There’s only one true United | OneFootball

“All day all day… Domino Dancing

“All day all day… watch them all fall down!”

The Pet Shop Boys couldn’t have summed it up any better as Newcastle United hunt the Septic Six Premier League clubs down, and we now have the worst culprits of the lot right in our sights.

Crystal Palace 4 Manchester United 0 was the final score at Selhurst Park and it could have been six or seven.

Erik ten Hag is toast and it will take more than Dan Titchmarsh, err I mean Ashworth, to remedy this current dilemma and potential crisis that threatens to turn into an absolute apocalypse.

You see, this is what happens when the likes of Manchester United try to follow an ungracious and utterly ruthless cheat, with mere mortals.

People sat back and seemingly admired and encouraged the so called “mind games”, as the weak and intimidated FA and EPL continually stood back and let one person and club dictate to the rest.

No referee was deemed good enough to officiate at Old Trafford unless they had been vetted and given the Sir Alex Ferguson stamp of approval.

Those days are long gone, although that other Knight of the realm Sir Jim Ratcliffe would like to go back in time.

I said earlier in the week that Newcastle United could well head to Old Trafford on 19th May five points ahead of Manchester United.

Well, Arsenal are going to destroy this busted flush of a team this coming weekend and so that leaves Newcastle with the task of disposing of Brighton and Hove Albion at St James’ Park.

I’m confident we’ll do it and also comfortable in the belief that recently revived Chelsea will also come a cropper and fall short.

Newcastle have a better team and play much healthier football than both of these Billion dollar scabies.

I met a couple of the lads in the Fat Ox at 10am and we chewed the fat about the weekend’s football action.

I went down to Tynemouth Club to see my little mate Michael and congratulate him on coming third when standing for Labour in Thursday’s local elections, in the first Newcastle Upon Tyne ward to elect a Tory in 32 years!!!

We had a good laugh about it actually. Mick was off to watch Heaton Stan at 1.30pm and so I popped in to see my Ma for a belated Sunday dinner.

When you go to Jean’s you cannot escape the numerous decanters and by 5pm it was decided that I would be better off kipping in mine and my brother’s auld bedroom.

Well that Crystal Palace four goal hammering of Manchester United last night, has absolutely made my bank holiday weekend.

I’m at a happy place in my life. I’m pleased with what I achieved career wise.

My family make me proud and my dog Little Edd gives me unconditional love and so much pleasure.

On a more sombre note I will miss my big boxing buddy Paulie ‘Gypsy’ King till the day I die.

Paul fought valiantly and became a Northern Area Champion in our black and white stripes, alongside another one of my pals who wore them with pride and who was also a fantastic local boxer, Hughie Davey.

I miss Paulie every day because he was like my brother and me and Hughie are getting auld too these days I suppose.

However, ultimately I’ve got to put everything aside and just accept that the great Newcastle United are the most important and are constantly on my mind from morning till night. I actually cannot imagine living and not being a United fan.

There is only one true United and boy am I blessed that the East embraced the West over 130 years ago.

“In a West End town a dead end world… The East End Boys and West End girls” as the Pet Shop Boys might have said back in the day, in getting us together.