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Big Geordie Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Happinesstan said: Always liked Tony Cunningham. Can't remember why but I took an instant shine to him. Don't remember him pulling up any trees. I think I just liked the fact that it was a big fuck off to the NF lot. TC was a grafter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, joeyt said: It shouldn’t even be an issue, but hopefully it normalises players being gay which is normal in itself. Good on him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Kid Icarus said: I remember SJH saying something along the lines of how when Ferdinand came to his house he was standing in front of something black and he couldn't see him. Proper standard stereotypical casual racism from that generation. Was his AGA oven wasn't it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: Was his AGA oven wasn't it? He made that joke on talksport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 SJH wasn’t/isn’t a racist btw, but that was crass of him! Wor Blackie seemed so Geordie at the time and I’m in no doubt back then it was done in jest, but today it doesn’t sit right and never will or should. I go back to John Barnes, he has some great takes on the whole subject. I know I have said probably a million times on here my boy plays football, but if I could compare him to anyone it would be him and I loved the fact he played for us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantail Breeze Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 20 minutes ago, joeyt said: Didn’t realise he was only 17 when I was reading that article - was expecting him to be in his mid twenties for some reason. Good on him. Hope others feel that they’re able to come out too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said: Am I making it up or did someone call Andy Cole ‘Blackie Milburn’. I really hope I’m not making it up because that means I’ve imagined it and that’d be horrible. The Sun or possibly the News of the World came out with "They call him Wor Blackie" and just like when they said of Ginola "The man the Geordies call Frog on the Tyne" it wasn't anything I'd heard any Newcastle fan say and seemed to be just some "clever" thing london journalists had made up and put in our mouths. Reminds me of another jounro "Wouldn't it be so funny if" presented as reality, with stories claiming whever Emma Watson answered a question in class other students wou;d shout out "Ten points to Gryffindor" to hysterical laughter, which unsurprisingly turned out to be entirely invented. Or the wresting where Michael Cole does this painfully contrived "The WWE Universe is calling him..." (insert nickname Vince McMahon came up with, copyrighted last week and wants the fans to call this guy.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 minute ago, Fantail Breeze said: Didn’t realise he was only 17 when I was reading that article - was expecting him to be in his mid twenties for some reason. Good on him. Hope others feel that they’re able to come out too. It’s sad as fuck people have to come out as gay or whatever, who cares, I do get it though and if it helps turn a negative into a positive it’s all good. What a brave lad it has to be said. More power to him and gay rights/causes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Shouldn’t have to take serious balls to come out publicly as a footballer but massive credit to the lad. Getting it out there early means he doesn’t have to have it niggling away in the back of his mind and he can live his life and enjoy his football more. Hope it paves the way for more players to be able to be open even though they shouldn’t have to declare it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 14 minutes ago, gbandit said: Shouldn’t have to take serious balls to come out publicly as a footballer but massive credit to the lad. Getting it out there early means he doesn’t have to have it niggling away in the back of his mind and he can live his life and enjoy his football more. Hope it paves the way for more players to be able to be open even though they shouldn’t have to declare it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Was wearing my (snide DHGate) Toon top yesterday while out in Portugal on holiday and some lass pulled me, it was only the daughter of Ivor Broadis, who she told me missed out on an FA Cup Final and win due to a fallout with Seymour (basically our board) I think she said, he got a medal for scoring a double for England, the first ever in a full international at a World Cup. She wore it around her neck. I spent all day around them and she regaled me with all kind of tales about her old man who only passed away recently well into his nineties. He is from London, but she was born in Newcastle, he played for the mackems and Man City. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 As much as I’m glad the rainbow laces campaign exists and support it I don’t think Gueye should be put in a position where he has to chose between wearing the shirt and playing. If he chooses not to show support for the campaign that’s up to him. He may have religious beliefs against it. Ofcourse his religion doesn’t Mean his beliefs on gay people are correct but he should have the choice to make that decision. Also good on the young lad for having the balls to be one of the first to come out as gay. Hopefully i the next few this will all be a bit meh, and not a big deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Fantail Breeze said: Didn’t realise he was only 17 when I was reading that article - was expecting him to be in his mid twenties for some reason. Good on him. Hope others feel that they’re able to come out too. absolute legend. He goes down in history by default, but at 17, with his entire career ahead of him. Incredible, not that it should be, still incredible though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhog63 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Amazing what the Internet coughs up when you hear a player's dad played & have a quick Google... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Happinesstan said: Always liked Tony Cunningham. Can't remember why but I took an instant shine to him. Don't remember him pulling up any trees. I think I just liked the fact that it was a big fuck off to the NF lot. He lived in Stanley for a while and would go to my local chip shop most nights for his tea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Rafalove said: As much as I’m glad the rainbow laces campaign exists and support it I don’t think Gueye should be put in a position where he has to chose between wearing the shirt and playing. If he chooses not to show support for the campaign that’s up to him. He may have religious beliefs against it. Ofcourse his religion doesn’t Mean his beliefs on gay people are correct but he should have the choice to make that decision. Also good on the young lad for having the balls to be one of the first to come out as gay. Hopefully i the next few this will all be a bit meh, and not a big deal. I don’t, human and equal rights should be above the priory of religious beliefs who have had 2,000 years or more of persecuting and violating the equal rights of others including the LGBTQ community. If he was against the campaign for reasons like not believing it will help the LBGTQ community and such, I can understand that, but for religious beliefs, nah fuck off. Edited May 16, 2022 by Stifler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, Stifler said: I don’t, human and equal rights should be above the priory of religious beliefs who have had 2,000 years or more of persecuting and violating the equal rights of others including the LGBTQ community. I would put this case under the right to free speech and free expression, which are human rights. Nobody should be compelled to wear something they don’t want too. This is the only way people of different backgrounds can coexist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) 49 minutes ago, Rafalove said: As much as I’m glad the rainbow laces campaign exists and support it I don’t think Gueye should be put in a position where he has to chose between wearing the shirt and playing. If he chooses not to show support for the campaign that’s up to him. He may have religious beliefs against it. Ofcourse his religion doesn’t Mean his beliefs on gay people are correct but he should have the choice to make that decision. Also good on the young lad for having the balls to be one of the first to come out as gay. Hopefully i the next few this will all be a bit meh, and not a big deal. Happy to wear an alcohol and betting company on his shirt despite his religion. Edited May 16, 2022 by Slim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafalove Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Just now, Slim said: Happy to wear an alcohol and betting company on his short despite his religion. That is a fair point. I’d still say it’s his right to be a hypocrite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Didn't realise the kid that came out today was only 17. Don't know how you can have so much courage at such a young age Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 4 hours ago, Slim said: Wasn't he a snide racist twat about some east asian fellas trying to fix a TV or am I thinking about someone else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nun tumblers Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 It was jack charlton who used to call Tony Cunningham...blackie Milburn, and the fans used too sing.. " he's not black He is broon He's playing for the toon" Cunningham became a lawyer after his football finished. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 4 minutes ago, Nun tumblers said: It was jack charlton who used to call Tony Cunningham...blackie Milburn, and the fans used too sing.. " he's not black He is broon He's playing for the toon" Cunningham became a lawyer after his football finished. That song first got aired for Howard Gayle - on loan from Liverpool, during KK's first season as a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 18 hours ago, joeyt said: Wonder if NUFC's social media team will put up a message of support as other clubs have done. Edit: they did, just got washed away by the matchday stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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