Alex

And that (under Poyet) was when Ellis Short was throwing money at the club and before the current financial regulations.

They had about two good results in the last quarter of the season and had well and truly turned on their manager and wanted him out before (and at certain points, during) the playoffs. And now it’s like it never happened. Saw a post on there from the loveable Keith saying the manager might be under pressure if the club goes ‘all in’ and they struggle but might get the full season regardless of performances if they ‘only’ spend £50m. It’s just down the road but it’s like a different planet at times. Especially on that message board which is weird even by their standards

Well yes but I doubt Infantino and co lost much sleep over acquiescing

Good article that. By the way FIFA have also removed any anti-racist and anti-discriminatory messaging that this usually see at the World Cup. Citing their politically neutral stance. It was always a bit all fart and no shit anyway but at least the messaging was right. This is basically how far we’ve regressed

They’ve got some nice plain Germany stuff on the adidas website/app for the 125th anniversary of their national team

Remember that kit Brighton had around that era where the had striped shorts that matched the top?

Used to love that show

Looks like Fenella Fellorick

4-0 after 21 minutes

Great win for them in the end under pretty intense pressure

Yes

Fucking bamps

Twinned with Longbenton

Just put me in mind of that time Mick Fleetwood and Sam Fox co-hosted The Brits

And then the rest of Instagram stood up and applauded

Leazes Park is, on the whole, a dump. There should be an improved public green space off the back of this hopefully. BTW, I spotted that group on facebook and loads of Mackems were saying it was a disgrace re: Leazes Park. So presumably they’re as genuinely passionate about wildlife and green spaces in Newcastle as they are about human rights on the Arabian peninsula

Aye. Didn’t McMenemy resign but instead of informing the club did it via an exclusive interview in The Sun? I think the Mirror depicted him as a rat caricature in response. Then Stokoe took over for the last few games but couldn’t keep them up?

Imagine putting that in a work email. Then actually reading it back and deciding it was a good idea to send it

Gates was a good player but he was past his best when he went there. I know he gets plaudits from them for scoring in that match but, iirc, he never played a top flight match for them and was also part of the side relegated to the third tier

Have we signed anyone in this version of the space time continuum?

I wouldn’t quite put that slant on it. It’s their best result in a Scottish parliamentary election with 26% of the vote.