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Eagles And Gooners March To Raise Awareness Of Mental Health

Mar 27th, 2019 by 'holic

If you follow social media you may well have seen last month that over 70 Crystal Palace and Fulham fans walked together from Craven Cottage to Selhurst Park in order to raise awareness of mental health and male suicide.

The response to that walk from fans of far more than just those involved was impressive and heartwarming. As a result supporters of Crystal Palace and The Arsenal have now come together for a further event which will take place on the 21^st April for the Palace away game in North London. Those involved will cover a distance of around 12 miles which will take about 4 to 4.5 hours (including stops).

The walk is being undertaken as a direct result of personal experiences of many of the participants and also because of the horrendous statistics on mental health and male suicide. I know many Gooners (not just male, obviously) who have suffered various degrees of poor mental health and the consequences, or potential consequences, are felt by most people I know. That shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone these days alone as one person in four is now affected.

Men are notorious for bottling things up, fearing that backlash, of exhibiting weakness. Gradually those attitudes are being changed in society and large numbers of men now feel able to talk through their problems with professionals, family, and friends. The stigma that once felt so prominent is all but extinguished. Not all have been persuaded though. Male suicide covers 75% of all suicides in the UK and is the biggest killer of men under 45 years of age.

The walks were set-up to raise awareness of both mental health and male suicide but also because it is believed that this initiative can make a real difference in encouraging people to find the courage to talk and find help. If you agree with what is happening please use your social media platform to share the message. This is a positive message from Premier League supporters coming together and can only help to counter some of the negative publicity we often receive.

These days football is followed by people of all ages, across both sexes and therefore getting the message out to encourage people to talk and seek help has huge potential. The event itself is not about raising money and is all about raising awareness. It is aimed at sending out a message to encourage people to open up, to talk and to understand that they are not alone.

It’s a very personal thing for many of us, and I know that you will give it your full backing. Thank you and well done to the supporters of both clubs who have worked hard to put this together, and thank you to all of you too. Let’s continue to be there for each other.

Update, with thanks to Gav @SheWore.

To get involved contact Paul, @HC15OnTour, or email Paul at peprice1969@btinternet.com

Proposed stops and details of the route are shown below;

Time/ETA	Location	Distance	Durations	Nearest Station
09:30	Selhurst Park Stadium – SE25 8QB	N/A	N/A	Norwood Junction, Selhurst or Thornton Heath
10:50 to 11:00	Half Moon Pub, Herne Hill – SE24 9HU	4.3m/6.9km	~1:30 hrs	Herne Hill
Break ~20 mins
12:30 to 12:40	Prince William Henry Pub, Blackfriars – SE1 8NL	4.0m/6.4km	~1:20 hrs	Blackfriars, Southwark Tube
Break ~20 mins
13:35 to 13:45	Wetherspoons (Angel) – N1 9LQ	2.0m/3.2km	45 mins	Angel Tube
Not a Break				Final pick-up / meeting point
14:05 to 14:15	Piebury Corner –N7 8DL	1.3m/2.0km	30 mins	Drayton Park or Holloway Road Tube
15:15	Emirates Stadium – N7 7AJ			Finish and photos

If you need help, or want to talk to someone, contact CALM on (Nationwide) 0800 58 58 58, (London) 0808 802 58 58, or visit their website now.

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121 Responses to “Eagles And Gooners March To Raise Awareness Of Mental Health”

on 27 Mar 2019 at 8:04 pm1TTG

Holic,
Thankyou for raising awareness of this. I work with a couple of organisations run by friends who exist to support people with depression, anxiety and other mental problems. The environment now is so different and supportive. I suffered from a depressive episode thirty years ago which I kept secret from my employer lest it was felt I could not cope. I hate Stan Collymore but I cringe when I heard an idiot on TalkShite wonder what he had to be depressed about because he was paid thousands a week. Thankfully those cretins aren’t given airtime nowadays .
Depressive illness is immensely common and as you say the stigma has mercifully disappeared . These sort of initiatives really help sufferers to ask for help . Well done to the organisers .
on 27 Mar 2019 at 8:06 pm2Mark Earle

