Stiff Brittle Fingers
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50-something Dad. Suburbanite. Wicketkeeper. Non League Paninaro. Rejuvenated running bore. Real Ale rambler.
Leafy NE3...
Joined February 2012
@EWAYDOUBLE Usually, they just write your name on the side of the cup when you order. You're lucky, they gave you a free portrait sketch too...
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@EWAYDOUBLE @TheBruise @petemcbee I've heard of the Lady Boys of Bangkok. But you're the Lardy Boy of Bangkok, Boyla...
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4/4 And finally, the joys of securing your Cup final ticket. Brothers Brian & Alan Matthews have got theirs. So too, has Paul Atkinson. Mind, it might cost more than £1.50 standing or £4 in the seats this time around... #NUFC
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@petemcbee @EWAYDOUBLE I was going to say he's had more clubs than hot dinners. But maybe not... 😉
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@petemcbee @ClintScotswood @Heatonstan @nbsfc2018 Barry Dunn (fourth along front row) signed for Sunderland from Blue Star. Canny winger in his day.
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@petemcbee @ClintScotswood @Heatonstan @nbsfc2018 Couple of good pals in that side. 'Dicka' and Frankie Storey. Some side that was...
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@ClintScotswood @Heatonstan @nbsfc2018 This old regular visitor to the Wheatsheaf may beg to differ... 😉
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The evening view: Bradford Park Avenue were still a Football League club when I was born. A name from the past at Grounsell Park tonight. Time for pre-match bait whilst hoping there's another win on the menu for Newcastle's alternative black & white movement @Heatonstan later...
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@Shepster4945 @Heatonstan 😁 I'll be cutting the tokens out of my programmes to qualify for a ticket like in the 70s!
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@fireandskill Partizan away. I'm not sure what the Serbian is for 'heed-the-baals' Kev, but these lads were the very definition!
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@Shepster4945 @Heatonstan If they get to the final, I'll dig out the sleeping bag and kip overnight in the bus shelter on Newton Road to get a good position for tickets going on sale...
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@fireandskill Until you've had to extricate yourself from an increasingly animated conversation with a Serbian kickboxing team in a bar in downtown Belgrade by feigning the need for a wee before bolting out of the door, then I'd say you've never experienced genuine fear. I'm still shaking!! 😫
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