Gosh, I didn't realize that the US and Israel had tested another atomic bomb. [sarcasm alert!]
Marsh pays price for a gag too far
By Leo Spall, Evening Standard
26 January 2005
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/football/articles/16146687?source=Evening%20Standard
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The former QPR, Manchester City and Fulham striker is understood to have said: "Beckham would never move to Newcastle because of the all the trouble caused by the Toon Army in Asia."