Fantastic piece Dave, well written. I’m sad to say I have been affected by a dear friend taking his own life. I congratulate you on this well written blog.
on 27 Mar 2019 at 8:21 pm3Esso

Great Work Dave!
on 27 Mar 2019 at 8:41 pm4Silly Second Yella

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkKGbQnEjfo
on 27 Mar 2019 at 9:02 pm5bathgooner

Good stuff Guvna.
on 27 Mar 2019 at 9:25 pm6bt8

Good job and excellent cause. God knows how life saving football and sport can be. Good job too that Piebury Corner is on the parade route. ??????
on 27 Mar 2019 at 10:43 pm7North Bank Ned

What those above said.
on 28 Mar 2019 at 1:20 am8scruzgooner

dave, thanks for this piece. i sit on the bus home from work, eyes dripping tears, as i remember my two friends who couldn’t stay the course and are no longer with us. my son’s friend who couldn’t stand it anymore at 18 and left us by his own hand two years ago. my own travails as a 20 year old, and the work i’ve done in the last 35 years to heal and how thankful i am in California, at the forefront of reducing the stigma since the 70s.

the social stigma about having “mental health issues” has to be overcome. there is no “normal” when it comes to how one feels, and if you feel like taking your life, get help…there are places where people are always there to talk, and where they can direct you to longer-term help. in the usa the national suicide prevention hotline is 1-800-273-8255.

i wish i could be there in red to take part in the walk. well done, supporters, of both clubs.
on 28 Mar 2019 at 5:09 pm9can't be arsed

top notch stuff ‘hol
have a beer on me
and
pints on the bar
thunder T and scruz
(real ones)
(out the shop)
(not my homemade donkey varnish)
.
.
.
sláinte
on 28 Mar 2019 at 9:41 pm10bt8

“Spreading peace with Google Translate and a bike.”

The bike might help to spread peace. The other one, I am not so sure.
on 28 Mar 2019 at 9:55 pm11Goonerholic

Thank you all for your kind words.

This is a very personal issue and yet it isn’t, because I know we will all have lost good people to these issues.

Getting people, not just men, to talk when the lows engulf you is so important.

You are all stars.
on 28 Mar 2019 at 10:05 pm12scruzgooner

sláinte, cba. and holic, for the excellent piece.

so often we don’t know someone is there to listen, or that what we have to say is worth saying, or that we’re worth saying it, when we’re engulfed. i’d hope everyone these days would give an ear to someone who needs it; this bar seems to attract those who both can and do.

cheers, all.
on 28 Mar 2019 at 11:48 pm13Steve T

What Esso said.

Great stuff H and very pleasing to see that such a subject is not as taboo as it once was.

Sadly, like many above, I have lost friends and colleagues who have tragically decided that there was only one option open to them. On a professional basis I have on numerous occasions dealt with such tragic incidents and the subsequent fallout. It’s safe to say that on each occasion, there have been no winners.

I love the idea of the walk. It recognises the seriousness of the issues and Unites football fans in their support. Please remember, it’s okay not to be okay. Keep an eye on your mates. Some may be a lot more vulnerable than we initially realise. It’s heartening to think that asking your drinking buddy who appears to be a bit quiet, is he okay, is something we should all now be doing.

Look after yourself people, and those close to you.
on 28 Mar 2019 at 11:50 pm14can't be arsed

12 scruz perfect
on 29 Mar 2019 at 12:02 am15Pangloss

“Please remember, it’s okay not to be okay.” SteveT@13 above.

Perfectly put.

By coincidence I shall be going to the Palace game with my sister-in-law and will see if she is up for joining the march. Walking all the way from Selhurst Park on pavement doesn’t sound too attractive, but I hope we will be taking part for some of the distance. (Thinks: “It must be over 40 years since I last went on a demo. Well past time I did so again.”)

