Posted 'high noon bells' Sunday 10th August 2025
NUFCs forst home pre season game ended in a 2-2 draw in front of a 30,000 plus crowd (Looked much less than that?)
Az we were playin Atletico Madrid the next day aall the squad member were used for both games!
In this game new boys Park Seung and Aaron Ransdale made their home debuts.
After havin most of the play in the forst 15 minutes, Espanyol broke free and took the lead in the 17th minute with a breakaway run when Exposito hit a great sshot from ootside the box with Ramsdale unable to get near it! 1-0 to them! (Not one cheer woz hord from the Espanyol fans to celebrate the goal, az they didnt appear to have any fans there at aall!)
It didnt take lang to find the equaliser when Lewis Miley crossed the baall in the 21st minute and Matt Targett woz on target (sic!) az he heeded the baall into the net at The Gallowgate End! 1-1
A dodgy lookin penalty woz then awarded to Espanyol by Toon fan Micheal Oliver in the 37th minute! ("Howay mate, we thought yoo were on wor side!?)
However justice woz done when Ramsdale guessed the right way to save Paudo's penalty to huge cheers this time! HT 1-1
Again in the 2nd period we were the better team with Schar and Osula gannin close, and we eventually took the lead in the 79th minute when a defensive misstayk by a Espanyol defender let in Jacob Murphy who made 'nee mistttake by welly'in the baall into the net from 20 yards oot at The Leazes End! 2-1 to us!
Just when we had thought we had won the game and in the 90th minute, Garcia heeded past Ramsdale for the Spaniards 2-2!
Just seconds after this Oliver the ref blew for full time!
Attendance: 30,782 (The upper decks of The Milburn Stand and Leazes End were closed, az woz the back section of The Gallowgate End) NEE Espanyol fans!
The next day an entirely different line up lost 2-0 to Atletico Madrid!
Match report on THAT game will appear here sometime on Munday!
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