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I was 0/3 and now 2/2 and applied for all 5 with the bairn like.

Aye Burnley showing now but no mention of where the seats are although I know they'll be somewhere up in L7 in the family bit.

Nowt showing on my NUFC account but they've taken £46 out the bank Which I assume must be the price of an adult and child in the family section then. That's 2/2 after starting the season with 0/3. Hopefully 3 in a row with PSG!

Just had £46 debited from my account. Were we finding out about Burnley today?

I'm the same now. 1/3 with Man City being my first success. Also in for Burnley and will try for PSG as well.

Ah cheers mate that could well explain it. We're in LWC level 4.

Showed Milan what they missed out on there. Another immaculate display from our future captain.

23 mph.

Proper Captains display from him tonight. MOTM by a mile for me.

Thought he looked really uninterested tonight. Not sure if he's sulking a bit but he just didn't seem quite right to me.

Checked the tickets I've been allocated for Man City and they've given me seat number 80 and my 10 year old son seat number 72. I'm aware they don't allow U14s to go in without an adult anymore so seems a but strange for them to seat us apart.

I've just checked my bank account there and NUFC dave debited £30 which I'm assuming is the adult and child ticket I tried for! No tickets showing when I log into my NUFC account but its got to be that!

Assuming I've been knocked back for Man City again then to continue my 0% success rate so far. Just tried for Burnley there.

Looks like someone's been stabbed over there. Cowardly Italian trick going past them on their Vespas and getting them in the back.

Can't remember the last time I was so excited before a match! Today is going to drag.

I'll never stop taking the piss. My one regret when they dropped to League One and festered down there was that we had Ashkey and Bruce here so I couldn't revel in it like I should have been able to.

I'm from an era when piss taking of your nearest and dearest was a prominent part of supporting your team. That rivallry and tribalism was what made football more special than any other sport. A lot of the newer breed of supporter doesn't see it that way though and are more worried about how they might be viewed on social media.

A quick glimpse at twitter and RTG would suggest that they are indeed, absolutely fewming about the banner and Mr Curry's ears will be burning in Milan. They'll take dozens of FTM banners along to Plymouth, Rotherham and the like but we take a one over to Milan and all hell breaks loose. They're so touchy these days.

Ah shite that's going to send them into meltdown isn't it.

From what I can gather everyone who thought the atmosphere was class was in the Gallowgate and everyone who thought it was shite was in the Leazes! As I've said I'd rather not go than sit in the Leazes (not including the NE corner).

And there shows another flaw in the randomly allocated seats in the ballot. People who'd prefer to sit put in standing sections whilst no doubt people who would prefer to stand being put in seated areas. Been said before but the whole ticketing system isn't fit for propose, for home and away games. The amount of empty seats now on display at both SJP and on the road is ridiculous when there's so many supporters locked out!

I was unsuccessful in the ballet again but on Friday around 40/50 tickets popped up on sale in the Leazes End level 4 block W. My disdain for that area of the ground meant I came back off the site without buying as I'd rather watch on TV than sit there. Obviously the first time I'm successful in the ballot that's exactly where they'll put me but just got to take my chances. Also noticed because of Brentford only having less than half the usual away allocation it gave almost 2k home fans the chance to sample the safe standing area up there and it looked like around 75% of them decided to sit down

Thought he did better 2nd half. In fact that applies to the whole team. 1st half I thought he was pretty anonymous.

Absolutely disgusting officiating today.

For such an experienced ref Pawson looks so far out of his depth it's scary. Just as well it hasn't been a difficult match to referee.