Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 13/09/202632 years to the day since Antwerp away. Long before smartphones, I've only got these two photos, a blurry pic of the scoreboard at 5-0, and alcohol-clouded memories of Bobby Lee's forehead, crumbling stadium steps, rolling Channel ferries, two very long coach journeys and a night out in Amsterdam. 0132
Reposted by Michael HudsonAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett. 5330021272
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Shocked Arsenal fans aren't still complaining about at least one of our goals. 4150
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Are we holding out for £35 million and them agreeing to take a keeper from us too? 150
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Sun, squid and sand in the closest La Gomera gets to a tourist hotspot. 020
Reposted by Michael HudsonMemecastle United FC @memecastleunited.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Dry your eyes Sandro 5575
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Penny finally dropping for some Man Utd fans that Newcastle United and Lewis Hall are not, in fact, desperately waiting for a massively inadequate £55 million bid to join Michael Carrick's Trundlers XI.static.klipy.comFall Off Chair FallingALT: Fall Off Chair Falling 040
Reposted by Michael HudsonMartin @martin67.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The ever-brilliant John Murray demonstrates the power of radio commentary to paint a picture for the listener www.instagram.com/reel/DcZEEll...instagram.comBBC 5 Live Sport on Instagram: "‘This is a church to Kevin Keegan’ 🥹🤍 Moving pre-match scenes at St. James’ Park as Newcastle and Liverpool come together to pay tribute to King Kev. 📻 John Murray & ...8,965 likes, 158 comments - 5livesport on August 23, 2026: "‘This is a church to Kevin Keegan’ 🥹🤍 Moving pre-match scenes at St. James’ Park as Newcastle and Liverpool come together to pay tribute to... 1118
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Some very big performances from players a lot of #NUFC fans have been unsure about today. Conversely, for all the stuff written about Isak's strength of character in forcing his move through, he doesn't look at all like someone with the guts or application to carry his price tag in that team. 040
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Plenty of Spurs fans moaning yesterday they'd paid £100 million for our second best midfielder. Third best, lads.static.klipy.comLewis Miley Celebrates Goal for Newcastle UnitedALT: Lewis Miley Celebrates Goal for Newcastle United 180
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Suspect @worflags.org.uk and today's opposition might even outdo that helicopter. Auf Wiedersehen, Kev. Three times lived, never forgotten. Whatever the result, hope we do him proud. 0102
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 22/08/2026First weekend back home after the summer holiday. Beach, beer and biscochon cake (not all at the same time, obvs). 020
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Until the last 20 years or so, clubs like Villa, Newcastle, Ipswich and Forest could get promoted & bridge the gap to the top-earning clubs in half a decade or less. Now? Challenge, win trophies, then face an insurmountable financial barrier that means your starters prefer to be back-ups elsewhere. 142
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Introducing my son to the Washington Wildlife Centre - pretty sure the last time I was here the promising kids at Newcastle United were Bogie, Stephenson, Tinnion and Gascoigne. 070
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For this was a big river, I want you all to know. 130
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Surely now only one man in the frame for this experienced head in midfield. 150
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 08/08/2026While most of Spain swelters in the high 30s, I've come on holiday to Cumbria and am currently LUXURIATING in temperatures of 18 degrees while my son moans constantly about the cold and looks askance at the rain. 190
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Went down an #NUFC Danish midfielder rabbit hole and discovered Benny Kristensen reinvented himself as a businessman-cum-politician for the Danish Tories. What next? Mark Stimson standing for Reform? Roy Aitken coming out for the SNP? 121
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 03/08/2026By the big river in South Shields, soundtracked by a busker slowly murdering Eleanor Rigby. Loved the chips, but bit disappointed to see Clarkson's lager alone on draft. Nothing more local? 120
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 02/08/2026First full day back in NE England and for some reason my son was far more interested in this zip wire than in my attempts to fill him in on the Venerable Bede and the 794AD Viking raid up the River Don. No accounting for taste. 040
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 30/07/2026On a lighter note, realised today is also the 8th anniversary of my last visit to Kyiv's Gazza theme pub. Here I am with @rungeordierun.bsky.social a day after he'd finished dragging several dozen kilos of wheeled vehicle single-handedly from Belgrade (an apt metaphor for following NUFC at times) 130
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Some will be cheering this news but today feels very much like January 8th 1997 to me. Howe, like Keegan, gave everyhing he had and was let down by those above. A huge task now to find the right replacement because when this club loses momentum we've all seen how it goes. 2294
