[Amelia Chaffinch]

Howay, we're away to Newcastle, man

AWAY FANS GUIDE

Form

                               

Looking at the form, they're not not doing great but, obviously, better than us.

Top scorers

Where we're placed

Head to head

If only we could flash back to this day...

How great was it then? We were living the dream. Still are, of course, but it's not fun any more. 

By the way, how loud and brash is that Aaron Mooy is his interviews? Those loud-mouthed Aussies! 

Seriously, have you ever met anyone less like the stereotype?!

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1. BONY TRAIL

2. SANE DRIBBLES

3. CRASH MISERY

4. A GANGLY BOB

5. MAINLY JIM

6. BANJO IN HORNS

7. FERNY BARRY

8. NEWS MANAGER

9. MR PLONK FREAK

10. AH, TIMELY

11. HEAVY TWINKLE

Did you know?

Greggs Bakery was founded in Tyneside in 1939? The first shop was opened in Gosforth in 1951.

Are you partial to a sausage roll?

Must admit, back when I ate meat, I liked a cornish pasty followed by an apple charlotte from the shop in Dewsbury... 

although the shops in our region were Thurston's if I remember rightly.

Newcastle Brown Ale isn't made in Newcastle any more? 

Dare I ask the beer experts what they think of newky brown ale?

Lucozade, originally Glucozade, was created by a pharmacist in Newcastle? 

Love it or loathe it?

A bit of advice / a few anecdotes on the accents and areas.... 

And something to make Alexas interesting...

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And finally...

[Lord Snooty]

Aye that's a gan canny thread there, man, pet. Why aye!

[Lord Snooty]

If you're going to this match and visiting the away end at St James for the first time, don't forget to take a pair of binoculars and an oxygen mask.
And isn't it about time Newcastle fell in line with Premier League rules of placing away fans at pitch level?

[ritchiebaby]

Greggs Lemon Meringue Pie Mmmmmmmmm. My wife used to work in our local Greggs (as did my daughter and her best friend), so we got the day's leftovers .

5 Jimmy Nail (whatever happened to him?)
10 Tim Healy

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet! - there's another one in there too.

[SHEP_HTAFC]

Cracking thread AmChaffs
For a biscuit....love an original digestive....and as a treat give me garibaldi all day long.

7. FERNY BARRY - BRYAN FERRY

8. NEWS MANAGER - GRAEME SWANN

9. MR PLONK FREAK - MARK KNOPFLER

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1. BONY TRAIL - TONY BLAIR

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2. SANE DRIBBLES - BRIAN BLESSED

[jjamez]

On the cricketers supporting newcy, I think steve harmison was behind swann starting

[theo_luddite]

Why yabuggaman, that's canny thread that bonny lass.

Newcy Broon? It's an ale that's stood the test of time though now suffering from being brewed wi' Belgian watter rather than proper Geordie watter. Not too heavy, not too light, a tad malty rather than hoppy, a strongish (hic) dark mild I would suggest (for those that remember dark milds from back in the day, still a few around) and a cause of some controversy as to whether 'tis best served at room temperature(ish) or from the cold shelf. For me, like most ales, it should be at cellar temperature (so give it 5-10 minutes out of the fridge afore supping if you put it in there).

Personally I never held with the peculiar English thing of drinking luke warm ale, particularly from cans or bottles, and that was exacerbated during my missionary work in Canada, teaching the great unwashed about all things Toon (that's 'uddersfield Toon man, not those interlopers from up noooerth of Scotch Corner).

If it's the choice between wishy, washy English/French/Italian lager, the joke beers that are sold under the Tetley (sadly) and John Smiths banners and the pish that the even more unwashed from south of the Great Lakes call Lite, or Bud, or Coors and the only ale in the shop is Newcy Broon - gimme the Newcy Broon any day of the week.

Oh, and before anyone goes off on one about Tetley's - the last pint of Tetley's I had that tasted like proper Tetley's was in a pub in Canada in October 1995, the year I moved there. That was a few years after I'd had my last proper pint of Tetley's in an English pub. Where they got it from, I've no idea but the glass didn't leave my lips until I was at least 2/3rds down the first pint.

[Lord Snooty]

Kevin Friend will referee this match.

[ritchiebaby]

Has nobody got Kevin Whately yet?

[Amelia Chaffinch]

Not that I have noticed, Ritchie.