THE MOAN U MUPPETEERS 0. THE TOON 2 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2024-2025

 Posted ‘2:53pm 🔔 bells’ New Year’s Eve 2024

 THIS PHOTO WOZ TAKEN JUST ONE SECOND BEFORE ISAK’S GOAL! 

“HAPPY NEW YEAR!” 🥳 

PLAYERS AND FANS CELEBRATIONS AT THE END OF THE GAME!

This time it took 4 minutes to open the scorin’, compared to 25 seconds at Ipswich and 2 minutes v Villa in wor last 2 games!

NUFC attacked the Stretford End goal and Alexander the Great (Isak) heeds home from very close range from a Lewis Hall cross! 1-0 to us after just 4 minutes! (VAR intervened but after an anxious wait the goal woz given!)

Then just after this, Isak woz clean through but failed to beat Onana in the Moan U goal when he should have scored hiz second!

The second goal did come in the 19th minute when Joelinton heeded in from 1 yard oot, from an Anthony Gordon cross! 2-0 to us! ( Again it went to VAR, but again the goal woz given!)

Tonali then hit the post, but agonisingly it boonced to safety, rather than into the net!

We were crusin az Moan Us defence fell apart az we pressed them back into their own half!

They did have a couple of chances to reduce the arrears after defence errors, but (thankfully!) fluffed their lines with poor finishin!

We had numerous chances to increase wor lead, including a 3rd goal from Isak, which woz quickly ruled oot for offside, but lady luck woz against us this time and we went in 2-0 up, when it should have been double that!

The Toon were more defensive in the 2nd period az Moan U tried in vain to break doon wor defence!

We came through it and the game ended with huge celebrations from the 3,000 Toon fans in the corner section, who were lucky enough to get digital phone📱 tickets for the game!

Other results went wor way az well, with Chelseee unexpectedly losin at Ipswich and Villa and Brightin playin oot a 2-2 draw to drop 2 points each!

NUFC are back to 5th in the table just 2 points behind 4th placed Chelseee, while Moan U finish the year in 14th place, just 7 above the drop zone! 

This woz wor 5th win in a row scorin 16 goals in the process and concedin just one with Martin Dubravka in goal!—Lang may it continue!🤪👍🏁

“HAPPY NEW YEAR!” 🎉 

Attendance: 73,809 (Includin the 3,000 delirious Toon fans!)

PUB CRAWL PIX (5)

AALL IN MANCHESTAA

Without doubt, Manchestaa iz one of the best places to visit for away games, az there are loads of quirky boozers with crazy names like ‘Peveril of the Peak’ & ‘The Britons Protection’!

MOAN U V THE TOON *** TOONEET!

 Posted ‘10:00am 🛎️ bells’ Munday 30th Decembaa 2024

WELCOME TO OLD TRAFFORD—BEWARE OF THE LEAKIN’ ROOF AND RODENT 🐀 🐭 INFESTATION!

Surely there’s no better time to play Moan U at The Theatre of Muppets’, az the club iz in turmoil on and off the pitch!

4 losses in the last 5–(including 0-3 at home to Bournemoooth!) doon to 14th in the table and Jim the 🐀 Rat’s cost cuttin and ticket price hike haz not gone doon well in Salford!

Wot makes this all the more galling for them, iz the fact that the team they love to hate—Livaapoool, look odds on to win the Premyaa Leegue after their 5-0 demolition of West Ham yesterday, equalin Moan U’s record of 20 top flight titles! (IF they dee it!?)

In total contrast NUFC have won 4 games in a row, scorin 14 in the process and concedin just one goal!—and are now up to 5th in the table!

(Correction!—-Errrr!—-We’re now 7th after yesterdays results!)

Livramento iz expected to retorn after missing the Villa game through illness 🤧 

An ‘8:00 bells’ 🔔 kick off iz not wot we want, az it’s impossible to get a train 🚂 back after the game, so we are drivin doon in mee canny tranny 9 seater van👇at ‘high noon 🛎️ bells’

THE GEORDIE TIMES ‘CANNY TRANNY’*** COMPLETE WITH THE TYNE BRIDGES AND A BLUE STAR!

Az per usual “watch this space” on New Year’s eve for a match and booze report!

THE TOON 3. THE HAZBEENZ AND VILLIANS 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2024-2025

 Posted ‘high noon 🔔 bells’ Friday 27th Decembaa 2024

“ASTON VILLA!—ITS HAPPENED AGAIN!”

