TheBrownBottle

This does sound like it could be a line in Blaydon Races, mind

The lack of knowledge of the lyrics of 'Blaydon Races' is borderline sacrilege for me. And that pre-match version is utter shite. It should done live before every game - with a fucking muckle great big brass band. I don't want a busker singing over a tannoy with a dafty whacking a drum out of time. Just a brass section and the crowd does the rest. Makes sense to me at least. EDIT: said brass band should also help keep proper timing. The New Monkey 180bpm version preferred by many can also do one.

Genuinely made me laugh out loud this idea. And now I really, really want to see it happen. Completely small-time (beneath WF really), and the whole thing would be lost on anyone who doesn't have an NE / DH / SR postcode I reckon. But I reckon it would be the thing which finally tips some of the RTG lot into the nuthouse permanently.

Just seen the Wigan goal - hell of a lot of empty seats there mind

Wasn’t he one of the stars of Netflix’s best comedy shows too?

Bournemouth are making him look like a right wanker - though in fairness that’s a task he finds easy enough without their help, from his shopping in the ‘Back to School’ section of Bond Street to his irritating mixture of smugness and victimhood

Yep. He’s right that football is fucked financially - but his employers are one of the worst culprits of all. He’d impress me more if he had the bollocks to call out Liverpool’s ownership. This is just a whine because his team are playing shite at present.

There obviously is a ceiling, as the owners of Klopp’s club have been doing their level best to make football a closed shop for years. There is a massive problem with footballing economics at present, but this hypocritical cunt would do well to look at his own employers and their actions before voicing opinions on others. Or did he forget the various dodgy rules Liverpool have been a sponsor of in the PL, or their willingness to jump onboard with that Super League pish? Klopp and his ilk can get fucked frankly, they’re in no position to jump on a high horse.

Reminds me of Pardew saying that we couldn’t compete with Southampton. And Klopp’s comments are just as big a load of bollocks as Pardew’s were then.

It’s cult-like behaviour, desperately hanging onto the ‘insights’ of Grumpy Old Man (has that bloke ever actually been right about anything?) for a slight glimmer of hope. PIF has confirmed both its ambitions for NUFC and closed the door on Inter / any other major European club. They’re running out of (made-up) get-outs now. The desperation is tangible

Something from the Early Modern period? Darlington have a Quaker’s hat. Maybe two muskets and a Franklin stove at the top?

Yeah, I’ve always had a giggle at that one. Fucking Barcelona list it on their website, but apparently the Fairs Cup wasn’t really a proper competition. Mad cunts.

Yep, that’s because they are hippocampi, not little sea-horses that swim in the sea.

I still hate these bastards quarter of a century on from when we were rivals - would be nice to see these fixtures injected with some meaning again.

Classics one and all

I hope we say no tbh - nowt good usually comes from these sort of things (this doesn't count comedies such as Premier Pashuns and Sunlun Til I Die)

It has to be said, there are some crimes so terrible that the entire community has to answer for them. Richard Keys is one such crime.

I was at the OT one. Rob Lee hacked down by Solksjaer.

I’ve just realised it’s easily a decade and a half since I have looked at the cups and hoped that the good sides would get drawn against one another. It’s been so pointless worrying about it for so long. Fuck you Mike Ashley, you cunt.

The red comes from the city’s coat of arms, which of course is the basis for the club crest. The coat of arms is clearly a much, much better design and used to adorn our shirts - problem is, you can’t trademark and profit from it. Not sure why the red or blue would be an issue tbh.

His miserable interviews don’t help, it has to be said. It was nice of him to use one to dedicate the semi final win to Shepherd and Hall after they were caught acting like arseholes in a Spanish bordello

Assuming PL-era only: HATE Bruce Souness Kinnear Allardyce DISLIKE/DISGUST Carver McClaren Dalglish Gullit APATHY Shearer Roeder Pardew FONDNESS Hughton Benitez Howe Robson ADORE Keegan

Thought he came across well - he’s clearly vastly experienced at this sort of thing. I actually momentarily felt sorry for Penfold during it - an inadequate man pushed into a position far beyond his capabilities; Eales is what a proper CEO sounds like. Apologies if he’s reading this, but the lad who’d moved to Atlanta didn’t seem to understand that these types of discussions are just about raising a question for the man in the seat to answer

Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Everton, Chelsea, Leeds, Villa, the mackems, Sheff Wed, and plenty more significant English clubs have changed their club crest since we last did. I wouldn’t be clamouring for a change, but I’m not arsed if it does. The current crest is a lot younger than the average season ticket holder. The crest isn’t something which is linked to our history other than the recent past. This isn’t to argue against those who don’t want it to change - I’m just someone who doesn’t care either way.

Spurs were apparently looking at £25m/pa from Google. I’m willing to bet we’d be looking at c.£10-15m/pa