the geordie times online (newcastle united archive fanzine): 'THE GEORDIE TIMES' 100 PUB CRAWL CHALLENGE!---ONE HUNDRED AND TWO! DOON!---NONE TO GAN!

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 372 (373 inc Motspur Park outside)

Monday, 7 May 2012

'THE GEORDIE TIMES' 100 PUB CRAWL CHALLENGE!---ONE HUNDRED AND TWO! DOON!---NONE TO GAN!

Final update: 9:00am bells' Monday 7th May 2012

A Toon fan stands with his arms ootstreached in the doorway of 'The Newcastle Arms' after 'The Fiorentina flood fiasco!'

"Iz it still rainin'?---Like?"---he asks!

Forst of aall!---can aa say a very special 28,000 thank yoooz to wor regular and 'loyal' bloggers from the 124 countries and territories that have now visited us from the fower corners of the globe (and beyond!) (Rwanda in Africa bein' wor latest visitors!)

Az most of yiz aalready naa, 'The Geordie Times Tipplers' attempted to de sommik that we think nebody had ever done before!?--- to visit 100 pubs and clubs within 20 minutes waalkin' distance of St James' Park<("and aalways will be!") on matchdays this season and drink a pint of 'lush liquid lubricant' in each and every one of them!

To be porfectly honest with yooo!, we HAD ne idea if there WERE 100 within waalkin' distance of the groond---SO!---there waz anly one way to find oot!---wasn't there!----and there WAZ! (easily!)

The participants/plonkies! were as follows!
'Fink the mad-sad groundhopper', 'Grumpy Stumpy' and 'Norman the Cowboy Plumber' (pictured above in a soakin' wet hooped 'T' shirt!) (he's 'hard' yi naa!)

We visited another 2 new 'liquid lubrication locations', before and after the Stoke game on Saturday 21st April to complete the list, and history waz made in 'The Star' when wor ONE HUNDREDTH! 'Tonsil Ticklin' Tavern' was chaalked off in just TWENTY GAMES! (an average of FIVE new boozers a game!)
The most expensive waaterin hole waz 'Bar 28', which iz where the old 'Blackett' pub waz @ FOWER POOND FORTY a pint! ('Grumpy Stumpy' got them!) ("ha! ha!")
The cheapest, by the way, iz 'The Bee Hive' and 'Pumphreys' doon 'The Bigg Market @ £1.45 a pint! (aa got those by the way!---a'm not f*****' daft!)

For the shear 'hell of it' we did another 2 waaterin holes before wor final home game against The Blue Moonies of Manchester yesterday to take wor seasons total to 102 visited!

The records there to be broken next season lads and lasses!

"AND NOW YOOO'D BETTER BELIEVE US!"

'THE GEORDIE TIMES' ROUTE TO THE SUMMIT!---
VIA THE GREEN LINE!

If we were climbin' Moont Everest we would now be at the summit!
However!---we have to tell yoo that we have absoluteleee NE intention of deein' this in the foreseeable future as there are NE PUBS? on this Himalayan ootpost!----so wots the point of climbin' it!????

It shud be noted that EVERY drinkin' den visited waz within a 20 minute waalk of St James' Park with 'The Waaterline' on the quayside the furthest away! (and 'Shearers' the closest!)

We have now completed a century of 'waaterin holes' and this 'historic moment' came at preciseleee '6:30pm bells' on Saturday 21st April in 'The Star' on Westgate Road!

PUBS & CLUBS VISITED IN THE 100 PUB CRAWL CHALLENGE----102! (final coont!)

Match number 1---
The Toon 0 Fiorentina 0---
Friendly (match abandoned!---pitch flooded!)

