Chelsea's Van Ginkel is out for 6-9 months, which is great news for Mata.

He'll have someone to chat to in the stands.

Here's a special story, I must share with you. It was one of my neighbor and later a good friend.

He was about 45 years when I met him first time.

Every summer he always traveled to a few places in Sweden
(ÖLand and Gotland) and Kalvehave in Denmark.

This summer though, he had decided to take a trip to Italy. His parents was Catholic(If I remember correctly)

On the first Sunday at breakfast he was sitting on a café, he asked the owner what the Italian did on a Sunday.

They go to church, the owner said

All the day

OH no, after that they go and watch football.

My friend asked him if there was any game going on in this town and he was told that there was a top match between x and y(can't remember what team)

He went to this game bought a ticket, found his place and, as he said, felt the atmosphere it was incredible.

One of the team scored. My friend jumped up and yelling and clapping after a while he saw the other looked at him with angry eyes.

He sad down again very silent. Then his neighbor sidding beside him, asked him if he was from outside Italy and if he had any knowledge about football and especially Italian football. My friend said he was from Sweden and he had no knowledge about football and Italian ditto.

After a while he had a lot of supporter-stuff from the other spectators around him and they told him how football was played and so on.

After the football match he and his new found friends went to some pub and had some beers.

When he told me this story in the mid of the 80'ies(yep I remember it somehow very well) I said to him. :o You was very lucky my friend. The Italian takes football very serious and especially their favorite team.

But I'm glad that you got some Italian friends

Markus

^ Nice one.....I've always wanted to purchase a Sunderland season ticket (much cheaper than one from Newcastle) so I can sit and gloat at every goal they concede but I doubt I'd live long sitting in a crowd full of mackems :)

LOL not wearing your Magpies kit you won't.

Well I definitely wouldn't be wearing anything red or white :)

Au contrare. Blood and bandages are mackem colours.:O:

Preferably only when worn by them :)

Millwall v Leeds tomorrow this should be a very interesting match both on the field and off as both sets of fans really love each other :haha:

Wasn't much bother at the game we snotted you in on Wednesday I notice :)

My mate who I sold the ticket to said 2-0 wasnt really a fair result :hmm2: (but of he is biased :D)

Well TBH, I was expecting a home defeat.

Yeah it was a great story he told me. however I just can't recall which Italian football team it was. His vacation was in Rom(he wanted to visit the Vatican of course) I can't remember the colour of the stuff he showed me, things he got from his new found football friends.

It happened in the mid 80'ies and he told me it in the end of the 80'ies if I remember correctly.

If I wasn't so poor and had my ear problem I had bought a ticket to Newcastle game. Sitting in the best place of course.

Markus

Moyes out of his depth? http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-2...w-club/4986844

I honestly can't think of anyone who could fill Fergies shoes when you consider how successful he was.

Certainly not DiCanio.:D