DUNSTON 1 BRADFAAD PA 0 (Easter Saturday) *** NEWTON AYCLIFFE 0 DUNSTON 3 (Easter Munday)

 Posted ‘6:00pm bells 🔔 Tuezday 7th April 2026

"WELCOME TO SCOTLAND!---WHEY, NOT EXACTLY!"

“EASTER 🐣 EGG 🥚 STACY!”

Ower the Easter 🐣 weekend we needed wor ‘fix’ az The Toon had a blank weekend, due to wor exit from the FA Cup!

And so we did a Dunston Double Heeder, with their home game in the Northern Premyaa Leegue East Division, on 🐣 Saturday —-and their away game on 🐣 Munday!

Forst up woz their home game v ex Futbaall Leegue side Bradfaad Park Avenue, where a bumper crowd of 421 torned up at the groond! (Bumper, az it woz nearly 200 more than wot they normally get!) (30 or so Park Avenue-ites!) The game woz really a play off 6 pointer with Bradfaad just one point behind Dunston, in the last play off place!

If it wasn’t for the Dunston’s ‘larger than life’  goalie, Dan Lowson, who made some brilliant saves in the forst half, it could easily have been 4-0 to ‘The Park Avenue-ites’ at HT, az they were well on top!

The Bad Blue Boys of Dunston played much better in the 2nd period and just when we we thought that the game would end goal-less, up stepped Dunston’s Sado to fire 🔥⚽️ home from inside the penalty area in the 88th minute,  to send the vast majority of the 400 plus crowd into Easter egg🥚stacy ! (sic!)

That’s the way it ended and the result meeenz that Dunston moved 4 points clear of Bradfaad in the race for a last play off place, to reach The Northern Premyaa Leegue Premyaa Division next season!

"SCOTLAND!--SCOTLAND!--HERE WE COME!"

2 days after this and we were on wor travels to Newton Aycliffe in Coonty Durham, 30 miles south of  Dunston on 'The Tyne', on the supporters bus, for Dunston’s Easter Munday fixture at The Ashcourt Stadium! (3rd visit to this groond!)

33 had travelled doon on the bus, (16 ‘Dunston Ultras’ (teenagers!) at the back and ‘The Oldies’ (like me!), at the front, includin the driver!), plus others on the team bus and in jam jars (aboot 75 Bad Blue Boys (and girls) in total, includin the Dunston committee!)

We arrived at the clubhoose at 11:20am bells’ 🔔 to find oot that it wasn’t open til ‘high noon 🕛 bells’ (An absolute disgrace!) SO we had nee choice but to heed for the nearest boozer, which woz a 10 minute walk away across a duel carriageway! 

It woz caalled Gretna Green and az usual ah sent a Whatsapp message to wor lass, to tell her where I woz!

“I’m in Gretna Green!” I told her!

"Wot are you doin' in Scotland?"---I'm confused?" she replied (The forst town across the England/Scotland border)

"So your in Scotland, don't understand?" she went on!

"It's a PUB caalled Gretna Green in Newton Aycliffe!" I told her, and sent a picture of the boozer!

"Aarrr right-- I havvint got mee glasses on!" she replied!

Anyway, enough of that!---we heeded back to the clubhoose (In ENGLAND!) which woz now open and then onwards to the match, after somemore 'liquid lubrications'! (hic!)

We entered the tornstiles at the groond and within 2 minutes of the ‘1:00 bells 🔔 kick off, Dunston took the lead, when David Robinson rolled the baall across the six yard box and it trickled ower the line and into the net! 1-0 to Dunston!

The visitors were well on top and it woz soon 2-0 when a penalty woz awarded in the 32nd minute for a bad foul in the box!

David Robinson took it to double their lead! (See video at the start of this report!)

DAVID ROBINSON'S PENALTY!

Bang on half time another penalty woz awarded at the opposite end, this time to Aycliffe after Harvey Neary dragged doon an Aycliffe attacker, who woz clean through on goal!  Not anly woz a penalty awarded, but the Dunston man got a red card az well!

Divvint naa who took it?, but Dunston goalie Dan Lowson guessed the reet way and saved the shot!

