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 370 (371 inc Motspur Park outside)
Posted periodically (az we tick the away groonds off on wor travels), from August 2024 onwards
The NUFC away pub crawl tour iz underway and so far we have visited 22 different drinkin dens at 7 away games! (5 first team games and 2 U21s games)
Premyaa Leegue games, unless stated.
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*Posted ‘high noon 🔔 bells’ Munday 7th Octobaa 2024 Updated ‘7:00pm 🛎️s’
“BLANKETY BLANK!”
This woz wor last ever visit to Goodison Park in the Leegue, before The Toffee Noses move to their new abode beside the river Mersey next season!
Anothaa poor game when the finishing touch of puttin the baall into the back of the net didn’t happen despite numerous chances from various players! (We counted 8 shots in the 2nd half that were not on target!)
The unluckiest shot though, woz Bruno’s shot in the first half, which woz cleared off the line by an Evaatin defender!
In the 35th minute we were awarded a penalty when Tonali woz fouled in the box by Tarkowski. (Alang VAR check resulted in the ref pointing to the spot!)
Anthony Gordon the man Evertonians love to hate took it against Pickford the man Toon fans love to hate!
Unfortunately Gordon shot to the right with a weak effort which woz saved by the SMB which brought a huge roar from the home fans az we held wor heads in wor hands!
Apart from that, in the 2nd half, shots by Joelinton, Gordon and Murphy went wide and the game petered oot into a goalless draw!
(Everton had then missed an open goal near the end)
We are definitely missing Isak and Wilson who both would have surely won the game for us!
That’s 7 Premyaa Leegue games played and 6 of them have been poor! Despite this we are still in 7th place in the table with 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat! (Includin the Leegue Cup we have lost just ONE oot of NINE!---)
There iz now anothaa International break before we we play wor next game v Brightin a week on Saturday at SJP!
Hopefully both Isak and Wilson are in contention by then!? 🙏🏻
Attendance: 39,265. (3,000 Toon fans)
PUB CRAWL REPORT:
Just 3 boozers this time!
We stopped in a hotel on the outskirts of Manchester (az it woz much cheaper) and got to the match from there!
*Posted ‘6:00am 🛎️ bells’ Saturday 5th Octobaa 2024
🎼THIS COULD BE THE LAST TIME!🎼
We heed for Merseyside for the first time this season and it will probably be the last time we will ever play at Goodison Park!
Their brand spankin’ new groond 2 miles away on the banks of the Mersey iz near completion and will be open for the start of next season!
Like NUFC, who we ‘Fink’? will move from SJP in the near future, it’s inevitable that new stadiums with at least 20,000 corporate fans ARE the future! (Sadly!)
I first went to see The Toon play at ‘The Grand Old Lady’ (Az Evertonians affectionately caall it) 53 years ago and apart from The Park End the rest of the groond looks exactly the same today! A relic of the orly 20th century!
Anyway! enough of that!—Wor team line up today iz expected to be missin Isak, who iz still recover in’ from a toe injury, while both Pope and Schar are expected to feature!
Joelinton iz one bookin away from a one game suspension!
Because the trains are fcuked up again, we will be travellin’ doon in mee ‘canny tranny’ (The last train back from Livaapool Lime Street will now anly gan az far az York—and if yoo miss the connection from the last London train, yoo will be stranded!)🥶
A full ‘Geordie Times’ match and booze report will appear here on Munday—So yoo can catch up on the game ‘second hand, first!’
*Posted ‘1:00am 🛎️ bells’ Friday 4th Octobaa 2024
The club’s feezability study and once in a generation investment for the revamp or relocation of NUFC,will be made in orly 2025!
Az far az we are concerned there are anly 3 options!
OPTION 2: Build a new stadium ‘next door’ in Leazes Park next to Barrack Road! 👇
OPTION 3: Build and new stadium on the Arena site next to the Redheugh bridge! 👇
‘Oot of Toon’ options like a stadium near Toon Airport would be a disaster for fans and businesses alike!
