I wasn’t standing at the door of the Crimson Flamingo, I became at the bar of the Elephantine Ox in Whitley Bay after my shrimp mate’s funeral, somebody who became a huge Newcastle United fan.
All individuals raised a tumbler to our fallen buddy John Gibson.
Davy Flan, Plumber, Dag, Linda, Mo, Extensive Ian, Gary, the 2 Cliffords, Amanda and an total host of different saddened individuals were decked in sunless and white.
Ben and his Ma pulled different pints and shorts, decked out in Gippa’s favourite colours too.
I bloody hope we accumulate one thing this season.
Since it began, my Ma, Extensive Richie Smith, Jeff Keen and Gippa possess passed.
Come on Newcastle United, prance flat out to accumulate the League or FA Cup in honour of these large other folks and the leisure of the no longer too long within the past departed.
Here is my shortest article ever and I am now craving silverware extra than at any time within the past.