A game that had everything— 3 goals allowed—3 goals disallowed—and a sendin off!—

It didn’t tek lang to get oot of the blocks az straight from the kick off we attacked the Gallowgate goal and for the 2nd time in a few days we scored within 80 seconds, when Anthony Gordon hit a MAGnificent shot into the top corner of the goal from a Joelinton through baall! 1-0 to us!

The main taakin point of the game came in the 20th minute when Villa’s Duran needlessly stamped on Schar’s back and the ref (after consulting VAR) produced the red card and Duran’s reaction woz to kick a waataa bottle onto the pitch, which Joelinton picked up and returned it to the Villa bench! (minus the waataa!)

That’s the way it stayed to the break with a goal ruled offside by Bruno, after the sendin off! 

On the hour mark we doubled wor lead when Bruno foond Murphy who sent in a low cross across the box and Alexander the Great (Isak) woz on hand to fire 🔥 in from close range at The Leazes End! 2-0 to us!

2 more goals were disallowed from Isak (offside) and Bruno (hand baall) before Joelinton put the game to bed 🛌 with a curling shot after he woz ‘gifted’ the baall from a Villa player’s misstayk in stoppage time! (*Origionally aa said that it woz Joelinton who's goal woz disallowed for hand baall--when in fact it woz Bruno---Special thanx to 'Grumpyoldmag' for pointin oot mee dillibrit misstayk!)

Toon fans sang “Aston Villa it’s happening again!” (in reference to wor 5-1 win against them last season!)

FT 3-0  The win propelled us up to 5th place in the Premyaa Leegue!(5th could actually be Champions Leegue place IF the Inglish teams in it, dee well this season!)

Attendance: 52,168 (3,000 Villians at the start with 2,000 deserting the sinkin ship 🚢 by the end!

“I’m Villa til I die!” they sang—but by the end it looked az though at least 2,000 actually had!, judging by the empty spaces in the away section!

*ROOM WITH A VIEW!

The sky woz so clear yoo could even see a white windmill in the far distance in the North Sea at Blyth, from The Milburn Stand upper tier!🤪👍🏁

FOOTNOTE: ITS 14 MILES BETWEEN  SJP AND BLYTH AZ THE DRUNKEN MAGPIE FLIES!

THE TOON V THE VILLIANS *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2024-2025

 Posted ‘high noon 🛎️ bells’ Boxin’ Day 2024 

We gan into todays festive fixture lookin’ for wor 4th win in a row against a Villa side 1 point above us in 6th place in the table!

A win would propel us above them in wor quest for European futbaall next season!

Indeed, 5 places could be given to Inglish clubs in The Champions Leegue next season because of the good results from those who have qualified this time!—So it’s aall to play for! (IF we do win and Bournemoooth divvint, we could well be in that 5th place come tomorrow mornin’!)

Joelinton iz available again after sorvin a one match suspension at Ipswich last Saturday!

Of course it won’t be eazy, but we are in good form at the minute (az are Villa) and anything could happen!? (Although Villa havvint won on Tyneside for ower 20 years!)

A Geordie Times match report will appear here on Friday!

*********THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS*********

ON THE 12th DAY OF CHRIST-MAS!

JOE HARVEY ^ SAID TO MEEE!

TWELVE! ^ ALAN FOGGON!

ELEVEN! ^ JACKIE SINCLAIR!

TEN! ^ JIMMY SCOTT!

NINE! ^ WYN 'THE LEAP'!

EIGHT! ^ POP ROBSON!

SEVEN! ^ KEITH DYSON!

SIX! ^ BOBBY MONCUR!

FIVE! ^ Mc-NAAA-MEEE!

FOUR!  ^ TOMMY GIBB!

THREE! ^ FRANKY CLARK!

TWO! ^ DAVY CRAIG!

AND!  Mc-FAUL ^ IS OUR GOAL-EEE!

*'Smokin' Joe Harvey was captain of the NUFC team which won the

FA Cup in 1951 and 1952.

He then went on to become manager in the 1960's and won

the Inter Cities Fairs Cup in 1969.

Aall the players mentioned played some part in that campaign

DOON MEMORY LANE *** QPR 1968

Posted '00:40am bells' Xmas Eve Decembaa 2024

This week just before Xmas 56 years ago, we travelled to west London where we took on QPR at Loftus Road in an old Division 1 game!

