Wednesday 31 July 2019

THE HI-BEEZ 1 THE TOON 3 *** FRIENDLY FIXTURE

Posted '2:00pm bells' Wedinzday 31st July 2019
ACTION AZ THE TOON ATTACK THE 'AWAY END' GOAL

*"JOE GOES WITH THE FLOW!"

For the 2nd time in 15 days we heeded north of the border to play Hibs. The last one woz for a U23s game at Hibs trainin' groond a few miles from Edinburgh--and this time it woz to Easter Road in the Leith district of Edinburgh for a forst team friendly.
This woz the forst time we had been to Easter Road for 35 years and an archive match report on that game in 1984 iz reprinted below this article (ground number 070)
Well!, I can tell yoo that it haz now been transformed from a ramshackle dump to a canny smart stadium, since mee forst visit there, aall those years ago!

To be honest we thought that we would struggle against a team that haz played a few competitive games in the Scottish Leegue Cup aalready!

But we were mistaken, az we came oot of the blocks with 'aall guns blazin'!---HOWEVER!  it woz the home side who took the lead against the run of play, when a defensive mix up let in Stevie Mallen who beat Toon goalie Karl Darlow from just inside the box.

We fought back though and wor new centre forwaad Joelinton got hiz forst goal, when, in the 16th minute a neat baall from Manquillo foond 'Joe' and he prodded the baall home from close range to level the scoreline!
The 3,000 or so Toon fans in the opposite end (who made up a qwaataa of the crowd) went mad az 'Joe' celebrated!

We then took the lead 10 mins before the break when Saun Longstaff hit a great shot past Marciano in the Hibs goal and went in 2-1 up at the break!


The anti 'Fat Controller' chants were loud and clear and a banner appeared behind the goal tellin' fans to boycott hiz stores (includin' the NUFC club shop!)
The local 'dibble' and stewards attempted to remove it, but the Toon fans were havin' 'non of it' and the banner 'stayed put'!
"WE SHALL NOT---WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!

Joelinton 'woz the star of the show' in the 2nd half, but seemed reluctant to shoot when near the goal, preferrin' to pass the baall instead!
The final 'nail in the coffin' for 'The Hi-beez' came in the 72nd minute, when an Aarons cross foond the heed of Lascelles and he nodded into the net, with the home keeper well beaten!


A little bit of 'cheer' to replace the doom and gloom of recent weeks!

Toon team line up: (NUFC used 19 players in total)
Darlow, Manquillo, Lascelles, Dummett, Schar, Ritchie, Hayden, Shelvey, S Longstaff, Almiron, Joelinton. 
Subs: Aarons, Ki, Murphy, Muto, Clark, Sterry, Fernandez, M Longstaff 
(Hibs used 22 players in total)

Attendance: 12,557 (3,000 or so Toon fans)

Edinburgh pub crawl pix----Unlike last season when we visited 125 different pubs around the UK and Europe, we are not gannin to see how many we can dee this season az 125 new pubs would be very hard to dee! (ie: We will probably end up in many of the pubs we visited last season!)










Monday 29 July 2019

THE HIBEEZ v THE TOON *** TOMORREW NEET IN EDINBURGH!

Posted '1:24pm bells' Munday 29th July 2019
EASTER ROAD --- VIEW FROM THE AWAY END

For the forst time in 35 years we heed to Easter Road in the Leith district of Edinburgh where NUFC face Hibz in wor 4th pre season friendly! (Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost 1---so far!)
We fully expect that 19 or 20 players will be used again, like in the previous 3 friendlies. NUFC were allocated 3,000 tickets.
A match report will appear in 'The Geordie Times' sometime on Wedinzday!

A match report from wor game at Hibs 35 years ago iz printed below! (ground number 070) 

070 easter road hibernian


(GROUND NUMBER 70)
Date of First Visit: 5th AUGUST 1984
EASTER ROAD, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND


HIBERNIAN 0
NEWCASTLE UNITED 3 (Beardsley, Wharton 2)


TESTIMONIAL MATCH
ATTENDANCE 6,000 (1,500 Toon fans)




GRAND TOUR OF SCOTLAND (Part Two)


"DESPERATE DANIELE!"


"Welcome to the 'Hi-Bees' supporters club!"













