Now the two least - envied men in Newcastle begin a slow walk around the pitch,
carrying on a blackboard the results of a «half - time pool» based on scores of games throughout England.
He
carried a long wooden map pointer stick, and sometimes cracked it against his desk to emphasize the import of what was
on his mind at any point in time, and of course used it
on the huge pull - down map that covered the whole
blackboard wall.