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They had that hit in 82 and had changed bass players several times by 89 also

See, this is the bit I don’t get. I don’t conflate being Jewish with the actions of the Israeli government or even necessarily the state of Israel but it seems like because of your background that you do.

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I've got the wireless on in the background and they're talking to Kelly Smith about the women's European Champs. They asked her what teams to look out for. I think she said Spain because they have the best player in the world at the moment. Then followed it up with 'She's still in hospital with meningitis but if she can get fit they will be dangerous' Errr it kicks off today Kelly, I'm guessing she won't be fit.

I preferred Gina Bellman in that but yeah singing detective was fucking glorious nonsense will hot as fuck women...

Precisely. And they appear to have no issue with the fact there's a statue outside their ground of a bloke, born in Prudhoe who played in the last Newcastle team to win the FA Cup - because of his subsequent allegiance to them. It makes fuck all sense to their argument. In terms of Milburn, one of the quotes I'm inferring was taken from an interview of him on the gallowgate terrace and was something like "Round here you either born red and white, or black and white, there's nothing else to it. I was fortunate to get to play for this team and quite honestly, I wish I was just getting started."

To be fair, in theory I don't mind the idea of a global club competition. It's just that this all seems too Super League adjacent, for me.

i knew some pedant would pick me up in this, which is why i googled it before choosing an animal. so sit on that and swivel Camels are often cited as the animals that can drink the most water at one time, potentially consuming over 30 gallons in just a few minutes.

As well as the fact that their ultimate legend (Stokoe) was born, lived all his life and died on Tyneside having captained NUFC to cup wins.

"I speak mackem very well. I learn it from a bewk."

Right, now combine with mine and sort out my dialect for @Gemmill 👍

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They might be right about the Bilbao connection mind. I can't help but see the Spanish connection in Renton's version of a mackem accent. The passyen. The stedyium.

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I dunno, makes perfect sense if you read what he really said. "“What is a club in any case? Not the sheyds or the peyple in maroon pants who are peyd to represent it. It’s not the television contracts in the third division marra, nar get-out clauses we didn’t have for that Jack Rodwell, not the non-existent marketing departments or executive boxes, ‘cos we have none. It’s not the noise, the passyen, or the feeling of belonging, neither, none of that. The pride in your city lolz. It’s a small boy clambering up stedyium steps for the very first time, on his free school ticket, gawping at the litter on that hallowed stretch of turf beneath him and, without being able to do a thing about it, singing “falling in love” by Elvis marra and claiming it as wors”.

Supposing he was for argument’s sake. Only they would take that as a win, given he became our record goalscorer and won three fa cups

I don't have to get up at all during the night..... Yet. I'm sure it's in the post.

My mam used to work with the bassist out of the Toy Dolls. He was in the civil service. For some reason she got me a signed photo of the band. I mean this was probably 1989, 5 years after they'd had their sole UK hit and this cheeky cunt was handing out signed photos at his job in the civil service.

It's how many times you must go for a piss in the night more like.

“What is a club in any case? Not the buildings or the directors or the people who are paid to represent it. It’s not the television contracts, get-out clauses, marketing departments or executive boxes. It’s the noise, the passion, the feeling of belonging, the pride in your city. It’s a small boy clambering up stadium steps for the very first time, gripping his father’s hand, gawping at that hallowed stretch of turf beneath and, without being able to do a thing about it, falling in love.” That makes fuck all sense in the context of SAFC tbh.

He talked openly on several occasions about his Dad taking him to SJP as a kid and how he wishes he had been around when he got the manager's job. This obsession they have in terms of geography and who you must support as a result of it is fucking insane. There's a lot of suggestion that Jackie Milburn grew up supporting Sunderland. He discretely would never be drawn on it and would divert conversation around it so I've always presumed that, despite being Ashington born a bred, there was probably some truth to it - in spite of geographical location.

Aye, they should come out to local music themselves. I suggest Nelly the Elephant by the toy dolls or John Kettley is a weatherman by tribe of toffs. 👍

That'll be those camels, famous for not needing to drink water?

If we're wanting to secure any of these players we need to stop low-balling at 75% of a club's valuation of their player. Seems to be our default starting point, and it's not working. Was Pedro ever a serious consideration? I read somewhere that he was our backup plan in 2022 if we failed to secure Isak and that is why the deal stalled and ultimately collapsed. If there's even a modicum of truth to that I can appreciate why, three years down the line, he's not interested in coming here.