It was day two of 'The Grand Tour of Scotland', after wor previous days visit to Queen of the South in Dumfries and I awoke tih the putrid smell of sweaty socks and U.F.O.s'. ('Unidentified Farting Odours'!)
The smell was so bad that it made mee nostrils twitch, and aa could even taste it on the back of mee throat!.
AAAARRRRGGHH!---it was 'mingin'. BUT!, that's what yih get when yih put ten gadgies in a transit an' ply them wih drink!.


There was a loud knock on the van roof and as aa peared oot the window aa could see 'Ronny the Hunter' in a dishevelled state, standin' half a sleep.
"Where yi been—like?", aa asked him as he grabbed haad of the nearest lamp post ti stop him faalin' ower!
"Aa managed ti find a bed for the neet, just doon that street", he replied pointin' towards a neat terraced hoose a hundred yards away. And then he added!, "The 'bed' a'm on aboot is an aad wifey's 'FLOWER BED' in hor front garden!"


Apparentleee!, 'The Hunter' had lost us after wor late neet swim and could'nt remember where wi'd parked the van, so he 'crashed oot' in the nearest convienient place which just happened to be a garden full of chrysanthithums (hope av spelt that reet!?)
The wifey, it has to be said was 'non too pleezed' to find that a 'rather large chap' had re-arranged hor prized flowers as she opened hor front door. (She now had a bed of 'crushed crysanths' in the shape of 'Big Ron' to gaze upon!)


(Er!---Before we left Dumfries, there was the little matter of pickin' 'Windy' up from the nick where he'd spent the previous neet afta his 'midneet dip'—in a 'propa bed') (aalbeit in a police cell!)


We (eventually!) set off for the Scottish capital, and aboot two hours later arrived ootside the Hibs Supporters Club.
It was dead on openin' time, which was just az well, coz we were gettin' 'the shakes!'. (divvint forget, wih had'nt had a drink for eleven hours!)


We entered the clubhoose and (naturally!) heeded straight for the bar which was engulfed in smoke.
Like a scene from a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western, the smoke cleared to reveeeel!?--------('Q', very fast Mexican accooostic guitar music!) --------The
barmaid?, who 'greeted' us through 'the mist' and was she a sight tih behold!-----To give yiz an idea of hor 'build', shih waz wearin' a 'bell tent' size top and had half a 'Woodbine' 'dump' stickin' oot the side of hor mooth and shih procceded tih puff on hor tab and cough hor lungs oot az the smoke enveloped the bar everytime shih took a 'draa'!--------(ie:---A REEEL! Scottish lassie!)

Tih complete the effect shih had 'Popeye' style muscles with dodgy tattoos tih match!


Once shi'd finished tekin' the last 'draa' from hor tab, and before shih had time tih light up another one, the smoke cleared and ah could see hor in hor 'entirety' for the forst time!-----


Nuw aa'm not sayin' the barmaid was ugly, but shih had a face like a Hallowe'en turnip!, and bristles on hor chin that 'Desperate Dan' would'iv been proud of!, and aa could'nt help wonderin' if shih kept a blowlamp in her bathroom cabinet at home?.


Ah (wisely!) decided not to ask hor, as ah did'nt fancy spendin' the next three weeks lyin' in the intensive care unit of the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary with a broken jaw!, suckin' luke waam scotch broth through a plastic straw!


I 'sheepishly!' ordered the 'Arthur Scargills' as shih lit another tab up and sneaked away tih the far corner of the club, thankful that aa was'nt drunk enough tih ask her the 'deadly' question!.
We had a few more 'Arthurs', and before wih got TOO drunk', wih headed for the next 'waaterin' hole' doon the street.


On enterin' the bar everybody torned roond and there was deathly silence!----It was the time of the miners strike and it torned oot that 'the jocks' thought that we were 'flyin pickets' from the Northumberland coalfields and had come to caaaz trouble!
When they realised that we were in fact 'Geordie futbaall fans' they shook wor hands and had a good laugh aboot it as the drink 'flowed freeleee'!


By the time kick off time approached we were 'canny sorved', so wih heeded for the groond, guided by the floodlight pylons.
WRANG DECISION!, coz we ended up at Meadowbank Stadium!, which was then the home of the now defunct Meadowbank Thistle!.


Hibs groond was HALF A MILE AWAY! doon the road, and we could see their floodlights in the distance. It meant a 'mad dash' to mek the kick off, and with a belly full of drink, that's not f*****' easy!. (two steps forward!, one step back!)