A Geordie Times archive match report from that game is printed below (Ground number 006) 

006 rangers stadium (loftus road) qpr

(GROUND NUMBER 6)

Date of First Visit: 21st DECEMBER 1968
RANGERS STADIUM, LOFTUS ROAD, LONDON


QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1
NEWCASTLE UNITED 1 (Alan Foggon)


(OLD) DIVISION ONE

ATTENDANCE 16,444 (1,000 Toon fans----aall in 'The Loft'!)


 

  

"SERVIN' WOR APPRENTICESHIPS!"




"MERRY XMAS FROM SHEPHERDS BUSH!"



 
This was Q.P.R.'s inaugrial season in the 'top flight', and we arrived in good time, (six am again!) for this Christmas fixture at Shepherd's Bush. (where Q.P.R. play)

('We' bein', Me, Billy, Dylan, Collie and Dekka)

Shepherd's Bush waz aalso the 'home' of two of mee telly cult hero's of the time, namely, Harold and Albert Steptoe, who were 'rag 'n' bone' men in the classic 'Steptoe and Son'. Alang with their trusted horse 'Hurcules' they used tih trawl the streets of London collectin' anythin' from scrap metal tih peoples cast off clayz.


 


And low and behold!, az we were mekin' wor way tih the groond, a horse 'n' cart appeared around the corner with a gadgie shoutin' sommik unprenooncable at the top of hiz voice! (az they did!)



                                                                

And I 'kid you not', he waz the 'spit' of Harold with hiz cloth cap, lang sideborns, scruffy coat and rolled doon wellies! He waz deein' a roarin' trade az he strolled alang with half an aad car exhaust pipe as an impromptu waalkin' stick!


 
(Aa naa that it's a rare sight theeze days, but!, back in the 60's, rag 'n' bone men were a common sight on the streets of Britain) (az were milkmen!---remember them???)


 
Hiz cart was full tih the brim, with an aad tin bath tekin' 'pride of place' on the top of the pile of junk, as his horse (Hercules II?) 'clip clopped' it's way doon the street!

The anly problem of course, was---it WAS'NT Harold!---but! (az yh dee!) ah felt ah had tih have a bit 'crack' with him anyway!


 
For a laugh ah asked where hiz faatha Albert waz, but aall ah got waz one of those: "YEE'D BETTA F*** OFF!, OR ALL BRAY YIH WI' MEE 'WAALKIN' STICK'", looks! (needless tih say---ah did'nt press him for an answer and 'hurried' towards the floodlights!)


 
ANYWAY!---(and getting' back tih futbaall matters!) 'The Leazes End Boot Boys' had came doon in force, and their aim that day was tih 'take' 'The Loft', which was the Rangers 'End'.

Wih entered the groond and before lang aall hell broke loose!

"YOUR GONNA GET YOUR F*****' HEADS KICKED IN!", the 'Boot Boys' sang az they charged towards the terrified Q.P.R. fans, boots and fists flyin'!


They found little resistance, and the Toon fans showed their Rangers counterparts plenty of 'Christmas spirit', by chasin' them to the other end of the groond!.


Because there was nee segregation, and very few aall ticket games in them days, it became the 'done thing' tih try and tek the 'Home Ends', and tih do so was a 'feather in the cap' for the 'Boot Boys'.


As far as they were concerned, another 'End' had been taken tih add tih the 'HIT' 'LIST'!, although, tih be fair tih Q.P.R., they neva had a reputation for bein' 'hard cases' and they were considered 'easy meat' for 'The Leazes Enders'!


(There's one thing for certain, we DEFENATELY would'nt be on the Q.P.R. fans, 'Christmas card' 'LIST'!) (For THAT YEAR at least!)


"THE LEAZES END IS HERE!---THE LEAZES END IS HERE!", the Toon fans sang triumphantly, as though wi'd won the war or sommik!?.


It's amazin' tih think nuw, that back in the 'sixties', there was nee attempt at aall tih try and segregate rival fans, and yih could just gan anywhere yih wanted tee in the groonds, by payin' at the turnstiles. (Try deein' that nuw!)


 
'The Loft' was behind one of the goals and had a low pitched roof which covered aboot half the spectators. To wor reet was the main stand, again this had a low roof and was aall seated with the touchline so close to the fence that fans could actually grab the players as they took a throw in!


 
Opposite this was the brand new South Africa Road Stand (nee where near---by the way!) that had been opened at the start of the season to 'commemorate' Rangers forst ever visit to the top flight, with seats at the back and a lower stand underneath, which had a small standin' terrace to the front (now private boxes!)


