I have my ticket for the match on Saturday. I am dragging along my girlfriend and a friend of mine who supports Man Utd. but he will be wearing a Newcastle jersey on Saturday if I have my way!!
I remember the NUFC v Leicester match when Shearer scored the hat-trick in the last ten minutes. That was one of the best matches I have ever seen, I remember watching it live.
Fair play to ya, Gulliver!
Your taking your girlfriend along to the match reminded me of something that happened when I was in secondary school in Cork in the 70's. One guy in our year was a bit of a philosopher (!) and loved to contemplate life and tease things out. He asked us one day:-
"Lads, if you had an oul doll (girlfriend) and you wanted to get rid of her, but hadn't the courage to break it off with her, what would you do?"
Needless to say, not being men of the world, at that tender age, we all drew a blank.
"What you should do," he continued, "is take her down to The Lodge (Flower Lodge) of a Sunday to see Hibs playing and, I guarantee you, you'll never see her again!"
I sincerely hope you're not playing the same game with an unsuspecting girlfriend, Gulliver......!