We were in luck though and JUST made it! (with seconds tih spare!)!.
The best way tih describe Easter Road in 1984 would be to caall it 'a big crumblin' concrete tip!, it really was. There was nee cover at the visitors end or on the huge side opposite the main stand. (It waz remarkably similar to how St James Park looked--pre 1972)


The main stand itself looked like an 'ancient' pre 'world war one' affair, and the end behind the far goal had bench seats, with a smaall cover for the home fans. The capacity at that time would have been aroond the 30,000 tih 35,000 mark and at least 25,000 had nee cover at aall!.


"EDINBURGH ROCK!"


This match was a testimonial for lang servin' Hibs midfielder Jackie McNamara and aa can remember that 'the late great' George Best was playin' for Hibs in what was the twighlight of his career.


Sadly, in 1984 he was WELL! owerweight and WELL! past his 'sell by date'. He was substituted in the second half and given a great standin' ovation from the crowd. (Not for his performance, I may add!)


Peter Beardsley had opened the scorin' for the Toon when Neil 'spotty dick' McDonald had laid on an inch perfect chipped pass. A grateful 'Beardo' then wrangfooted a Hibs defender before cooly slottin' the baall past Scottish International keeper Alan Rough after anly six minutes play.


The Toon fortha increased their lead five mins before the break when a Chris Waddle free kick waz intercepted by Kenny Wharton who right footed it intih the net, much tih the delight of the thoosand or so travellin' fans who danced on the terraces!.


Wharton put the game beyond doubt midway through the second half when he again latched on to a 'Waddler' cross, this time with a superb divin' heeder, which gave Rough nee chance.
That's the way it stayed til the end, but not before several easy chances went 'a beggin'.
Unlike the day before this waz an easy three-nil victory and 'The Tour' was ower!---


Played 2, Won 1, Drawn 1, Lost NONE!.


After the match a large 'clan' of 'HI-BEES' fans, (who obviously appreciated good futbaall) confronted us ootside the groond and after a few choruses of 'Flower of Scotland!', (and more worryingly!) 'If yih HATE the F***** English!' ,clap yer hands', they started hoyin' bricks, bottles, clemmies and rocks at the ootnumbered Toon fans in a side street next tih the groond!.


It DEFINATELY WAS'NT! the Edinburgh rock that yih buy in the shops, that they were hoyin' at us!, but the kind that 'Fred Flintstone' normally hoys, when he gans ten pin bowlin' in Bedrock!.
(It's at times like this that yih need the likes of the barmaid in the Hibs Supporters Club on your side!)


However!, shih waz neewhere tih be seen!, so wih decided that the best idea waz tih mek a quick retreat tih Princess Street in the centre of Edinburgh for a few more 'gargels' before headin' yem back ower the border in wor battered 'tranny'!.


'The Grand Tour' was ower!. (for another year at least!)


©Fink™ (the mad-sad groundhopper!)

KYLE & JAKE IN TOON!

Posted '12:54pm bells' Munday 29th July 2019
Kyle Scott (left) and Jake Turner

DEVELOPMENT SQUAD PLAYERS?---PERHAPS?

NUFC have made two more signings today to bring the total to three!
Midfielder Kyle Scott aged 21 from Chelski and goalie Jake Turner aged 20 from Bolton Wanabeez, who are both FREE transfors!

Kyle haz made just ONE senior appearance in an FA Cup tie v Hull, while Jake haz had loan spells at Frickley Athletic, Stalybridge Celtic and Darlo, but haz never played in Bolton's forst team! 

Just why we need anothaa goalkeeper iz beyond us, az we aalready have Mark Dubravka, Karl Darlow, Freddie Woodman and Dan Langley between 'the sticks' at forst team and resorve team level??? (And at junior level we have anothaa 4 goalies az well!) 


Sunday 28 July 2019

PRESTON DEAD END 2 THE TOON XX 1 *** FRIENDLY FIXTURE

Posted '10:56am bells' Sunday 27th July 2019
SHELVEY FREE KICK WHICH GAVE NUFC THE LEAD

"TOON WASHED AWAY IN THE WASHOOT!"

Az predicted by 'The Geordie Times' on Friday, NUFC used 20 players in this game, fieldin' nearly 2 completely different teams in each half, az we went doon 2-1 in aaful monsoon conditions in deepest Lancashire. (And in complete contrast the home side used just 11 players, with nee substitutes!)

The Toon wore wor new dark green and black away strip and Jonjo Shelvey gave NUFC the lead in the 39th minute, with a 30 yard free kick, which screamed into the net!

