No real suprises among yesterdays results.
Is it any coincidence that the team widely regarded as the most improved in the Premiership this season is Blackburn ?
A team whose two most significant changes were when Souness left to be replaced by a proper man manager and when that manager then signed Bellamy.
That hurts me.
The Darlington V Carlisle game was a cracker , five nowt to the blues and results going their way to keep them top of the league.
Stadium in an industrial area out of town so a long walk to the ground coupled with woefully inadequate policing made for some good old fashioned aggro before and after the game.
I bet coallition night time patrols in Iraq are less dangerous than the walk back to the station in Darlington.
Magic.
A healthy 8640 attendance bolstered by 6 toon fans with nothing better to do on a saturday made it Darlingtons highest attendance this season.
They generally average around 3500 in a 30,000 seater stadium!!
Today is where it matters though , another 52k sellout for a team that hasnt won a domestic trophy since 1955.
Nowhere else in the country would that happen , im 100% sure of that.
NUFC: Given, Harper, Ramage, Elliott, Babayaro, Bramble, Boumsong, Moore, Parker, Emre, Bowyer, Clark, Dyer, Luque, Ameobi, Pattison, Faye, Chopra, Solano, N'Zogbia, Shearer.
Only 3 injuries now , Owen , Carr and Steve "the power" Taylor.
Moorecelino in the squad for the first time this season , cheers for signing him Graeme , he's been great
I expect only 1 change from last weeks humiliated team - Bramble possibly in for Elliott.
Im glad Fowler broke his duck during the week as I could see him doing it against the registered charity that is NUFC's defence.
Will be a tough game today and I think we will struggle to get something from it.
Im going for an optomistic score draw.
Haway the lads.