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"Even faster than the ongoing pursuit of Bruno Guimaraes."static.klipy.comSlow Tortoise Says 'Here I Come'ALT: Slow Tortoise Says 'Here I Come' 010
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Can't wait for the reshuffle that takes Taylor Parkes to Culture and finally gives @camsell59.bsky.social the trade (exotic confectionery) and transport briefs. 081
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Newcastle United about to sign a Czech goalkeeper, did you say? 2162
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Took the 30-min tram from Santa Cruz de Tenerife to the university/UNESCO World Heritage city of San Cristobal de La Laguna - like moving from Newcastle to Durham City but with a 10 degree temperature drop along the way. 020
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Getting ready for the annual celebration of the 1797 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (the one where Nelson lost his arm). La derrota de los ingleses... 030
Reposted by Michael HudsonRichard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social · 21/07/2026So: Howay, KK. THREAD! Dig this. Me, me mates John & Frank crashed the press conference when Keegan was announced. Just finished a lecture on Ghiberti’s bronze doors. Wearing a homemade Cocteau Twins teeshirt. Signed ourselves in at Sid James’s as Sir John Junor, Julie Burchill and Kingsley Amis 1/ 13411
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Not the best remembered KK game but one that still gives me tingles. 2-0 up after 10 mins, 3-2 behind by 26, and a man down on 55. Hooper's first touch is a penalty save, Beardsley levels late on. Midweek in spring, manic atmosphere and a team that always kept going: m.youtube.com/watch?v=cGzb...m.youtube.comNewcastle United 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur 1994/95YouTube video by Super Tottenham TV 161
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Devastated, like everyone, at the news, and also sad and angry that he never got the chance to come back so we could say a proper goodbye. RIP King Kev. Thanks for making us dream again. 181
Reposted by Michael HudsonMichael Walker @mwalkerfoot.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Another year on, 298 killed on flight MH17 by Putin’s forces. 012
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 13/07/2026A very happy birthday to #NUFC's own @rungeordierun.bsky.social, who's celebrating by completing the 194th of 365 daily half-marathons to raise cash for @stbenedictshospice.bsky.social. 040
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 13/07/2026No longer have the energy to get worked up about players we don't sign, but I was very annoyed when we lost out on this bloke in 1994 after a month of the Sunday Sun telling me he was definitely on his way. Even worse than the Chronicle splashing "YURAN" across its back page the summer before. 040
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Think Blyth Asda's going to need a new trolley tribute. 064
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The calm of a Canarian sunset (post-listening to two people talking loudly about Leeds in between dive bombing the deep end) 020
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Thoughts with the Spurs analyst on Twitter who said we'd vastly overpaid for Tonali in 2023 and he was worth about £15 million at best. In isolation, can't say I'm too disappointed with the deal, but we really do need 2-3 big signings very quickly or things might go a bit 2008. 1171
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Great trip out on the Atlantic today: saw a turtle, two dolphins, a whale, about a dozen flying fish, and - most unexpected of all - a Hellas Verona fan who's been to SJP for a pre-season friendly. 250
Reposted by Michael HudsonHarry Pearson @camsell59.bsky.social · 20/06/2026No World Cup goes by that I don't have nightmare visions of the 2010 North Tynedale Screaming Slaughterman Scarecrow. 2324
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Perk of the wife's job is occasionally getting free nights away. Will spend the next three trying to avoid doing a homage to the Still Game caravan episode while nipping downstairs for wine. 240
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 18/06/2026I know lots of people understandably have a form of #nufc transfer window PTSD after last summer, but before you completely give up on this one try reading this. If history doesn't repeat itself, it definitely rhymes: news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/fo...news.bbc.co.uk BBC SPORT | NEWCASTLE UNITED | Robson's transfer troubles 3142
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Finally asked my most knowledgeable student about Victor Muňoz and he says "he's going to be a crack. He's got a big personality and I was really hoping he'd come back to Real Madrid". I'm in. 030
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Romano reckons #NUFC have already made an official bid for Muňoz, but Osasuna's local paper says the club have "assured them" they have zero knowledge of anything we (el equipo inglés) are up to. Sounds like someone's agent wants to speed things up a bit... 141
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Hoping we do get Arthur Atta this summer as it's a continuous upward curve on #NUFC signings of people who used to play for Metz. 120
Michael Hudson @michaelhudson76.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Obviously, highly recommend buying this but while you're there you should definitely check out 'Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters', 'Saturday, 3pm' and 'Black Boots & Football Pinks' too. Gorgeously evocative football writing. 363