Monday, Monday.

A good weekend. went to see Posh play Newcastle at

www.yourenotfamousanymore.com@StJamesPark.

We were down and out after 20 minutes and two early goals from the Toon.Posh were pitiful and it took 56 minutes for us to have a shot on goal.The players seemed a bit overawed by the occasion andfor most of the match we made Newcastle look good which, believe me, is not easy.The 40 thousand odd Toon army seemed to have paid their money with the sole intention of having a go at the big fat Cockney wanker(TM), which as regular readers will know endears the muppets even less than usual to me.Now why pay a minimum of £15 just to shout abuse at someone who obviously couldn't give a monkeys. Surely if you really did want him out you wouldn't pay money into his businesses?

There were lots of chants of Stand ups for St James Park and Ashley Out particularly from the top tier of the Leazes Corner.I was in the middle tier Sir John Hall stand with the wife (£20 a seat) and sitting with the home fans.

The one thing that struck me about the crowd (as it always does at www.yourenotfamousanymore.com@StJamesPark) is how pissed most of the fans appeared to be.It particularly made an impression on my wife who hasn't been to a match for a number of years. The stench of beer was overwhelming and the constant up and down to the bogs was as irritating as ever.Now I know that football fans everywhere like a drink and I 've been to a few grounds and sat with the home fans, but here it is always noticeable how pissed most of the support is.Even worse than Ibrox.The season ticket holder sat next to the wife was so pissed when he turned up 10 minutes late that he was unable to speak. He disappeared 10 minutes before half time and didn't come back, although he didn't leave the ground as we saw him as we left the stadium, past the mob chanting for Ashley to get out.

After the match (which Posh lost luckily only 3-1), we went to a fireworks party at a colleague of my wife's home in Whickham. A pleasant evening with lots of food and beer, party games and , of course, fireworks. Very little expense had been spared to entertain us and the fireworks were pretty spectacular(well, she did inherit a thriving funeral business last year from her uncle). We weren't in bed until after 1am and spent Sunday hungover and slightly jaded!! Our daughter was babysitting for the second time this week (she's earned £50 for it!)but had gone onto a friend's house locally after.

Our son is in Germany for the wall celebrations, he hasn't contacted us so we are assuming he is having a good time.

Here is another video of The Wedding Present from the Yorkshire TV documentary of 2004. This is one of my favourite songs

Blue Eyes -The Wedding Present