Please, please, please can you take time to answer these short questions for an article I'm doing: 1) Were you born in the North East? 2) How long have you lived in the South East? 3) What took you to these South East? 4) How often do you manage games? 5) What do like best about going home? 6) What do you like least about going home? Beers in Strawberry for anyone who answers.

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

Answers

Just for the beers .... 10 Born in Princess Marys Jesmond , lived Heaton . 2) 13 years 3) Fathers work ( civil engineer ) 4 ) 20-30 games a season depending on cup runs 5 ) Humour , conversation and feeling of belonging 6 ) Cold and feeling like youre a deserter . : - ))

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

1) Yes for 13 years, Born In Rothbury. Lived in Linton (Near Ellington (which is near Morpeth)) 2) Moved down in December 1980 (same day John Lennon was shot I remember) Went back to Newcastle University, mind you, in 1987-90 to watch Mirandhina and Gazza. 3) Family home was bought by coal board to excavate for coal. Ellington colliery was closed last year - nothing was ever done on 'our' land. Cousins still live next door. 4) 10 a season - almost all away games. 5) Seeing my gran. Walking along the beaches at Druridge Bay and Bamburgh 6) Feeling like a southerner(traitor) - I am a northerner doon south. not having a season ticket

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

1) Were you born in the North East? - yes-NCL General 2) How long have you lived in the South East? 24 yrs 4 yrs back to NCl for Uni 3) What took you to these South East? Father moved to research Nuclear weapons, then from Uni couldn't get a job which paid in Newcastle. 4) How often do you manage games? 10 aways, 3 home (last year) used to be 8 hames pre-Keegan when there was no problem getting in. 5) What do like best about going home? The match, pubs, clubs 6) What do you like least about going home? Depressingly still no jobs, Continual problem of getting broken into when I lived in Heaton & continualy being stopped by the Pollis who have time to stop me for speeding, tyre inspections etc yet are unable to catch the filthy charvers who break into my house - who are they trying to protect?

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

Another Heaton lad eh Dave , whereabouts ? Owned a shop on Benton Rd and lived in St Gabriels ave off Heaton Rd : - )

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

OK - just to skew your stats ;-)

1) No. Second generation I'm afraid. 2) Off and on all my 35 years. 3) I'll interpret that as why I 'stayed' in the SE. PArents when I was younger. Jobs subsequently. 4) These days, only about 3-4 games a year. 5) I think I still pick up on the family excitement when we used to go up each year. It's not 'going home' as such for me, but what I like best is the actual journey, the landmarks on the way marking the distance, Scotch Corner, the factories at Consett etc. and the ever increasing expectation 6)the feeling that I'm an outsider.

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

1. Yes, Windy Neuk
2. 18 years London area plus 10 years near Winchester
3. Job
4. Last year 7 away, 3 home. This year 20 plus games
5. The lads, away from work, old friends, Northumberland, the sea
6. The increasing (or so it seems) relative economic depression. The increase in crime. Some aspects of Geordie insularity.


-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

1) Yes, Whitley Bay 2) 15 Years 3) Work 4) Most away games, six or seven @ St.James' 5) Mates, family, cheap beer, total strangers smiling and saying hello as you pass them in the street (not a common occurance in N16), fresh air, Greggs Veggie pasties for 50p as opposed to #1.20 or something daft from the Greggs in Highbury. 6) The whole Geordie nation thing can get a tad tiresome

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

1)Yes......in the 50's.....raised in high Heaton

2)22 years

3)Work.....(for Scottish and Newcastle)

4)7-10 a season. Mainly in/around London but also Midlands and SJP

5)Cheaper beer, good atmosphere, good laugh and seeing family.

6)Cold, Rain and Whitley Bay

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

1) Yes, born a monkey-hanger but me ma's a Geordie. (Hartlepool for any aliens). 2) Lived in London for 9 years now. 3) Came down to go to Uni. 4) 8-12 times a season, probably more now as several friends have spare seats at SJP. 5) Love the atmosphere, feeling of going home, old friends, scenery. 6) Feeling as if I've not got a proper home, cold, not as much variety in nightlife or jobs.

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

Sorry to barge in Dougal, for info, The Uni of Glasgow have just completed a compehensive study into "Scots moving to the Big Smoke" entitled the Grass is not always greener, chilling report

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

Hey ITK, not sure about your answer to number 6....what's the Bay ever done to upset you?

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

Dave......stayed at the caravan site at WB in April for 'the family visit' at Easter and among many other things we sank in a sea of mud and had to endure 5 power cuts in 7 nights.

When we got back I wrote to their parent company and listed 19 complaints that arose in one single week.

On top of that, the sea front area there is now a desolate hovel compared to what it was in the 60's and 70's

Possibly a tainted view.....but as far as I'm concerned, the north east coast would be much enhanced if WB was chopped off competely and floated out to sea to be used as a target by the RAF/Royal Navy on nuclear bombing exercises.

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

I should explain that I'm doing a regular feature called "London Calling". It looks at how Geordies and NUFC are viewed from down here but also looks at Geordies down here and our experiences going home etc. I'm planning various items that I'll be begging London/South East Mag help on (including a curry night out, hopefully) but this one was trying to fiond out how many of us are exiled Geordies, how many of us are Toon supporters with no birth connection to the Toon and how we feel about the whole thing. Thanks for all your help! Does anyone mind being named? It's for True Faith...

-- Anonymous, September 04, 2000

1) No born in B/ham moved to Newcastle aged 3. 2) 15 years 3) lack of jobs in Newcastle and mates from college 4) About 7 or 8 away and one or two at SJP 5) beer, seeing my family and memories 6) insularity of some geordies and being made to feel that I have taken the southern money.

BTW people smile and say hello to you in sunny South London

-- Anonymous, September 05, 2000

These insights are bloody interesting. Especially the insularity/feeling like an outsider bit - interesting mainly because there is such as strong sense of belonging to the area as well. Is it easier to feel part of the north east when down south, than when back up north? I don't mind being named in any article.

-- Anonymous, September 06, 2000