The Bard of Byker

Speaking of which, it looks like Ladbrokes have been modelling one of their 'lads' on one of our former players: http://ladbrokeslife.com/assets/images/characters/282e37ad.gutstarter.png

This is the Ladbrokes Life.

Aye, that's him. Rolan Noux.

Who was that forward we 'tried' to sign a few years ago? French lad, similar name, possibly blond hair?

Every football hipster I've ever known has been either a terrible footballer, generally crap at sport/exercise or desperate for attention... so they spend their time watching grainy streams of Lokomotiv Mezra in the Bulgarian third division whilst scribbling notes about how Boris the fullback doesn't track the wing-deployed right central inside shuttler through the transitional phase decoy in the 2nd third build play. Mezdra. Decent side. Georgi Barbov is one of the best drop top bingo hustlers in the Bulgarian second division.

I've always had Ben Tozer down as a mid-range pony handler.

Pardew be mediocre at Palace for a while, get the England job, then absolutely tank.

Cathy come home.

Out in the third round to Rotherham. Nailed on.

Yes mate. In 1999.

'I was at Villa Park one year and someone pissed in me pocket... I was furious'.

I quite fancy a sausage roll.

Mr Bean etc.

He he!

Remember on The Day Today/Brasseye when a prison currency called a 'Gas Coin' was mentioned?

A shag's a shag.

What a galloping load of cobblers. Still can't believe Swansea are in the Premier League.

Didn't she lose on appeal? No the PL used a loop hole about their logo and the music being copyright. If pub shows the logo or plays the music before kick off or at half time then they are technically in breach of breaking PL copyright. Still legal to show the match using a foreign tv channel if it doesn't show their logo or the music. I was at Wardley a few month ago (don't ask ) and they were showing a game and seem to have some software running (or particular stream) that blocked all the logos etc. You missed out on some of the replays but other than that it worked a treat. I'm sure I remember a pub in Newcastle that had bits of black gaffer tape strategically positioned on the screen. Only when the match came on did the purpose of the tape reveal itself!

It'll be back up there later, with a tiny SPORTSDIRECT.COM on it.

Posted the link yesterday Can't see it, mate.

Looks like the Adidas connection is right: https://twitter.com/themagpiebrand (See most recent pic)

I had a dream last night that we escaped relegation. We were playing Stockport or someone instead of WHU, though. We were 0-1 down at HT, and Hull were 1-0 up. Carver was running around the Gallowgate concourse at HT shouting 'It's gonna be horrible, get ready for what's about to happen!' When I woke up, we were winning 4-2, and the Hull game was 1-1. I assume the scores stayed that way. Let's all hope this is exactly what happens on Sunday.

"I have a dream... of magic and champagne"

Hed Necwattle bene regeluted yot?