HAPPY BORTHDAY TO ME!---"IT'S WOR CUP!!!"

Posted 'high noon bells' Thorzday 12th Joon 2025


FRANKIE CLARK & BOBBY MONCUR PARADE THE CUP IN
FRONT OF THE WEST STAND & CENTRE PADDOCK
-----I'M IN THE CENTRE PADDOCK (SOMEWHERE!?)
(Even 'The Dibble' were clappin'!)
"NEE 'SOCIAL DISTANCIN' IN THOSE DAYS!"

The Fairs Cup celebrations continued from the previous day (see below) when we paraded the coverted silverware aroond St James' Park.

One home made banner made oot of a tatty bed sheet and hand written in black paint summed it up: "IT'S WOR CUP!", the banner proclaimed!

Aa was somewhere in the Centre Paddock that day and it was a very special day for me for it was aalso mee 15th borthday!

It is STILL to this day the best borthday 'present' that a'v ever had!
("Er!"---"It shouldn't be tooo hard to work oot how old I am today!? <("quick!---pass mee zimmerframe!")
Clue: It iz mee 'treble 21st plus 8'!

Fink (the mad-sad groundhopper!)

"HAPPY BORTHDAY TO ME!"

FAIRS CUP WINNERS!---56th ANNIVORSARY!---TODAY!

Posted 'high noon bells' Wedinzday 11th Joon 2025

On this day 56 ago 'The Toon' won the old Inter Cities Fairs Cup in the Hungarian capital of Budapest by beatin' Ujpest Dozsa 3-2 on the day and 6-2 on aggregate, after wor 
3-0 forst leg win a fortneet orlier .

I was still a schoolkid at the time and me and mee mate 'Billy the Skin' listened to the final on a crackly old valve radio in his bedroom of his muthaaz hoose as the game wasn't televised live.

It didn't look 'ower clever' by half time as we were two-nowt doon, but as the 2nd half started, Bobby Moncur vollied in to pull one back and Ujpest just collapsed after that.

Benny Arentoft got wor equaliser soon after  and then Alan Foggon got the winner from a rebounded shot off himsel? as the radio commentator screamed his heed off:"IT'S A GOAL!--IT'S A GOAL!", he shouted at the top of his voice, above the 'crattles' of the radio, and it was 'game ower' as the ref blew the final whistle soon after! 

The bedroom floor nearly collapsed as we jumped up and doon on the creakin' floorboards in jubulation, as, (just like the radio commentator) WE shouted at the top of WOR VOICES as well!

We celebrated wor win by runnin' doon nearby Whickham Highway wavin' an NUFC flag and a huge 'Rangers' 'William of Orange banner' depictin' a gadgie wearin' a funny lookin' hat, ridin' a white horse, (would you believe!) which Billy had 'half inched' as a souviner from the policehut at 'The Leazes End', after we'd played and beaten Rangers in the Fairs Cup semi final @ St James Park in May! 
(At the time we didn't have a clue aboot the 'significance ' of the sectarian nature of the banner---we were just schoolkids after aall!)

Some very puzzled motorists on the road nearly crashed their cars when they seen us!, but they 'didn't have a clue eetha' just wot we were dein', as we sang and danced and waved the huge banner! (which we could hardly lift as it was so heavy!)
"AAAHHH! BRILLIANT MEMORIES!"

BLAYDON RACES 163rd ANNIVORSARY---TODAY!

Updated 'high noon bells' Munday 9th Joon 2025


Geordie Ridley***'Geordie hero'!


Today iz an historic day for Geordies everywhere---for today iz the 163rd annivorsary of 'The Blaydon Races' song, which of course iz the Geordie National Anthem, written by Geordie Ridley in 1862.

Aaltogether now!---'Geordie Times' version!

BLAYDON RACES

"Aaa went to Blaydon Races!
t'was on the ninth of Joon!
ayteen hundred and sixty two!
on a summers afternoon!
we took the bus from Balbra's!
she was heavy laden!
away we went alang Collingwood Street!
that's on the road to Blaydon!"--

Chorus!
"Oh! mee lads! yi shud'iv seen us gannin!
passin the folks alang the road!
just az they were stanin'!
aall the lads and lasses there!
aall wi smilin' faces!
gannin alang the Scotswood Road!
to see the Blaydon Races!"