The Dunston hero from Saturday (see Bradfaad report above) woz the hero once again! HT 2-0 to The Bad Blue Boys in RED!⬇️

Against 10 men, Newton Aycliffe were again 2nd best and the away side forthaa increased their lead, when completed hiz hat-trick to put the game to bed in the 82nd minute! 3-0 to Dunston final score!

Attendance: 345 (75 or so from Dunston, az mentioned!👏) 

News woz awaited from Bradfaad PA, who, if they’d lost, would have been 7 points adrift!

However! they had won by 8 lucky goals to nil against Brighoose, to boost their goal difference and keep the pressure on, with 3 games to play!

Unfortunately I will miss them aall,  az their fixtures clash with NUFC games, which must take priority, I'm afraid!

Hopefully IF they make the playoffs, wor games won’t clash!?

Fink (NUFC mad-sad groundhopper!--and part time Dunston fan!)

"WE WOZ THERE!"🠟

THE TRIPP OF A LIFETIME!— TRIPPS WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!

 Posted ‘high noon 🕛 bells’ 🔔 Easter 🐣 Munday 6th April 2026

News reaches The Geordie Times (2 days late, by wor ‘fly by night’ reporter, Secret Pigeon) that wor number 2 Kieran Trippier iz to leave NUFC at the end of the season!

He woz the forst quality player to join the ‘project’ when the PIF took ower wor great club fower and a half years ago!

Kieran iz nearly 36 and hiz playin carrier iz comin to an end and he wore the captain’s armband with pride!

He haz helped us avoid certain relegation, qualify for 2 Champions League tournaments and of course played in wor historic Leegue Cup win at Wembley, just ower a year ago!—Wor first domestic trophy in 70 lang bleak years!

He says he’s had “the best time of hiz life!” at The Toon and leaves with hiz heed held high! 

He will never be forgotten, by everyone associated with the club—and we at The Geordie Times wish him and hiz family “aall the   best!” for the future!

SECRET PIGEON ARRIVES AT GEORDIE TIMES HQ

“KIERAN TRIPPIER IZ LEAVIN THE TOON 

AT THE END OF THE SEASON! COO! COO!”

NUFC FIXTURE CHANGES FOR THE LAST SEVEN GAMES

Posted 'high noon bells' Saturday 4th April 2026  Updated 10:35pm 🛎️ bells’

Updated again 9:30pm bells 🔔’ Sunday

ST. JAMES' PARK FROM SHERIFF HILL IN GATESHEED, WITH THE CHEVIOT HILLS AND THE ENGLAND/SCOTLAND BORDER ON THE GREY HORIZON, 55 MILES AWAY AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE!

The fixtures for SIX of wor last seven games have been cast in stone!

Beecoz NUFC have been knocked oot of the FA Cup we have a blank Easter weekend!----And so to get wor 'fix', we will be takin in 'The Bad Blue Boys' of Dunston's 'Northern Premyaa Leegue East' games v ex Futbaall Leegue side Bradfaad Park Avenue this afternoon, in a crucial six pointer, for a play off place ('3:00 bells') and then on Easter Munday its a trip to Newton Aycliffe in Coonty Durham for a '1:00 bells kick off!

Next weekend 'The Geordie Times' iz steamin off to King's Cross once more, when The Toon take on 'The Crystal Cryers' at Selhurst Park in sooth London (2:00 bells') on the Sunday! (12th April) (live on Sky)

Then the followin Saturday (18th April) its a home game v 'The Cherry Pickers' of Bournemoooth' in a non televised game at '3:00 bells'

The game at 'The Arse', iz scheduled for Saturday 25th April at '5:30 bells'--- BUT!--- IF? ---they win away v 'The Simon Templar Mob' of Soothampton in the FA Cup qwaataa finals tooneet, then the game will be moved forward to eethaa Tuezday 21st, Wedinzday 22nd OR Thorzday 23rd April—-Updated ‘10:35pm bells 🔔’ Sooothampton DID win so the game stays at ‘5:30 bells 🔔 Saturday 25th April

Wor home game v 'Nee Where Near Brighton' will be at '3:00 bells' on Saturday 2nd May az it hazzint been picked for live telly like the Bournemoooth game!

