East Stander

Carr - Too many sandwiches (Stereophonics) Roeder - Under pressure (Bowie) Shepherd - The planner's dream goes wrong (The Jam) Moore - Stoned out of my mind (The Jam) Owen - Missing (Everything but the girl)

Hope fatty hasn't placed advance orders for a new, third European strip for next season

Wonder if Anal is going to put his (or rather what fatty tells him) spin on this today?

This from club site: Sky Matches Announced NEWCASTLE United will play their home games against Arsenal and Chelsea in front of the Sky cameras, as well as the away fixture at Reading. That means a change of date and kick-off time for two of these games; Newcastle United v Arsenal Monday 9th April - kick off 3pm PPV (no change to date or kick off time) Newcastle United v Chelsea Sunday 22nd April - kick off 1:30pm PPV (was scheduled for Saturday 21st April - 3pm) Reading v Newcastle United Monday 30th April - kick off 8pm Sky Sports (was scheduled for Saturday 28th April - 3pm)

Isn't a former ex Southampton/Rangers/Liverpool and other clubs ( manager supposed to have had a similar type of contract too, especially at Southampton?

Another desperate, downward spiralling club (at the time) did the same thing for their new away strip at the start of last season. They are 12 miles down the road from SJP.

The way these gutless, spineless twats seem to care about our club, looking at the rest of the fixtures Citeh home and Watford away are probably the only ones I feel we MAY get something from. Although Watford will be wanting to go out in style so I have argued myself out of that one!! Thank god there is a fortnight before having to drag myself up to SJP. Oh for the days of Bobby Shinton when we knew we were crap but weren't paying shed loads of dosh to watch it!!

More importantly, going back to the actual topic of the thread, reported in today's press that Watford's midfielder Al Bangura was alledgedly racially abused by Emre when he came on as a sub in the League cup game at SJP. The FA are supposed to want to speak to Bangura as well now.

And two of the thieving scum stooped so low as to "bunk" into a disabled section, still amazes me how low these bastards will stoop to.

Correct me if I am wrong but the way I read your link is that you have to already be a subscriber to Topup TV at £9.99 per month BEFORE then paying Setanta.

Is that meant to absolve the current board of blame for throwing money at an idiot like Souness? Who the fuck got us into this position? Backatcha. I wouldn't absolve this board of anything, just wanted to put some facts into public domain for non-shareholders to weigh up when the summer fund isn't as large as they hope it will be. My loathing of the board is as great as anyone else. If the agm had been up here I would have been after them again like I was a few years ago when I got an ovation from the floor on going back to my seat and Doug Weatherall asked me for an interview. Sorry, I realised I'd misinterpreted you about 30 seconds after I posted that. Hey no problem at all my friend. After 37 years of supporting our team and not missing a home game (cup, friendly or whatever) for 27 years, it is obligatory to develop a hard skin for whatever comes your way in the football world

Is that meant to absolve the current board of blame for throwing money at an idiot like Souness? Who the fuck got us into this position? Backatcha. I wouldn't absolve this board of anything, just wanted to put some facts into public domain for non-shareholders to weigh up when the summer fund isn't as large as they hope it will be. My loathing of the board is as great as anyone else. If the agm had been up here I would have been after them again like I was a few years ago when I got an ovation from the floor on going back to my seat and Doug Weatherall asked me for an interview.

But we are that skint that £8 million has been received relating to advance sponsorship for FUTURE years (page 17 of the accounts) and in Jan 2008 MGM Mirage will probably want their £5 mill back after the recent casino refusal (page 50) So don't expect that £30 mill extra from Sky all to be lashed out on players in the summer, there's some cash flow issues to be sorted out!! Planning of a financial nature eh?

He's reached a new low of late imo. He's mates with Roeder for one thing, which makes any notion of impartiality even more of joke than it ever was with him, and all he does now is say "I can reveal story X in paper Y linking player Z with Newcastle is untrue". Aye, that does my fucking head in. I'm more than capable of reading a rumour in another newspaper and dismissing it myself. For this bloke to take it upon himself to rubbish stories in other papers when he's got fuck all worthwhile reporting himself is a disgrace. Just because he has Roeder's ear and can ask him about these things he genuinely thinks it's newsworthy. SMALL-TIME REPORTER SCOTCHES TRANSFER RUMOUR EXCLUSIVE! Brilliant. The Pulitzer beckons. Thing is too, if he says we're going to sign a player and it doesn't materialise, it often never gets mentioned again. Don't worry, Brett Emerton will be a Newcastle player by the end of the week. And MON will be manager which he was busting his pants to "exclusively reveal" at several talk ins if fatty would have let him

I was sure that Luque and Bramble were also supposed to be in this squad, Bramble himself wanting a game before the Villa match.

