Alex

I had looked at his twitter account the other day and I had noticed he was banging on about Newcastle Online and here (as well as being right, of course). The mind boggles

Hold the front page

Just to complete the picture

With Chez in his gimp mask on a lead

To give Ashley his due, he's only had nine years to put things right.

Anita will play RB when Janmaat leaves

Aye, I thought it was from back then

By Pardew's Palace.

Actually I think the NE Top Dogs thing was created by Bob Murray when they came 7th twice with Reid as manager. Which is even more ridiculous given what had gone on before that.

That's because they all are options, you fucking dimwit

Lager's supposed to be about refreshment rather than connoisseurial contemplation.

Last time I was at Tynemouth Market some lercel brewery was selling their stuff there. It was about £4 for a bottle. That is taking the fucking piss

Was proud of our fans that day. We were at the tunnel end and gave the Chelsea players etc (Graham Rix aside ) a great ovation. Think Vialli was genuinely touched. Not sure a reversal of roles would've seen that reciprocated.

Think it's a canny pub. Lacks pretensions which always helps. Bit of an old fart's bar, but I'm an old fart.

You wouldn't have got that in The Bird's Nest.

Next month's Heat

Lucky you. I think the semi against Chelsea the following year was worse because we were the better side. Great moment when Rob Lee's goal went in though. Plus, with it being the semi the crowd was about 50-50 opposing sets of fans. Crowd went fucking mental when that goal went in

Wherever you and Bravado Dave hang out these days

That trend looks set to change

Wasn't Ginola booked for diving after either Dixon or Winterburn went straight through as well?

You can get dark pale ales now I thought they were a welcome change when the likes of Sierra Nevada and Goose Island first appeared about 10-15 years ago but it has got silly now. It's still better than it was in loads of bars where you had to pay through the nose for shite lager (I like lager but a lot of it was, and still is, terrible stuff, especially on draught). With ales though I prefer bottles to draught as the latter is often too flat. The connoisseurs would probably be up in arms about that. A nice pint of draught Guinness is lush. A poor one is awful.

Only a matter of time until ironic hipster bars selling nothing but Carling, Fosters and John Smiths appear

No one is suggesting being a great penalty taker makes you a great player but it's a good attribute to have. I think something like 1 in 5 are missed so Shola's record was fantastic. Your point is?