Thursday 10 November 2022

THE TOON 0 THE CRY BABIES OF PALLISS 0 (THE TOON WIN 3-2 ON PENALTIES) *** LEEGUE CUP 3rd ROOND

 Posted just after 'high noon bells' onwards, Thorzday 10th November 2022 

THE POPE'S 3rd PENALTY SAVE TO WIN THE TIE!


"NO POPE IN ROME, COZ HE'S SAVIN' PENALTIES AT WOR HOME!"

'The Pope' woz the unlikely hero at 'The Cathedral on the Hill', az he produced a 'miracle' by savin' a hat-trick of penalties at The Leazes End last neet in a game that woz best forgotten and the worst display from an NUFC team this season in front of a record crowd of ower 51,000 for a Leegue Cup home tie!

VIEW FROM ROW 'Y' SEAT '13' LEAZES END MIDDLE TIER

Az expected there were a raft of changes in the startin line up from wor MAGnificent 4-1 win at Sooothampton last Sunday!

NUFC lost the toss and attacked The Leazes End in a forst half that would send yoo to sleep, it woz that bad!



The 2nd half woz nee different, but from the 65th minute onwards 'Steady Eddie' sent on FIVE cavalrymen, in the shape of  Trippier, Botman, Bruno, Willock and Almiron,---but it did nee good az the jinx of the 'cups' hit us once again! (In wor last cup game at SJP we lost to 'The Boat People' of Cambridge last January!)

The final whistle went and the penalty shoot out took place at The Leazes End----The goals and saves were az follows: (NUFC took the 1st penalty)

Chris Wood scores***1-0 to NUFC

The Pope saves Milivjevic penalty***1-0 to NUFC

Kieran Trippier scores*** 2-0 to NUFC

Hughes scores***2-1 to NUFC

Joelinton scores***3-1 to NUFC

Ward scores***3-2 to NUFC

Sven Botman's penalty saved***3-2 to NUFC

The Pope saves Mateta penalty***3-2 to NUFC

Bruno chips baall ower the bar***3-2 to NUFC

The Pope saves Ebiowei Penalty to complete hiz hat-trick of 'miracle' saves to send the players and crowd wild with delight! Final score 3-2 to NUFC

*Beleeeve it or not, this woz the forst time ever that NUFC have won a penalty shootout at SJP! (We had lost the previous 8 (EIGHT!)



Attendance: A record Leegue Cup crowd at SJP of 51,660 (Just 562 diehards from Palliss)

*Record breakin' fact file:

Record crowd for a Leegue Cup tie at SJP!

The forst time ever that NUFC win in a penalty shootout at SJP!

The forst time ever that an NUFC goalie haz saved 3 penalties in a shootout!

*The draw for the 4th roond takes place after the Moan U v Villa game tooneet!----There iz anly ONE team left in the competition where 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' have never been tee!   MK DONS----If we divvint get them away, then hopefully a home tie against a lower leegue side pleeeze!

'The Geordie Times' will publish just who we have drawn at aroond aboot 'midneet bells' tooneet!

Az per usual  "Watch this space!" 🠟🠟🠟 

 It's BOURNEMOOOTH at SJP in week commencing Decembaa the 19th

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