Is welcome to join me in a different pub to the shithole strawberry....definitely starting around lunchtime...

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

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Drinking on me own again then am I ;)

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Gav called the Strawberry a shithole .... lets all ignore him.

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

Sorry when I said that everyone was welcome who wasn't in the clique i'd forgotten about Rik....who most certainly isn't welcome...

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

Not sure what you mean by 'clique'. Is that the same as 'passionate?'

A couple of the lads coming with us have getten tickets from the ticket office & they're not season ticket holders - its all about wanting to go to the match - & not about assuming that those that are going or in some sort of eliteist clan.

I penniless, but credit cards are very handy at times like this. Anyway lets hope the lads are as up for it as we are. Here's to a 3/4/5 - 0 victory!!

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

In fairness, it's a bit of a joke on here: someone once called the people who go to games and know each other cliquey so when any arrangements are being made, we refer to cliques.

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

For benefit of the overseas clique, is there any news of a webcast, or barring that...a radio broadcast and a wonderful BBS volunteer to give us updates? :-)

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

The only clique aah knaa in Blyth is the noise me ma's knee meks when she's waakin' upstairs.

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

ahh divvent knaa aboot that screcha bonny lad! I definatly heard a clique when you was opening up yer wallet last week!;-)

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

Ooh er................bitch!

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

I'll tell her you called her that mind!

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

oh..and another thing squire, do the sheep miss you??

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

Baa! Of course they do.

-- Anonymous, July 12, 2001

From what I've heard Gav, an afternoon in the Strawberry shithole would be good training for the Maldives. :-)))

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

I'm not convinced....The strawberry might be cheaper but it's an overcrowded dump....

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

What time is kick off?

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

To the extent that it doesn't sell Krug or Cristal and have helpfully placed mirrors with dinky little spoons next to them in the loos, I think you're probably right about the Strawberry being a dump.

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

Ooh sarcastic anonymous fucker aren't ya....

The labor club about 5 mins walk away is an altogether better place...it sells a good pint and you can get served in a reasonable amount of time...

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

The Strawberry IS an overcrowded Shithole that you can never get served in, but is the Labor club that much better?

That's a genuine question as i've never been

Do you have to vote labor to get in?

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

Labor club is HUGE, i think i've only ever been in the upstairs bar and yes it gets busy on match days but 2 queues are organised for the bar so at least you get served in turn...it's a much much better pint as well...and cheaper...

And no you don't have to vote labor to get in there :))

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

Will you sign me in and buys me a pint then Gav?

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

You can sign yourself in....you don't really need to be a member on match days, just stick 50p in the pot....

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

That sounds canny Gav. I'd be in favour of giving it a go instead of the Strawberry, just for a change.

Is it the one just off Percy street on the way up to the Strawberry ?

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

It is indeed that one Bill.....i'm not trying to get everyone to change their favourite haunt....was just really having a rant about why I personally don't like it :))

I have a terrible hard time forcing myself to come into the strawb to say hello to everyone when i'm up... :))

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

I'll be up for the 1860 Munich game in 3 weeks. If this club is a anny size wher are we gona meet?

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

Gav, For years I used the Labour Club, up from the Magpie? , as you say , plenty of room up the stairs , odd occasions used to use the club back of old popular end , round corner from Strawb , for weeks left match on final whistle, straight round , till it was raided by the bizzies, I genuinly thought an all day licence was on. they just carried on blissfully after the 3pm . 47 were fined, I got off, told Polis by door I had been seen and wife was pregnant.

The only thing about Labour Club , if still the same it does not lend itself to circular bonding (huddles/scrums) , more a case of passing a message by mobile to Jonno on the right wing , if a big possee turned up.

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

"I have a terribly hard time forcing myself to come into the Strawb"
I know Gav - pressing up against all those bodies has the same effect on me ...

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

But does the labour club have helpfully placed mirrors with dinky little spoons next to them in the loos?

Or do labour members not suffer from vanity and constipation ?

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

So that's what the two blokes were doing in the cubicle together last time I was in the Strawb .... and here's me thinking they were a couple of puffs Gays.

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001

It must've changed since you were there Buff cos it's got loads of big and small tables upstairs that you can stick together, you kinda need to get in early for them mind....

-- Anonymous, July 13, 2001