Wor game at 'The Friar Tuck Mob' of Nottingham haz been moved to '2:00 bells' on Sunday 10th May for live telly (Sky)

Anothaa game that could be moved iz wor home game v 'The Jellied Eels Mob' of West Ham'! IF? they beat Leeedz in the FA Cup qwaataa finals tomorrow AND! then win a semi final on the weekend of 25th April, wor game will be moved from Sunday 17th May to a new midweek date (we presume?) 

Updated 9:30pm bells 🔔 Sunday

We WILL play West Ham at home 🏠 on eethaa Friday, 16th, Sunday 18th or Munday 19th May, az they lost to Leedz on penalties this afternooon! (Saturday 17th May iz FA Cup final day and NEE games can be played on that Saturday)

And finallEEE!-- Wor last game of the season away to 'The Cottage Pie Brigade' of Fulham WILL take place on Sunday 24th May at '4:00 bells'! (Aall games kick off at the same time on the final day!)

FORT KNOX!

 Posted ‘high noon 🕛 bells’ Thorzday 2nd April 2026

AT LAST NUFC have got a naming rights sponsor for wor Darsley Park training groond in Benton!

From next season Sooth African sports drink company KNOX will have its name plastered aall ower the place!

KNOX will aalso be on wor training groond gear az well!

The deal iz said to be worth 18 million quid ower 3 seasons!

Az we are caalled NewCASTLE United, mebeez the trainin groond should be caalled FORT Knox from now on? (sic!)

Just a thought! 

54th ANNIVERSARY TODAY!---"APRIL FOOL!---THE JUDGE IZ A GEORDIE!"

Posted '6:00am bells' April Fools Day 2026

BRAMALL LANE AS IT LOOKED IN 1972

On 'April Fools Day' 54 years ago, NUFC visited Bramall Lane in 'The Battle Of Sheffield 1972'
And a report from that day, which starred Toon fan 'Daft Tommy', iz reprinted below in the Geordie Times archive! (ground number 022)

PS: Sadly, 'Daft Tommy' iz nee langer with us! 

RIP Tommy

022 bramall lane sheffield

(GROUND NUMBER 22)
Date of First Visit: APRIL FOOLS DAY! 1972
BRAMALL LANE, SHEFFIELD

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1
NEWCASTLE UNITED 0

(OLD) DIVISION ONE
ATTENDANCE: 28,103 (4,000 Toon fans)





Part One:
"APRIL FOOL!---THE JUDGE IZ A GEORDIE!"

The forst thing that springs to mind aboot this place, is!---- 'The Crystal Rooms', which was (and probably still is) a 'One Armed Bandit' arcade in the centre of Sheffield, as this is where the Toon and the Sheff. 'U' radgies had massive fights in 1972, before and after the match!

Hundreds had travelled doon on the train and many of the 'Leazes End Boot Boys' had simply 'come for a fight', dressed in their 'Prince of Wales' suits, slack braces and the obligatory 'Doc Marten Boots' ---and they were'nt to be disappointed!




As soon as they got off the train they made for the main drinkin' area and marched doon the middle of the road shoutin', "Your' gonna get your' f*****' heads kicked in!" as they made for where they knew the Sheffield 'crew' would be.---and sure enough, they were!---and ready for a 'go' as well!



Before lang, runnin' battles doon the streets between the rival fans ensued with innocent shoppers gettin' caught up in the middle as bottles, bricks and plant pots nicked from a gardenin' shop were hurled (still with the plants inside!) as fans fought each other.




'The Sheffield Dibble' torned up with several 'meat wagons' and 'The Flyin' Squad' collered anybody who looked remotely like a skinheed. (not me, aa hasten to add!—as mee hair was doon mee back at that time!---'Led Zeppelin style'!)


Dustbins and litter bins were hoyed through the plate glass windows by the Newcastle 'nutters', and there were runnin' battles through the streets!




This sent the fans of both sides scatterin' and after a few 'Arthur Scargills' in a sleazy dive we foond, it was time to gan to Bramall Lane. The Toon fans had infiltrated the 'Shoreham End', which was the Sheffield skinheed's 'hard end' at the time, and sporadic fightin' broke oot between the rival fans.


Some of the more sensible Toon fans (alas---not me!) who'd went in the opposite end, were gettin' slagged off by the 'Shoreham Invaders' for 'chickenin' oot' of the 'pagger'.
Aa of course, went with the 'radgie gadgies', (like a lamb to the slaughter!) (bravado---or what?) and stood at the back of the stand with mee black 'n' white scarf on, thinkin' that aat any minute aa would get mee 'heed caved in' as it soon became obvious that we were ootnumbered by wor Sheffield counterparts by aboot fower tih one!




And before lang it 'kicked off'---NOT! the match you understand!, but the fightin' as the 'brave' ootnumbered 'Leazes Enders' charged into the middle of the Shoreham End! (they did have their 'reputations' to think aboot!) led by 'one' 'Doddsy' in his 'trademark' white 'butchers coat' complete with a huge Doc Marten boot crudely drawn in felt tip pen on the back, with: 'LEAZES END BOOT BOYS', written above it! (he has been mentioned before!)

Loads of Toon and 'Blades' fans got 'lifted' by the Yorkshire 'Dibbles', so aa kept mee heed doon, as ah did'nt fancy bed 'n' breakfast in the 'Dibble Savoy'! (or worse still!—'The Sheffield Royal Infirmary'!)




As the 'propa' match kicked off, there was still 'beadlem' in front of iz, and it was hard to concentrate on the action on the field, instead of the 'action' on the terraces!.

Bramall Lane was a three sided groond back then, with a cricket pitch on the far side, and this totally killed the atmosphere. (Just how the fans on that side could see, withoot a pair of binoculars---is beyond me!)

The Toon were by far the better team that day, with John Tudor and 'Supermac' gannin close on several occasions.

Tony Green and Tommy Gibb had blinders,---BUT!,---it was tih nee avail, and Sheffield took the points with just fower minutes tih gan, when Ford (who'd just came on as a late sub) beat Toon keeper Willie McFaul, with his forst touch off the baall! (which was aalso 'The Blades' forst shot of the game!)

Newcastle manager, 'Smokin' Joe Harvey, (who could'nt believe that wi'd lost!) summed it up after the match, when he said:

"IT'S NOT APRIL FOOLS DAY?---IS IT"???"WELL!----ACTUALLY!!-----JOE!!!"








Part Two:-----(A few weeks later!)




♫OH!-MEE LADS-YIH SHOULD'IV SEEN US GANNIN!♫

scene from The Blaydon Races 1862

One Toon fan who'd been arrested after the match at 'The Crystal Rooms', was a lad caalled 'Daft Tommy', who's, name implies—IS!----as 'Daft as a Brush'!, but tih be honest would'nt (and could'nt) harm a fly or punch hiz way oot of a paper bag!.

Tommy had been caught up in 'The battle of Sheffield' after the match and was nicked and charged with bein' 'drunk and dizzy', which is an offence that yih can plead guilty tee, by letter.






Quite a few had been charged with more serious offences like GBH and affray and HAD to appear personally in court. So!---on the day of the court cases a few weeks after the match, the train was 'chocker' with fans travellin' doon tih Sheffield on charges of affray and 'god naa's what'!.

Then---aall of a sudden, 'Daft Tommy' appeared and jumped on the train. The other Toon fans just stared at him, coz they could'nt work oot what he was deein there!?.






"A THOUGHT YIH WERE PLEADIN' GUILTY BY LETTER, TOMMY?", one fan asked him, with a puzzled look on his face!.

"I AM!", said Tommy, "A'V GOT THE LETTER IN MEE POCKET!!!", he said az he pulled the 'said' letter from hiz 'nanny goat'!

("There's nee answer tih that one!??-------
IS THERE"!???)



"
On their arrival in Sheffield, they heeded straight for the court hoose, where one joker said:
"THE JUDGE IS A GEORDIE, TOMMY!---IF YIH SING THE 'BLAYDON RACES' TO HIM WHEN YIH GAN IN THE DOCK, HE'LL LET YIH OFF!".

SO!---'Daft Tommy' gave the judge a rendition of the 'Geordie National Anthem'-----------
AND GOT FINED 300 quid! FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT!!! (A considerable sum in 1972!)

(There's DEFINITELY! nee answer tih THAT ONE!?????)





Footnote:
Tommy's 'claim tih fame', is that he used tih stand on one of the concrete crash barriers in the middle of the aad 'Gallowgate End', and give the crowd a rendition of the early 'sixties classic', 'LITTLE WHITE BULL!'

Geordie Glossary of Terms & Phrases (for the benefit of 'non Geordie' readers)
(as the words appear)

Toon fans=Newcastle supporters
forst=first
aboot=about
one armed bandit=gambling fruit machine
radgies=hooligans
doon=down
Leazes End Boot Boys=Newcastle hooligans
crew=hooligans
lang=long
the Sheffield dibble=the Sheffield police force
meat wagon=prison van
the flyin' squad=Sheffield police 'snatch squad'
collared=arrested
skinheed=skinhead
mee=my
hoyed=thrown
nutters=idiots
one-nowt=one-nil
Arthur Scargills=gargels=beers!
sleavy dive=run down pub
foond=found
gan=go
hard end=hooligans terrace
oot=out
pagger=fight
radgie gadgies=hooligan fans
heed caved in=head butted/punched
wor=our
tih=to
lang=long
lifted=arrested
Yorkshire dibbles=Yorkshire police force
dibble savoy=police cells
propa=proper
iz=me
groond=ground
withoot=without
gannin'=going
nee=no
fower=four
aalso=also
wi'd=we had
yih=you
should'iv=should have
caalled=called
drunk and dizzy=drunk and disorderly
tee=to
GBH=grevious bodily harm
chocker=full
doon=down
aall=all
coz=because
oot=out
deein'=doing
a'v=I have
nanny goat=coat
heeded=headed
court hoose=magestates court
yih=you
gan=go
aad=old

RECORD REVENUE REPORT

 

Posted just after ‘high 🕛 noon🛎️ bells’ Tuezday 31st March 2026

NUFC have made a profit of £33,000,000 in the last financial year!

Average Premyaa Leegue gates were ower 52,100 makin SJPs occupancy 99.9% It would be 100% but teams like Bournemoooth and Brentfaad fail to sell their away allocations every season!

Still nee news of the new stadium or trainin groond, but we wait with patiently with baited breath!

More on this to follow later!⬇️

THE ASHINGTON PIT YAKKERS 1. DUNSTON BAD BLUE BOYS 0 *** NORTHERN PREMYAA LEEGUE EAST DIVISION

 

Posted ‘high noon bells 🛎️ Sunday 29th April 2026

Dunston number 4 Phil Turnbull sends in a corner, with the main stand in the backgroond!

“WHERE THE FCUK’Z ‘THE CASTLE’?”

With nee Toon games coz of the 20 days International break, ah decided to get the train to Ashington on the Northumberland Line on Friday neet, for their game against Dunston! The new line iz a godsend for those who live on the route, cuttin the jorney time from The Toon to 30 minutes, whereas its an hour langer by bus!

Ah left in good time to dee a pub crawl to the Woodhorn Lane groond, which iz a half hour waalk from Ashington train station!

Forst ‘port o caall’ woz a Wetherspoons boozer called ‘The Ruhan  Kanhai', 10 minutes waalk alang Woodhorn Road!  (Named after a famous cricketer, who I’d never hord of?)

It woz canny busy inside, so ah went to the beer 🍺 garden 🪴 to consume mee ‘liquid lubrication!’⬇️

It woz them onward to ‘The Cree’ which iz just doon the road⬇️ 

——and then onward to ‘The Mighty Oak’, which had a large Union Jack displayed in the front window!⬇️

It woz a bit 'rough and ready' and a big fat gadgie came in and gave me ‘one of those dodgy looks’, az though aa had horns sticking oot of mee heed! 

Lookin at ‘Google Maps’ mee final stop before the groond woz a boozer caalled ‘The Castle’ which woz 10 minutes onwards from ‘The Oak’

It woz bitterly cold and much colder than on Tyneside 15 miles to the south, but as couldn’t find ‘The Castle’?—-  It woz supposed to be opposite a hairdressers caalled ‘Head and Nails’ according to to the map on mee telling bone’ 📱 

How can a boozer just vanish off the face of the Earth?🌍 (Or Woodhorn Road in Ashington, in this case?)

Anyway!— aa moved on to the Ashington  clubhoose, which iz caalled ‘The Colliers Bar—-and az it woz still 2 hours before kick off at ‘7:45 bells 🔔 aa was the forst customer!⬇️

A’d mentioned to the lassie on the tornstiles that aa couldn’t find ‘The Castle’ and she replied that someone had set it on fire and burnt it doon “a while back” 🔥 and that it woz totally demolished now! Nee wonder aa couldn’t find it!!!

It wozzint lang before the clubhoose filled up with both sets of fans and Dunston committee members!

The clubhoose iz above the main stand with large window owerlookin the pitch and iz much better than the ‘groond floor’ one, they had the last time I woz here a few years ago!

 On the right hand side of the stand ‘The Ashington Ultras’ were singin loudly az they banged a big drum 🥁 

A narrow covered stand on the far side of the pitch housed the 20 strong ‘Dunston Ultras’, aalso with a drum,🥁 which made for a noisy atmosphere! A very nice set up for a club of Ashington’s size!

The game started off az The Dunston Bad BLUE Boys attacked the right hand goal in their RED change strip! (Ashington played in black n white stripes!)

It woz mostly ‘The Pit Yakkers who did the attacking (Ashington’s nickname iz ‘The Colliers’ after the local mine, which closed many 🌙s ago!)

It woz 'Artcic' 🥶 by this point, with a howling wind to make it feel like minus 20 degrees! Ashington, of course,  iz nearer to the Arctic Circle than Dunston on Tyne!

Despite havin most of the play, the home team couldn’t make the breakthrough and the teams went in level at the half time interval, az ‘not so little old me’ made a mad dash back to the warmth of the clubhoose, with some local brew to cool us back doon!

Quite a few were watchin the start of the 2nd half from the clubhoose az Dunston were awarded a penalty! 

Josh Donald took it, but it woz expertly saved by Matthew Alexander in the home sides goal, who dived to hiz right, to save it!

Not lang after this az aa made mee way back to the end Dunston were attacking, but it woz the home side who scored the anly goal of the game through Ben Williams in the 56th minute!

Dunston tried in vain for an equaliser, but just couldn’t find the net! FT 1-0 to The Pit Yakkers

The crowd woz later given az an excellent 671, with aboot 50 or so Dunstoners, includin their commitee!

After the game aa cadged a lift back to Tyneside from the Dunston Co Chairman, Billy, in hiz work van!

Can you imagine the NUFC chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan giving you a lift back from an away game in hiz jam jar???

A great photo of 3 Ashington born heroes on a staircase ---’Wor’ Jackie Milburn who won 3 FA Cup winners 🥇 🥇 🥇 medals with NUFC in the 1950s —-and his nephews Jackie and Bobby Charlton who helped England win the World Cup in 1966!

"WE WOZ THERE!"---A PRIZE DRAW TICKET WHICH AH  DIDNT WIN!  AND AN EXSTORTIONATLY PRICED £1.70p TRAIN TICKET FROM 'THE CENTRAL' TO ASHINGTON!

*Dunston Bad Blue Boys—-an explanation

NUFC played Dinamo Zagreb away in Europe many moons ago, who play in aall blue —-and their notorious Ultras are caalled The Bad Blue Boys   Dunston play in aall blue az well, so when we got back we named them after the Zagreb hoolies ! —-So now yih naa!

And finally!—-Here’s a photo ah foond with ‘The Castle’ on fire! 🔥 ⬇️

THE END!👹

DUST STORM ON TYNESIDE!

 Posted ‘12:41pm 🛎️ bells’ Wedinzday 25th March 2026

A disastrous February and March haz ended for The Toon, and the fact we have been knocked oot of 3 competitions in that time and lost to wor most bitter rivals haz left us in disarray!

