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Actually the pubs within my immediate surrounds are quite laid back, very working class. Today at the Foresters Arms there was the prizegiving for the local angling competition in the Beck. Basically a goldfish catching competition except they do it by the pound. I went there to watch Liverpool play – yet again I have adopted another loser team – like Wellington NPC. Liverpool just can’t buy a goal. I think the best thing for them would be if they lost Gerrard and learnt how to play when he isn’t there. It’s a Newcastle thing – good when Joey Johns is playing but then what happens…?

It was basically me and a bunch of local yokels. You can always have a yarn to them.