A penalty woz then awarded in the very orly stages of the 2nd half when new boy Joelinton woz fouled in the box in this forst ever attack, with just 27 seconds of hiz debut, on the clock!

Almiron took it, but hiz soft effort woz easily saved by the Preston keeper!
WE then gave away a penalty for hand baall, but Preston's Gallagher made ne missteak to level the tie.

A 2nd penalty woz then given away by Joelinton who fouled a Preston player in the box, and again Gallagher made nee mistayk, to give the very average Championship side the lead.
They held on til full time and wor new 'general dogsbody' and heed coach 'Broken Nose Bruce' suffered hiz forst defeat, in hiz forst official game in the dugoot! (He woz at wor 2nd game in Chinaa when we beat West Ham 1-0 in Shanghai, but had to watch on from the stands because of visa restrictions!)

Several m
ore signings are needed for certain, or else a relegation battle will surely ensue! (Accordin' to Bruce after the defeat, we have "One or two irons in the fire!", regardin' transfor targets!) (One or two?---we need five or six at least, Brucey baby!)

Toon team: (deep breath!) Woodman, Manquillo, Sterry, Dummett, Clark, Fernandez, Schar, Laselles, Ritchie, Ki, M Longstaff, S Longstaff, Hayden, Colback, Shelvey, Murphy, Muto, Almiron, Aarons, Joelinton

Not suprizingleee considerin' the weather conditions, a 'crowd' of just 4,982 torned up, includin' 1,359 Toon fans in 'The Bill Shankly Stand'!

*'BRUCE'S EXCUSES' part 1:
Old 'Broken Nose' aalso said that, "Preston were at least ten days ahead of us", regardin' the defeat! (whatever THAT excuse iz supposed to mean???) 

Friday 26 July 2019

PRESTON DEAD END v THE TOON XX11 *** TOMORROW AFTERNOOON !

Posted '2:37 pm bells' Friday 26th July 2019


"THE GREENHORNS ON TOUR!"

Tomorrow NUFC heed for the delights of deepest Lancashire when we take on Preston in a friendly fixture at Deepdale where we will be wearin' wor new dark green and black away strip!


New boy Joelinton (and anly new signing, so far!) iz expected to play some part in the game, which iz sure to be a team of '2 halves' az at least 20 Toon players are expected to get some game time (we used 19 players in Chinaa in both games!)

With less than 2 weeks to the transfor deadline, we reeely DO need a few more new faces in wor team before we play 'The Arse' in wor forst game of the season at SJP on Sunday August 11th

'The Geordie Times' will of course have a match report on the PNE 'kickabout' sometime on Sunday!
Az per usual "Watch this space!"

PS: NUFC's odds to win the Premyaa Leegue are 250/1  which puts us in 10th place according to the bookies!

Thursday 25 July 2019

HAPPY FAMILIES!

Posted '2:29pm bells' Thorsday 25th July 2019
LETS HOPE THAT BRUCE ISN'T A 'FLY BY NIGHT'?

*News reaches 'The Geordie Times' a day late?, that wor beloved? owner, known affectionatly? to Toon fans az 'The Fat Controller', flew to wor Benton trainin groond yesterday in hiz helicopter, to meet wor new 'heed coach' (but NOT manager!) for the 2nd (SECOND!) time in a week!
This iz half number of times that he met Rafa Benitez in three and a half years (4 meetings!)

We can anly come to the conclusion that 'The Fat Controller' didn't like Rafa from the start and woz pleased to get rid of a manager who simply wouldn't 'tow the line' and 'do az he woz told'!

'Broken Nose Bruce' iz the exact opposite and 'fits the bill porfectly' of a *subservient <(we naa aall the big words!), who 'WILL do az he iz told'!

Bruce even said that he had the 'final say' on wor new record signing Joelinton, who he'd NEVER seen play---and didn't realise the Brazilian couldn't speak a word of Inglish, until an interpreter translated Joe's words in the hastily arranged press conference at the trainin' groond!

AYE! this appointment looks like a case of 'Happy families' for certain and we can anly hope and pray that many more much needed signings by 'somebody else' happen in the next 2 weeks, before the summer transfor window closes!

We aall support NUFC and whoever iz in charge, we wish them well! (We've got no choice have we?)
Pardew, McClaren, Carver, and Joke Kinnear aall tried ---and failed miserably----lets hope that 'this time' it doesn't end in tears!