SCOTSWOOD ROAD (100th ANNIVERSARY 1962)

"We flew past Armstrong's factory!
and up to The Robin Adair!
just gannin doon ti the railway bridge!
the bus wheel flew off there!
the lasses lost their crinolines off!
the veils that hide their faces!
an' aw got two black eyes!
an' a broken nose!
in gan ti Blaydon Races!"


THE ROBIN ADAIR 

Chorus!

"An' when we put the wheel back on!
away wi went agen!
but them that had their noses broke!
they cam back ower yem!
some went to the dispensary!
and some to Doctor Gibbs'ss!
and some to the infirmary!
to mend their broken ribs'ss!"

DOCTOR GIBBS

Chorus!

"Noo when we got to paradise!
thor wes bonny gern begun!
there wes four and twenty on the bus!
man!---who they danced and sung!
they caalled on me to sing a sang!
aw sung them Paddy Fagen!
aw danced a jig and swung me twig!
the day aw went to Blaydon!"

'PARADISE' BRIDGE

Chorus!

"We swung across the chain bridge!
and into Blaydon toon!
the bellman he was caallin' there!
they caall him Jackie Broon!
aw saw him talkin' to some cheps!
and them he was persuadin'!
to gan and see Geordie Ridley's show!
at the Mechanics Hall in Blaydon!"


THE ‘CHAIN BRIDGE’


Chorus!

(last vorse!)
"The rain it poor'd aw the day!
and myed the ground quite muddy!
Coffee Johnny had a white hat on!
they were shootin', "Whe stole the cuddy?"
there wes spice stalls and munkey shows!
an' aud wifes sellin' cider!
an' a chep wiv a ha'penny roond-aboot!
shottin', "Aw me lads, for riders!"

'COFFEE JOHNNY'

Chorus!

A paintin' of THE BLAYDON RACES in 1862

  

THE BLAYDON RACES PROJECTION ONTO BALTIC FLOUR MILLS 

ON THE RIVER TYNE, SATURDAY JOON 8th 2024!

NUFC MAGical Mystery Tour of Europe 2025-2026

 Posted ‘high noon🕛 bells’ 🔔 Thorsday 5th Joon 2025

*The draw for the group stage of The Champions Leegue doesn't take place til August 28th, but we naa aalready 22 oot of 30 teams NUFC could meet! (We cannit meet any of the other 5 Inglish clubs in the group stage!)

'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' have been to 11 oot of the 22 possible stadiums, which meeenz there iz a real possibility that we will get a few new groonds in the draw!

There are some fabulous mind bogglin' stadiums on the list, both old and new and they look absolutley oot of this world!

Possible new groonds are: 

Projected Pot 1:

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich

Projected Pot 2:

Atletico Madrid, Atalanta and Villarreal

Projected Pot 3: 

Ajax, Napoli and Slavia Prague

Projected Pot 4:

Galatasaray, Union SG, Athletic Bilbao (new groond---been to old groond)

NEW STADIUM UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT TOP.  OLD STADIUM AT BOTTOM OF PICTURE                           INSIDE NEW STADIUM, BELOW

Possible old groonds:

Pot 1:

PSG, Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona

Pot 2:

Bayer Levekusen and Eintract Frankfurt

Pot 3:

Marseille, Olympiacos, Sporting Lisbon and PSV Eindhoven

 

Pot 4:

AS Monaco

NUFC will play 2 teams from each Pot---

1 at SJP and 1 away, from each group = 8 games 

  

FULL ITINERY COMIN’ SOON!

 Posted 'high noon bells' 🕭 Wedinzday 28th May 2025---Updated Tuezday 3rd Joon '7:00pm bells'

⬆️DATES⬆️

FOR YOUR DIARY!

JUNE 2025

Sunday 1st: Transfer window opens

Tuezday 10th: Transfer window closes

Munday 16th: Transfer window reopens

Wedinzday 18th: Premyaa Leegue fixtures annoonced

JULY 2025

Saturday 19th: The Toon v Celtic at Parkhead ('3:00 bells')

Adidas Cup (Allocation 7,200 sold oot!)