 
Behind the other goal was an open terrace with maisonettes 'pearin' ower the back. This was aalso the 'end' of the groond that aa 'spotted' Harold Steptoe and his 'orse (now 'remamed' 'The Rag 'n' Bone End'!)


The game at Loftus Road was an uninspirin' affair as Rangers huffed and puffed and ran aroond a lot, but 'The Toon' seemed to contain them fairly comfortably for most of the match. The Magpies relied on the occasional coonter-attack and the best that can be said aboot the game was that it was 'hard and rugged'.

 

The Toon were mid-table and Q.P.R. were 'rock bottom', so predictableee!, we were expected to win easily, aalthough, it was Rangers who had more of the possession in the orly stages. But!---on the other hand, it was Newcastle who created the more scorin' chances owerraall.

 

In fact, we would have won quite easily if it had not been for Ron Springett in the Rangers' goal as he produced some spectacular saves. He anly made one mistake – but it was a costly one!. He should have held on to a Pop Robson corner in the 16^th minute but he dropped the baall and eighteen year old Alan Foggon, who played on the
wing that day, reacted quickest, pooncin' to open the scorin' at 'The Rag 'n' Bone End'.

 

'The Cragheed Flier' (where Foggon came from) frequently had the Rangers' defence in trouble with his pace and exuberance although his positionin' left sommik to be desired. Nevertheless, he forced Springett into a top class save late in the forst half as the 'keeper went full length to hold a shot by the Beatles-mopped winger.

 

The heavy pitch was strength sappin' as it was covered in thick sticky clarts and both teams were leg weary as the game approached its closing stages. Unpredictableee!---just when it seemed like we were gannih collect both points, (2 points for a win, then) a fatal lapse in concentration by the defence five minutes from time allowed Rangers to equalise. It seemed more by luck than intention that a clearance upfield by Bobby Keetch landed just in the right place for Barry Bridges to score with the Tyneside defence at sixes and sevens.

 

It seemed as if the final whistle came two or three minutes orly which upset Les Allen, the QPR manager. He felt that they might have got the winner, a view not shared by Jawnil reporter Bob Cass, "I didn't fancy their chances of scoring before Shepherd's Bush became a dense forest", he wrote.

Certainly The Toon were well worth their point – a point that kept them in 12^th place in the league.

(Unfortunatly for QPR, they stayed rooted tih the bottom, and come May, they were relegated back tih the old Second Division)


After the match wih headed for the centre of London, where the older Toon fans had gone for a 'gargel'. Not bein' or lookin' old enough tih get in the Bars, wih had tih stay ootside and 'cadge' a 'swig' off them, every nuw and again, when they sneaked the beer oot tih us!.


(Yih could say we were bein' 'weened' and were 'servin' wor apprenticeships'!)


At 'chuckin' oot time', wih headed for Kings Cross tih catch the bus yem, but not before nearly 'keelin ower' with the half dozen or so 'liquids' that wi'd each consumed!.

(Divvint forget!---ah was still a 'spring chicken' aged 14 (and a half!) and the 'apprenticeship weenin process' was still in it's orly stages back then!)



Aa got yem at 'seven a.m. bells' and crashed oot in mee 'pit' for the whole of Sunday with a rather large hangower! And it was just az well that a'd broke up for the school Christmas holidays, az the next day was a 'non starter' iz well!

(It's not easy bein' an 'apprentice'!) ("OH!"------"MEE ACHIN' HEED!")


 
©Fink™ (the mad-sad gr☺undh☺pper!)

 

NUFC TELLY FIXTURES UPDATE!

 

Posted 3:33pm bells 🔔 Munday 23rd Decembaa 2024

The dates for wor Leegue Cup semi final ties v The Arse have been conformed and are listed below!

The latest games for the telly are listed below! (Premyaa Leegue unless stated)

DECEMBAA 2024 🎄

Thorzday 26th The Hazbeenz and Villians '3:00 bells' at SJP (PRIME)

Munday 30th  Moan U '8:00 bells' at The Theatre of Muppets (SKY)

JANUARY 2025

Saturday 4th  Sporz '12:30 bells' at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (TNT)

Tuezday 7th The Arsenal at The Emerites Stadium ‘8:00 bells’ Leegue Cup semi final 1st leg (SKY & ITV 1)

Sunday 12th  Bromley '3:00 bells' at SJP (FA Cup 3rd roond)     (I PLAYER)

Wedinzday 15th  Wolverhampton Wanabeez '7:30 bells' at SJP  (TNT)

Saturday 18th  Bournemoooth '12:30 bells' at SJP (TNT)

Saturday 25th  The Simon Templar Mob of Sooothampton '3:00 bells' at St. Mary's Stadium (Nee telly unless yoo have a 'Fire-stick'!)

