Newcastle United vs Neil Sedaka
(To the tune of Neil Sedaka’s 1958 classic, “Oh! Carol”)
“Oh Carroll, Nolan, Timmy Krul - Shola I love you, you’re better than RaulOh Carroll, you made the mackems cry - but if you leave me, I will surely die
Carroll will you go and score another; Shola, Timmy Krul…. etc”
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Thanks to long time seater Newky Davey for this gem - made me laugh
We at the Seats would like to congratulate Andy Carroll on his first full England call up, he may not play but this is still some achievement for the young lad following his indifferent season both on and off the pitch. Here’s hoping if he does play he makes an impact an does himself justice.
Andy Gray is an oracle…heres his post on Betfair regarding the Question will Newcastle get into a European place at the end of the season.
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In short, no. Newcastle have had some terrific results - the humbling of Sunderland and the win at the Emirates being the highlights - but their home form remains questionable. They lost to Blackburn at St James’ Park in midweek and prior to that they were defeated by Stoke and Blackpool. If you want to get into Europe, you simply cannot drop points at home against mid-table opposition.
Bettors have to be wary of promoted teams who make promising starts to the season. Burnley began well last season and went down while Hull, in their first season up, earned some great results before descending into a slump which meant they only avoided relegation by a point.
Chris Hughton has done a very good job and deserves to treated better than he has been by the club. However, the current Newcastle one is not radically different from the one that was relegated a couple of seasons ago. Many of the players are the same and just because the Magpies are a big club with a great fanbase, it does not mean they will necessarily be able to sustain their strong start.
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The funny thing is Mr Gray the team is a lot different to the one that was relegated, see the great responses…….
I am getting somewhat weary of lazy pundits like Andy Gray who say things like “However, the current Newcastle one is not radically different from the one that was relegated a couple of seasons ago. Many of the players are the same”
Where are Given, Bassong, Beye, Duff, Martins, N’Zogbia, Owen and Viduka ?
That’s 8 players who contributed to the relegation and in fact were major reasons for the relegation, since they all appeared to think they were to good to scrap for points, and expected the players around them to do it for them. But 8 from 11 means only three were trying. No wonder Newcastle were relegated.
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I can`t believe this man is a pundit. same team that went down that would be minus M(oney bags) Owen M Viduka D Duff. S Given D Edgar Geremi Habib bye S Bassong O Martins N Butt J mIlner C NZogbia
12 Players Andy and one or two or three only there for the money. One day newcastle utd will be up there again and the pundits will be saying ” I knew they would be back one Day2 and telling how they always wanted newcastle to win blah blah blah.
BRILLIANT!
Be part of Seats history and get your opinion noted, we are looking for responses to the following questions for our new book, The Quotes of Geordieanity - a compendium of harsh truths and some laughs. We are after responses to the following 6 questions to try and give the world an accurate view of the Toon Army.
We would love to hear from you - send your responses to info@shiteseats.co.uk
Q1. What do you love about Newcastle United?
Q2. What were your first experiences of Newcastle United and St. James Park?
Q3. What is it you think (if anything) that sets Newcastle United apart from other Teams?
Q4. What are the 5 words you would use to sum up Newcastle United to a non-supporter?
Q5. Describe the future for Newcastle United (next 10 years)?
Q6. Finally who was your favourite Manager / Player and why?
NEWCASTLE COMEDY NIGHT : IT’S A FUNNY OLD GAME …
The party season starts here, come along for a brilliant night of comedy organised by the NUST featuring three top names from the Comedy Circuit, who also happen to be big Toon fans.
Gavin Webster comperes, with Simon Donald (once of Viz) and Carl Hutchinson completing the line-up. The action takes place at the Newcastle Labour Club*, only a dodgy free-kick away from St.James’ Park, doors opening at 7pm and the entertainment kicking off at 8pm, also featuring a late bar – last orders 11.30pm.
