Here’s hoping that the lads can provide some respite from my daily activity of pruning vines and keep the city of Newcastle smiling. It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, once a Geordie always a Geordie.

Mag columnist Billy Furious woke up one morning and sold his car, rented out the house and didn’t renew his season ticket.

Instead he set off on a world tour in search of the meaning of life and of course, which bar has the Newcastle game on.