FEBRUARY

Saturday 1st  The Cottage Pie Brigade of Fulim '3:00 bells' at SJP (Nee live telly unless yoo have a 'Fire-stick!)

Wedinzday 5th  The Arse ‘8:00 bells’ at SJP Leegue Cup semi final 2nd leg  (SKY)

Saturday 8th-Munday 11th FA Cup 4th roond (IF we beat Bromley in the 3rd roond!?)

Saturday 15th  The Blue Moonies of Manchester '3:00 bells' at The Etihad Stadium (Nee live telly unless yoo have a 'Fire-stick!)

Sunday 23rd  The Friar Tuck Mob of Nottingham at SJP  Kick off time to be confirmed (SKY)  (Could possibly be changed back to Saturday az well!?)

Aall games after this, date and kick off time to be confirmed apart from last game at SJP v The Toffee Noses of Evaatin which will kick off at '4:00 bells' on Sunday 25th May

THE TRACTOR 🚜 BOYS 0. THE TOON 4 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2024-2025

 Posted ‘4:00pm 🛎️ bells’ Sunday 22nd Decembaa 2024

TOON IN WHITE AND GREEN STRIP

“ALEXANDER THE GREAT!”

A very orly start for this one, az aa had to drag mee lifeless body oot of mee ‘scatcher’ 🛌 at ‘5:00am bells’ for to 2 legged 🚂 train jorney to Ipswich via London!

We arrived at wor destination at ‘11:40am bells’ and heeded to the nearest boozer, az yoo would expect!

And then onwards to anothaa boozer nearer the groond before heedin for the tornstiles! (See boozer pix below)

It didn’t tek lang for the openin’ goal!—-25 seconds in fact!

The Tractor Boys kicked off but inexplicably put the baall straight oot of play!?

From the throw in Schar foond Murphy who sent a cross in and it boonced of a Ipswich defenders heel, straight into the path of Alexander the Great (Alexander Isak) who hit a sweet shot into the roof of the net!

1-0 to us after less than 30 seconds! BUT! it took VAR 5 minutes to decide if Murphy woz offside or not!

He wasn’t!

Anthony Gordon then had a great chance to double wor lead but heeded the baall into the groond in the penalty area and the baall boonced ower the bar with the goal gapin’!

It woz soon 2-0 however, when a Gordon pass foond Murphy who hit a sweet shot into the net off the bar in the 35th minute!

And then disaster for Ipswich in added 1st half time!

Their goalie passed to Cajuste inside the box and woz tackled by Bruno, the baall fell to Isak’s feet and he said “thank you for my orly Xmas present!” az he had the simple task of placing the baall to the right of their keeper! 3-0 HT

It shud be noted that we had many chances to score more by various players and shud have been at least 6 up by the break!

The 2nd period woz just the same but we could anly add one more goal in this half, when Murphy made a great back heel to Isak and the great man (Alexander the Great!) toe poked the baall into the corner of the goal in the 53th minute to complete his hat-trick!

THE TEAM CELEBRATE ISAK’S GOAL IN FRONT OF THE AWAY SECTION, TO COMPLETE HIZ HAT-TRICK!

Again, we had many chances against a team who now hadn’t won a solitary game at home in 9 attempts!

NUFC didn’t play particularly well, and it shud have been at least 8-0!

The Tractor Boys look doomed on this performance!

It haz to be said that their fans stuck behind them until the 85th minute when the exodus began!

The one good thing aboot Ipswich IZ the train station iz just up the road from the groond!

Attendance: 29,744 (3,000 festive Toon fans singin’ the Jingle bells song!) (Oh wot fun it iz to see Newcasil win away!)

We move up the table to 7th place, just 1 point behind Man City and 2 behind Villa in 5th place, who we just happen to play on Boxin’ Day at SJP!

(Correction! we are 8th az Bournemoooth had a shock 3-0 win at Moan U today, who we play after Villa!—but will their manager still be there?)

IPSWICH PUB CRAWL! (2 boozers plus one more at St. Pancras back in London!— The Betjamen’s Arms where we have been many times before! (see previous London match reports for a pic of that boozer)

👆ISAACS, IPSWICH👇

THE BRIARBANK, IPSWICH

THE TRACTOR 🚜 BOYS 0 THE TOON 4 *** MATCH REPORT DELAYED!

