Howmanheyman

Really sad to hear this, me and my mate spent a couple of hours cracking on with him and his mate a few years ago in the monkey bar and he was superb crack. I think he got a bit worried when I said my Mam knew him before he came over to Newcastle before I just mentioned they both worked in the same printers. Fantastic tales and when he mentioned who played with and against it seemed a bit surreal. RIP, Tommy.

"You're still thinking about the bad stats, aren't you?"

Not in my twitterverse.

That's the spirit!

A new shame has arrived.

Funny how the ex-managers we said were turbo shit yet were doing a great job under unrealistic expectations all seem to end up managing in football's backwaters if they manage again at all? "Back home dey say mayak hay whi-al de sun shine, while here in Jamaica Imma gon say, 'de sun don shine till it pour' like in de lilt ad, boi."

I like how he doesn't forget to have a fan of another club sharing his disgust and amusement because of course he does.

"I always thought you were batting for the other team, Squire?"

Pontayland airport, did ya say, marra? Embarrassing you're saying?

I've barely seen anything about this as I just can't.

I had that tracksuit too.

If catapult was an olympic event then Walker would've won gold every four years when I was a kid as every cunt had one made out of old bed springs.

It must be a South Shields/Boldon thing, first CT with Denise Squelch, now gemmill with Ruth Madoc. I'm just waiting for the next person from south of the Tyne to pipe up about having the hots for Su Pollard, tbh.

I did slightly consider taxiing but the wife is Adam Ant I'm not doing it. (I don't fancy it really and aren't too keen on driving especially around town etc even if I only did days).

So that's a not a recommendation, then?

I've applied to talk about the possibility of being self employed with DPD, it's early days and you hear the horror stories but it might actually work for me for where I'm at now? I don't know, I'll see what happens if they get back to me?

If they still had the wives who'd take the money with their little ticket machine around their necks I'd probably go for this but apart from the unsociable shifts which I'm determined not to do anymore I'd say there's a difference driving a bus around Brighton and possibly Shields Road or something?

'Dey boat useless'

Even CT's cake was in tiers.

I certainly didn't and won't put these short stints on my CV! I'm obviously institutionalised and deep down know that unless I'm lucky enough to find my niche then I need to do something totally different but then again, you've got to get a totally different job with no experience or go it alone but I have no trade and am nearly fifty one. There's no easy answers and I'm just venting to be honest as life starts to get shitter now knowing what's around the corner at some point with parents, the wife needs more care/appointments etc and I'm not in a job where I can sort a temporary or permanent change in my contract with goodwill/good experience in the bank as that's now gone. Carry on, I've got it off my chest for now.

I had considered just staying and putting up with it till I found something else but the money was shocking anyway and I'd be better off preparing for something else when I had more time to do it properly.

I love the idea of an old badge going on an away shirt but the rest of it is canny shit, really.