NUFC manager haz said that:“Leaving St. James’ Park would feel like betrayal!”
EDDIE HOWE
*Posted ‘7:00pm 🛎️ bells’ Thirzday 3rd Octobaa 2024
I am busy updating’ mee missin groond reports from mee archive list and one of those missin woz mee first ever visit to Goodison Park 53 years ago in 1971
Az this Saturday could well be wor last ever visit to Goodison Park, a now relic of the 20th century! (see the above date on the Bullens Road Stand plaque from 98 years ago!)
When aa first visited Goodison aall those years ago it woz considered one the best stadiums in Britain and they had just built a triple decker stand which looked fantastic at the time!—How times change!
They move to their brand new stadium by the river Mersey next season and unless we draw them in the FA Cup away, this will be wor last ever visit to ‘The Grand Old Lady’ (Wonder if they’ll name their new abode ‘The Brand New Lady’?)
NUFC aalso won wor first ever FA Cup here in 1910 in a 2-0 final replay win ower Barnsley! 🏆
A bit sad really, but the times they are a’changin!
Mee match report from 1971 will appear below this article very soon!
*Posted ‘11:00pm 🔔 bells’ Wedinzday 2nd Octobaa 2024
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Obviously NUFC fans were at SJP to watch wor first team play AFC Wimbledon instead, az the 2 games clashed!
The competition for Premyaa Leegue and Chamionship U21sides v National Leegue first teams away haz went doon like a lead balloon and the planned boycotts of these games looks like it’s happened aalready!
Quite simply none leegue clubs fans DIVVINT want their clubs to play academy teams from the top 2 divisions and have voted with their feet accordingly!
In other games in NUFCs group ‘C’, Boston got a crowd of 467 v Leeds U21s and Gatesheed got a crowd of 253 v the Smoggies U21s!
It’s a great competition for ‘The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers’ though, az we get to visit at least 2 new groonds at Tamworth and Boston (Luckily we have been to Halifax many moons ago to watch NUFC resorves v Leeds resorves)
Meez got a feelin that this season will be the first and last in that competition!
*Posted ‘1:01pm 🛎️ bells’ Wedinzday 2nd Octobaa 2024
“FAB PUTS US THROUGH IN A NOT SO FAB GAME!”
The Wombles, backed by 1,400 fans high up in the Gods of The Leazes End, put 11 men behind the baall from ‘the off’, which made it very difficult for a much changed Toon side, from the one that drew 1-1 with Man City on Saturday! (See team startin line up below)
The howlin wind didn’t help eethaa, az new boy Osula led the line for us!
The breakthrough didn’t come til first half stoppage time when NUFC were awarded a penalty at The Leazes End!
Fabian Schar scored from the penalty spot after Miggy Almiron woz hacked doon in the box by Pigott with a ‘pig’ 🐷 of a challenge!(sic!)
At first the ref didn’t give it, but the linesman on The East Stand side waved his flag and after a quick discussion between the two of them, the ref pointed to the spot and ‘Fab’ made me misstayk az he side footed the baall into the net!👇
HT 1-0 up
But in reality this woz a terrible lack lustre performance from us, against The Wombles, who’s fan never stopped singin throughout the match!
Az mentioned above, Wimbledon packed 11 players behind the baall and az far az i can remember they didn’t have one shot on goal throughout the match!?
Dubravka in The Toon goal took a bad knock in the first half and woz replaced by Vlachodimos 👈(hope av sppelt that reet?) at the restart!
Wimbledon’s anly answer in the 2nd period woz to lob lang throws into the box and hope for the best!
The ‘best’ didn’t happen and the game petered oot with the penalty the anly difference between us and the Leegue 2 outfit!
It’s Chelseee at SJP in the next roond at the end of this month, who will be much tougher opponents for sure!
Attendance: 51,739 (1,400 Wombles az mentioned above)
