THE UNDERTAKER AND LIAM FROM THE LAMP *** LOST BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN!

Posted '2:00am bells' Thorzday17th July 2025

THE 'ALDER SWEENEY' MEMORIAL GARDEN' AT ST. JAMES' PARK

On this day 11 years ago John Alder 'The Undertaker' and Liam Sweeney 'From the Lamp' were on their way to New Zealand to watch The Toon in pre season friendlies.
They never got there az their plane waz shot doon ower The Ukraine and they perished alang with nearly 300 others!


They may be lost but they will NEVER! be forgotten by those who knew them well (like me) and those who had never met them!

RIP Lads!

TRANSFOR NEWS! LONGSTAFF OF TO LEEEDZ!

 Posted 8:17pm 🛎️ bells’ Tuezday 15th July 2025

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NUFC V SAFC average gates 1893 to 2025**132 YEAR RECORD (NOW UPDATED FROM LAST SEASON)

Updated ‘high noon bells' Munday 14th July 2025

THE ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, LORD BERESFORD
KICKS OFF THE 1904 DERBY MATCH @ ST JAMES' PARK
(LEAZES TERRACE (left) AND ST JAMES' STREET (right) 
ARE IN THE BACKGROOND)

NUFC v SAFC (average league attendances)

'The Geordie Times' haz  published below the average leegue attendances of both clubs from 1893 to 2025, startin' from 1893-1894 season and endin' on the current season, to date.
Obviously, because of 'The Bat Out Of Hell' coronavirus, the season finished for safc in March 2020!
In NUFC's case, aall Premyaa Leegue home games are/were behind closed doors after this---and in safc's case the Leegue One season woz abandoned! So average attendances are anly given up til March 2020! 

Season 2020-2021 woz played behind closed doors apart from one game for each club where 10,000 were admitted, so no average attendances for last season!

The SMBs claim that they are az loyal az The Toon fans and that they can match us in crowd figures throughoot the last 132 years of leegue futbaall between us!

Lets see if they are reet?---The SMBs joined The Futbaall Leegue in 1890 and NUFC joined in 1893 and so the average attendance figures are from the 1893-1894 season az we have ne NUFC data before that time.
Attendance figures are independant and are taken from three sources---'The Association of Football Statisticians', 'European Football Statisticians' and the excellent book, 'Through the Turnstiles', which gives every average gate for every club who have ever played in The Futbaall Leegue! (figures may differ slightly, dependin' on where yi look!)

Key: White=nufc best supported in that season
         Pink=safc best supported in that season


The Nineteenth Century---
Seasons 1893-1894 to 1899-1900
1893-1894---nufc 3,525---safc 6,890---0-1 to safc
1894-1895---nufc 4,155---safc 8,250---0-2 to safc
1895-1896---nufc 7,255---safc 6,210---1-2 to safc
1896-1897---nufc 8,130---safc 5,160---2-2
1897-1898--nufc 11,545--safc 10,970--3-2 to nufc
1898-1899--nufc17,390--safc12,540---4-2 to nufc
1899-1900--nufc16,445--safc11,265---5-2 to nufc

The start of the Twentieth Century
to the 1st World War---
Seasons 1900-1901 to 1914-1915
1900-1901--nufc 15,575--safc11,695---6-2 to nufc
1901-1902--nufc 14,450--safc12,905---7-2 to nufc
1902-1903--nufc 17,540--safc15,305---8-2 to nufc
1903-1904--nufc 17,565--safc13,670---9-2 to nufc
1904-1905--nufc 21,605--safc14,510--10-2 to nufc
1905-1906--nufc 22,765--safc13,015--11-2 to nufc
1906-1907-nufc*33,235--safc15,450--12-2 to nufc
1907-1908--nufc 27,875--safc17,470--13-2 to nufc
1908-1909--nufc 29,300--safc15,235--14-2 to nufc
1909-1910--nufc24,825--safc11,615--15-2 to nufc 
1910-1911--nufc25,055--safc16,650--16-2 to nufc
1911-1912--nufc24,995--safc12,555--17-2 to nufc
1912-1913--nufc24,935--safc17,940--18-2 to nufc
1913-1914--nufc24,710--safc20,865--19-2 to nufc
1914-1915--nufc14,545--safc10,230--20-2 to nufc

*WORLD RECORD!---nufc were the forst club in the world to have average gates of ower 30,000!

In the 1914-1915 season both clubs average gates dropped by 10,000 az many fans had went off to fight in the 1st World War!
The leegue waz then suspended from 1915-1916 to 1918-1919 because of the war. 

