This website iz dedecated to the Newcastle United groundhoppers who follow the fortunes of the team aroond the world (and beyond!) The ground totals include competitive and friendly forst team, resorve team, junior team and Newcastle United X1 games that 'the mad-sad groundhopper' has attended, aall for Newcastle United games only, in the last SEVEN decades*** cheers!***'Fink' (the mad-sad groundhopper!)***last count 378 (379 inc Motspur Park outside)
Posted ‘4;15pm bells π Azerbaijan time Wedinzday 17th February 2026
The Geordie Times haz managed to get free wi fi from a boozer in Baku and so we are sending yoo!—wor loyal subjects, some pix from the last 2 days of some of the tourist sights of the city (includin aboot 10 drinkin dens!) π€ͺπΊπΊπΊπΊπΊπΊπΊπΊπΊπΊ⬇️
THE BAKU METRO WITH WOT MUST BE THE LONGEST UNDERGROOND ESCALATOR IN THE ENTIRE WIRLD!⬇️
Posted from ‘high noon π bells π’ onwards, Munday 16th February 2026 on the train π to Edinburgh
The start of wor epic 6,000 miles roond trip started today at ‘The Central’ (station in The Toon) where, less than 22 hours from gettin off the train from Bormingham after wor excellent 3-1 win at Villa in the FA Cup, we heed north across the border π to Edinburgh airport —and then onward to Baku ✈️ in Azerbaijan via Istanbul ✈️ in Torkey for wor Champions Leegue play off game (1st leg) ⚽️
A total jorney time of ower 9 hours, with a short break in between each destination!
We have hord that the people of Azerbaijan are very friendly, in complete contrast to wor last 2 visits to France! (Marseille and PSG) ⬇️
And the temperature iz higher than it iz here at the moment!—BUT!—- Baku’s nickname iz ‘The City of Wind’ due to its close proximity to the Caspian Sea !
Quarabag FK (Geordie Times slang iz ‘CarrierBag’) iz actually 150 miles from Baku, but their groond izzint big enough for Champions Leegue games (5,000 capacity) and so they play their big games in the capital city’s Tufiq Bahramov stadium (Capacity 32,000) Kick off ‘5:45 pm bells π GMT (Geordie Meeen Time) Live on TNT
We hear π that wor mobile ‘telling bones’ π± might not work OR that if they dee, it might? cost a fortune for mobile data and calls, so there definitely won’t be updates after we leave for the last leg from Istanbul to Azerbaijan!
ie: The match and boozer report winnit be online in The Geordie Times’ til sometime on Friday!
PS: The FA Cup 5th roond draw takes place while we are in mid air between Edinburgh and Istanbul, ‘6:35pm π tooneet on TNT, so we might not know just who we have drawn for quite a while after the draw iz made!—Lets hope we get a home draw! ππ»
NUFC are baall number 13
PPosted from ‘high noon π bells π’ onwards, Sunday 15th February 2026 on the train π back yem
“WHO’S YOUR FATHER REFEREE?”
The main talkin point of the game woz the performance of the ref and lino on the near side to the away sections!
IN A NUTSHELL!
We’ll start with the forst incident in the 14th minute! A Villa free kick iz lobbed into the box and Tammy Abraham puts the baall past Ramsdale in the Toon goal —-and despite him and another Villa player who are clearly offside az well, the lino on wor side of the pitch, fails to raise hiz flag and the ref gives the goal. despite furious protests from the Toon players and fans alike! 1-0 to them!
NEE VAR TIL THE 5th ROOND!
Another incident later on sees a Villa player at least 5 yards offside, but the blind lino on wor side, again, didn’t raise hiz flag and the baall ran oot, for a Villa corner! He then rightly suffered serious abuse from wor angry fans az he ran doon the line! π₯Ά
Lucas Digne handles the baall a yard inside the box in the second half, but the ref who woz close by, amazingly gives the free kick ootside it!—The same player should have been ‘red carded’ for a ‘leg break’ tackle on Jacob Murphy in the forst half, but the ref gives him a ‘yellow one’ instead!—Near the end of that half the Villa goalie Bizot, WOZ ‘red carded’ az he raced oot of the box to send Jacob Murphy flyin into the air!
Just after the controversial ‘hand baall’ incident we equalised, when Trippier sent the free kick ower and Sandro Tonali woz on hand the hit a ferocious shot into the net from a deflection off a Villa player!
JUSTICE WOZ DONE! 1-1
Not lang after this Tonali scored hiz 2nd goal with a piledriver from a Dan Burn π₯ pass to put us justly 2-1 up! The roar of the 6,500 plus Toon Travellers nearly lifted the roof off the stadium!
