Gene_Clark

can't remember another loss so close to Christmas to be honest; in my supporting life 24/2/79 could have ruined Ash Wednesday , 10/4/80 could have spoiled Easter Sunday, 16/5/90 could have ruined Whitsuntide, 25/8/99 could have spoiled the Assumption if we'd been clairvoyants, 18/11//00 could have spoiled All Saints if we'd been clairvoyants, 25/10/08 could have spoiled All Saints, 25/04/13 was a little too late to spoil Easter & too early to spoil Whitsuntide, 1/2/14 could have spoiled Ash Wednesday..... but none of them did as it's only football after all.... when Johnson scored on Sunday, i was watching a distressed 85 year old man soil himself in the corridor of Redesdale Court Care Home in Whitley Bay, while around him many elderly people lacking competency sat in their own filth and / or played with dolls, wondering when their mams were coming to pick them up..... sometimes we ought to get a wee bit of perspective; agreed?

I'm dreaming of a Juche Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the DPRK glistens, and children listen To hear sleigh bells in Pyongyang I'm dreaming of a Juche Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your DPRK be merry and bright And may all your Pyongyangs be Juche I'm dreaming of a Juche Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your DPRK be merry and bright And may all your Pyongyangs be Juche

Happy Christmas to all the comrades in the DPRK keeping it real with Juche philosophy & to the lads & lasses from ISIS, kicking back against the running dog lackeys of Yankee Imperialism. Our day will come, as the Boys used to say......

The conduct of their fans at the derby, on top of the magnificent gesture of raising £33,000 in memory of John and Liam, was absolutely impeccable. Gus Poyet also went up considerably in my estimation, with his well-chosen and classy response to the events of the game and the day itself. While losing the game in the last minute was deeply disappointing, the fact is, it is only a game and the mutual applause, and indeed respect, at various junctures in the proceedings show that, in all seriousness, there is far more that unites us rather than divides. They deserve to enjoy their fourth successive victory over us and it is instructive to bear in mind the mantra I feel we should all live our supporting lives by; gracious in victory, dignified in defeat. The fact there were only 27 arrests is a source of immense pride to me and as a result of such a statistic. I hope, one day not too soon, that followers of both clubs will be able to mix freely in the pubs before the game, exchanging handshakes before and after the match. Who knows; in time, perhaps we have an end to segregation inside the ground? I’m a firm believer that if you treat people like adults, they will behave like adults.

oh absolutely Stevie; I'll be sending out an email on Monday night or possibly Tuesday morning about issue 5.

Happy Birthday Stevie

check your messages

Pardew is the symptom; Ashley is the disease

"Hi John, this is reception here. There's a Mr Conroy and Mr Sayers here to see you...." I said after his antics at Wigan the other year he should have been sacked for gross professional misconduct; this is just the same pugilistic idiocy turned in on itself. What do I imagine the club will do? Absolutely nothing; after all Carver's words are just the hierarchy's philosophy put into practice.

ah yes the Maine Road Multiplier..... was brought out of cold storage at Wign in 2007 when they allegedly took 14k on a Tuesday night..... the Gillingham game was 27 years ago now; bloody hell!! i'd moved back from london on the Thursday & went with 2 mates, one a Derby fan who moved up here for Uni & still lives here & we sat upstairs in the Clock Stand seats towards the Fulwell; not a scrap of bother as we went in the car. always used to park on Osborne Street by Fulwell end off Roker Avenue for games there...... amazing to think i've never seen NUFC at SoS

more than a few hundred of us mate; try a couple of thousand magnificent day

how do those on this messageboard who relentlessly use the term "mental illness" to refer to those who disagree with them feel about this tragic loss?

Elliott & 10 others

good point; the Twitter reaction to the first half was akin to Macduff receiving news of his family in Iv iii of the Scotch Play

do you have to hijack every single post i make for the purpose of maintaining your vendetta against me? i stopped posting on here because of you, returning to start the RIP thread about The Undertaker & Liam. because that was respectfully observed, i returned to make last night's post, which you've been all over like a rash. you don't have to pursue this agenda; you can ignore what i say if you don't like it

i thought it had something to do with Roxy Music; "For Your Pleasure" neologistic acronyms are a curse on the aged.....

what does FYP mean these?

it happened & i was there; September 82 before a 1-1 draw with Chelsea - to deny this is to rewrite the attitude of NUFC fans to Bobby Robson, showing he wasn't loved at first, but he was forgiven & is now remembered in hagiographic terms. my dad was an obscure nobody in that sense; retired electricians don't get the kind of post mortem veneration people like Bobby Robson do. however, the grief felt by those who were left after my dad's passing is real & does not diminish with time; all that happens is that one learns to deal with it. the proximity of the two men's deaths & their ages (Bobby Robson was born 22 Feb i think; my dad 9 March) resonates with me, though perhaps not with other people

so because i miss my dad, i'm tapped. let's see what people think of you 5 years after your death......

Robson died on 31st July & my father Eddy Cusack died the day after, of cancer, in the Freeman. Unlike Robson was dad was not spat on by NUFC fans in 82, knighted or conspicuously venerated after his death..... i met Robson once, at Tow Law on 1st July 1999, and liked the man, telling him that day he'd be NUFC manager by Christmas, to which he replied "you never know son, you never know." i met Eddy Cusack thousands of times & miss him still; he was a good man & a great grandfather. tonight i was in the Irish Club in town & the Bobby Robson Memorial garden; you have to.... goodnight Eddy; miss you every day xxx

Also while I didn't know Liam at all, his dad Barry is a regular fixture refereeing in the Northern Alliance....

Mirfield to be precise for Mal; he moved to Newsham & opened a paper shop in the late 80s iirc... his brother still works at the Ministry & sorts out loads of away travel for the likes of Davey Faichen etc..... Was talking to Biffa on Saturday at Bay v Musselbrough; he'd tentatively arranged to go to NZ & would have been on that flight if he'd booked. The only reason The Undertaker went that way was because of cost; his preference had been to go on the Saturday after the Reserves at Gateshead, but it was £500 more or something, hence why he left on Thursday. These tiny margins..... P.S. Respect to the Mackems

I don't know if I've missed a reference to their passing elsewhere; if so, apologies. Two NUFC fanatics, attending every game home & away since the year dot, died in the Malaysian Airlines incident yesterday. they were travelling to New Zealand to watch Newcastle when they lost their lives & my thoughts are with their friends & families. i didn't know Liam, but I've known The Undertaker for pushing 30 years or more. always attired in a black suit & open necked white shirt, he was an absolute fanatic, as far from the stereotypical super fan as you could imagine. RIP

you're mistaken Jonathan; i'll accept the apology in person & video it for you tube

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