The dust of those defeats haz yet to settle az the storm iz still fresh in the memory!

NUFC have 7 games left to save wor season, startin after yet another 20 day International break!

Hopefully that break can help us recharge the batteries 🪫 after playin 2 games every week since last Novembaa!

We have 6 winnable games against teams aroond or below us and anly one toughie against title hopefuls The Arse in north London!

Of course, The Toon have had 3 recent winnable home games against Brentfaad, Evaatin and The SMBs and have lost the lot!

The 7 games left are:

😭stal Palace at Selhurst Park

Bourne 👄 at SJP

The Arse 🕳️s at The Emirates Stadium

Brighton☀️ at SJP

Nottingham 🌳 🌳Forest at The City Groond

West 🍖 Ham at SJP

The 🏡 Cottage 🥧 Pie Brigade at Craven Cottage

We have nee chance of qualifying for The Champions Leegue BUT there iz a chance of The Europa Leegue or The Conference Leegue!

We are SO Jekyll 😁and Hyde 👹 that anything can happen!???🤔

In the meeentime in the 20 day break The Geordie Times iz hopeful that we can get to a couple of non leegue games in the Tyneside, Northumberland and Durham area! (Weather permitting!☔️⚡️)

Az per usual, “Wwatch this space!”

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

 Posted ‘high noon 🕛 bells’ 🔔 Munday 23rd March 2026

“HOWE CAN EDDIE SURVIVE THIS!?”

Wot a difference a year makes!—-This time last March we were celebrating a Leegue Cup win and victory parade aroond the Toon AND were fighting for a place in The Champions Leegue—

-This time roond and we are in dispair after the 7-2 thrashing by Barcelona in The Champions Leegue and defeat to wor eternal enemies the mackems and nee hope of Champions Leegue futbaall next season, az we languish in the bottom half of The Premyaa Leegue table!

The derby game started off so well az we attacked The Leazes goal! The atmosphere woz white hot and the ‘Wor Flags’ tifo display woz brilliant!🤩 

And it didnt take lang for us to open the scorin az the SMBs time wasted from the forst whistle!

A bad mix up in their defence in the 10th minute saw Waltemade rob mackem defender O’Nein in hiz own penalty area and played a nice pass to Anthony Gordon, who struck the baall into the far corner of the goal to send the vast majority of the crowd wild and crazy!  1-0 to us!

More great chances followed when Anthony Elanga hit the side netting and Sven Botman heeded into the goal frame from a Lewis Hall cross!

The SMBs had chances at the other end az well, but finexstops from Aaron Ramsdale in The Toon goal thwarted them! 

HT 1-0 to us!

Just like in Barcelona last Wedinzday, we sat back and paid the ultimate price!

NUFC were at sixes and sevens az they went for the equaliser! It came in the 57th minute when Ramsdale made a weak punch from a cross and the baall fell nicely toTaibi who fired in from close range! 1-1

We thought we’d retook the lead not lang after this when Malik Thaiw heeded the baall into the goal from close in at The Gallowgate End!—BUT! az we celebrated the ref said ‘hold on’ for a dreaded VAR check, which ruled that Jacob Murphy had committed a foul and the goal woz chalked off!

The mackems then realised, rather than waste time and settle for a draw, they ‘went for it’ and had several chances to take the lead through wor fragile defence! 

In other words they ‘wanted it’ more than us!

It finally happened in the last minute of normal time, when Bronbbey forced the baall ower the line from a close in scramble to break wor hearts! 💔 

7 minutes off stoppage time followed (mainly for an injury to Botman, who woz forced off orlier!) but we couldn’t find an equaliser! 2-1 to them to complete a very miserable week for anyone of black n white persuasion!

Wor season iz effectively ower, havin been knocked of 3 competitions in 6 weeks az well!

Just how(e) Eddie can survive this, anly the PIF can answer!

Attendance: 52, 253 (2,528 SMBs)

*

“IF ANLY WOR PLAYERS HAD PUT IN THE SAME EFFORT IN, AZ ‘WOR FLAGS’ DID WITH THIS FANTASTIC DISPLAY!”