He’s there, he’s there, he’s every ******* where, Colin Whittle.

Everybody has a different view of the match and there’s not many quite as different as Colin!

Issue 1 – August 1988
In August ’88 the first ever issue of The Mag hit the streets, coinciding with a relegation season!

Three world class players had left the region they called home, it makes you cry thinking what could have been with Beardsley, Waddle and Gascoigne. The Mag’s way of dealing with it….

Over a century of history down the drain but don’t despair, we are giving you the chance to ‘sponsor’ ST.JAMES’ PARK for nothing!

Simply rearrange some, or all, of the letters of SPORTSDIRECT and see if you can beat our opening bid. Tradition with a twist!

Issue 21 – November 1990
John Hall kindly agreed to be interviewed and it is compelling reading so many years on….

“Douglas is much more in tune with the fans than me and I must stress he would never do anything that was against the fans’ views”!

Dear Mag, I wonder what Mike Ashley would do if this season continued in a similar way to the first eleven matches? Would that create a different vision in his…

Gavin Webster gets all nostalgic about the days of old and getting locked out.

Hang on, nostalgia for being locked out, is he some kind of comedian!

Issue 240 – 24 October 2009
Chris Hughton performed miracles in getting team spirit and common sense back together in the most tricky of circumstances.

As always though we had a sideshow and the mistakes of Ashley & Llambias came back to haunt them as Kevin Keegan won his tribunal case.

Issue 62 – February 1994
The football was great but fans were still struggling to come to terms with certain changes.

Following ‘Hillsborough’, supporters were being forced to sit down and many didn’t like it, rings a bell!

This week’s we’ve chosen the following three as our pick of the week but they don’t even scratch the surface when you take a look at what we have got for you.

Dear Mag, Why can’t the club ever handle anything right, why can’t they just be up front with things? To try and sneak the renaming stuff out in the international…