COYG

Real football returns in a couple of days.
Yay!
on 29 Mar 2019 at 12:20 am16can't be arsed

beer for the mighty pan G

donkey varnish for steve T
(mod – and needs to learn)

.
.
.
i’m on it , mind
and
HeeHaw’s hooves
#shine bright like a diamond

so
.
.
.
.
.
.
you decide
on 29 Mar 2019 at 12:30 am17can't be arsed

.
and
pan G
may
(without sounding too chocolate box Irish)
the road rise to greet yer feet
.
.
.
this is a good place
dave is a good man
and you bastards have
helped me enormously
.
.
.
on 29 Mar 2019 at 12:34 am18can't be arsed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S771kvvpipU
on 29 Mar 2019 at 2:03 am19can't be arsed

.
.

“obviously not to shut the bastardin up”
on 29 Mar 2019 at 2:18 am20can't be arsed

.
.
back when kasabian were good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ZqNBd_orI
on 29 Mar 2019 at 2:26 am21can't be arsed

.
.
.
tennis?
balls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjL7D33xpS4
on 29 Mar 2019 at 2:35 am22can't be arsed

.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svZvAfGQ3J4
.
on 29 Mar 2019 at 2:40 am23can't be arsed

.
.
remember !
u r a BROAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjyQkt04Urc
on 29 Mar 2019 at 2:49 am24can't be arsed

.
.
.
mmmmmmm
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFaFVhyjb5Y
on 29 Mar 2019 at 2:54 am25can't be arsed

trout mask replica
on 29 Mar 2019 at 3:00 am26can't be arsed

same team different jerseys
on 29 Mar 2019 at 3:13 am27can't be arsed

nowts changed
on 29 Mar 2019 at 3:13 am28can't be arsed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbI_awR4CKE
on 29 Mar 2019 at 3:32 am29can't be arsed

.
.
.
#offthevarnish

.
on a stout
and

it is glorious
(homemade obvs)
however
i lost my brew book
the caps and sometimes wee stick on dots
signified
what was in the bottle
so
not unlike taking all the labels
off the tins in yer cupboard
i may encounter dog food
on 29 Mar 2019 at 3:40 am30can't be arsed

or genius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haVaaDLwWvI
on 29 Mar 2019 at 3:45 am31can't be arsed

fuck off the lotta ye
?
on 29 Mar 2019 at 3:56 am32can't be arsed

RIP rankin R
on 29 Mar 2019 at 4:57 am33can't be arsed

.
.
.
quick kip
then
a vegan paradise
of big animals eating sorta grass
happy as fuck
noisy as fuck
scary as fuck
shitey too
.
.
.
so cheerio
on 29 Mar 2019 at 4:59 am34can't be arsed

moooooooooooooooooooooo
on 29 Mar 2019 at 5:05 am35can't be arsed

yeah
bat yer big eyelashes
but
i know the HORRORS of yer other end

FRIESIAN BASTARDS
on 29 Mar 2019 at 5:07 am36can't be arsed

.
“ye moooooooooooooooooooooo over here”
“steal our grass”
on 29 Mar 2019 at 5:22 am37can't be arsed

“ya undercuttin shower o bastards !”
on 29 Mar 2019 at 8:02 am38Steve T

Morning cba. You scruffy urchin you……
on 29 Mar 2019 at 12:03 pm39TTG

More power to your leg muscles Pangloss. The March coincides with Easter celebrations at the TTG house so I can’t join it but will be at the match
As for that CBA Jessie it’s good to hear from you . The man who introduced me to the delights of Ireland died twenty five years ago today. A Booterstown fella. I shall raise a glass to him tonight.
Keep well CBA ! ?
Slainte
on 29 Mar 2019 at 12:03 pm40bt8

Simple way of testing is pour some into the dog’s dish and if he slurps it up you know what you have got.
on 29 Mar 2019 at 12:30 pm41ClockEndRider

Well done for publicising this sir. Let’s hope there’s a really good turnout. Not convinced I could walk 12 miles, especially through South London badlands, but will certainly try to pick it up from the civilised side of the river….
on 29 Mar 2019 at 6:36 pm42bt8