OLIVIER Bernard is to continue his road to recovery when United Reserves travel to Wigan Athletic on Wednesday. The French full-back, who re-signed for the Magpies in September, has not featured for Glenn Roeder's first-team after being dogged by a series of injuries, the latest a hip problem which has kept him sidelined since November. Reserve team coach Lee Clark will hand second-string debuts to Academy players Ryan Donaldson, Alex Francis and Darren Lough. Donaldson (15) will take his place up-front alongside Andy Carroll after Carl Finnigan, an ever-present for the Reserves this season, signed for Falkirk on Tuesday. United are currently 5th in the Reserve League North, but have three games in hand on leaders Middlesbrough who are eight points ahead. The Magpies face a Wigan side who have yet to win a game this season and have just two points to show from eight outings. Newcastle United; Fraser Forster, Mark Bertram, Alex Francis, Darren Lough, Olivier Bernard, James Troisi, Matty Pattison, Kris Gate, Kazenga LuaLua, Andy Carroll, Ryan Donaldson Subs; Mark Doninger, Jonny Godsmark, James Marwood, Ross Cowan, Rob Cavener The game is a 7.30pm kick-off at Robin Park.

When will it be officially announced at WHL that they are the Cockney mackems? Only thing they'll win this season!!

I'm sorry Nov 8 2006 By Alan Oliver, The Evening Chronicle Scott Parker celebrates scoring in the Carling Cup against Watford Scott Parker left Vicarage Road with his head held high and his reputation restored after leading Newcastle United into the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup with a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Watford. Not only did the inspirational skipper grab a late injury time equaliser, but he also made his peace with the United travelling supporters and appears to have been forgiven by the Toon Army after apologising to them for his outburst in the dismal defeat by Sheffield United at St James's Park. On Saturday, the England international was involved in a shouting match with a section of home fans after he appeared to pull out of a tackle, and then sarcastically applauded supporters. But such were his efforts last night - and indeed all season - that long before his late extra-time equaliser, the magnificent travelling Toon Army were chanting their skipper's name. Both were rewarded when Parker became the first United skipper to lead the club to victory in a penalty shoot- out. Midnight was fast approaching as a clearly delighted Parker told me at an otherwise deserted Vicarage Road: "I know I should not have done what I did at St James's Park on Saturday and I can only say sorry and apologise to our supporters. "It was all heat-of-the-moment stuff when the passion and the pressure both boiled over. "All I can say in my defence is that all the players want to win for these magnificent fans we have got here at Newcastle United. "We know we were nowhere near what we should have been against Sheffield United on Saturday and that we did not apply ourselves. "We have come in for a lot of criticism since Saturday but we have stuck together and we have got our reward tonight and now we are really looking forward to take things on from here. "This was a very important victory for us to get into the last eight of the Carling Cup on a long night when not a lot of football was played. "Watford made it very difficult for us by putting the ball in the air for a lot of the time. "But when we did get it down and play a bit, we seemed to cut them open. "We should have been a couple of goals up at half-time, but it wasn't to be and this put a lot of pressure on us throughout the second half. "Even so, we could still have won it in normal time when Damien Duff hit the post and when they scored late on we showed great resilience to come back into it when Nobby Solano sent me in for our equaliser. "He saw me make my run and I left it late and there were a couple of things going through my mind. "I was going to shoot early on but it bobbled a bit and all I had to do was dink it over the top of the keeper. "Obviously, we are all delighted to have won and I must say that if we hadn't, we would have been devastated."

Maybe so but my man on the right of my avatar would easily beat yours I was all for Parker being the new captain but he was totally in the wrong the way he reacted today.

Sure is a bad sign when the captain has a right go back at the East Stand paddock. Looked to me like he shied out of a 50/50 and got some verbals which he made a point of returning and then sarcastically applauded the paddock. Was booed after every touch after that. I personally cannot understand booing the captain BUT he did shy out of the tackle and can understand fans anger. A very messy situation and does not auger well for the future I think. Today was the day when it was brought home that we will have real derby games next season and Keane aint going to get his team promoted.

Surely the fat one hasn't "asked" Metro to spin that line perhaps