The media are of course all over Newcastle v Barcelona.
What a night in prospect.
I can’t wait.
Like most of you, I can’t stop myself reading and watching everything I can in the build up to this Newcastle v Barcelona match.
It is like an addiction, I try to concentrate on other stuff but I can’t wait for my next fix. Hopefully the biggest high of all tonight.
This has been simply enhanced by Big Nick, scoring that winner on his debut. What a moment that was to be inside St James’ Park, the roar of the crowd!
As I say, I can’t concentrate on anything else apart from this match tonight. You know, stuff like work, my wife saying stuff to me that just isn’t registering, the kids asking for whatever.
I am simply in the Newcastle v Barcelona zone.
Then I read a preview piece on BBC Sport.
I found out that they had decided to rewrite Newcastle v Barcelona history…
Yes, I know, just a silly careless mistake.
BBC Sport Newcastle v Barcelona
However, imagine that you were the BBC Sport employee given the job of producing the graphic above, detailing all the previous meetings of Newcastle v Barcelona.
Then you manage to miss out 50% of the previous Champions League matches between the two clubs, including the the that everybody talks about.
Plus, you do it on the 28th anniversary of that stellar match at St James’ Park.
Let us all hope that tonight is just as ‘forgettable’ as Wednesday 17 September 1997.