12 mile walk ameliorated by breaks in four pubs along the way sounds like a reasonable challenge to me, and right civilised too.
on 29 Mar 2019 at 7:07 pm43Mark McGauran

Well done on the walk idea and good luck with it. But i`ve a request, can you please put back up the clock stating how long it`s being since spurs won a league title. that used to make me smile every time i logged onto goonerholic.
on 29 Mar 2019 at 8:27 pm44can't be arsed

brilliant ?
all the T’s
steve and thunder
i wish you a long and happy life together
wedding present list at the armoury
(bags the toaster that burns God’s face on the bread)

fine fellas both
tonight
i’ll play strange town for one
toast the friend of the other
.
.
.
sláinte
and
.
UP THE ARSENAL
on 29 Mar 2019 at 9:42 pm45can't be arsed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8YHwgGX9fU

WHAT A FUCKIN TUNE
(d’ye remember buying this when it came out not that long ago ?)
.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLKRQbnvLmk

glass raised
on 29 Mar 2019 at 10:35 pm46can't be arsed

jacob RM – ultra taig
fake looking to
the dup – ultra prods
for fake guidance

then
in an effort to
“Keep it light”
at the march today

musical accompaniment
was provided
by orange bands

.

be afraid
.
.
.
(i hope pan G didn’t mistakenly join that march )
on 29 Mar 2019 at 10:39 pm47can't be arsed

don’t worry Dave
bbc4 catchup soon

i’ll shut my classically handsome face
for the evening

fab four time
on 29 Mar 2019 at 10:40 pm48can't be arsed

?
on 29 Mar 2019 at 10:57 pm49can't be arsed

holy shit
the bands were scottish

scottish bigotry is route one
it’s not the subtle multi layered fiasco
whence it came

?
on 29 Mar 2019 at 10:59 pm50can't be arsed

WHENCE

(i know)

*drops mic*
on 30 Mar 2019 at 12:45 am51can't be arsed

sgt pepper doc is good
climbing the huge ornamental hump
of the presenter – is achievable
and there’s rewards
but
collarless shirts can be worn
by
one man and one man alone
.
collarless shirt waistcoat combo
(see above)
.
it looks shite
but
it’s his shite

indeed
he didn’t always embarrass
his friends and family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhwCqAmggnM

shite t shirts ok
shite granda shirts
NO
on 30 Mar 2019 at 12:57 am52can't be arsed

blaaaaaaaa
old people
blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HCw8Q6zBSw
on 30 Mar 2019 at 1:48 am53can't be arsed

dave
i fuckin promised
i did
.
i’d behave
it’s a football blog n all
.
.
indeed there’s a funny serious story
in the 70s football was called football here
indeed everyone i knew called it football

a while ago
people started calling football soccer
cos football is gaelic football
despite us all calling soccer football
previously

i played both

gaelic football for the school
football for joy

(big roomy woman joy – think of her every time i turn on the Hoover)
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:08 am54can't be arsed

anyhoo
all that shite nearly said is gospel

.
.
but
In many ways my dear people
aren’t we all
.
.

“Dearly beloved…”
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:15 am55can't be arsed

can’t wait to get back to Donegal
had to leave for a wee tiny while

the cows are very judgmental in the north
scottish accents
mucky teats

“moooooooooooooooooooooo , pal”
“god save the queen , etc”
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:18 am56can't be arsed

tunnocksthistunnocksthat
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:25 am57can't be arsed

grdddledrrrdle drrddle
random vowels

congratulations
you’re my aggravating grandchildren

conveniently owners of short arms long pockets
three are bigger than me
ones enormous
but
we don’t talk about her
we just slide potato waffles under her cage
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:43 am58can't be arsed

.
.
blah
etc
.
i met nick cave once
incredibly small face

never thought he could “sing”
when BRILLIANT birthday party albums
were bought
but
he’s convinced himself/the world
he’s a crooner
of some renown

he’s not
he couldn’t houl a tune in a big bucket

“Pick a key , any key , and stick to it Stretch”

