Class! 😊👌

Thank you my friend. Yes, it seems to be getting more frequent these days. There are a few extra complications with this one, but we’re very impressed with the surgeon. 👍

Thank you, Alison. That’s very much appreciated.

Thanks, Stu. Your kindness is much appreciated. Hopefully I’ll be back well before Christmas. 😊

Thanks, Donna. That’s very kind of you, and I’ll pass on your best wishes to Denise.

Brilliant! 🤣

This is exceptional. We’ve all been there like this Everton lad and it’s the world weary, familiarity of the jarring disappointment, crashing optimism that makes it so amusing. Chin up mate 🥳🏁

THE SPECIAL - Spurs at home Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur, St James’ Park, Tuesday 2/Dec/25, KO: 20:15, Premier League.

It’s match-day again so it’s time for THE SPECIAL - yer man @yousef-1892.bsky.social is talking us up Barrack Rd and down the Milburn tunnel for another meeting with Thomas Frank’s Tottenham - as ever a massive treasure trove of #NUFC delights plus more -

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@devorahleah.bsky.social Hi Donna, I’m just letting you know that today is likely to be my last on BlueSky for a while. My wife is having major bowel surgery on Friday and they’ve told her convalescence could be anything up to 3 months. I will be back, but until then happy Wordling.

Well done, Donna. A 3 here too. Wordle 1,627 3/6

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Superb! 😀👌

Excellent! 😀👌

MEMORY MONDAY: Newcastle United 4 (Robert 35' 55' Shearer 59' 66') Tottenham Hotspur 0, 13th December 2003 YOUSEF HATEM (@yousef-1892.bsky.social) remembers not one, but two, stunning goals from an equally stunning Frenchman, and gently advises against taking your girlfriend ice-skating this Christmas.

We’ve played Spurs at home in the run up to Christmas before quite a few times - @yousef-1892.bsky.social recalls one game and his doomed courtship efforts - a fantastic read on a manky Monday morning -

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But you got there in the end! 😀

Just the opposite for me today, Donna. A daft mistake on line 2 caused me to work hard for a 5. Wordle 1,626 5/6

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Argh! That’s rotten luck, Chantelle. 🙁 But good luck with your new run tomorrow. 🤞

TF Match Report - Everton 1-4 Newcastle United Through a haze of pure alcohol and pleasure, Matthew reports from Liverpool on one of those impossible, improbable, utterly implausible days we live for.

Matthew Philpotts with a rip roaring match report as #NUFC go on a romp by the banks of the royal blue Mersey - if you read one thing today, read this - a pleasure from the first word to the last -

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Good save, Donna. It’s another boring but nice 4 for me again. Wordle 1,625 4/6

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THE SPECIAL - Everton Away Everton v Newcastle United, Hill - Dickinson Stadium, 29/Nov/25, KO: 17:30, Premier League.

THE SPECIAL - Ordy in the big chair to talk us into the shiny new Everton stadium - let’s see if Eddie’s Mags can redeem themselves on the road - #NUFC

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Flashback Friday - Everton 4-0 Newcastle Utd, 27 August 1988 Fair play. When Scott goes in, he goes in hard. As we steel ourselves for the weekend, it's time to face what is, for some of us, the foundational NUFC trauma

FLASHBACK FRIDAY - Scott Robson goes back almost 40 years to recall another depressing day for an away contingent in the Park End - as always a brilliant read from Scott - #NUFC

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This one was going nowhere until a lucky guess (possibly because I was running out of letters) gave me a 4. Wordle 1,624 4/6

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Thank you, Chantelle. Denise has always been pretty fit and she passed her 2 pre-ops today with flying colours. 😊

Thank you, that’s very kind of you. 😊

Phew! Good save! 😀

Thank you. That’s very thoughtful of you. 😊

Very true! 😂

Phew! Good save! 😀👍

Thank you. All she can do is rest. Thankfully she loves jigsaw puzzles. 🙂

Thanks, Stu. 🤞

It’s okay, Stu. I don’t let it get me down. I’m more worried about my wife at the moment as she’s undergoing major surgery a week today. Up to 3 months convalescing! 😐