joke The Newcastle manager sent scouts out around the world looking for a new striker to replace Alan Shearer One of the scouts informs him of a young Iraqi striker who he thinks will turn out to be a superstar The Newcastle manager flies to Baghdad to watch him and is suitably impressed and arranges for him to come over to Sid James park Two weeks later Newcastle are 4-0 down to bitter rivals Sunderland, with only 20 minutes left to play The manager gives the young Iraqi striker the nod and on he goes, the lad is a sensation, scores 5 in 20 minutes and wins the game for Newcastle. The fans love him, the media love him, the players and coaches are delighted. When the player comes off the pitch he phones his mam to tell her about his first day in english football "Hi Mam, guess what?" he says,"I played for 20 minutes today, we were 4-0 down but I scored 5 and we won, everyone loves me, the fans, the media, they all love me" "wonderful" says his mam,"Let me tell about my day, your father got shot in the street, your sister and I were ambushed and beaten and your brother has joined a gang of looters, all whilst you were having a great time" The young lad is very upset, "what can i say mam, but I `m SO sorry" "Sorry!" says his mam,"its your fault we moved to Newcastle in the first place!"
