“We’ve got enough good songs to sing - we can sing about Joelinton,” Bill Corcoran tells me with a chuckle toward the end of a conversation about this weekend’s game with Liverpool. Back in December when Newcastle travelled down to Anfield, a small section of the away end could be heard singing ‘feed the scousers,’ and that left Bill and the volunteers of the NUFC Fans Foodbank disappointed.
Bill’s point about Joelinton came toward the end of a serious conversation about Saturday’s game at St James’ Park - and the hope that the scenes down on Merseyside aren’t repeated on the terraces at the Gallowgate.
“To hear those chants made me feel disgusted and ashamed. Some might say ‘I was only having a laugh’ but making a joke at the expense of hunger isn’t funny.