Tickets are a bargain £8 each and can be ordered from our online store here. They can also be purchased at the world famous Strawberry Pub opposite St James’ Park, see details below.
Newcastle Comedy Night
Thursday 9th December 2010
Newcastle Labour Club
Leazes Park Rd, NE1 4PF
Doors open 7pm for 8pm start
Late Bar – last orders 11.30pm
£8.00
Tickets can also be purchased at the Strawberry Pub opposite St James’ Park,
or by sending a cheque/postal order payable to
‘NUST’ to NUST, PO Box 621, Newcastle, NE5 9AD.
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– Look North reporter Dawn Thewlis reporting outside St James’ Park, with a predictable bunch of radge local kids jumping up and down behind her…drops a bollock live on air. She later apologised.
Good Article here from the Irish Independant, not sure we agree with all of whats written, but this is a good article.
Has Peter Reid been up to no good? - Story Here.
Thanks to BinBag the Sailor Man for this one. Chuckle? we did (not at the story - but the likeness is uncanny)
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A certain aceventura responds to this article written in the shittest of all newspapers The Daily St*r.
The seats salute you Mr Ventura
NUST UPDATE
The following is a quick update as to where the Trust is at the moment. Further relevant details will be provided in due course.
Fan Ownership
As we have already said we are planning to make sure that in the future the Club becomes owned, wholly or in part, by its supporters, or at the very least with the supporters having a strong influence at the Board level. We have been advised by lawyers specialising in this area and are in the process of preparing a draft prospectus which will require both legal and financial scrutiny before issue. We strongly feel that the Club should be put back into the Community from where it came, and we think the tide of opinion throughout football is now in favour of this idea, including support from all political parties including the ‘coalition’ government.
- Chi Onwurah MP (Newcastle Central), “Regardless of politics, anyone who loves football knows that supporters deserve to have a say in the clubs in which they invest so much emotion and money. In Newcastle this is especially true. I’m glad I was able to bring NUST and the Minister for Sport together. We are all agreed about where we want to get to and NUST are looking at different ways of getting there. The Minister has promised to look at ways of supporting them”.
Junior Trust
The opening of JUSTNewcastle for 16 years and under when appropriate level of sponsorship received - this will be free to join and members will receive a JUSTNewcastle pack and will have access to the JUSTNewcastle website. The aim is to link memberships through schools & local juniors clubs and to encourage and guarantee the future support for Newcastle United.
Helping Local Football Teams
By setting up and maintaining a dedicated area of our website for local football teams that need a web presence. This will be rolled out in the next fortnight with a section for Westgate Juniors.
Comedy Night
Our 3rd annual Comedy night returns in December.
Tournament
Sponsorship of local school football matches following the successful NUST sponsored summer 5-a-side competition. First game due following half-term.
SRTRC And KIO
Links with ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ and ‘Kick it Out’ including educational events, details to follow.
AGM (Annual General Meeting)
This will take place in January 2011.
Roadshows
Partnering organisations involved in fundraising activities by more Roadshows - NUST has already helped to raise considerable amounts for local charities, including over £7,500 for the ‘Sir Bobby Robson Foundation’
- Pauline Buglass, head of fundraising for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, “We’re grateful to Newcastle United Supporters Trust for their continued efforts to raise money for Sir Bobby’s charity. The money will help patients within the North East and Cumbria who are fighting hard against cancer”.
Furthering The Supporters Trust Movement
Following on from recent meetings with Supporters Direct, The Arsenal Trust, Rangers Trust and MUST amongst others we will be continuing to work towards a common ground in respect of promoting supporter ownership models.
Fundraising Dinner
A fundraising dinner with special guests will take place in February 2011.
Local Achievers
The Trust’s ‘Local Achievers’ initiative has already rewarded numerous people in the local community by providing them with tickets for a wide range of ‘good citizen’ activities. This scheme will continue and help many fans, including many from disadvantaged parts of society, to see their team at St James’ Park
- Mark Allison (Run Geordie Run fame and master charity fundraiser), “Many thanks to the NUST for the invaluable help in spreading the word about the run across the USA”.