.
.
.
RESPONSE
****
nope
i try cba
but my singing muscles are haphazard
and you
paddymalinky are a cunt
and
whatevs
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:47 am59can't be arsed

but i’m one of nearly no people
who bought this single
ya big ornamental shite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wq9B6KaIRQ
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:49 am60can't be arsed

ye nearly barely stuck to a key then
ya scamp
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:51 am61can't be arsed

it’s just backwards and forwards
like this
all the time
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:53 am62can't be arsed

ELTON !!!!!!
on 30 Mar 2019 at 3:22 am63can't be arsed

.
.
it’s tiring
really is

.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grvr4nK4AZA

and the most original band in the universe radiohead
agree

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1r7qvr
on 30 Mar 2019 at 3:31 am64can't be arsed

“they’ve got their haters
but evidence would suggest
back engineering”
– Theresa May on radio
head
on 30 Mar 2019 at 3:43 am65can't be arsed

.
.
fuckin dunno why
i’m educatin here

the pays lousy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnBAsHgwUpw
on 30 Mar 2019 at 3:50 am66can't be arsed

met this cunt
many a time
complete diamond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOi_wxypeGc
on 30 Mar 2019 at 12:43 pm67Steve T

cba @45. Now you’re talking

As for the rest???????
on 30 Mar 2019 at 1:07 pm68OsakaMatt

Football is back.
Unfortunately in Fulham’s case so far.
on 30 Mar 2019 at 1:44 pm69TTG

Clive
8-0 win for the U18s one or two of which were on the bench for the 1-0 win over West Ham last night ( game called off originally because of fog when we were winning 3-0 at half-time !)
We play the sons of Satan in the title decider at our place on Tuesday. They are one point behind us with a game in hand. The ladies are at home to Birmingham tomorrow. If we win that I believe the title is ours
on 30 Mar 2019 at 2:28 pm70can't be arsed

? steve
was on the gargle
so
as happens oftentimes
just read last night’s offerings
fuckin news to me
i said out loud to herself
“fuck , i haven’t heard that in years”

i do recall strange town
and toasting thunder Ts friend
but
deep hazy blurs of homebrew
descend thereafter

i consider last night a win though
cos
i laughed at my own jokes this morning
i didn’t call anyone a bad name
nor did i shite myself

so
can’t complain
can’t explain ?

i knew summat was up though
cos technology says
this was the last song i played

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcWqE7EAJRE

10 times in a row
if herself is to be believed

?????
on 30 Mar 2019 at 3:11 pm71can't be arsed

and
anyhoo steve

fuck up

stop encouraging more waffle
this is a football blog
and
the barren patches
should be filled by us all
tending our allotments
not throwing painful prose
hither and thither

so
i’ll bid you adieu
and
leave you to alphabetize yer loafers

.
.
.
as ever

UP THE ARSENAL
on 30 Mar 2019 at 3:43 pm72can't be arsed

and
as an extension
to the allotment digging
thunder T yer a proxy cunt

ye made herself cry
with The Parting Glass

i can houl a tune
but not aloft like Luke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLKRQbnvLmk

fuckin marvellous
on 30 Mar 2019 at 4:15 pm73can't be arsed

#
of all the money that e’er i had
i spent it in good company
and
of all the harm that ever i done
alas it was to none but me
and all i’ve done
for want of wit
to memory now
i can’t recall

so
fill to me
The Parting Glass
goodnight and joy be with you all
#
on 30 Mar 2019 at 4:27 pm74can't be arsed

.
.
.
sting also wrote songs
they were all SHITE

yer from bastardin newcastle
fuckin cod jamaican accent twaddle

dickhead
on 30 Mar 2019 at 4:30 pm75can't be arsed

and i should know
cos
i’m not from fuckin Jamaica either

ya big bottle blonde twat
on 30 Mar 2019 at 4:32 pm76can't be arsed

.
i fuckin hate the radio
she bastardin has it on
all fuckin day
on 30 Mar 2019 at 4:35 pm77can't be arsed

time
LITERALLY
for
another music in a different kitchen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9ZVVfE3z0Y
on 30 Mar 2019 at 4:45 pm78can't be arsed

