Groundhog63

Couldn't possibly graft his way into the World Cup, surely? I'm struggling to come up with another left back without googling and we're, currently, playing a right back there.

By breaking sanctions, yeah, and coining it in. There's no doubt the sports and arts boycott of S'africa played its part but it was the political/ economic pressure that was the main international driver. None of that would have mattered one jot without the sacrifices and effort of the indigenous population and their supporters. If anything sports people should be grilled for having anything to do with murderous apartheid Israel if RKSA is the benchmark. As the Kid said previously the globalisation of everything we use means it would be very difficult to live a pure guilt-free existence. Christians for eg, or socialists for that matter, can't be expected to live in cardboard boxes feeding of weeds they've self cultivated whilst anything they "earn" has to go to charity. Not everyone has to be Jesus. We all know SA is an unsavory regime. So is China. Russia now. SA is but UAE not so much, not Qatar. India, Brazil, Hungary, The former Russian 'stans, Israel, The Taliban now but not in the 80s when they were our pals, seemingly. Thing is we, and more importantly the US deal with these countries. Always have always will. One minute they're pals, next minute they're enemies. Largely depends on how compliant they are to the US' needs. Absolutely Yemenis are getting bombed with our missiles fired from our planes bought by SA. The weapons industry brings in lots of money and lots of "jobs", innit Christ I remember watching our boys in San Carlos Bay getting pulverised by Argentinians firing French missiles with some parts in them made in Britain ffs. Anyway much like "woke" "snowflake" "whataboutary" & "cancel culture" "sportswashing" doesn't exsist. If it did the whole world and their dog wouldn't be debating exactly how bad a country they are, surely? Morning. Up The Toon

Anyone else doing TOONdle? Tough going ?

Given was special. Mad he left to sit on Man City's bench. Had a look at this, prompted by your post.... https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/newcastle-united/torhueterchronik/verein/762 Obvs McFaul was my no1/no1 but, over the years him, Budgie, Shaka, Pav, Timmieeeee and Shay and Enrique ? Special mention to Kevin Carr, ACAB

He scored a raker anarl

Mathie's goal is in my top10

Supermac. Moved to Berwick in 73 (from Bensham) and didn't get to see them live until 1976. Teacher, and Burnley scout, Mr. Wilf Renton took a load of us kids down to the Man City game. We won 2-1 and McDonald scored. We were in the paddock as it happens. Tremendous experience. Gutted when we sold him. Also loved Nattress, McFaul and Hibbert. Tbf when I read kids slagging off our players and think back to my youth and doing my "fantasy 11" it makes me laugh. I could hardly bring myself to drop any of them. As for other teams players, I liked Geoff McNulty, Leighton James, Willie Pettigrew (fucking Sportscene was all we got). Over the years I always liked Brooking, Currie, Latchford, Worthington then really admired Steve Bull.

Or crusty spunk from viewing his screenshot collection of "Rate My Plate"

Iconic moment and a rare fill-up during the Ashley abyss. Definitely needs a homecoming visit on a matchday. Hopefully wearing a "Fuck Ashley" T-shirt

Barney?

This

The only data Wood haters need to take note of is where we were in the league in December and where we ended up.

He hasn't been a failure tho. Similar to a few other members of the squad labelled as shite, by the Gameboy boys, he was part of a team that turned its form on its head. Best dressing room most of them appear to have been in. It worked. The whole pie.

Albert

Especially if you know your algebra whereby, if that works and is constant having a primary without variables using the hyposis that an equation is the equality of two expressions then if.... Gerrard - Rafe = Longstaff. then Longstaff + Rafa = Gerrard Maybees that's why Man U wanted him for £50 big ones

Tbf that sounds like Albert. Conan was bald.

Some canny Youtube vids featuring old geezers living off grid. Jock one's the best. I've mentioned before I'm a retired Fm and we used to get turned out all the time in the middle of the night because a local homeless bloke used to start fires to keep warm. Albert was his name. Mad as a box of frogs but hard as nails with it. Was kipping in a derelict building down the quayside for a while and fucking doo-gooders would ring in when they saw smoke billowing out the windows. He had some canny braziers on the go like Last time I saw him he'd been persuaded to go into a halfway house/shelter on Scrogg Rd. Didn't recognise him, sober, shaven and cleaned up. Him not me. He was a menace but ok with us. I remember another one. Huge, huge fella. Used to push a shopping trolley, shirtless, around town filling it up with empty cans he collected. Conan The Barbarian, we nicknamed him. Best of all was this other tramp. Big scruffy fat cunt who used to beg for food outside the pizza place opposite the station and keep kebabs he's chored in his pockets. Became manager at Newcastle United, they say ;_)

Murphy and Fraser 2v1 against Arsenal? THAT direct?

When I did my cruciates (both knees, separate times) I did loads of physio at the Freeman. They put tape on my knee AND hamstrings. I'm fit as a fucking lop still ????

Us offering to buy him then dropping out due to a pulled hammy is less cuntish than buying him, flying him over at night with a blind pilot, crashing to their deaths THEN refusing to cough up, yeah?

That's what I said

It's Man Shitty's owners that are into the horses, no? Sure Maktoum owns Godolfin etc etc. Just had a multi million squid beef with his ex iirc.

He doesn't seem the type to have ever been in one tbf

Just watched his vid. "....best dressing room I've ever been in...."