Holy Toon's To Save Newcastle
Updated : May 11, 2009
Newcastle United, the football team Irish star Damien Duff plays for, take on Middlesbrough tonight in a gamed being billed as the biggest in their history.
If the loose they are relegation certainties. They have been so poor of late that most pundits believe only divine intervention will prevent them from plummeting into Championship hell.
Well VeryHappyPig has some good news for Geordies divine inspiration might just be on the way after a vicar has changed the words to hymns to try to help his beloved team escape the drop.
Rev Glyn Evans, the chaplain of St Andrew's Church, in Newcastle, is praying divine intervention can save Alan Shearer's men.
His revised hymn book includes Lord of the Toon, to the tune of Lord of the Dance, All Things Black and Beautiful, to the tune of All Things Bright and Beautiful and a relegation-themed Jerusalem.
Rev Evans, 50, has been a season ticket holder at St James' Park for 21 years.
"Unfortunately, the Newcastle fans haven't had much joy to sing about this season. I'm hoping a bit of divine intervention can pull us out of the relegation zone," he told the Northern Echo.
The team is currently third from bottom in the Premier League and three points from safety.