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
there’s fuckin jamie oliver ads between songs on here

Sweet Mother of God

there’s another twat right there
on 30 Mar 2019 at 4:50 pm79can't be arsed

78
that’s the year cynic arrested me
angry wee fucker he was
throwing daily mirrors
my quiff near broke off

no need
no need at all
on 30 Mar 2019 at 4:56 pm80can't be arsed

half a dozen demi johns
ready for action

first
i think
apple juice and aj and raspberry

should come in about 12%

.
.
.
see ya
on 30 Mar 2019 at 5:54 pm81can't be arsed

3 brews on

apple / honey (likely 8%)
red grape juice / aj /raspberry (likely 12%)
raspberry jam/strawberry jam (10% odds)
.
.
.
the other three gleaming demi johns can fuck off

curry won’t cook it’s fuckin self
tonight matthew
*dry ice*
jalfrezi
on 30 Mar 2019 at 5:58 pm82can't be arsed

25l just cider too
that takes no time
as i don’t cut open the cartons
?
“work for yer free beer”

my motto
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:03 pm83can't be arsed

for the nerds
or
to be honest
anyone who doesn’t skirt over my posts

this will come in about 7 or 8% hopefully
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:12 pm84can't be arsed

and
as i’m sure of history
it will drown three generations

the Scottish ones for some reason
are always very thirsty

“crisps on the ferry granda”
.
.
.
the delightful wee shitheads
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:15 pm85can't be arsed

or
i think that’s what they say
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:16 pm86can't be arsed

(stupid foreigners, eh)
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:22 pm87can't be arsed

one o the cunts
a niece
showed up in an old leather jacket
of MINE

it appeared well looked after

.
.
.

*disgusted*

she’s a vet so
they like animals
so

etc stuff
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:24 pm88can't be arsed

maybe it’s for the best
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:25 pm89can't be arsed

“Ahhh , would ye take a wee something mr Arsed to make it to the ton “
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:26 pm90can't be arsed

No
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:26 pm91can't be arsed

nay
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:27 pm92can't be arsed

and
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:28 pm93can't be arsed

can only be described as
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:29 pm94can't be arsed

never
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:29 pm95TTG

Watching some of West Ham v Everton . I wish we had the former to play and not the latter. They have already got their flip flops on !
Arnautovic looks very out of condition and disinterested
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:29 pm96can't be arsed

I’m a proud man
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:31 pm97can't be arsed

most would say
a humble man
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:32 pm98can't be arsed

but
what most people say
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:32 pm99can't be arsed

is
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:34 pm100can't be arsed

get off my timeline thunder T

i’m emoting here

can’t you see i’m emoting

dagnabbit
on 30 Mar 2019 at 6:36 pm101can't be arsed

?
bye y’all
on 30 Mar 2019 at 7:50 pm102Goonerholic

G’bye cba.

Mark @43, the clock is still there. I don’t know why you can’t see it. Anyone else have the problem?

Leaving the Palace walk as the lead piece on the front page so the Geordies preview will be tomorrow.

Thanks for popping in, all.
on 30 Mar 2019 at 7:56 pm103TTG

Sorry to interrupt CBA.
How presumptuous of me ?
on 30 Mar 2019 at 8:04 pm104can't be arsed

*calls off door knock*
on 30 Mar 2019 at 8:09 pm105can't be arsed

howdy dave
sorry for everything
.
i’ve dinner ready for everyone here
so
it’s the end of my mind juggling coping mechanism
here for now
and
by the way
?
on 30 Mar 2019 at 8:19 pm106can't be arsed