Sunday 27th: The Toon v The Arse in Singapore

AUGUST 2025

??????: The Toon v K Leegue X1 in Sooth Korea

??????: The Toon v Sporz in Sooth Korea

Saturday 9th: The Toon v Atletico Madrid at SJP ('4:00 bells')

Sela Cup

(Womens game at 1:00 bells' Toon Lasses v Atletico Madrid Lasses)

Saturday 16th: Premyaa Leegue begins

Thorzday 28th: Champions Leegue draw

SEPTEMBAA 2025

Munday 1st: Transfer window closes

Tuezday 16th or Wedinzday 17th: Champions Leegue matchday 1

Tuezday 30th or Wedinzday 1st Octobaa: Matchday 2

OCTOBAA🠝🠟 2025

??????: Leegue Cup 3rd roond

Tuezday 21st or Wedinzday 22nd: Champions Leegue matchday 3

NOVEMBAA

Tuezday 4th or Wedinzday 5th: Champions Leegue matchday 4

Tuezday 25th or Wedinzday 26th: Champions Leegue matchday 5

DECEMBAA 2025

Tuezday 9th or Wedinzday 10th: Champions Leegue matchday 6

January 2026

Thorzday 1st: Transfer window opens

??????: FA Cup 3rd roond

Tuezday 20th or Wedinzday 21st: Champions Leegue matchday 7

Wedinzday 28th: Champions Leegue    matchday 8

??????: Transfer window closes

With 270 live Premyaa Leegue games to be shown and with 9 teams in midweek European action, yoo can bet your bottom dollar that we will have hardly any '3:00 bells'🕭 Saturday kick offs next season!

Champions Leegue: The Toon, The Liverbirds, The Arseholes, The Blue Moonies, The Chelsee Pensioners, Sporzy

Europa Leegue: The Hazbeenz and Villians, The Palliss Cryers 

Europa Conference: The Friar Tuck Mob

*

FROM THE STONE AGE TO THE SPACE AGE!!

 Posted ‘high noon bells’ 🔔Munday 2nd Joon 2025

 

Wyn 'the leap' Davies in flyin' mode in the 1960s v 'The Liverbirds' in front of the old West Stand!

I woz watchin’ a programme on the ‘BBC I Player’ aboot the Bradford fire on the 40th anniversary of the tragedy in May 1985, when 56 fans perished in the dilapidated wooden main stand! (54 Bradford fans and 2 Lincoln fans)

Then we had the Heysel Stadium disaster which killed 39 Juventus who were crushed when a waall collapsed after they were attacked by Livaapool fans, later that same month!

Fast forward 4 years to 1989 when 97 Livaapool fans were crushed to death on the Hillsborough terraces and unable to escape because of the high metal security fence!

The stadiums everywhere were indeed dilapidated and something had to change!

To put things into context Goodison Park and Old Trafford were considered to be 2 of the best stadiums in the country at the time!—And look at them now!—Evaatin are movin oot of their old oot of date home to a brand new stadium 2 miles away and Old Trafford iz faallin doon with leaky roofs and rat 🐀 infestations!

While Hillsborough, which had a huge open terrace at the time looks old and dilapidated now!

The Taylor report after Hillsborough woz a game changer and NUFC were forced to demolish the wooden main West stand which woz built in 1905!

Demolition of old West Stand, replaced by The Milburn Stand in 1988

It woz replaced by a bigger concrete stand, which became The Milburn Stand after ‘Wor Jackie’ Milburn who won 3 FA Cup winners medals with NUFC in the 1950s! Jackie had passed away just after the stand opened in 1988

The other stands at The Leazes and Gallowgate ends were built and then extended to the current 52,300 aall seater capacity!

Aroond Europe unbelievable stadiums have since been built since those dark 'stone age' days 40 years ago!

In The Geordie Times next article to be published soon, we list the teams groonds that NUFC could well play in the group stage of The Champions Leegue which we have never previously visited!

There are some absolutely mind blowing’ stadiums that have been built since the days of open terraces and 12foot high fences to stop pitch invasions!

So “Watch this space intently for pix of these super space age stadiums!”

PS: When the old West Stand woz gettin demolished aa nipped into the groond and 'nicked' 2 wooden seat from the stand az a souviner and made a coffee table oot of them!🠟🠟🠟(Looks a bit nackered now!)🠟🠟🠟