Comfortable outing for the Hoops methinks, may go for a­ 5-0 on this one . . . good thing!
NUFC, got no worries­ on the friendly front - always loads of clubs ready to­ welcome the Toon and its massive support at a­ moment's notice.

Update: (Yahoo/ Eurosport are so damned slow):­ Sunderland to play Celtic pre-season also ... meanwhile­ the Skunks are playing? ... with themselves - explains­ a lot!!

well Mr Bruce when you take the team up ti play­ Hearts,please forget to bring Craig Gordon Back with­ you. he is one if he players you have to get rid of­ ,unlesss he is going to show us something new and if so­ why haven't we seen it before now . over-rated and­ over paid.

S(hite) Hawkmeister:
. . . . . for the one hundred­ millionth time . . . . . . . . the Championship­ fixtures come out next week and you will all be glad to­ hear that NUFC will then be consigned (rightfully) to­ the Championship Pages.
At least it will finally,­ finally put an end to the most­ boooooooooooooooooooooooooooring and unimaginative­ 'insult' in history - you know, the one you­ yourself have cracked at least one hundred and fifty­ million times now!
Oops, one hundred and fifty million­ and one times now!

Thanks Tony. Only one thing, I'm not sad, never­ been happier as it happens. Also, I know who both my­ parents are and they were married a few years before I­ was born. Are you sure you can say the same?

Safcalsftm - you weren't told off, just redirected­ to focus on another way of annoying the S**M, and, as­ you've now seen, its really pissing them off, Much­ more effective -you being sorry for them. GREAT! Keep­ antagonising the B*****ds lol

Very good Hawkmeister, but I was told off over week ago­ by one of our own from poking fun at the poor little­ Magpies. It was suggested that I show themm some pity,­ which I have tried to do ever since. Only problem is,­ that seems to annoy them even more. You just can't­ win, its all very sad.

I keep having the same dream and wake up in fits of­ laughter!

I dream that newcastle got relegated and i­ laughed for an entire year, then i wake up.

So every­ day i go onto the eurosport website, but newcastle is­ still listed in the premiership section!

How very odd!

Cameron, looks to me that the guy is about to be­ engulfed in flames = slightly worrying!

thigh?
too early for this bum . . .though!

safcalsftm
you gotta admit thigh; Tony K's comment­ -18 was very, very funny!

Thanks Cameron, getting excited now but being a­ well-grounded Mackem I'm happy for use to take it­ one step at a time, not expecting a European place­ quite yet. Would be happy to pick up the Electric or­ Fizzy Pop Cup first (thses sponsorships drive me mad,­ especially when Cup names change, at least the FA Cup­ is only sponsored by E-ON) whereas the League Cup has­ gone through a multitude of names = moan over).

safcalsftm
I tend to read the Chronicle, it's where­ i source my NUFC info; well there and SJP of course!
As­ i keep saying, a generation of pent up jealousy and­ frustration - i don't begrudge you your­ 'moment'!
It's been a long time coming; now­ all you gotta do is finish runners up twice, 3rd, 4th­ and a couple of 5ths . . oh yes and a couple of decent­ runs in the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. Beat­ Barca and Juve, play Internazionale off the park on­ their own patch, and also hand out a 5-0 drubbing to­ Man United; that's just for starters. Then come­ back to us and crow; not when you escaped relegation­ only because of the ineptitude of others and not by­ your own performances. 3 relegations, 2nd worst points­ tally in history are your only recognised­ 'achievements' thus far. . . .so you better get­ cracking. I'll be a hundred by the time you lot­ come anywhere near achieving what NUFC achieved during­ our brief 16 year stint in the EPL . . . nay, i'll­ be a thousand!!!

Back, but still recovering, ears are still buzzing, my­ own fault though - tinnitus from standing too close to­ PA stacks during Student Union gigs and was obviously­ too close last night. You've sussed me:­ Mischievious with a capital M and no-one's going to­ change me, least of all the wife!
Read the Chronicle? ­ You must be joking! The Journal, yes but the Chronicle­ makes our local rag (The Sunderland Echo) look a good­ read. Must tell about the latest prank reported in­ tonight's edition, a follow on from­ "Shearer's Pound Shop" and the "Well­ Done Mary Poppins" banner hung over the Tyne­ Bridge, two road signs near the A19 Testo's­ roundabout: one on the Newcastle side with directional­ arrow to "Sid James Park The Biggest Sadium in­ the "Fizzy Pop" League", the other on­ the Sunderland side, again with directional arrow to­ "The Stadium of Light The North East's ONLY­ Premier League Stadium". LOL Must have been put­ up by some of those skiving students who only attend­ Uni 3 days a week!

safcalsftm
You're back!
Careful now, people might­ get to thinking you actually have an interest in­ safc!
Why are you repeating stuff i've already­ said!
I told the world about Hughton before lunchtime­ mate - i heard it at SJP myself today!
Oh you've­ been reading the Chronicle have you; well in that case­ you'll know that TWO bidders are currently doing­ the 'due diligence' you keep harping on about -­ accidently-on-purpose forget to mention that productive­ piece of news did you - you are a mischievious little­ imp you, aren't you!! The harbinger of doomand­ gloom.
Oh and as for ashley being vindictive? Old news­ too!
As for me and Tony mate; we do it all the time -­ it's what as known as 'match facts'.
When­ we do finally get to arranging some games, you get to­ come on our pages (as i'm sure you will) and say­ something like 'Match Fact: Scunthorpe will­ definitely win'!
It's called humour!

There are some very bitter and twisted Mags about here.­ Is that just because we've had the audacity to­ arrange a pre-season friendly as well as take part in a­ pre-season international mini-tournament or is because­ their club is in such utter turmoil with most of the­ players being placed on the transfer list that they­ haven't arranged any games as they won't have­ enough players to field a team even if they wanted to?­ (!!) And it gets better ... Chris Hughton is in line­ to take charge of pre-season training when what remains­ of the players return on July 1st!! I tell you what,­ Mike Ashley ain't half a vindictive B! Clearly, you­ cross him, he'll destroy you. Seems to be doing a­ good job of it so far. Is he a secret Mackem, I­ wonder?

ar Tony man; possibly the funniest comment EVER (18).
I­ hope i don't think of that post at some inopportune­ moment, like an interview or a funeral or something­ cause i know i will just not be able to contain my­ laughter!!
So funny!

Oh my word, looks like someone has just had his­ internet reconnected; either that, or he's just­ come back out of jail AGAIN!!!

For Tony K(nobhead) read 'yawning man' what a­ bore FACT!

Yeah I've got some army digs in Edinburgh I can­ crash in so I think I'll make a W/E of it,sounds­ like a good run out for the lads.,