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| GATESHEED ARE IN WHITE SHIRTS (VIEW FROM THE BACK OF THE MAIN STAND) |
In front of their biggest crowd of the season, Gatesheed froze in their attempt to get into the end of season play-offs, with the prize a trip to Wembley and a place in the Futbaall Leegue in this Good Friday encooontaa @ Gatesheed International Stadium!
'We' ,bein' me and 'Grumpy Stumpy' <(on the scumpy!) started off in 'The Bridge Hotel' next to the 'new' castle and High Level Bridge, which iz the nearest point to Gatesheed withoot actually bein' there!
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| THE 'NEW' CASTLE, THE TYNE BRIDGE AND THE BRIDGE HOTEL |
It waz then onward 'across the waataa' to 'The Nags Head' on Gatesheed High Street which iz the unofficial HQ of 'The Heedbangers fan club'!
The bar waz packed with 'Heedbangers' who were (appropriately!) singin' their 'heeds off'! After a few 'gargels' and a bit of 'chin-wag' it waz time to heed for the stadium and several mini-bus style taxis were waitin' for us ootside the bar to whisk us away! (it's a good 20 minute waalk to the groond from there!)
On arrival the queues to get in were massive az 'the glory-hunters' <(like us!) waited patiently to get through the tornstiles!
A fiver discount waz offered to Toon fans who showed their NUFC season tickets <(but NOWT for safc fans!)
The game kicked off and straight away the home side were on the back-foot az Soothport took the lead in the FORST minute when Luke George fired in a left footer!
A norvy 'Heed' tried to get back into the game and it wasn't until the 26th minute that they made the breakthrough when Jamie Chandler hit a sweet right foot shot into the Sootport net, sendin' the (wot looked like) 3,000 'Heedbangers crazy' in the main stand!
That waz the score at the break and again a norvy 'Heed' couldn't break doon the visitors defence in this vital game for both clubs (The Heed for the play-offs and Soothport to avoid relegation!)
The main taalkin point of the game came in the 51st minute when Sootport's 'Shola Ameobi' lookalike Emannual Monthe waz sent off for a 2nd bookable offence!---Straight away the visitors ran upfield and scored their 2nd goal with the Heed defence at sixes and sevens!
It wasn't until 'the death' that 'The Heed' got a crucial goal and point when James Marwood supplied a pass to Jamie Chandler in the 88th minute and he hit anothaa sweet right footer to again send the 'Heedbangers' wild with delight!
The point keeps The Heed in the last play-off position, just above Braintree in sixth!
After the match it waz back to 'The Nags' and then onward to the Quayside for some more liquid lubrication before heedin yem!
Attendance:2,121 includin' a 9 month old baaby screamin' hiz lungs oot for most of the match in front of us! (see above foto!) (150 Soothport fans in the far stand) < (see top photo)
(Er! yi'll have ti torn yi heed sideways az aa cannit torn foto aroond!)
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| "A VIEW TO DIE FOR!" THE MILBURN AND LEAZES STAND ROOF @ ST JAMES' PARK CAN JUST BE SEEN ON THE SYLINE IN THE CENTRE OF THE PHOTO (RIGHT HAND SIDE OF 2nd PANE OF GLASS!) WHICH WAZ TAKEN FROM THE BACK OF GATESHEED STADIUM'S MAIN STAND "ARE THERE ANY WINDOW CLEANERS OOT THERE!?" |
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