of being a professional footballer, but there is definitely a price to pay, when, for example, you can’t go out to eat in a restaurant with your girlfriend without having people chasing you.” Bendtner yesterday refused to talk about his love split and said: “I have never commented on rumours in the magazines regarding my private life. And I certainly don’t intend to do that now, either.” I certainly wouldn't be arguing if my salary got whacked up 20 fold overnight and wouldn't feel like a mercenary if I accepted 3 times what I am on to go and work somewhere else. It's only when there is an allegiance involved where things become clouded, for example I genuinely feel in Carroll's shoes I'd have stuck where I was, but for Bendtner, he appears to be a professional footballer doing it as a job, so fair play I suppose.

photo is the first penalty, caption claims it's the second... small, but hey ho i'm a pedant That's what I meant?

fwiw Referee365s take pretty much sums up my thoughts on the game: