THE TOON 2 THE LIVERBIRDS 1 *** LEEGUE CUP FINAL 2025 *** "IT'S WOR CUP!"

 Posted 'high noon bells' Tuezday 18th March 2025

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THE TYNE BRIDGE EVEN CAME DOON TO CHEER THE LADS TO VICTORY!

Well!---A'v finally recovered from the best day of mee life on Sunday when we beat The Mickey Mousers at Wembley to lift wor forst domestic trophy for 70 years!

This woz mee 10th visit for a competitive game at Wembley watchin' The Toon and with 9 defeats in a row before Sunday, aa woz 'Finkin' "Am I the Wembley Jinx fan!"? (3 FA Cup final defeats, 2 Leegue Cup final defeats, 2 Premyaa Leegue defeats v Sporz, 1 FA Cup semi final defeat and 1 Community Shield defeat!)

Yiv aall eethaa saw the game yihselz at Wembley or live on the telly, so I will just give mee own personal very brief highlights of the game!

It woz obvious from the start that we were 'up for it' az we attacked the far goal where the Livaapoool fans were and we went for 'the jugular' ----The breakthrough finally comin' near the half time break!

45th minute: A perfect Kieran Trippier corner, finds the heed of Dan Burn and hiz powerful heeder across the box beats Kelleher in the Livaapoool goal to put us 1-0 up----Exxxtatic scenes followed in the Toon section of 32,000 fans! 

52nd minute: A Jacob Murphy knockdoon in the box finds Alexander the Great (Isak) and he hit a sweet shot past to double wor lead and double the noise from wor fans behind that goal!

2 minutes before this, Isak had a goal disallowed for offside, so this definitely made up for it!

94th minute: A brief scare az Livaapoool pull a goal back through Elliott---It went to VAR and took ages for the decision to be made!

The ref bundered by first sayin on hiz mic that the goal had been disallowed, but the baall woz then put back on the centre spot to resume the game????

The game finally finished in the 111th minute to wild celebrations from the team, 'Steady Eddie' and hiz back room staff,---and of course us fans, who had waited so so lang for domestic silverware!

The sight of the Leegue Cup bein hoisted up by Bruno, Kieran Trippier and injured Jamaal Laselles brought happy tears to my eyes!

THAT gypsy 100 year curse that woz said to be given in 1955 after gypsies were forcibly removed from wor old trainin groond in Benwell, proves to be a complete myth! 

If there's one thing for certain, when we travel to away games in the future the home fans wont be able to sing, "YOU'VE NEVER WON FCUK ALL!", ever again!

Attendance: 88,513 (32,000 very jubulant Toon fans!)

FAN PIX

VIEW FROM BLOCK 124, ROW 32, SEAT 36  (The seat number iz imprinted in mee brain!🧠)

The pre and post match 'gargels' took place in 4 different towns and cities on the day before, the day of the match, and the day after! Marlow, High Wycombe, London and then Bormingham on the way back yem the next day!---In total we visited 14 different drinkin dens!  The runnin' total for this season IZ 79 different boozers

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MARLOW FC CLUBHOOSE

AZ YOO CAN SEE, WE TOOK IN A SOUTHERN LEEGUE GAME THE DAY BEFORE THE FINAL! FOR THE RECORD, MARLOW 1. TAUNTON 1

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WEMBLEY, LONDON  YES THEY SOLD BOOZE AZ WELL!

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BIRMINGHAM (AALSO VISITED FOR BIRMINGHAM CITY GAME)

“IT’S WOR CUP!” 🏆THE TOON 2. THE LIVERBIRDS 1. *** LEGUE CUP FINAL 2025

 Posted ‘10:37am 🔔 bells’ Munday 17th March 2025

“10th TIME LUCKY!”

The match report for wor historic win at Wembley will appear here tomorrow az I am incapable of deein a report today!🥴

WEMBLEY NEXT AND PLANS FOR A NEW 65,000 SEATER STADIUM!

 Posted 'high noon bells' Friday 14th March 2025

News reaches us that NUFC plan to move to a new stadium in Leazes Park with a capacity of 65,000 (plus) and leave SJP, where futbaall haz been played since 1880---145 years ago!

Personally, it will be very sad to leave 'wor home', but at least we are just movin 'next door' a few yards away!---IF the above info iz true?

We arn't sure how far this capacity can be expanded, but lookin at the New Stadium drawings, there looks to be plenty of room on each side to expand if nessesary!

More importantleee the new stadium doesn't overlap SJP, so NUFC could play there til 'the new kid on the block' gets built!

The stadium design iz said to be similar to the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, USA, home of The Raiders American Futbaall team!

We are sure that there will be more news on this in the comin' weeks!

ALLEGIANT STADIUM*** IMAGINE THIS ON BARRACK ROAD!

MEEEENWHILE!---there's the little matter of a big game on Sunday at Wembley against The Liverbirds in the Leegue Cup final!

The Toon of course will be massive underdogs, but Livaapoool have been devastated by the penalty shootout defeat by PSG in the Champions Leegue on Tuezday and hopefully they wont be 'up for it' come Sunday afternooon!----In a competition that their fans caall 'The Mickey Mouse Cup', az its the 4th on their peckin order list to win!--While--for us--it meeenz everything to win some domestic silverware after a 70 year wait---1955, when we won the FA Cup 3-1 v Man City at Wembley!---Wor 5th FA Cup win in 5 attempts at the home of futbaall at the time!

Since then and in complete contrast, we have played in 5 cup final and lost the fcukin lot! (3 FA Cup and 2 Leegue Cup finals) 

Lets hope the lads 'torn up' this time and finally end the very lang drought!

32,000 black n white scarfs are to be placed on every seat in the NUFC end, which will be quite some sight come kick off time! (special thanx to club shirt sponsors SELA for the freebeez!)

“ING-ER-LAND CAALLING!” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 

And finally! Congratulations to Anthony Gordon, Tino Livramento and Dan Burn ( “He’s from Blyyyyth!”) for gettin Ing-er-lad caall ups, especially Dan, who at 32 iz gettin hiz forst ever caall up!

Aalso to Lewis Miley for hiz caall up to the U 19s squad!

Footnote: A match (and boozer) report on wor Wembley ‘sorte’ will appear here sometime on Munday!

Let’s hope it’s a memorable report and not a misery report! 🙏🏻 

Somewhere on the river Tyne on Wedinzday neet! 👇

Somewhere near the river Thames in London on Thorzday neet! 👇

Somewhere near SJP 👇

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WATCH THE CUP FINAL BEHIND SJP!---SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL 'CLUB'!

 Posted 'high noon bells' Thorzday 13th March 2025

(Will re-post this nearer the date!)

'The Leazes End aka Companions Club' on Leazes Park Road behind The East Stand, iz showing the Leegue Cup final on Sunday on their cinema size screen in the large upstairs concert room!

There are NEE daft £10, £20 bookin fees like a few places, az entry iz FREE and the 'liquid lubrications' are at very reasonable prices!---AALL TOON FANS WELCOME!

John Smiths/Camerons £3:90, Carling £4:00, Coors £4:10, bottles of Dog (Broon Ale) £3:80 and  Guinness £4:40 etc! In propaa glass glasses az well! (Nee 'drastic plastic'!) Sarnies £2

KIDS WELCOME AZ WELL!

The bar iz open from 'high noon 🔔 bells' ---plenty of time to get sloshed before the '4:30 bells' 🔔 kick off!

It's a great club with friendly bar staff---Like many boozers theeze days, they struggle on 'non match days' and if it wasn't for St. James' Park just roond the corner, it wouldn't survive!----One reason alone for NUFC NOT to relocate 'oot of Toon' to somewhere like the Gossy racecourse area, which haz been proposed in the past!

"LIKE WE SAY!---IF YI CANNIT GET TO WEMBLEY, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL 'CLUB'!

Az the old 'Leazes End boot boys' song from 1969 gans:

(To the tune of 'I was born under a Wandering Star')

🎵I woz born in The Leazes End!---I woz born in The Leazes End!

Mee boots are Doctor Martins!---Aa wear mee braces slack!

And if aa see a sund'lind fan!---Aall smash hiz f*****' back!🎵