Monday 28th April 2008


Dear tf,

Ref: TF Online – When You Are In A Hole Stop Digging!

'All the best and keep up the comically paranoid work (I've just cast my vote in your poll about newspaper conspiracies against the Magpies) - it should count for 100 of anyone else's votes, because I know the answer.'

I assume then he hit the 'yes' button...

Also, as a journalist his literary skills should be good enough for him to realise that last section should have been inside the brackets as it makes no sense attached to the preceding sentence.

Richard Harle


Dear tf,

"But if I had to choose between the two derbies in terms of which gave me most satisfaction, I would have to say it was the first because of the Ruud Gullit dismissal and the fact that they had this whole, top-team glamour thing about them and suddenly the little lads from down the road came and knocked them off their perch."

You said it Niall.

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/Quinn-wants-more-derby-memories.3986520.jp

Glenn A


Dear tf,

My mail to Barry

From: Jordan Eichenberger
Date: Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 5:21 AM
Subject: You are a laugh
To: barry.glendenning@guardian.co.uk

Do you ever expect anyone to read your pro-Sunderland garbage BARRY GLENDENNIG?

What a joke you are. And I half expected you to be an un-biased journalist.

Unbelievable, congratulations you're a twat.

Love,

Jordan Eichenberger

Ed: I think this should have a line drawn under it now but if you are going to e-mail journalists who don’t have a grasp of the facts and too vain to acknowledge their errors, try and do it minus the abuse – we’re better than that!


Dear tf,

He he he. I can remember a time when I would buy a newspaper, it was around the time we were finishing 3rd in the Prem, and things seemed canny. What with us blasting Liverpool (Home and away, Spurs away, Glue Sniffing, Everton, Home and Away, etc, etc) ...... fast forward a few years and it became apparent that NUFC were annoying the National Media by 'infesting' the top 2/3/5 spot in England when Southern Jimmy Hill and St & Greavsie wannabes got pissed off at our place in English football and recreated the campaign that turned any sane Geordie against England as a football team and the rest of the Country in the 80's by expelling Beardsley from the England starting XI in favour of (ha ha ha ha) Mark Hateley (THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE HOW YOU SPELL HIS NAME, BUT AS HE WAS SHIT, I DON'T CARE)

The fact that England laughed as Kenny Dalglish flopped meant nothing, the truth was WE CARED AND HURT. By the time the 'Spliff Man' arrived with a Holland flight timetable under his arm we were despised by 'Sun' reading Stevenage fans and 'News Of The World' buying Saddos. His 'Crash and Burn' experiment had the UK in glory mode. 'SIR' Bobby Robson (Previously hounded by the (Ha ha) 'British Press' came to NUFC, stabilised the team and brought, US, the fans happy times.

Not enough for wet under panted, dullards in the media, they wanted more, and found it by 'unearthing' gems of "dressing room unrest", "roasting", and some kind of "Wayne Quinn (AND, OR maybe NOT Craig Bellamy) may (OR MAY NOT) have 'encouraged' some lass(es) to get out of their (OR SOMEONE ELSES CAR) at some point, we aren't sure' kind of story and from then on it's been shit after shit after shit ever since.

You don’t need me to tell you that in the meantime Peter Reid, Mick McCarthy, Bryan Robson, Christian Gross, Bruce Rioch, Graeme Souness, Brian Kidd, David O Leary, Gordon Strachan and many more were performing woefully at an assortment of clubs to much less coverage.

NUFC were BIG news, like or not!!! The 'rest' were not.

Souness came, crashed and burned, and caused his own, brought on himself, damage, unseen until some Mackem decided his arse should be the launch pad for a 747 and pumped a firework into orbit. His dated management style brought division between the rank and file and bizarrely, support from the media. A good sign that they know FUCK ALL. Glen Roeder brought an initial improvement, much to the annoyance of 'Football Physics Qualification' teachers in the Country, who were busy laughing at us for appointing him as A) we sacked him and B) Middlesboro appointed another one, without a fuss.

NUFC appointed not only a (Ahem) professor of Football in Allardyce, but also a media friendly prat who said nothing of any note during world cup 'guest' appearances on ITV 2 and made 50 Cent look modest about his own capabilities in front of a switched on microphone. Blue Tooth was created for the SJP home team dug out!!!!

Results were mixed, but performances, awful as we laced Mitre deltas into oppo penalty boxes with minimal fuss, accuracy or expectation. Even 2nd division Stoke new this and battered us for 90 mins whilst the nation watched........

Kevin Keegan came to 'save the day' and has done exactly that but some media representatives do not want it told like that......

Roy Keane can spunk millions up Boylesport's front wall and that is ok, no matter how bad or fat the players turn out to be. But expect nothing more..... They were only ever good for a laugh as a club anyway. Long before Disco cock, 9 million pound GKs and the Irish tricolours were on the scene, Gillingham were providing laughter, new songs and higher than expected Roker Park attendances but don’t bring that up now.....

We currently sit in a place where anyone (EVEN ex carthorses) are queuing up for digs at the club, management team, coaching staff, scouting network, players and fans. However, throughout all of this, one thing has remained the same.....NUFC are nothing without it's fans... Take us away and there is nothing to it as a club. At last we have a manager who we trust and an ambition in the boardroom. Even if we don’t win a cup, we know, the most trustworthy person (KK) is giving his all. He will do his best for US. How many clubs can say that???

On a media level.......... They were never liked by us and the feeling was mutual. Not a problem.... We don’t have to buy them now. WE DO NOT NEED TO KEEP 'WHEYES KEYS LOUISE', ANDY DUNN, and far too many others to mention in a job.

WE ARE NEWCASTLE!! We need no one but ourselves, as long as WE believe, we are United and the BBC, SKY, SETANTA, 5 LIVE, TALKSPORT, THE BROADSHEETS AND THE TABLOIDS can "FUCK OFF" and take on the real issues............ Overseas money grabbers, inflated ticket prices with no choice whether to sit or stand, stupid KO times, heavy handed stewarding, keeping domestic league football in the UK and generally giving the paying customer the truth.................

What hope if we if Bertie Glending-a-ling* in the Guardian is trying to kid people Roy Keane is a better manager than Kevin Keegan.

*Possibly not how his name is spelled, but certainly pronounced...

Chris Betts


Dear tf,

Is it just me or has anyone else noted that Leona Lewis and Habib Beye have never been spotted in the same room together? Just a thought...



Lars

Ed: I think it’s just you kidda!


Dear tf,

Ref: West Ham Away

Lads, just a quick note to say well done to the Newcastle fans at The Castle Pub along the Barking Road East Ham on Saturday for loads of good banter and rival chanting all in good humour, proper fans always welcome in the east end of London, unlike the man u and Chelsea fans glory hunters, where were they when they were shit.

Midgie Bellamy