Craig

It's around Kenton isn't it? Decent area IIRC...

Sven's is still there is it not? Agree with Isegrim and Cath though. I don't know why English speaking countries have lost their independent shops to souless chains, but as far as chains do go Waterstone's is OK, especially the one near the Theatre Royal. I much prefer small local bookshops but they're very few and far between. When I lived in Manchester I sometimes used to go across to Holmfirth and they had the most fantastic old bookshop on about 4 levels. The further up the stairs you went the older the books were and it was almost dusty by the time you got to the top. I used to spend hours in there If I ever win the lottery I'm going to open a book/coffee shop where people can come and have coffee and read. Lots of comfy old sofa's and home made cakes If you ever get yourself down to London, get yourself to Foyles bookstore - sounds just like this one but it's the size of Harrods! Proabably spend about a week in there Waterstones is good and I used to like Dillons when it was next door to Fenwick on Blackett St (what's that these days?) As for the bookshop/coffee shop idea, isn't that along the lines of what Ottakers do? Bizarrely, Dillons is another Waterstones now. I thought it would probably end up as another bookshop - didn't think that Waterstones would have 2 virtually opposite each other though (although they did take Dillons over didn't they?)

Sven's is still there is it not? Agree with Isegrim and Cath though. I don't know why English speaking countries have lost their independent shops to souless chains, but as far as chains do go Waterstone's is OK, especially the one near the Theatre Royal. I much prefer small local bookshops but they're very few and far between. When I lived in Manchester I sometimes used to go across to Holmfirth and they had the most fantastic old bookshop on about 4 levels. The further up the stairs you went the older the books were and it was almost dusty by the time you got to the top. I used to spend hours in there If I ever win the lottery I'm going to open a book/coffee shop where people can come and have coffee and read. Lots of comfy old sofa's and home made cakes If you ever get yourself down to London, get yourself to Foyles bookstore - sounds just like this one but it's the size of Harrods! Proabably spend about a week in there Waterstones is good and I used to like Dillons when it was next door to Fenwick on Blackett St (what's that these days?) As for the bookshop/coffee shop idea, isn't that along the lines of what Ottakers do?

On a related note, who on here still refers to them as "gollywogs"?? I do - I don't consider myself racist in any sense of the word, but as a kid I grew up with those being known as gollywogs and don't see why I shoudl be forced to call it something else simply because some politically correct activist has got his arse in a twist.

Weren't you asked to resign... Aye and I'm now the manager of Preston in a new game and am riding high at the top of the Championship. I did however keep the Newcastle game saved right at the end of the first season and went back to it though And Brock, not a fucking chance - can see no point in playing any game and cheating at it.

You best keep the chairman informed of that one Glenn!

I won the FA & UEFA Cup in my first season and I've got to early December in the second season without a losing a game. Shit club or shit management?

Watched a program last night which was about the D-Day landings filmed in colour. They had footage ofthe men being loaded into boats in Torbay and also showed footage of the beaches from the boats out at sea and you could quite clearly see the hundreds of bodies lying on the beach. The were interviewing the veterans who were told that many of them would die or be seriously injured and that if that was the case, their comrades were instructed to leave them and keep advancing until they had achieved their primary objective (to take the beach). All of them were reduced to tears when recalling the fact that they had to defy their human instinct helping others and push on to take the beaches. Very moving programme, makes me feel old by saying it but the youth of today would do well to take serious interest in what happened back then. For our tomorrow, they truly did give their today - RIP!

Can you not give instruction to withdraw him or is that only from friendlies?

Good shout - regular updates perhaps? Love the LeazesMag & the Toontastic ones

or a dog's arse.......?

My best mates at Uni were called Hugh (guy who provides us with this place) and Piers The pair of them are as far away from being pretentious, toffee-nosed & pompous as you can actually get! Weird when you tell someone your mates are called that and they obviously form a prejudicial opinion of them based solely on their names and then when they meet them, have to admit that they are fuck all like they expected them to be! In this instance though Gemmill, I'm disappointed you didn't resort to twatting the little shites. Should have asked 'deatrest Hugo' if he wanted to be the first off the plane and dangled the little fucker over the edge of the stairs!

The shower one is fucking cruel!

Nihat - doesn't come cheap but he more than provides an ROI. Any free kick within 25 yards of the goal generally ends up rippling the onion bag!

I recently signed Jaap Stam as cover for mine. Cost me £650K and is happy to be used as backup to the first team.

I was forced to quit!! Of the £80m transfer budget I had £65m left at the end of the season. I won both the FA & UEFA Cups, the fans loved me and said I was an inspired choice for manager and the club even offered me a new, improved contract which I signed. The next seasons starts and they announce my transfer budget......... £500K!! So where did the other £64.5m go? Immediately asked for more funds and they said no, sell more players (despite the fact I've already got rid of 6 this summer). Issued an ultimatum and was asked to resign! The fans are seeeeething!

That guy is a ringer for Jimbo!

In my first season managing Newcastle, I managed to shift Michael Owen off to Milan pretty quickly which was quickly followed by the club getting taken over and me being supploed with a massive transfer kitty (£80m). Shame I didn't get the wages budget to match it like! Brought in Distin, Hoyte, Diop & Defoe and the side is starting to gel together well. Got to the FA Cup final and am due to play Reading also leading 3-1 in the first leg of the UEFA Cup semi-final. League is tosh though, I'm currently 16th!!

It's 4 out of the 5, isn't it? Are you not originally from Newcastle? Born in Kendal mate, I'm a Cumbrian! (admittedly since the age of 2 I lived in Newcastle but Pud is the only one of the five of us who's a Geordie)

It's 4 out of the 5, isn't it?

It's a 10 minute drive from my office... No way in hell am I going, it's less torturous to go home and see the wife!

Almost.... He stopped 'meddling' of sorts when KK almost walked due to no cash being made available. That was the difference with Sir John IMO, despite the fact that he was at the top of the tree, he still had the utmost respect for the man who managed the team. Shepherd on the other hand appears to have no respect and sees Roeder (and the men before him) as inferior to him. Without the 'level' relationship between manager and chairman, success is bound to be difficult.