So, the girlfriend supports Newcastle United. That's fair enough, they're no Ipswich Town certainly, but they're decent enough and a respectable team to follow if you want to pay attention to all the nonsense that is the Premiership. So when watching Match of the Day the other day she told me I should be cheering on Newcastle in their Premiership fixtures, I had no real objections to that. After all, when watching Match of the Day, you have to pick one side to want to win for each match or otherwise it's pointless, and being the team of your girlfriend is a lot better reason that some of the reasons I've given for wanting a certain team to win ("Kit's not as ugly as Watford's", "Playing a diamond formation", "The best haircuts").
Of course, one of the best reasons to support a team is not what they do, but what they're not compared to the other team. So, you should have supported Everton last Sunday because they weren't Chelsea. Likewise, you should have supported every team playing Bolton last season because they weren't managed by Sam Allardyce (unless they were Chelsea in which case, dilemma).
Which is why the decision for Newcastle to appoint Sam Allardyce as their new manager is such a terrible burden on my soul right now. Alas, what to do with myself come the restart of the season?
That said, the headline to this article cheers me up somewhat.
"your missus is a nutter"
Realise that football is FULL of overpaid prima donnas who try to trick & decieve on the field. Then ignore all that and enjoy football for the wonderful nonsense that it is, and everyone becomes as good/bad as each other. Except Mourinho, who one day will get slapped by a wet fish by my wife with my assistance. Hopefully in the middle of a liev broadcast.
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Kev's favourite Retrosexual Andy supports Newcastle, your missus is in good company!