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To be honest, the return yesterday on the packed Eastbourne train felt like a long journey, with loads of pissed-up, boorish, Brighton supporters annoying everyone in the carriage with their swearing and shouting.

….. to balance out the six points Palace get against us.

I’m looking forward to the away game. I can stay in Newcastle for the weekend, doing a day-trip to nearby Sunderland (which isn’t nearly as bad as people say). The 50000 stadium should be great (never been there). I don’t like to be nasty about northern places but I wasn’t that impressed by my...

Yes, they go down a long way but you don’t want the German to Bight.

Not come across that German word. Is it “der Srnad”, “die Srnad” or “das Srnad”?

Well, if it’s a WOP you’re after, I’m your man, and I’m convinced it’s not an old expression.

I’m fascinated by the term “luzzing”. I’d not heard it before a couple of years ago (yes, I know, I’m very old). It seems (according to ChatGPT) to derive from “loosing” (ie, you’re “loosing” the beer by throwing it away). Most hits for “luzzing” through Google are for NSC, but maybe the Google...

While I’m in two minds about this, I’m definite about believing this should be up to the clubs, not the government. The legislation that followed on from the Taylor Report has had its day, and its legal requirements should either be handed back to the clubs’ discretion or absorbed into Health...

Watching the game last night I kept asking myself how a city of 275,000 people has a 50,000 capacity stadium.

What school did you go to? The best we got for pudding in the sixties at Lewes Boys’ Grammar, was pink custard on a steamed pudding.

And purely out of interest, what are your mothers’ maiden names? And do you happen to remember the names of your first pets?

I could be wrong, but I think I’ve detected a definite lessening in the degree of remembrance for this anniversary. Whilst a bit worrying (“Lest We Forget” and all that), I suppose it’s understandable, with the direct memories getting more and more lost each year. There are some weird...

“If… “. (I might have got the number of full-stops wrong)

Someone running at 5 mph covers 88 inches in one second (no, I couldn’t believe that either, but AI tells me that and I’ve checked it). So between each frame (24 per second you say), they travel about 3 inches. So that’s your margin of error (even if picking the moment of kicking is virtually...

It’s funny how the magnifying glasses come out to detect a few millimeters of a toe between the receiver and the defender, yet nobody ever checks the accuracy of picking the moment the ball leaves the passer’s foot. The ball’s flexible and the foot’s flexible so it must be quite subjective when...

Yes, I agree. And he tried to persuade the ref to card one of our players on Sunday. It’s not nice in general, but I don’t blame him for doing it, he’s a Newcastle player. I used to love watching Anthony Gordon kiss his badge at Everton after scoring a goal, before forcing a move to Newcastle

“20:00pm” !!!

But he should be in goal with all his saves (Saving Matty Ryan, and Saving Gordon Banks).

When both teams went into respective huddles on the touchline, I wondered why one of the Brighton players didn’t go into the Newcastle huddle (don’t see why that would be against any rule) to find out what they’re talking about.

Yea, well, with your name starting with a “U” you’re always going to be near the end. Suggest you change it to “Aardvark”.