Gallowgate Humour: Newcastle Fans Attack Mike Ashley
AH, the Geordie fans of Newcastle United, a breed apart, a nation apart, a place where delusions are encouraged and the car-Toon army actually believe that their stadium is the best, their fans the most loyal and their club “massive”.
The one thing you won’t see at Newcastle is smiling, worldly-wise fans lampooning their own team’s failings and ole-ing when a single pass goes to a teammate.
Newcastle United’s fans are devoid of humour, even gallows humour in the Gallowgate.
And here’s Alan McKenna, who looks like Newcastle chairman Mickey Ashley, walking into a bar in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, and being asked by Newcastle fans if he is the real thing.
He denies it. Says Alan: “But one of them said: ‘You f****ng liar’ and went to throw a punch at me.”
McKenna now plans to get a shirt printed with “I’m Not Mike” printed on the back.”
A rare sign of humour in a pit of self-indulgent, self-pitying fans…
Posted: 17th, September 2008 | In: Back pages, Tabloids Comments (5) | TrackBack | Permalink
