THE CARRIER BAGS V THE TOON *** WEDINZDAY AFTERNOOON!

 Posted from ‘high noon 🕛 bells 🔔’ onwards, Munday 16th February 2026 on the train 🚂 to Edinburgh 

It should be noted that the direct flight path gans ower Ukraine! Az this iz a war zone, flights MUST divert to avoid it! Wor route iz 120 miles by train and tram  to Edinburgh, then 1,780 miles to Istanbul and then 1,100 miles to Baku = 3,000 miles!— The longest journey for a competitive game in NUFCs history!

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 🚂 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 🔔 GMT (Geordie Meeen Time) Live on TNT

We hear 👂 that wor mobile ‘telling bones’ 📱 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 🔔 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! 🙏🏻 

NUFC are baall number 13

THE HAZBEEENZ AND VILLIANS 1. THE TOON 3 *** FA CUP 4th ROOND

 PPosted from ‘high noon 🕛 bells 🔔’ onwards, Sunday 15th February 2026 on the train 🚂 back yem

TOON IN WOR GREEN CHANGE STRIP

“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! 🥶

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 🔥 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!🤪👍🏁🏆🥇)

BIRMINGHAM PUB CRAWL PHOTOS 6 BOOZERS VISITED⬇️

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THE VILLIANS V THE TOON *** FA CUP 4th ROOND *** TOMORROW NEET!

 Posted 'high 🕛 noon bells' 🔔 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' 🔔 kick off for live terrestrial telly 📺 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? 🤔

A full Geordie Times match and booze report will appear here az we heed back on the train 🚂 on Sunday mornin!⬇️

SPORZY 1. THE TOON 2 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2025-2026

 PPosted ‘high noon 🕛 bells 🔔’ Wedinzday 11th February 2026, on the train 🚂 back from ‘The Smoke’ (London)

STEADY EDDIE’CELEBRATES THE WIN IN FRONT OF THE TOON FAITHFUL!

“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 🧹 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!⬇️

THE TRAIN 🚂 YEM FROM KX ⬇️

SPORZ V THE TOON *** TOONEET!

 Posted ‘high noon 🕛 🛎️ Tuezday 10th February 2026 on the way🚂 to King’s Cross (London)

CAN YOU SPOT THE GIANT BISCUIT TIN ?

We start a marathon 4 away games run tooneet at Tottenham🠅 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 🇦🇿 via Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Torkey 🇹🇷 🦃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! 😵‍💫£££££!

It will be exhausting to say the least, with a total travel distance of ower 7,000 miles and many hours on trains 🚂 and planes!✈️ 

A full Geordie Times match report on the game at Sporz will appear here sometime on Wedinzday! ⬇️

THE TOON 2. THE BEEZ KNEEZ 3 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2025-2026

 Posted ‘high noon 🛎️ bells’ Sunday 7th February 2026

“A LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE!”

This iz a disastrous time for NUFC and Steady Eddie in particular!

Another dreadful performance which didn’t gan doon well with the crowd!

The Toon started off in 2nd gear  and we somehow took the lead in the 24th minute when Sven Botman heeded in a The Gallowgate End to put us 1-0 up!

12 minutes later it woz aall square when Janeit heeded past The Pope in wor goal at The Leazes End

Then in stoppage time Jacob Murphy handled near the goal line and a penalty woz awarded to The 🐝 Beez!

Thiago took it and easily beat Pope to put them 2-1 up at the break!— Booing woz heard az the players went off! (Not something we would ever do at The Geordie Times, but fan frustration iz reaching boiling point!)

The 2nd period wozzint much better, with things gannin from bad to worse, but we got a lifeline in the 79th minute when a Brentfaad defender handled in the box —and after a 6 minutes delay lookin a the moniter, the spot kick woz awarded!

Bruno took it to send their keeper the wrang way to bring the score back to 2-2!

The crowd roared for a winner, but it woz wor visitors who put the game to bed, when in the 85th minute, Ouattra hit a shot across the box and though Pope’s  legs to retake the lead!— Some fans had seen enough and heeded for the exits!

Despite 10 minutes of stoppage time we couldn’t find the net at the other end again and az the ref blew the final whistle, more booos could be heard from those who had stayed til the bitter end!

