How the hell can 10,000 turn up to see Owen?

[alexkp]

Just on the news - 10,000 Newcastle fans have been at the stadium to welcome Michael Owen.

Does nobody work in Newcastle?

[vixpy1]

nope, but Police have reported car crime has gone down 90% in the past few hours.

[r988]

anonymous said:

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Don't be daft, of course noone works in Newcastle.

[dazren]

Everyone has probably been given the day off for this impromptu religious festival.

DAZ

[vixpy1]

Car crime is now non existent in Newcastle

[v15ben]

I am sure they made the same jokes when Liverpool came back with the European Cup!

Still, at least it's true

[docevi1]

it's lunch time and the stadium is about 5mins walk from the city centre.

[alexkp]

docevi1 said:

it's lunch time and the stadium is about 5mins walk from the city centre.

Please don't spoil this thread with facts and reasonable points.

[800]

TOOOOOOOOOOONARMY!

[Einion Yrth]

800 said:

LOOOOOOOOOOONARMY!

[docevi1]

anonymous said:

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Nobody works in Newcastle

No seriously, football is massively popular up here and it wouldn't surprise me if people are taking a longer or later lunch break to see the latest signing. After all everyone says we've just signed Michael Owen" - hmm, strange that non of them are shareholders!

Football is bloody annoying!

[AlexH]

Still like the gag about the reason Beckham wouldn't join Newcastle was because he heard about what the 'Toonarmy' did to Asia...

[scruffy]

Poor bastard - he's only just learnt Spanish...

[m1spw]

docevi1 said:

it's lunch time and the stadium is about 5mins walk from the city centre.

He's right. But Owen is a big thing for Newcastle, I remember when Shearer came and it was on the front cover of all the papers, the most Newcastle had ever paid for a player (£15 million, I still have the news paper cutting somewhere). Him coming is seen as a big success for us, and it'll give us more of a chance is Championships.

Its probably mostly kids who aren't at school btw, who hang round the city centre anyway

[staceyb]

You people never heard of holidays? Anyway you wouldnt be considered a geordie if you didnt go, its like going to church but instead you drink brown ale eat pies and scream and shout at players who think i dont give a toss cos im getting paid £60,000 to this.

[800]

It is indeed a 'champion' day.

[scruffy]

So you reckon this Martin Owen can single handedly raise enough morale and spirit to fight off allcomers like Alan of the Rovers did?


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[lazyitus]

They simply can't believe that somebody as big as Owen has signed for a small club.

Seeing is believing, I suppose.

[lazyitus]

scruffy said:

Poor bastard - he's only just learnt Spanish...

It'll take twice as long to learn Geordie.

[staceyb]

lazyitus said:

They simply can't believe that somebody as big as Owen has signed for a small club. Seeing is believing, I suppose.

Small club? You've obviously never been to st.james, its honestly frightening the noise in that place when its full of 50,000 screaming geordies. Small club my arse.