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Creepily there's a good chance he was formulating that as the clock struck midnight. Certainly within barely a ocuple minutes into the new year he'll have been at it, maybe even irritated by the fireworks putting him off his typing.

Their noble 'battle against sportswashing' wasn't exactly stirring fight them on the beaches stuff when a thread about whether they'd watch the 2022 world cup in Qatar emerged. More 'nothing I can do, so may as well indulge myself', think the wrestling and F1 threads concured. If i didn't know better I'd swear it was to do with who benefits from a particular 'sportswash' rather than 'sportswashing' itself. Very noble indeed you heroes.

Thing is if draws count then what's 00/01 1-1, 01/02 1-1 0-1 Newcastle, 02/03 2-0 Newcastle, 0-1 Newcastle, 05/06 3-2 Newcastle, 1-4 Newcastle 07/08 1-1, 2-0 Newcastle 9 in a row or also 6 in a row!? Difficult to tell since not a single Newcastle fan even kept track, whether too busy competing for the title or playing in the Champions League or just having bigger fish to fry. That's what hurts them most, to the point they cannot accept it. Used to be 'top dogs' until those little anomolies rectified themselves in a massive way.

Disgraceful that in unprecedented times and highest case rate of the pandemic so far, where they could easily have postponed all football again, that Southampton and Everton didn't get to benefit from playing a seveley weakened by injury and covid Newcastle XI just because nearly every other team has also had a match cancelled.

Keegan's golden rule and a good explanation as why his record in the transfer market was so ridiculously good and team spirit so high.

When I seen (Cristiano) Ronaldo's name mentioned, honestly thought someone was referring to Joelinton as Ronaldo-Ronaldo. True story. Cristiano Ronaldo + Joelinton = Ronaldo

Just watched the Stoke away game in 95, Barton and Ginola were 10 out of 10s but you had to invent a new number out of 10 to describe how good Beardsley was, such a shame.

My Dad/we got a card with a cartoon Ginola and Ferdinand on the front going through a giant Christmas pudding, the Premier League title jutting out and the card read "the proof is in the pudding" Liked it, shame it was cursed

Including Staveley, Howe, Srnicek, Dubravka, Given and every keeper we've had and now local hero the only thing he hasn't been curmudgeonly about is his defence of the mackems and Alex Ferguson.

Definitely think ourselves and City could be very useful allies in all of this, now there's two. They represent what were being restricted from being and are themselves held back. Can't help but think a judge would think this is bloody ridiculous. Mind football is the one business where there's even a chance any of this would work. Would sleep easy if a joint case was launched.

If the league was its own thing, independent and independently thinking - they should be delighted at the prospect of having another mega-club on their hands, could have an actual big6 now instead the seat filling Spurs. The mere fact they'd turn that down or resent it screams corruption from an organisation that will not take 39th games off the table they're that keen for more money, more eyes on the product.

For the league cup I'd like to see teams that are in Europe not play in it. Think that would suit everybody because they don't want to and everybody else would fancy their chances then. Not feeling like there's any chance of winning it until the CL teams are out takes the edge off it for me. Internationally let the smaller nations play each and have the winners qualify to be cannon-fodder in the qualifiers instead of having multiple joke matches in every group that cost leagues blank weeks. Currently watching a compilation of Euro96 qualifiers and its just so much better than now. Basically the way it was, was perfectly fine and the reason why football became so big and popular. But you know the only thing that will get cut is the leagues.

Just as Cambridge's would be against us. For a big game. Then normality kicks in and the atmosphere against Accrington and Fleetwood balances it out. Exceptions and rules. They always go with exceptions. Like taking 16k to Man City for a final day game proves their greatness as opposed to averaging just over that at home oever a season.

Said it was a chance for him to showcase himself. I used to dread our good players being linked to top clubs when we were s**t (Watson, Gazza, Clark etc.) But some of these would hawk them now for the big-time rub they think it will give them. Someone mentioned small-time

re the "high bar" Gallagher: "I think this week they've reverted back to where they were earlier in the season" - what a coincidence. In other words just making it up as they go and getting decisions wrong then?

Its the referee and having to witness our players that's the downer. If I just seen the score it'd be boringly predictable. *but lets keep it like this eh PL instead of a competitive game.

The worst part about that and Everton is that's there's a chance. This was a write off, always has been since our respective takeovers 15years ago.

On dot.com "Newcastle have been the better supported club no fewer than 76 times, which is 56 more than Sunderland's 20." That was from 2009. So now Newcastle 87 mackems 20. *and two of those were because they had a bigger, less full ground and we were at capacity. Some of those 120 years even predated 1992. Must mean 1892.

I wish they'd appointed John Hammond then we can use the DNA from crystalised blue-arse flies to clone Shearer, Woodgate, Rob Lee and Gazza. St Jurrasisc Park I'd call it

Freddie Fletcher said we broke the record, I presume either for shirts sales or money made from them, in 1993 - if so then we outsold everyone. Remember hearing that we were second only to Man United and third in the UK behind Man U and Rangers in the mid 90s commercially, sort of thing you'd see on the season video installments or in the official black and white magazine the club did, probably again from Fletcher, but no can't confirm where without researching. There used to be thousands queuing around the city to get the new shirts and they did big launches for them. Can't remember if it was asics or adidas but trucks carrying them got knicked too. Was an absolute clamour back then and the media often picked up on how many of our fans wore the shirts which must have stood out compared to others.

Snap. Remembering braying the rim of the exit ramps on the way out to "toon toon" Beambacks at the platinum club too cause of the demand for away tickets. Remember the Bolton game in 95 they ran out of beer, was a sweltering night.

He got a raw deal and a lot of pressure being seen as the Cole replacement when he wasn't that kind of forward and then having Beardsley, Ferdinand, Shearer and Tino to fight for a place against. He had a cleverness about him that you thought could plug in well to our style.

SJH over-reaching. Didn't sit too well at the time though I still trusted them. Think that regime was just so driven they had to always be doing something.

Think Kitson is the only one we didn't make money on that Keegan bought and sold. (Sellars, Guppy evens) Even most that were sold afterwards Ginola, Ferdinand, Batty, Gillespie, Tino were either evens or a profit.

Freddie Fletcher "the sales of shirts have just been phenomonal. We broke the £8million record Christmas week and that was for the two strips that were launched on the first of May, which is just phenomonal"