Inter War Years
Seasons 1919-1920 to 1938-1939
1919-1920--nufc38,390--safc25,580--21-2 to nufc
1920-1921--nufc41,265--safc28,765--22-2 to nufc
1921-1922--nufc34,860--safc24,150--23-2 to nufc
1922-1923--nufc27,085--safc23,070--24-2 to nufc
1923-1924--nufc26,865--safc23,475--25-2 to nufc
1924-1925--nufc24,325--safc20,440--26-2 to nufc
1925-1926--nufc29,957--safc21,399--27-2 to nufc
1926-1927--nufc36,510--safc18,142--28-2 to nufc
1927-1928--nufc30,195--safc21,411--29-2 to nufc
1928-1929--nufc31,667--safc25,196--30-2 to nufc
1929-1930--nufc32,559--safc24,553--31-2 to nufc
1930-1931--nufc26,151--safc22,015--32-2 to nufc
1931-1932--nufc30,336--safc23,131--33-2 to nufc
1932-1933--nufc25,992--safc17,254--34-2 to nufc
1933-1934--nufc24,142--safc18,269--35-2 to nufc
1934-1935--nufc20,081--safc25,397--35-3 to nufc
1935-1936--nufc19,483--safc30,378--35-4 to nufc
1936-1937--nufc24,430--safc28,670--35-5 to nufc
1937-1938--nufc21,276--safc25,132--35-6 to nufc
1938-1939--nufc32,693--safc21,740--36-6 to nufc

From 1939-1940 to 1945-1946 the leegue waz suspended due to The 2nd World War

Mid Twentieth Century
Seasons 1946-1947 to 1969-1970
1946-1947--nufc49,379--safc35,301--37-6 to nufc
1947-1948-nufc*56,283--safc42,888--38-6 to nufc
1948-1949--nufc53,839--safc45,220--39-6 to nufc
1949-1950-nufc46,468--safc*47,785--39-7 to nufc
1950-1951--nufc46,651--safc39,766--40-7 to nufc
1951-1952--nufc50,476--safc39,853--41-7 to nufc
1952-1953--nufc44,521--safc39,767--42-7 to nufc
1953-1954--nufc45,392--safc42,505--43-7 to nufc
1954-1955--nufc42,925--safc43,043--43-8 to nufc
1955-1956--nufc37,666--safc35,888--44-8 to nufc
1956-1957--nufc35,202--safc36,145--44-9 to nufc
1957-1958--nufc36,241--safc36,146--45-9 to nufc
1958-1959--nufc39,458--safc27,772--46-9 to nufc
1959-1960--nufc36,037--safc22,831--47-9 to nufc
1960-1961--nufc26,500--safc26,051--48-9 to nufc
1961-1962-nufc27,946--safc32,986--48-10 to nufc
1962-1963-nufc31,634--safc40,883--48-11 to nufc
1963-1964-nufc29,435--safc41,258--48-12 to nufc
1964-1965-nufc35,659--safc40,637--48-13 to nufc
1965-1966-nufc33,793--safc34,488--48-14 to nufc
1966-1967-nufc32,081--safc31,731--49-14 to nufc
1967-1968-nufc37,239--safc30,873--50-14 to nufc
1968-1969-nufc34,016--safc25,426--51-14 to nufc
1969-1970-nufc37,553--safc21,790--52-14 to nufc

*WORLD RECORD!---nufc were the forst club in the world to have average gates of ower 50,000 (both 'The Arse' and 'Man U' both averaged ower 50,000 az well in that season, but we reached that average, forst!) 
Unbeleeeviblee!, nufc were in the old 2nd Division at the time, and this iz STILL! a WORLD RECORD for any club ootside the 'top flight', to this day!

