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THRU BLACK & WHITE EYES - Breaking Bad - 21/April/26.
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (767+ words) For a few moments after Osula's equaliser I thought we had it in us to maybe go on and beat Bournemouth. Such a win would've been a travesty and hardly deserved but desperate times and all of that " You know…...
Cynical Old Bastard #5 - Fireworks? More like a damp squib!
21+ hour, 4+ min ago (527+ words) Pyrotechnics and cheerleaders? What the fuck's that all about? Those are two things that definitely do not belong at a football match. I mean, if you need fireworks to generate an atmosphere, then there really is something wrong with your…...
THE SPECIAL - Palace Away
1+ week, 2+ day ago (915+ words) Three Sundays ago, as I stood outside the Trent with the first pint of the day mixing incongruously with the taste of toothpaste in my mouth, I was in uncharacteristically optimistic spirits. There was a buzz about the town. Everything…...
THRU BLACK & WHITE EYES - Five Year Plan? - 7/Apr/26
2+ week, 51+ min ago (1075+ words) Another week without Newcastle United kicking a ball didn't mean the club wasn't in the news as we saw the release of the latest accounts. Oh and the small matter of Hopkinson's comments upon the future of Eddie Howe and…...
NUFC in 2025/26: Gripping, but rubbish
2+ week, 2+ day ago (124+ words) I don't know if you watched Hart of Dixie. It was shite. But for the two of us " young, dumb, and full of student debt " it was unmissable stuff, and not only because of the otherworldly Dr Zoe Hart. The…...
Sex and Danger on the Scottish Border
3+ week, 4+ day ago (955+ words) A group of Berwick Rangers fans were once on the BBC's sports "comedy' They Think It's All Over with quite possibly the most bizarre chant ever. "I wanna be a Berwick Ranger. Only live for sex and danger. Of course…...
Cynical Old Bastard #3 - "Eeeeeeeeeh. Lundin
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (359+ words) Whenever I think about London, I am reminded of Viz and a particular episode of their "Silver tongued cavalier" character, Sidney Aloysius Smutt, in which he travels to London to take part in the TV show Blind Date, accompanied by…...
Newcastle Fans Pay More" For What Exactly?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (359+ words) Supporters of Newcastle United F. C. have just been told that ticket prices will rise again next season. On the surface, the club will argue it's a modest increase - a few percent here, a tweak there. But when you actually run the…...
FIFA - Don't Mention the "P" Word
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (291+ words) And so events in the US and the Middle East compel us once more to expose the greatest myth of football. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, there's definitely no relationship whatsoever between politics and football. Absolutely not. Two entirely separate entities....
Football by Algorithm
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (596+ words) There's a lot of chatter in social and mainstream media that the Premier League is boring, well maybe not boring but definitely dull this season. I actually think there is something in this line as well. Let's look at some…...