001 THE MONKEY BAR (MARKET LANE)
002 LADY GREY (formerly THE ADELPHI)
003 THE WELLY (DUKE OF WELLINGTON)
004 THE COMPANIONS CLUB (formerly THE LABOUR CLUB)
005 THE STRAA'BERRY (THE STRAWBERRY)
006 THE TOON ARMS (THE NEWCASTLE ARMS)

Match number 2---
The Toon 0 The Arse 0----
Premier League

007 POPOLO'S
008 THE BACCHUS
009 FITZYZ (FITZGERALDS)

Match number 3---
The Toon 2 The Jackson Jivers of Fulham 1
Premier League

010 THE UNION ROOMS
011 THE BEE HIVE
012 BUTLERS
013 THE CLOCK (DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND)
014 SOHO
015 FLUID BAR & KITCHEN

Match number 4---
The Toon 3 Tandoori Chicken Takeaway Rovers 1
Premier League

016 THE BODEGA
017 TILLY'S
018 ASPERS CASINO BAR
019 THE LABOUR CLUB
020 THE THREE BULLS (KNACKERS!)

Match number 5
The Toon 2 Harry's Hotspurs 2
Premier League

021 THE HOTSPUR

022 THE CROWS NEST
023 SGT. PEPPERS
024 THE JUNCTION
(formerly 'OLD ORLEANS')
025 ROSIE'S BAR (formerly 'THE DARN CROOK')

Match number 6
The Toon 1 The Blue Wigs 0
Premeir League

026 O'NEILL'S (Originally THE VIC & COMET or 'THE SPIT & VOMIT' as the regulars affectionately used to caall it!)

027 THE HEAD OF STEAM

028 THE LANG BAR (THE LONG BAR)
029 YATESY'Z (YATES WINE LODGE)
030 THE ROSE & CROON (THE ROSE & CROWN)
031 SHARKS CLUB GASTRO BAR
032 THE PORCY (THE PERCY ARMS)

Match number 7
The Toon 2 The Toffee Noses 1
Premier League

033 THE BLACK GARTER
034 THE PADDYS CLUB (THE IRISH CLUB)
035 THE TRENT HOOSE (TRENT HOUSE)

"SANCTUARY!"

036 ITALIAN ATTITUDE (since renamed BAR LOCO)
037 LANDMARK
038 MADDISONS
039 HYENA COMEDY CAFE & BAR
040 GOOSE

Match number 8
The Toon 0 The Kings Road Pensioners 3
Premier League

041 SHEARERS

042 THE BLACK BULL
043 FLEET STREET (formerly THE PRINTERS PIE)
044 THE LOUNGE (formerly THE GEORDIE PRIDE)
045 GOTHAM TOWN
046 RAFFERTYS (formerly THE NORTH BRITISH)

Match number 9
The Toon 0 Swanzee 0
Premier League

047 THE CENTURION

048 NEWCASTLE HERO

049 THE DOG AND PARROT (formerly THE GOLDEN FLEECE)
050 ECLIPSE (formerly THE DURHAM OX)

Match number 10
The Toon 2 The Baggie Troosers 3
Premier League

051 THE FORTH
052 TOWN WALLS
053 THE MILE CASTLE
054 No. 28 BAR

Match number 11
The Toon 3 The Cockney Reds 0
Premier League

055 THE KEEL ROW
056 INDIGO
057 BANNATYNE
058 OPERA
059 BEYONDMatch number 12
The Toon 2 Tandoori Chicken Takeaway Rovers 1
FA Cup 3rd roond

060 THE VILLA VIC(TORIA)
061 THE MARLBOROUGH CLUB
062 RENDEZ VOUS
063 TOKYO
064 THE BRIDGE HOTEL

Match number 13
The Toon 1 Steptoe & Son Rangers 0
Premier League

065 THE FIVE SWANS (Formerly LUCKYS BAR)
066 PACIFIC
067 LYH
068 THE NORTHUMBERLAND ARMS
069 TIGER TIGER
070 THE OLD GEORGE

Match number 14
The Toon 2
The Spanish 'Villa' Holiday Home XI 1
Premier League

071 PUMPHREYS

072 CITY VAULTS
073 SAM JACKS

Match number 15
The Toon 2 The Wounded Wolves 2
Premier League

074 THE QUAYSIDE
075 BOB TROLLOP

076 CHASE
077 THE SLUG AND LETTUCE
078 RED HOOSE (RED HOUSE)
079 COSY JOES

Match number 16
The Toon 1 The SMBs 1
Premier League

080 SINNERS

081 PLAYERS BAR
082 MOOD
083 THE CHARLES GREY
084 STAND

Match number 17
The Toon 1 The Canary Custard Crumbles 0
Premier League

085 THE PITCHER AND PIANO
086 LA TASCA
087 THE WAATERLINE (THE WATERLINE)
088 THE EYE ON THE TYNE