 Posted ‘12:38pm 🛎️ bells’ Sunday 22nd Decembaa 2024

Forst of aall grovelling apologies for not havin the Ipswich report online yet!

This iz because we didn’t get back til very late this mornin (1:00am bells in the hoose!)

So we needed a bit more ‘shut eye 👁️’ than usual and didn’t get up til ‘high noon 🔔 bells’

The match report will be published later today!

Az per usual: “Watch this space much later than usual!”

THE TRACTOR BOYS V THE TOON *** THIS AFTERNOOON!

 Posted ‘10:30am bells’ Saturday 21st Decembaa 2024 (on the train to Ipswich)

 On the road, wor away form iz shockin’ az we heed for Premyaa Leegue new boys Ipswich, who sit in the relegation zone az we speak and who we havvint played since 2017

On paper it shud be an eazy 3 points for us, BUT it isn’t on paper so anything can happen!?

Oot of 8 away games, we have won 2, drawn 3 and lost 3, while The Tractor 🚜 Boys still havvint won at home YET with a record of won 0, drawn 4 and lost 4!

Let’s hope we can keep the momentum gannin’ after 2 excellent home performances in the last week!?

Longstaff iz available to play while Joelinton iz suspended and iz servin’  a one match ban!

Apart from that it shud be the same line up az last Saturday and Wedinzday!

Aall 3,000 away tickets were sold oot ages ago!  (See one of them in the top pic!—minus the barcode to stop yoo copyin’ it—of course!🤪)

Wor jorney doon today iz far from simple! We caught the 6:55bells train to King’s Cross (London) and are currently on a train from Liverpool Street (London) to Ipswich— and the same return jorney, arriving’ back in The Toon at midneet 🛎️s—

Az we will have missed the last bus yem AND with the Metro suspended between Monument and Gatesheed, the taxi queues will be massive, especially at this time of the year, so it could well be quicker to take a lang walk yem!?(Unless it’s rainin, like!)

A full Geordie Times match and boozer report will be posted sometime on Sunday! 

APU “Watch this space!”

THE TOON 3. THE BRENTFAAD BEEZ KNEEZ 1 *** LEEGUE CUP QWAATAA FINAL

 Posted ‘high noon bells’ 🔔 Thorzday 19th Decembaa 2024

“THE ITALIAN JOB!”

A fabulous performance from Sandro Tonali sealed this victory and sent us into the semi finals for the 2nd time in 3 years!

The sequence of events were az follows!

Just like the Lestaa game last Saturday NUFC started off like a hoose on fire 🔥 with Tonali being in the action from the start az we attacked The Leazes goal with an unchanged side from the weekend!

‘TOON’ALI GOAL CELEBRATIONS!

9th minute: After relentless pressure we made the breakthrough when a Livramento cross iz diverted into the path of Tonali and he fires a rocket shot past Flekken in the visitors goal to put us one up!

43rd minute: The Toon and Tonali double wor tally, when an Anthony Gordon corner finds the Italian who volleys the baall into the net just before the break! HT 2-0 to us!

Again we came oot with aall guns blazin and we eventually increased wor lead in the 69th minute, when a lewis Hall shot iz deflected to Bruno near the byline and he sidefoots it across the box for ‘Fab’ Schar to tap the baall across the goal line at The Gallowgate End!—A goal your great granny 👵 could have scored!

It could have been many more az both Murphy and Barnes rattled the goal frame and it shud be mentioned that Dubravka in The Toon goal, made some fine saves az well, az Brentfaad finally came oot of their slumbers near the end!

They were rewarded with a consolation goal through Wissa in stoppage time to slightly blot wor copybook!

Attendance: 51,795  The reason the attendance woz under 52,000 woz because Brentfaad sold less than 1,000 of their 1,200 ticket allocation—very bad tornoot from them for their forst ever appearance in the qwaataa finals of the Leegue Cup! (they could have had 5,000 if they’d asked for them!)

2 great performances in a row to hopefully get rid of wor Jekyll and Hyde form this this season!

The draw for the semis iz after the Sporz v Moan U game tooneet!

The Arse, The Liverbirds and 1 of the above 2 will be wor opponents!

NUFC are number 3 in the draw

Az per usual we will bring yoo the draw after ‘10 🛎️s’ tooneet 👇

Updated ‘10:44bells’

The Arse v NUFC  1st leg away!

week commencin’ January 6th

The other semi

Sporz v The Liverbirds