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First off, apologies about the very patchy posting schedule - too much to do, but I promise I’ll post more from now on!

Anyway, I want to prattle on about how this season has been for both of David McFarlane’s teams (technically I should be doing this after the Premiership season is over, but what the heck).

I’ll start off with Dunfermline. Much was expected of The Pars once they left the SPL - unfortunately, nothing went to plan. Stephen Kenny showed that he really wasn’t up to the job (the fact that the team flirted with a relegation dogfight says everything) and was booted out before he could do any more damage. Jim McIntyre was a slightly surprising choice as his replacement, but he’s shown that he’s more than capable towards the end of this season. I can honestly see Dunfermline making a strong push for promotion next year, so here’s hoping I’m right!

Moving on to Newcastle now. After getting a new owner in the shape of billionaire Mike Ashley, the Toon Army were hopeful that this season would finally be the one were their team won some silverware. A promising start to the season made everyone rejoice, until things started to go badly wrong for Sam Allardyce - the capitulation against Portsmouth in November seemingly the catalyst. The writing was on the wall for Big Sam, and he was show the door (so not only do both my teams wear black and white, they like sacking their managers).

Speculation was rife about who should take over the club - would it be Alan Shearer, or a foreign coach? In the end there was only one man for the job, and his name is Kevin Keegan. Although he seemed to struggle initially with adjusting back to football, King Kev has shown how good a manager he really is over the past few weeks.

An 11th place finish looks likely, which is actually a bit better than many would have predicted earlier on - however, next season I believe we’ll see a different Newcastle. I can see them going for the top five, but I’d be more than happy with a European place (and a cup, please!).

I’ll leave you with a video that shows you how much passion The Messiah has, and why I believe he will lead us on to glory (it also helps that he’s taking a pop at that shitebag Ferguson).

Cheerio.

 

 

 

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