As promised here are some stats and stuff regarding this weekends Tyne and Wear Derby.
Premier League Derbys
This will be the 17th Derby game played in the Premier League with the stats being….
NUFC - 7
Draw - 6
SAFC - 3
The strange stat being is both teams have scored more goals away from home in these fixtures
NUFC scored 25 goals - 12 at Home and 13 at SAFC
SAFC scored 17 goals - 9 at NUFC and 8 at Home
Derby Doubles
NUFC have done the double 11 times and SAFC have managed this 6 times
Overall Results Summary
NUFC 51 wins, 210 goals
SAFC 45 wins, 205 goals
Draws 44
Most Consecutive Wins
NUFC - 5 games 24/02/2002 -> 17/04/2006
SAFC - 3 games 24/12/1904 -> 02/09/1905
Most Derby Appearances
Jimmy Lawrence (NUFC) - 27 (22L 5C)
George Holley (SAFC) - 22 (17L 5C)
Most Derby Goals
Jackie Milburn (NUFC) - 11 (11L)
George Holley (SAFC) -15 (13L 2C)
Pie Heed Predicts
Pie Heed Lawrenson is taking on lardy popstar Robbie Williams on the predictions this week on the BBC and they go for NUFC 1-0 (Lawro) and 1-1 (Draw) Robbie Williams. Fat twat.
Strange Fact
In addition, the guest system operated in British football during World War II meant that most teams fielded guest players. Amongst these was the Newcastle forward Jackie Milburn who made two guest appearances for Sunderland during the 1944/45 season. Another Newcastle striker, Albert Stubbins also guested for Sunderland several times during the 1941/42 season, including an appearance in the Wartime Cup Final, which Sunderland lost to Wolverhampton Wanderers despite a Stubbins goal.
Birmingham v Brentford (1-1, 4-3 on pens)
Ipswich v Northampton, (3-1)
Leicester v West Brom, (1-4)
Wigan v Swansea, (2-0)
Man Utd v Wolverhampton, (3-2)
Aston Villa v Burnley (2-1)
Newcastle v Arsenal (0-4)
West Ham v Stoke (3-1)
The Fifth Round draw will take place on 30 October 2010, with the matches to be played in the week commencing 29 November 2010.
First bunch of matches played last night in the Carling Cup, a place in the Quarter Finals at stake - here were last nights results
Birmingham v Brentford (1-1, 4-3 on pens)
Ipswich v Northampton, (3-1)
Leicester v West Brom, (1-4)
Wigan v Swansea, (2-0)
Man Utd v Wolverhampton, (3-2)
We mentioned in a post earlier this week that, The shortest priced teams this week were Man Utd and Birmingham…. and Odds have the last 8 as
Birmingham, Ipswich, WBA, Wigan, Man Utd, Villa, Arsenal and West Ham.
So a 5-timer could have been had last night at decent enough odds).
Tonights games as follows…………
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Aston Villa v Burnley, 19:45
Newcastle v Arsenal, 19:45
West Ham v Stoke, 19:45
The Fifth Round draw will take place on 30 October 2010, with the matches to be played in the week commencing 29 November 2010.
Tor Jørgen Svanberg was the only Sandefjord supporter who took the trip to Aalesund in a recent match in the Norwegian League.
Club director Øystein Ulsnæs, “He was standing there alone, I think it is a moving dedication. Watching the guys go over to thank him for the fight, got the feeling at the highest level”. Now he will contact the keen supporter. We will show that this is something we appreciate. When it is so special like this, he is invited to our closing party where we will give him some nice words. Sandefjord had also brought a rare point yesterday, after Alexander Gabrielsen 2-2-equalizer just before the end.
The Seats Salute you Tor Jørgen Svanberg
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