well, Newcastle USED to be a team in for CL places. this film kind of worked as a reminder of that distant time (I guess when it was being scripted, cast etc they were on a roll by their standards).
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
SPOILER: the "Ghost Of The Gallowgate" is unmasked as bitter reserve keeper Steve Harper, who had been attempting to drive down the value of the land so that the board would be forced to sell Shay Given to evil Norwegian side FC Baastaad in order to keep the club afloat.
"You'll be getting plenty of first-team opportunities where you're going.""Yeah, yeah, prison...""No - Darlington!""NOOOO..."
C N'Zogbia: "LOL"
― William Bloody Swygart, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
That train journey between Durham and about Berwick *is* fantastic. I always manoeuvre myself to the east of the train for the best view of those bridges
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
SPOILER: film ends with bomb-laden Olivier Bernard ascending The Angel Of The North, the entire assembled first-team squad incredulously looking on from beneath, and announcing "Look at me, Laurent, top of the world!" before Nikos Dabizas fells him with a well-aimed punt
― claudestock carpentinieri (country matters), Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
PF may be interested in Goal! II, where hero boy is transferred to Real Madrid. There's also Goal! III, which is apparently based around the 2006 World Cup. Given hero boy is (I think) Mexican, don't anticipate too much from that.
― William Bloody Swygart, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Hang on. Hero boy gets surprise transfer from Newcastle to Real Madrid... Goal! II = JONATHAN WOODGATE: THE MOVIE!
― William Bloody Swygart, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Curious, this - I did hear that there were supposed to be other films but was not clear that they had actually been made. The BBC preview for the first film mentions Real and the World Cup which are not in the first film. Instead it takes a good long time talking about NEWCASTLE UNITED.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 30 December 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
it'd be lol if i didn't feel for hughton, regardless of residual ill-feeling for him being nominally in charge of set-pieces/defence under jol at spurs
― Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Monday, 6 December 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Ant & Dec.
― The referee was perfect (Chris), Monday, 6 December 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Absolute fucking nonsense.
― rappa ternt sagna (jim in glasgow), Monday, 6 December 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
if i didn't feel for hughton
oh i'm sure he'll find a work environment that isn't populated exclusively by psychopaths and idiots soon enough.
― Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 6 December 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
http://media2.inktastic.com/thumbnails/64169.png
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Saturday, 19 January 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
Woke up, checked the premier league table, saw my beloved and almighty Sunderland AFC were still above Newcastle, grinned like a cheshire cat and went to put the kettle on. I hope this good mood sustains itself throughout the rest of the day, as it has for many days prior to this :D
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Sunday, 20 January 2013 08:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/newcastle-reserve-boss-donachie-suspended-for-allegedly-hitting-player-1.1682759
― cyfytlapdbfr? (darraghmac), Thursday, 6 February 2014 22:33 (ten years ago) link
Alan Pardew's 8-year contract at Newcastle expires today. In that time:- Donald Trump elected president- 3 General Elections- UK left the EU- Mandela & Thatcher died- Ebola, Zika & Coronavirus viruses- Will and Kate had 3 kids- 2 World Cups- Pardew managed 3 clubs pic.twitter.com/BTswp8ac8h— Peter Davidson (@Peter_Davidson1) June 30, 2020
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 09:28 (three years ago) link
- Gazza read Finnegans Wake
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 10:05 (three years ago) link
Even now there is literally nothing better on the internet than the Pardew dancing gif.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 30 June 2020 10:10 (three years ago) link
Sadly that German teenager's Pardew / Herz an Herz tribute video got taken down for a copyright violation.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 30 June 2020 11:00 (three years ago) link