*'Subsevient' meaning = 'Prepared to obey others unquestioningly'


Wednesday 24 July 2019

JOE'S IN TOON!

Posted 'high noon bells' Wedinzday 24th July 2019

Nee expense haz been spared to give wor new record signin' 2 (TWO!) Toon tops! (They are £65 each!)

                               JOELINTON'S THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, BY THE WAY!

Tuesday 23 July 2019

'GLIMMER OF LIGHT' BREAKIN' NEWS!

Posted '4:45pm bells' Tuesday 23rd July 2019
BLOND HAIRED JOELINTON SPOTTED AT ST. JAMES' PARK ORLIER TODAY!


News that Brazilian Joelinton haz had a medical at NUFC and that a club record 40 million poond fee haz been agreed with Jawman club Hoffenheim, haz reached The Geordie Times!
These are desperate moves to try and shift a few more season tickets with just 16 days of the transfor window left!
JOELINTON IN TOON TOP

We can anly hope that there are a few more 'bodies' through the door before then, or else we will be in serious trouble!

Joelinton's scorin' record and details below




PREDICTABLE UNDERHAND DIRTY TRIX!

Posted '3:03pm bells' Tuesday 23rd July 2019
"STUFF YOUR JOB!---I'M GANNIN TO NUFC!"

News that Sheff Wed are to report NUFC to the Premyaa Leegue after the dirty trix played on them by 'Broken Nose Bruce' and 'The Fat Controller', comes az nee suprize to us!

Wedinsday gave Bruce companionate leave when they appointed him and gave him time off to gan to Barbados to watch the cricket with hiz faathaa in law in January after family bereavements --they said he could take the reigns in February instead!

Six months later he stabbed them in the back by waalkin oot on them to take ower The Toon!

Wor beloved? owner 'The Fat Controller' and hiz MD 'Penfold' (he looks like the cartoon character!) didn't even bothaa contactin' Sheff Wed aboot 'Broken Nose' and hiz back room staff---and instead leaked it to the tabloids, that they wanted him/them!

Bruce foond oot of course---and woz told that he would have to resign if he wanted the Toon job, az the Sheffeeeld club said they wanted up to £5 million compensation for Bruce, plus more for hiz back room staff!
'Broken Nose' and hiz team duly did resign, which did not pleeze the Wedinzday owner or fans one bit!

'The Fat Controller' then told the media that Bruce woz wor new heed coach, withoot havin' the decency to contactin' the Sheff Wed owner forst, to tell him!
More predictable underhand dirty trix by wor owner!

Wot a fiasco to get wor SIXTH choice 'puppet on a string' manager/heed coach, who haz the 2nd worst Premyaa Leegue record after Bryan Robson for takin' charge of 250 plus top flight games!

Monday 22 July 2019

LIKE A PUPPET ON A STRING!

Posted 'high noon bells' Munday 22nd July 2019
GUESS WHO?

"I'LL TELL YOO A STORY----JACKANORY!"


Wor new manager/heed coach/general dogsbody/yes man, 'Broken Nose Bruce', haz said that he WILL have a say in incoming transfors and that he iz NOT a puppet for wor 'beloved,? owner 'The Fat Controller'!
(Do yoo believe him???)

We honestly divvint believe anything that anybody says at the club anymore, with lies and broken promises 'a plenty' not kept!

ie: 'The Fat Controller' said this in May 2016
"I'm not leaving til we win a major trophy---and that includes a place in THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!"
(Do yoo believe him???)


Before Rafa left, NUFC were 10th favourites for relegation, which then moved to 6th favourites for the drop after Rafa departed, at 21/10

Since 'Broken Nose' woz appointed we moved to 2/1 and now 15/8 for the drop, which iz 4th equal worst with Bornley to 'gan the distance'!

That meeenz that a 16th or 17th place finish iz predicted by the bookies!

The 3 teams favourite for the drop are: 
8/13 Sheff Utd
5/6 Norwich
11/8 Villa
'BROKEN NOSE BRUCE' ARRIVES
BACK FROM CHINAA!

Aaltogether now!
"I wonder if one day, that you'll say that, you care,
if you love me madly, I'll gladly be there,
like a puppet on a string!"



Sunday 21 July 2019

ASIA CUP 3rd/4th PLACE PLAY OFF***THE TOON 1 THE JELLIED EELS MOB 0

Posted '10:40am bells' Sunday 21st July 2019
TOON FANS CELEBRATE WITH A CUP THEY WON IN A PUB QUIZ!