Playing Roy Orbison
through the earsplitting horse

“ye eat with me”
.
.
.
definitely away now

.
thanks Dave
yer a good soul

UP THE ARSENAL
on 30 Mar 2019 at 8:55 pm107bt8

Gift o’ gab
O’ prodigious proportion
Hope the cooking went without disastrous distraction and
up the Arsenal. ???
on 30 Mar 2019 at 9:42 pm108Goonersince54

TTG @69
Going to be a tasty game on Tues against our neighbors for the under 18 Title.
Credit them,they haven’t lost a league game all season,and both teams are well clear at the top of the table.
Be interesting to see if they come with attacking intent or given they only need a draw with a game in hand,whether they will opt for a more defensive setup.
Agree on the Ladies,if they win at Birmingham,which will be a tough physical battle,they will win the league and along with City we will be back in the Champions league for the first time in several years.
Agree with you about Everton finding form at just the wrong time,Wolves and Leicester are also in the mix for a possible Europa league spot,so we will have some battles on our hands in the run in.
But at least we are right in the thick of it at the pointy end of the season,with our destiny in our own hands,which is a great credit to Unai and his backroom squad,and of course to the players,who have bought into his philosophy.
Fingers crossed it ends in triumph and laughter,and not failure and tears.
on 30 Mar 2019 at 10:28 pm109Cynic

I only chucked Daily Mirrors at you because it was a lefty paper, cba, and I knew you’d appreciate a bit of Paul Foot. Plus it had the crossword with the easy or cryptic clues.

If I really didn’t like you I’d have had a bagful of Telegraphs to hand.
on 30 Mar 2019 at 10:37 pm110North Bank Ned

‘Holic@102: I suspect anyone who has disabled/uninstalled/didn’t install Adobe Flash for security or any other reason can’t see the clock. (But then in a way you don’t have to because we all know it is counting down to infinity.)
on 30 Mar 2019 at 11:37 pm111Goonerholic

Thanks Ned, I wouldn’t have had a clue. I hope this helps, Mark?
on 30 Mar 2019 at 11:56 pm112bt8

Isaac Hayden has had an excellent few months in the Newcastle team but seems like a decent fellow who had bad luck at Arsenal. Apart from Monday I’m glad to see him doing well.

https://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/newcastle-united-s-isaac-hayden-reveals-inside-story-of-his-arsenal-exit-1-9675777
on 31 Mar 2019 at 1:44 am113Pangloss

Ned@110, Holic@111, Mark@43

To my shame I hadn’t noticed the absence of the clock. When I came to look for it, there was a discreet “Download Adobe Flash” icon which I clicked and the clock returned, showing a much larger number than I remembered. God alone knows how long I’ve not been seeing it.

COYG
on 31 Mar 2019 at 4:26 am114OsakaMatt

Watched the first half of Manure
and Watford yesterday. Watford
were wasteful, Deeney crap and
Manure nicked the lead on the
counter – it was all very annoying.
on 31 Mar 2019 at 3:53 pm115ksn

Linesman helps Chelsea win from a clearly off side goal.
on 31 Mar 2019 at 4:02 pm116ATG

Cardiff robbed in bright day light by the refs awful refereeing for PL standards!

A clear pen not given either!
on 31 Mar 2019 at 4:27 pm117iBtM

Until VAR is implemented properly and professionally fans will continue to pay ~£100 per game to watch the wrong result, Arthur.
on 31 Mar 2019 at 6:25 pm118scruzgooner

the wheels are coming off the bus. let’s hope we can further that process tomorrow.

let’s all laugh…
on 31 Mar 2019 at 6:30 pm119TTG

Frankly we’ve seen two very unjust results today, one going for us and one against . But Chelsea under Sarri are a very poor side and shouldn’t finish above us or beat us in the Europa Final if we get there . As for the Totts they have some fine players but they also have Sissoko , Rose and Lloris . Third is very possible for us now if we finish strongly
on 31 Mar 2019 at 6:45 pm120North Bank Ned

Newcastle tomorrow is our easiest looking game left — which should be a huge red flag in itself, but win it and we go third (indeed a draw gives us third place on goals scored.).
on 31 Mar 2019 at 9:18 pm121Goonerholic

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