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Longstaff's on the touchline was outstanding as well - though probably a red card.

dangermows is still my favourite all time Mackem - small man bravado combined with weapons grade bitterness.

When we played Inter, the worst/most corrupt ref in the history of football gave a foul and booked Bramble for that exact handball. Seen them given depending on team.

Two of them in spirit (MLFs) though marra.

I particularly liked "It doesn't matter as it would be a blood trophy".

Get a German pen coach in - though no need for his keeper sidekick.

Had my Autumn/Winter old fucker vaccine booster today - bonus flu one as well.

I see they've doubled down on the Fairs Cup not counting and six titles plus two cups beating four titles and six cups again. I now live for the third title we win which triggers the cult death signal to take the suicide pills.

300m was the figure I've seen quoted. And still hated for it...

The anti-Guivarch.

I didn't test every day but my first negative was on the tenth day. The brain fog is horrible.

Talking of the weekend does anyone remember reading that the "big six" insisted that the fixtures were fiddled on the last round before the break so that none of them played each other? Fuck you Chelsea.

On a passport note, my new "blue" one didn't work in the automatic gates at Heathrow last night so I had to use a human one. I remarked that it hadn't work and he checked it and said what I thought was a natural crease near the main fold had in fact broken the chip so I'll have to replace it to use the machines. Design flaw/cheap rubbish by the looks of things. Thanks again CT.

I sat in the top tier at goodison in 85 when we lost 4-0 - due to some last minute drop outs I went on my own and the thought of a stand with escalators appealed in a pre-modern stadia era (no I wasn't 8 years old, honest) - I think it was about £4.80 for a ticket on the door.

Just watched the second half goals - bottom corner Kings.

Missed the second half as had to leave for the airport to fly home. Canny?

My first visit to Roker Park was Easter Saturday 1980 when poison dwarf Cummins scored. I remember there were 76 arrests and the copper in charge described it as a "quiet" derby :). I do agree it was pretty easy compared to other places - I think the use of football special trains with strict escorts made it manageable from a policing pov. I'd add some of the Midlands places like Derby and Leicester to BD's list as always being 5 minutes from being dodgy as fuck.

Might have mentioned before but years ago before the Internet got really going and brought a practical way of storing digital media files I had the idea of buying the rights to the goal from the BBC to ensure it would never be shown again. I told this to someone I worked with who said they knew someone who worked for the BBC and thay reckoned it would have been about 50k. I thought about starting a fundraiser but realised it would be hijacked by mackems and I'd probably be hated for it. Sorry to say my reaction to the news just now was good riddance.

Ah, I forgot about second chance Thursdays.

Very minor point of order but we would probably have got promoted in 79/80 if Mick Martin hadn't been injured at Xmas. I agree it was generally a shit period though from Lee leaving till Keegan came as a player under Cox.

I'm torn between wanting their participation to drag on as long as possible for our benefit and hating the cunts and wanting them to fail.

An unknown fatal allergy to a spider or other toxic critter would be nice.

I'm sure he can ask Arcuri for a briefing on Blockchain. (Except he can't, as I pointed out she knew less about IT than LisTruss).

I suppose those who insist the British empire was perfect will like seeing the return of Boer war era concentration camps.

Elbow on some fucker - might have been Burn.