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Name a team to beat our Sunderland/Newcastle eleven

May 12, 2012May 12, 2012 by Colin Randall

geordies v mackems — Choose this book or the mug if you win

Pete Sixsmith briefly describes the high point of a radio show that resembles, for those old enough to remember, the Brains Trust. I may offer a prize mug (as well as being one), but only if the replies include a team Pete thinks would beat his. And since summer is a-coming, even UTD111 is invited to participate (the mug would be modified for a Newcastle winner provided he or she didn’t dream aloud that repeating a snippet from the wireless amounted to evidence of obsession; it’s just a spot of end-of-season fun for non-neanderthals) …

Salut! Sunderland’s Week: the best of enemies – Newcastle and their sharper Cissé

May 5, 2012May 5, 2012 by Colin Randall

penshaw2 copy — Jake flatters Salut! Sunderland

The Mediterranean sun must be getting to Monsieur Salut. Readers of a sensitive disposition may wish to avert their eyes …

Some week: rain, rain, Chelsea and Bilbao

April 27, 2012 by Colin Randall

Right, between sorting out laptop and mobile phone nightmares, I found some of Pete Sixsmith’s magical words waiting to be posted. This is a no-frills, Poundland sort of edit …

Regrets, I’ve had a few … missing return to Newcastle isn’t among them

March 9, 2012 by Colin Randall

Pete Sixsmith on being a star broadcaster and giving the Newcastle-Sunderland reserves’ match a miss …

There are a few things I regret in my life. There was the night I stood up Julie Christie because I preferred West Auckland v Scarborough in the Vaux Floodlit League.

Then there was the time I opted to go for a haircut instead of seeing Jimi Hendrix at the Imperial Hotel in Darlington. Now, you can add last night to that ever growing list …

A treat for Newcastle’s Pardew: gannin’ along the scot-free road

March 8, 2012 by Colin Randall

So both Newcastle United and Sunderland face FA disciplinary charges over the tempestuous Tyne-Wear derby. It was the sort of announcement that ought to have had the United manager Alan Pardew quaking in his boots about the likely nature of action against him personally.

The Newcastle-Sunderland derby: moving on

March 7, 2012March 7, 2012 by Colin Randall

As the dust settles on the epic battle/brutal thuggery that was Sunday’s Tyne –Wear derby, Pete Sixsmith thinks it is time to move on. Or at least he does until tonight.

Soapbox: Newcastle’s get-out-jail card makes it nearly, not quite

March 5, 2012 by Colin Randall

Pete Sixsmith descends from the insult to humanity that passes for the Sports Direct Arena/SJP away end, accepts safe passage through the gauntlet of hate and rues the late, late Ameobi show …

Tioté is Newcastle’s problem; what do we do about Lee Cattermole?

March 5, 2012March 4, 2012 by Colin Randall

On March 21, Lee Barry Cattermole will be 24. Hardly a milestone, it is nevertheless an age at which a footballer might be expected to have acquired some degree of self-discipline.

Martin’s Musings from Newcastle: pride, not prejudice

March 4, 2012March 4, 2012 by Colin Randall

This was not the beautiful game in action. There was passion, heroic endeavour and controversy, but it was not a day for footballing artistry. All the same, Martin O’Neill, by some distance the more dignified of the managers (Pardew was an utter disgrace), tells in his post-match e-mail of coming away with an awful lot of pride to go with the point that was so nearly three. See also Sixer’s Sevens: heroes and villains …

Sixer’s Sevens: Newcastle United 1 SAFC 1. Heroes and villains

March 4, 2012March 4, 2012 by Colin Randall

This is where Pete Sixsmith captures the glory and shame, hope and despair, excitement and ennui of the Sunderland matchday experience. When, rarely, Pete is absent or delayed, a supersub does it for him and the seven-word verdict is preceded by an asterisk. Pete’s full analysis of the game will usually appear within a day or two.

It ended in a draw as Newcastle forced a late equaliser after heroic resistance from Sunderland’s 10 men.