With 'Broken Nose Bruce' consigned to the stand az he didn't have the necessary visa to sit in the dugout, it woz left for Ben Dawson to take 'the reigns' once again!

A much better performance followed against The Jellied Eels Mob of West Ham, after the 4-0 hammerin by Wolves 4 days before.
Sorenson went close orly on when he woz put through by Muto but he hit a screamer ower the bar and into the crowd!

The one and anly goal of the game came in the 34th minute when a through baall from Jamie Sterry foond Muto and he somehow managed to steer the baall past the West Ham goalie to send the well under capacity crowd wild with delight!


The crowd included once again a few of 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' and International RUSScue haz sent The Geordie Times a few photos, which we have gladly reproduced in this report! (As per usual in pre season friendlies, a total of 19 Toon players and 19 West Ham players got some 'game time'!)
THE CHINEEEZ BRANCH OF THE NUFC SUPPOTERS CLUB!

So it woz a thord place finish for The Toon in the 4 team tournament (Wolves beat Man City in the final on penalties)
If anly we could finish thord top in the Premyaa Leegue----az lang az its not thord bottom! 

Saturday 20 July 2019

MOON GLOOM FOR TOON!

Posted '9:25 pm bells' Saturday 20th July 2019

50 years ago today, man landed on the moon!
NUFC haven't won a major trophy since then!
"ITS AALL NEIL ARMSTRONG'S FAULT!"😳

"One small step for man!
One giant leap back for NUFC!"😳

Friday 19 July 2019

TOON ARMY IN CHINAA!

Posted '2:22pm bells' Friday 19th July 2019

Those who were lucky enough to be in Chinaa to watch NUFC (or unlucky enough, az the case may be, after wor 4-0 thrashing by Wolves!) have sent The Geordie Times some photos from Nanjing and beyond!
Special thanx to International RUSScue and Big Kev for pix!








"A PUB PHOTO AT LAST!"

Tomorrow morning we play West Ham in Shanghai  for the 3rd and 4th place play off! Let's hope the loyal fans who have travelled aall that way, have something to cheer in the mornin come 'high noon bells' GMT (Geordie Meeen Time!)


"IF YOO DON'T LIKE SWEAR WORDS
LOOK AWAY NOW!"

FOR THOSE OF YOO WHO ARE READIN THIS IN CHINAA
THE TOON ARMY ARE MEETIN HERE TODAY/TONEET






Thursday 18 July 2019

NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS NEWS! *** NEW GROONDS! *** NEW GROONDS!

Posted '3:33pm bells' Friday 12th July 2019
Updated (with dates) Thorsday 18th July 2019
MOSS ROSE, MACCLESFIELD
THE NEW MEADOW, SHREWSBURY

Amongst aall the doom and gloom of 'Broken Nose Bruce's appointment az forst team manager/coach/yes man, a bit of good news, az wor resorve U21 side have been drawn against 2 teams who's groonds we have never been te before, in the EFL Trophy!

NUFC U21s led by Neil Redfearn are in Group 'D' of the competition and will travel to Port Vale, Shrewsbury and Sol Campbell's,  MACCLESFIELD!

We've highlighted 'Macclesfield', az wor resorves  have play here before, but unfortunately the game v Stoke U23s clashed with a forst team game at Cristil Pallis and az forst team games take priority, we were forced to miss it!
This iz the ANLY current Futbaall Leegue groond where an NUFC team have played, where 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' HAVENT been tee!

Although we have been to Shrewsbury before, many years ago, this woz at their old Gay Meadow groond!   Since then they have moved on to a stadium on the ootskirts caalled 'The New Meadow'
Anothaa new groond then! 
The anly groond we have been tee before in the draw iz Port Vale's, Vale Park. 

The forst games take place at the beginning of September:
Tue 3rd September: MACCLESFEEELD away (ko '7:45 bells')

Tue 24th September: SHREWSBURY away (ko '7:30 bells') 
This iz in the week of the Caribou Cup 3rd roond az well.
Should Shrewsbury progress to this stage, then the EFL game will be cancelled---Aalso should NUFCs 1st team get through to this roond and Shrewsbury lose, then we could be forced to miss the game if Caribou Cup and the EFL Trophy games are on the same day! 
(NUFC 1st team games get priority!)

Tue 12th November: PORT VALE away (ko '7:45 bells')

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