Nick Waltemade put the icing on the cake near the end with a shot into the roof of the net, az the Villa fans departed in their droves! 3-1 to us, final score!
Against aall the odds and 2 of the officials, we had won the game, az the players celebrated wildly in front of the Geordie hoards!
Toon fans had sang repeatedly: “Your not fit to referee!” to Kavanagh the ref!
In the olden days it would have much more venomous! “Who’s your father—who’s your father—who’s your faaaather referee?”
“You havvint got one, your a b*stard—your a B*STARD referee!”
Attendance: 42,101 (6,515 jubilant Toon fans!π€ͺππππ₯)
BIRMINGHAM PUB CRAWL PHOTOS 6 BOOZERS VISITED⬇️
Posted 'high π noon bells' π Friday 13th February 2026
“GAME 41!”
After a 2 day break 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' are off on wor travels yet again tomorrow mornin—--This time to Bormingham where we take on Villa in a ridiculously timed ‘5:45 bells' π kick off for live terrestrial telly πΊ on BBC 1
Extraa time and penalties will follow if the scores are level after 90 minutes! Nee replays anymore of course! (Thank God—We reely divvint want anymore midweek games!)
Bruno’s injury at Sporz on Tuezday will keep him oot for a while, to add to the seemingly never ending’crocked’ list!—So divvint ask us just wot we ‘Fink’ the startin line up will be? π€
A full Geordie Times match and booze report will appear here az we heed back on the train π on Sunday mornin!⬇️
PPosted ‘high noon π bells π’ Wedinzday 11th February 2026, on the train π back from ‘The Smoke’ (London)
“HAIR WE GO!-HAIR WE GO!-HAIR WE GO!”
VAR reached ridiculous conclusions at Tottenham Hotspaa Stadium last neet when Jacob Murphy(correction JOE WILLOCK! — Thanx to Pete the Greek for pointing oot my dillibrit mistayk!) ran through the Sporz defence and hit a sweet shot into the corner of the goal, to send the Geordie faithful wild with delight in the opposite end of the groond!—-But hang on a second?—The ref stands near the halfway line and gets a message in hiz earphone!
It’s a possible offside and after a 5 minute wait, the ref disallows the goal!—It turns oot that Willock’s hair and forehead are offside!—Absolutleee ridiculous decision!
Up until this point of the game the dark blue and orange clad Toon team were well on top—it woz one way traffic in NUFCs favour, with numerous corners to peg Sporz back! (At least 10!)
However!, we wurnt to be denied, az we plugged away and a legitimate goal followed in forst half stoppage time, when Malik Thiaw toe poked home after hiz initial heeder woz parried away by the Sporz goalie! (I hesitated for a while to celebrate, just in case VAR got involved!—Thankfully it didn’t!
1-0 to us HT
Again The Toon were on top in the second period, but a rare Sporz attack ended in their forst corner of the game in the 65th minute!
Az the corner came ower, Sarr heeded doon and Gray woz on hand to sweep π§Ή the baall into the net! 1-1
But, just 4minutes later we were back in front when Anthony Gordon danced through the Sporz box and sent a precise cross to Jacob Ramsey, who sidefooted home in from of the jubilant Toon Travellers in the away section!
2-1 to us!
Sporz had nee choice but to attack wor goal after this to try and salvage a point! But we held oot to claim wor 3rd Premyaa Leegue away win of the season, to climb into the top half of the table and just 3 points behind The Liverbirds in 6th place!
Sporz fans wornt happy bunnies and sang,‘“Your gettin sacked in the mornin!” at their manager Thomas Frank— And guess wot?—thats exactleee wot happened this mornin!
Attendance: 59,773 (3,000 happy Toon fans!)
LONDON PUB CRAWL PIX TO FOLLOW!⬇️
Posted ‘high noon π π️ Tuezday 10th February 2026 on the wayπ to King’s Cross (London)
We start a marathon 4 away games run tooneet at Tottenhamπ Hotspaa Stadium in London for a Premyaa Leegue game—-and then it’s off to Bormingham on Saturday for an FA Cup 4th roond tie v The Villains— and then onward orly next week on wor epic 6,000 miles roond trip to Azerbaijan π¦πΏ via Scotlandπ΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ and Torkey πΉπ· π¦for wor Champions Leegue play off game v ‘Carrierbag’ (Qarabag!) —and finally anothaa trip to Manchester to play Man City the followin Saturday neet (Premyaa Leegue)— and aall within the space of 11 fcukin’ days! π΅π«£££££!
It will be exhausting to say the least, with a total travel distance of ower 7,000 miles and many hours on trains π and planes!✈️
A full Geordie Times match report on the game at Sporz will appear here sometime on Wedinzday! ⬇️