With 4 away games in quick succession, it feels like a life sentence without parole for those of us who gan to every game!

Wor 4th defeat in a row and 12 goals conceded and with just 3 goals scored in domestic competitions in the last 2 and a half weeks!

We are now stuck in 12th place, 10 points behind a Champions Leegue position and 10 points above the relegation zone!

And if we are not careful, we could easily get sucked in to the abyss with tough away games on the horizon!

Attendance: 52,032 ( Just 1,300 Beez)⬇️

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THE TOON V THE BEEZ KNEEZ *** TEATIME TODAY!

 PPosted ‘high noon 🕛 bells’ 🔔 Saturday 7th February 2026

THE DAYS WHEN TOON ⬆️PUBS WERE PACKED TO THE RAFTERS!

A rare home games against away games (last 3 away, next 4 away!)

Brentfaad have anly won here once in their history in 11 visits, which woz way back 90 odd years ago in the 1934-1935 season! While NUFC have won 9 and drawn 1 since then!

Wor last 2 away games have been a disaster, conceding 4 and then 3 goals az wor midfield and defence crumbled!

We can anly hope that wor thin squad, which haz been depleted by injuries, can boonce back against The Beez Kneez of Brentfaad! 🐝 

Anthony Gordon iz the latest injury to add to he lang list and we really divvint naa wot side Steady Eddie will put oot in a few hours time!?🤔 (KO ‘5:30 🛎️s’)

We eethaa back wor manager who haz had a torrid time after the Isak 🐀 debacle, or torn against him!— We at The Geordie Times will BACK HIM!

A full Geordie Times match report will appear here, sometime on Sunday!

APU “Watch this space!” ⬇️

THE BLUE MOONIES 3 (5). THE TOON 1 (1) LEEGUE CUP SEMI FINAL 2nd LEG

 PPosted ‘high noon 🕛 bells 🔔’ Thorzday 5th February 2026 on the train 🚂 back from Manchester

“CUP CAPITULATION!”

It took just 7 minutes to confirm that we won’t be gannin to Wembley next month!

That’s the time of Man City’s first goal when an attempted tackle by Dan Burn rebounded off Marmoush into wor net with Toon goalie Aaron Ramsdale stranded!

This meant that the aggregate score woz 3-0 in The Blue Moonies favour!—Considerin that NUFC haddint scored a goal at the Ethiad Stadium for 8 years, then aall looked lost!

They doubled their lead on the half hour mark when Trippier cleared off the line, but Marmoush woz on hand to heed the baall ower the line! 2-0 and 4-0 on aggregate to them!

Reijnders made it 3-0 just 3minutes later when Dan Burn tried to clear, but the baall fell nicely to the Man City player, who had the simple task of side footing home!

It’s at this point aa wished that the ref would blow the final whistle, az a trouncing looked on the cards!

Willock and Gordon both missed easy chances before this, but failure to find the net proved costly to say the least!

HT 3-0 and 5-0 on aggregate to them!

Wissa, Elanga and Jacob Murphy came on at the start of the 2nd half and Wissa missed an easy chances b fire within a minute of comin on, by shooting wide!

We finally (finally!) got on the score sheet in the 62nd minute, when Anthony Elanga raced through the City defence to plant a sweet shot, which went in off the post to give the 5,539 Toon Travellers in the top tier behind that goal,  at least something to cheer!

Harvey Barnes then a had goal chalked off az Wissa woz offside and then Elanga somehow missed the goal, when scorin looked easier!

The game petered oot and aall woz lost!

The Wembley dream woz ower!

Success fatigue from The Blue Moonies fans, meant that there were 14,000 empty seats in the home sections!, The extension to the North Stand iz still in progress, to bring the capacity to ower 60,000!—⬇️

But just why they need to extend it, when they cannit even fill 55,000 seats seems crazy???? ⬇️ THE EMPTYAD STADIUM!

Unbelievably they will now heed for Wembley for the 32nd time in the last 15 years! Success fatigue indeed!

Attendance: 41,834

Boozer report to follow! ⬇️ eventually!

6 boozers visited! ⬇️