How's your footy team doing?

I hope no one did back Blackburn because Town just ruined their unbeaten away record.

What a match but what an awful referee.

UTT Rog

I certainly would not back (I'm struggling to type their name) Bl******* Rovers for historical reasons. When Accy were in dire straits a dozen or so years ago and needed to raise funds to pay an HMRC debt, the aforementioned were not interested in playing a "friendly" to raise funds. Thankfully, Burnley stepped in to help.

I'm so glad the Terriers did the business....and any team who inflict defeat on the Blues and Whites (the first team to 'buy' the Premiership)

Well Town certainly did a number on them last night, and confounded a lot of people’s expectations. The fan’s forum hold a vote before every match and there was a hefty majority voted for a Rovers win.

As for their manager, I remember him blaming Town for their relegation in 2017 because David Wagner played a few squad players in the two matches prior to the playoff final.

He seemed to forget that his team had been rubbish for the other 42 games, so I’ve not a lot of time for Mr Mowbray.

Mind you I’d have their no 22 in our team in a heartbeat although the penalty from which he got his second goal last night was a travesty .

UTT Rog

Oh  *********, ain't life a wotsit ??

T'Alex won yet another home game but, sadly, twas in the EFL cup or some such  

Still a win is a win even if it was only against Wigin  

Why does the flipping’ international break come when my team are on a bit of roll?
Town confounded expectations again by getting something away at Luton so yes they’re on a bit of a roll having seen off Blackburn in the preceding week.

A shout out to the club their efforts to re-establish the connection with the fans. At the end of the Blackburn game the entire squad went over to the fans in the cow shed end and held up a banner with legend “KEEP FIGHTING DAZ”

Daz is s young lad who stands in that end who unfortunately has terminal cancer. A nice touch that I’m sure will have given him a bit of lift.

Incidentally the ‘cow shed’ is a hark back to the old ground at Leeds Road where the covered end of the ground looked very much like a cow shed or an open sided Dutch barn. It now refers to the home part of the South Stand, which I’ve always thought was a weird description as it’s really more on the west side of the ground.

Anyhoo UTT Rog

Ok I’ve just googled it and that stand orientates South West.

I feel very sad about football at the moment. Newcastle United have long deserved better ownership than they have endured the last decade or so, but I do worry about what has happened now. A dark day as far as I am concerned, much wider implications than winning a few trophies☹️

Sad, Dark days indeed TtDA, it seems like money is all that matters in sport as indeed anywhere else, nowadays.  True Fans i.e. lovers of the game ( any game ), not 'shirt-wearers' have seen this coming for some time, in fact ever since " agents " and  million pound waged players started to dominate the sports pages.

Funny you should mention shirt wearers. I was in Newcastle on a match day a few years ago ( my eldest GS was at uni there ) and saw a load of blokes in the black and white shirt. I said to my GS will they all be going to the match and he replied that they probably didn’t have tickets but lots of them would just be wearing their shirts around the  city that afternoon.

On a more serious note, it’s Hull City up at the JSS on Saturday and I just discovered that they are yet to score away from home. You just know what’s going to happen 😡

UTT Rog

And I am just hoping t'Alex don't get a slapping with a piece of wet cod