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Also none of the players he mentions are actually Geordies (in my eyes)

Bryan Robson is from Durham, Bruce and Bobby Charlton are both manc plastic geordies and are clearly disgusted they are from Newcastle/Northumberland.

 

 

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As good as SAF, I think he’s naive if he thinks he could have solved Gazza’s mental problems, the worst of them started after his playing career

 

 

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25 minutes ago, Rafalove said:

As good as SAF, I think he’s naive if he thinks he could have solved Gazza’s mental problems, the worst of them started after his playing career

From a young age Gazza blamed himself for the death of two of his childhood friends. His problems run way deeper that getting caught up in the bright lights of the city.

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5 hours ago, ToonArmy1892 said:

Also none of the players he mentions are actually Geordies (in my eyes)

Bryan Robson is from Durham, Bruce and Bobby Charlton are both manc plastic geordies and are clearly disgusted they are from Newcastle/Northumberland.

Sir Bobby wasn’t a Geordie then?

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11 minutes ago, Rafalove said:

In Sir Bobby’s generation I think Geordie was more of a term for people from the north east rather than Tyneside specifically so perhaps he can still be called a Geordie.

Dunno like, i'd class people from Gateshead as Geordies as it's right on the river, any further south i wouldn't.

I may be biased though as my Dad was born in Gateshead and brought up in Hebburn.

Some will say only north of the tyne.

Not that any of it particularly matters anyway.

 

 

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33 minutes ago, ToonArmy1892 said:

Dunno like, i'd class people from Gateshead as Geordies as it's right on the river, any further south i wouldn't.

I may be biased though as my Dad was born in Gateshead and brought up in Hebburn.

Some will say only north of the tyne.

Not that any of it particularly matters anyway.

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41 minutes ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Not sure them lot down the road would like to be called Geordies.

They used to. In the '73 Cup Final commentary they were referred to as a "Geordie team" and had "Geordies" on more than one banner in the crowd. Back then round my way (Boldon), you'd get a punch in the mouth for calling a Sunderland fan a makem. It was regarded as an insult.

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1 hour ago, RS said:

Gascoigne. On sky documentary channel now. Always seem to get something in my eye when I watch this

Brilliant, brilliant player. Unfortunately he was not the brightest and the people he socialised with and classed as his friends, totally milked off him imho with little care for his best interests. Spent time in his company a couple of times in the 80s and he was good crack, daft as a brush and loved talking to anyone. Even now he still is in the newspapers for the wrong reasons at regular intervals. It could have been so different if he hadn’t chosen the bright lights of London instead of Man Utd. Honestly believe Ferguson was the right person to manage him and ensure his off field problems were curtailed. Mind he did still have a very decent career, just could have been a totally brilliant one.

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