*safc record average gate 

Mid to Late Twentieth Century
Seasons1970-1971 to 1999-2000
1970-1971-nufc29,735--safc15,780--53-14 to nufc
1971-1972-nufc32,664--safc15,906--54-14 to nufc
1972-1973-nufc27,939--safc22,603--55-14 to nufc
1973-1974-nufc32,861--safc24,409--56-14 to nufc
1974-1975-nufc34,614--safc29,931--57-14 to nufc
1975-1976-nufc33,060--safc31,250--58-14 to nufc
1976-1977-nufc33,599--safc32,743--59-14 to nufc
1977-1978-nufc24,729--safc22,276--60-14 to nufc
1978-1979-nufc20,494--safc25,454--60-15 to nufc
1979-1980-nufc23,345--safc27,119--60-16 to nufc
1980-1981-nufc16,001--safc26,477--60-17 to nufc
1981-1982-nufc17,276--safc19,608--60-18 to nufc
1982-1983-nufc24,116--safc17,370--61-18 to nufc
1983-1984-nufc29,811--safc16,180--62-18 to nufc
1984-1985-nufc26,228--safc18,347--63-18 to nufc
1985-1986-nufc23,434--safc16,052--64-18 to nufc
1986-1987-nufc24,792--safc13,601--65-18 to nufc
1987-1988-nufc21,059--safc17,425--66-18 to nufc
1988-1989-nufc22,921--safc14,878--67-18 to nufc
1989-1990-nufc21,590--safc17,987--68-18 to nufc
1990-1991-nufc16,834--safc22,577--68-19 to nufc
1991-1992-nufc21,148--safc18,390--69-19 to nufc
1992-1993-nufc29,048--safc17,260--70-19 to nufc
1993-1994-nufc33,679--safc16,934--71-19 to nufc
1994-1995-nufc34,690--safc15,344--72-19 to nufc
1995-1996-nufc36,507--safc17,482--73-19 to nufc
1996-1997-nufc36,466--safc20,865--74-19 to nufc
1997-1998-nufc36,680--safc33,492--75-19 to nufc
1998-1999-nufc36,690--safc38,745--75-20 to nufc
1999-2000-nufc36,333--safc41,375--75-21 to nufc

Early Twenty forst Century
Seasons 2000-2001 to 2022-2023
2000-2001-nufc51,309--safc46,791--76-21 to nufc
2001-2002-nufc51,373--safc46,744--77-21 to nufc
2002-2003-nufc51,923--safc39,698--78-21 to nufc
2003-2004-nufc51,966--safc27,120--79-21 to nufc
2004-2005-nufc51,844--safc28,820--80-21 to nufc
2005-2006-nufc52,032--safc33,904--81-21 to nufc
2006-2007-nufc50,686--safc31,887--82-21 to nufc
2007-2008-nufc51,330--safc43,344--83-21 to nufc
2008-2009nufc*48,750--safc40,168--84-21to nufc
2009-2010-nufc43,388--safc40,355--85-21 to nufc
2010-2011-nufc47,718--safc40,011--86-21 to nufc
2011-2012-nufc49,936--safc39,095--87-21 to nufc
2012-2013-nufc50,517--safc40,544--88-21 to nufc
2013-2014-nufc50,395--safc41,090--89-21 to nufc
2014-2015-nufc 50,359--safc43,157--90-21 to nufc
2015-2016-nufc*49,790--safc43,071--91-21 to nufc
2016-2017-nufc 51,106--safc 41,287--92-21 to nufc
2017-2018-nufc 51,992--safc 27,635--93-21 to nufc
2018-2019-nufc 51,121--safc32,157--94-21 to nufc
2019-2020-nufc 48,248--safc30,118--95-21 to nufc

It should be noted that nufc gave 10,000 free season tickets away, starting from the Everton game on 28th December 2019. Before that wor average gates were 46,049, so nufc were still 16,000 ahead of safc, even before the free tickets giveaway!

2020-2021 Aall games played behind closed doors because of covid, apart from 1 game each, where 10,000 were allowed to attend!-So 2020-2021 season iz not counted

2021-2022-nufc51,487--safc33,062--96-21 to nufc

2022-2023-nufc52,127--safc38,658--97-21 to nufc 

2023-2024-nufc52,153–safc41,028–98-21 to nufc

2024-2025-nufc52,184--safc40,704--99-21 to nufc

*WORLD RECORD/and *NEW WORLD RECORD average gates for a relegated club!---
These relegation totals are aalso higher than the SAFC RECORD average gate of 47,785 in the 1949-1950 season!
In total NUFC have beaten the SAFC record average gate 26 times!

"Put THAT! in your pipe and smoke it!"

"CONCLUSION!?---WE LEAVE TO DRAW YOUR OWN! CONCLUSIONS!!!???

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AT ‘LANG’ LAST WE GET ELANGA!

 Posted ‘midneet 🛎️ bells’ Saturday 12th July 2025

It’s been a lang hot summer for NUFC fans, many frustrated that nee new signings have been on the horizon!

But at lang last we have one through the door in the shape of Anthony Elanga from The Friar Tuck Mob of Nottingham on a 5 year contract (But he arrived on Tuezday, so why haz it taken NUFC SO lang to announce it???🤔)

He’s a 23 year old winger and a Swedish International and the fee iz a reported £52K

He can run 100 metres in less than 11 seconds and we can foresee lang baalls hoofed upfield for him to chase and ootrun defenders!

More signins are in the pipeline az the pre season creeps ever closer!

PS: The Geordie Times will anly give yoo news of signings and NOT speculation to who we might/or might not sign? in the summer transfor window!✍️ 

Az per usual: “Watch this space intentleeee!”

