*Ground number 370
*Date of first visit: 30th August 2024
The Proctor Cars Stadium, Matlock
Derby County U21s. 1
Newcastle United U21s 0
FA Premier League 2
Attendance: 774 (includin’ quite a few Toon exiles and 10 or so had travelled lang distances! (like us!)
Plus The ‘New’castle on the hill of course, watchin from afar!
“DOUBLE DISAPPOINTMENT!”
2 days after wor Leegue Cup win in Nottingham we were off to the Midlands again, this time to the Derbyshire Dales to see NUFC U21s take on Derby Coonty U21s at Matlock Town FC, who play in The Northern Premyaa Leegue.
4 of the NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers travelled doon from Tyneside (Namely: Big Al (not the sheet metal workers son!—Biffa the beer, Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer and not so little old me!) )and met up with Alex of St George and Dave from St. Albans in The Remarkable Hare boozer near the groond for a few liquid lubrications before the ‘7 🛎️ bells’ kick off!
It woz then off the the clubhoose inside the groond for some more’lubrucations’! (Where Glennn from Ashington and his fellow Ashingtonian Byzy appeared!)
There woz a castle high up above on top of a hill to make us feel ‘at home’!
Look! it’s dead simple! the Toon players who played are simply nee where near good enough to get into the first team!
And so it proved az Derby dominated most of the game and they took the lead in the 19th minute through Wheeldon who’s shot took a wicked deflection off a Toon player and into the net which looped ower Harris’s heed in wor goal!
The rest of the game woz one of those that you’d wished yoo haddint made the effort to gan tee!
But we are The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers and it WOZ a new groond! So it woz compulsory to gan!
The highlights of the game for NUFC came after the break, woz a Hefferman heeder which hit the bar at The Castle End’ in the 57th minute, a McAurther heeder which went wide 10 mins later and a Huntley shot in added time which woz saved by their keeper!
A 1-0 defeat!
The jorney back yem took 3 hours compared to 4:15 on the way doon coz of bank holiday traffic and the total for this and the trip to Forest on Wedinzday clocked up 630 miles in the Canny Tranny!
Another one crossed off the never endin list!
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