In a remarkable move it now appears any forthcoming Newcastle v Sunderland kick off time could be late afternoon and the ‘Bubble’ plan dismissed.

The Newcastle Sunderland derby match has yet again fallen victim to Police insistence on the kick-off time being changed despite no TV broadcast.

I’ve got a different set of ‘match’ mates to my ‘going out’ mates, if that makes sense, and so it’s now becoming rare that I meet up with them for a proper ‘day out’.