Cheltenham Gold Cup - The Rematch

between Denman and Kauto Star. Unfortunately the former is still not the force of last year and the latter isnt exactly brimming with confidence either. I stuck with Denman last year and got rewarded and if (and it is a big if) can overcome that poor Kempton run then you never know :)

7 Races till the festival is over and so far im standing on 5 wins, 5 seconds and 2 thirds before Fridays action kicks off. The pin has landed (put the mockers) on the 7 below. Prices are Hills as they been doing guaranteed odds every race. Betfair if you want your singles but i like my micro stakes each way trebles n up as well :)


13:30 Zaynar (5/1) - 1st
14:00 Sunnyhillboy (15/2)
14:40 Western Charmer (14/1)
15:20 Denman (6/1) - 2nd
16:00 Southwestern (16/1)
16:40 Carrickboy (20/1)
17:15 Oh Crick (12/1) - 1st



Few other things since last nights post. Sick of Uefa whining on about English domination in the CL saying too many foreigners. Inter Milan were at Old Trafford last night and they played 1 Italian !!!!

Anyways why worry, Its not like Newcastle going to be back in it anytime soon. We play Hull away on Saturday and defeat with upcoming fixtures could well mean relegation. Reminds me 1992 when we nearly got relegated to division 3 !!!! Thankfully we had a saviour named David Kelly that day and his late goal against Portsmouth meant we went to Filbert Street on the last day of the season with our fate in our own hands. Although it was an injury time own goal by their centre back that confirmed our safety. The reason for the history lesson........

Time, things happened in football quicker back then
May 1992 - Avoid Relegation last game of season vs Leicester
May 1993 - Win Championship at Grimsby then twat Leicester 7-1 at home last game
May 1994 - Get 3rd in Premiership with Andy Cole banging in 40 goals.

In the space of 2 years its nearly Div 3 to 3rd in Prem but that wont ever happen again.
If we do go down then its a Sheff Wed or Leeds with many years in the wilderness.
Decent (????) players will leave, overpriced shite will stay as no one else will want them or their wage commitments. 1 Parachute payment then no sky money, Corporate hospitality chucking it due to credit crunch or lack of interest. So where does the money come from.

Season ticket sales ? Well a lot will be disallusioned , plus you have about 10,000 that bought bonds and jumped the queues when we were beating Barcelona and putting 5 past Man Utd, they wont want to watch Newcastle away to Preston etc.
We also have a hardcore of loyal fans who were priced out and couldnt afford season tickets.


When i was a kid, i went to the match with family member, then when about 13 or 14 went with mates. Stood behind Gallowgate then mid 80s i started work and got a season ticket in the Milburn Stand . Everyone my age seemed to do it. One of my cousins is 10 years younger than me, him and his mates have decent jobs and tend to do the abroad weekend away or trip to races or music festivals etc. These are the kind of people NUFC would be looking to attract, but because they didnt / couldnt go as kids they grew up and got used to doing something else with their Money / time.



Did actually play poker tonight, well for all of 35 mins. KK utg,. Raised 3 times,. Next to act calls. Someone in mid pos reraises so i push all in. Next calls instantly. Other raiser folds. Im up against A5 , 525 flop and im gone. Guess he knew his 5 was live :)


Out tonight so might have a couple of games on Saturday after the match. Get my crypto fix whilst i can huh. Anyways thats it for now. Good luck and thanks as ever for reading.

Paul