In othaa news Callum Wilson haz played hiz last game for NUFC!

He scored 49 goals in 130 appearances and will be sadly missed!

He haz penned a great tribute aboot hiz time here and we wish him well in the future! 👏 ⬇️

TELLY TIMES ANNOONCED TOMORROW! (ALLEGEDLY!)

 Posted just before ‘midneet 🛎️ bells’ Tuezday 8th July 2025

Updated Wedinzday 3:15pm bells’

The live telly times for August and Septembaa are due to be annoonced tomorrow (but divvint haad yi breath!)

The Geordie Times predictions are az follows!  Let’s see how many we get reet!

We aalready naa that wor forst game at Villa haz been moved for live telly, so we cannit include that one!

1 ‘goal’ ‘for’ for a correct prediction  1 goal ‘against’ for wrang prediction

Update 3:15pm 🛎️ bells’ Wedinzday

August changes annoonced! Nowt aboot Septembaa yet?

Livaapoool at SJP:

LIVE TELLY ✅1-0 up! (Now a Munday neet game)

Leeds away:

 LIVE TELLY ✅2-0 up! (Now a Saturday teatime game!)

Wolves at SJP: 

NEE TELLY (Nee news yet?)

Bournemoooth away: 

LIVE TELLY (Nee news yet?)

The Arse at SJP: 

LIVE TELLY ((Nee news yet?)

“AND SO IT BEGINS!”

 Posted ‘5:55pm 🛎️ bells’ Saturday 5th July 2025

SECTION 4, PARAGRAPH 6

Moan U started it—then Sporz, the Arse and Man Citih followed!—and now NUFC!

What am aa on aboot? Whey the rule that if a season ticket holder misses 5 games in a season and doesn’t sell hiz/horz season ticket on to another fan or the club, then they will lose their season ticket for the followin season!

In NUFCs case it’s in the smaall print half way doon the conditions of use terms!

At one time the clubs would bite your hand off if you asked for a season ticket!—-NOT any more it seems!—The don’t want season ticket holders anymore az they make at least twice az much ‘bit’ sellin the tickets on to Mag Members or tourists!

Never thought that wor club would gan doon that road!— But here we are!

And make nee misstayk, a brand new 70,000 seater stadium in Leazes Park meenz 20,000 more corporates and NOT 20,000 ordinary fans who are currently locked oot!

“AND SO IT BEGINS!😵‍💫

CELTIC GIVE NUFC 10,000 TICKETS!

 Posted 'high noon bells'Wedinzday 2nd July 2025

Updated’7:22pm bells’ 🔔 Thorzday

NUFC THE BORDER RAIDERS!

NUFC's friendly at Celtic Park in little ower 2 weeks time, will see 10,000 Toon fans in attendance instead of the 7,200 tickets, which were originally allocated to us! (Saturday 19th July)

And we can tell yoo that aall 10,000 tickets have been sold after the Mags Members sale closed on Thorzday!👏

This iz amazin’ coz Celtic cannit sell their tickets for the home sections, az their fans are boycottin' the game, coz they cannit get in for FREE! 

Cannit beleeeve that they won't torn up to see 'The Pope'!? (NUFC goalie 'Nick Pope', that iz!)

In previous seasons Celtic season ticket holders were given free access to one pre season friendly per season, but their club haz decided that they must PAY this time to watch the game against NUFC!

(And to 'Fink' that wor home friendly against Atletico Madrid  in August, iz a complete 52,300 selloot, with adult tickets priced at £25 each!) 

The game in Glasgow will see the largest contingent of Toon fans to travel to Scotland since we took 15,000 fans to Rangers in the Fairs Cup semi final 1st leg in 1969!  

I woz one of them 55 years ago at Ibrox Park, when a crowd of 75,000 saw us draw 0-0! (Woz it reeely that lang ago???---Quick!---pass mee zimmer frame!!!) 

62,986 THANKYOOOZ TO WOR LOYAL REEDERS FROM 164 COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES! (& MARS!)

 Posted '3:27pm bells' Tuezday 1st July 2025

"TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER!---WHEY AYE MAAN!"

Joon 2025 produced a new record monthly pageview ‘attendance’ for 'The Geordie Times', az we broke through the 60,000 barrier for the forst time ever!---Givin us an average of 2,099.53333! pageviews per day!

And we thank each and every one of yoo, for loggin in to this daft 'advert free' Toon fans website! (Nee annoyin pop up adverts to distract yoo!) (ie: We divvint make any money oot of it, az we dee it for NOTHING!)

We have now had 1.35 MILLION 'log-ins' since we started in 2010 and 164 countries and territories have visited us---plus the planet Mars (of course!) (see top picture for proof!) 

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