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From shipyards to retired IT journalist (Practical PC, PC Advisor, PC World, AOL, etc.). Author of the thriller, A Gift To Die For. Radiotherapy for prostate cancer completed, hormone treatment continues…

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11.08.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

11.08.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Friendly - Newcastle United 0 Athletico Madrid 2 United come runners up in the SELA CUP at a sold out St James’ Park.

Jon Lane with the report from the last pre season friendly at SJP in front of a full house - #NUFC lose to Athletico Madrid - tf1892.substack.com/p/friendly-n...

10.08.2025 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice one, Tim. πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

11.08.2025 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile on this side of the pond, before the UK government bans Wordle as well as free speech and privacy, I also scored a 4. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ Wordle 1,514 4/6

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11.08.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rotten luck, Stu. Tomorrow will be better. πŸ‘

10.08.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lost down that old rabbit hole for a while, but I got there in the end. Wordle 1,513 6/6

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Phew!

10.08.2025 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same. Can they do nothing right?

09.08.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dogs don’t like turncoats. Right now their jaws are clenched to his backside. They’ll take a good bite before letting him go. πŸ˜€

09.08.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

09.08.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay! πŸŽ‰ πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

09.08.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A good 2nd guess made this a comfortable 3. Wordle 1,512 3/6

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09.08.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Same here, Donna. Thankfully, 2 lucky guesses made this a 3. Wordle 1,511 3/6

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08.08.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Barnes-stormer? A Defining Season Awaits Will Harvey go down as more John Barnes or Cliff Barnes? Scott argues that this season looks set to decide.

Scott Robson on a big season at #NUFC for Harvey Barnes -

tf1892.substack.com/p/barnes-sto...

08.08.2025 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Fingers crossed for a hat- trick tomorrow! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

07.08.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

07.08.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Summer of Change - Time to Get Tough! Les finds reasons for optimism amidst the mess of this summer and thinks it might just signal a change in approach

Les Cash hopes for a brand new beast to emerge from Newcastle United after a summer that’s left #NUFC fans feeling punch drunk -

tf1892.substack.com/p/a-summer-o...

07.08.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done, Rob! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

07.08.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Could have done better, could’ve done worse. Happy with a 4. Wordle 1,510 4/6

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07.08.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

06.08.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Review - RED REBELS – THE GLAZERS AND THE FC REVOLUTION - JOHN-PAUL O’NEIL When a revolution doesn’t always go to plan…

If fans owned their clubs everything would be great wouldn’t it? Maybe not - book review - how things went wrong at FC UNITED of Manchester- tf1892.substack.com/p/book-revie...

06.08.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done, Chantelle! πŸ˜ŠπŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

06.08.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a great feeling when it happens, Stu. Enjoy! πŸ˜€

06.08.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yay! Well done, Stu. πŸ˜€πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

06.08.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Almost a 3 but of course it wasn’t. πŸ˜‚ Wordle 1,509 4/6

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06.08.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keeping the status quo, as designed.

#AVFC

05.08.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 14

Not quite so lucky here, but a win is a win. Wordle 1,508 5/6

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05.08.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done, Donna! πŸ˜ŠπŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰
I’m delighted with a 3… best score I’ve had in ages. Wordle 1,507 3/6

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04.08.2025 04:36 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully much better today. 🀞

04.08.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well done! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰

03.08.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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