I feel truly blessed and lucky to have been born in Newcastle...it's just a shame we happen to be in England. Sorry (not sorry) if that offends anyone who likes to shout about Eng-er-land and sing the Dambusters theme tune.

In the North East, we get the shitty end of the stick from the South by almost any metric you care to mention, not least in terms of funding. The Gov't couldn't give a fuck about the North East and, for me at least, that has provoked an equal reaction of 'well, fuck you, too'.

When I think of the England team, the first thing that comes to mind is the absolute clownshoes who see supporting England as a patriotic duty and see thmselves as going to war for their country...the same ones who 'defended' the Cenotaph on Satturday.

Yes, I know it's not all England fans and yes, I know we have some absolute whoppers following us (every team does, tbf) but that's how I feel. The older I get, the more disconnected I feel from the country I was born in.