Posted from ‘high noon 🕛 bells 🔔’ onwards, Munday 16th February 2026 on the train 🚂 to Edinburgh
The start of wor epic 6,000 miles roond trip started today at ‘The Central’ (station in The Toon) where, less than 22 hours from gettin off the train from Bormingham after wor excellent 3-1 win at Villa in the FA Cup, we heed north across the border 🚂 to Edinburgh airport —and then onward to Baku ✈️ in Azerbaijan via Istanbul ✈️ in Torkey for wor Champions Leegue play off game (1st leg) ⚽️
A total jorney time of ower 9 hours, with a short break in between each destination!
We have hord that the people of Azerbaijan are very friendly, in complete contrast to wor last 2 visits to France! (Marseille and PSG) ⬇️
And the temperature iz higher than it iz here at the moment!—BUT!—- Baku’s nickname iz ‘The City of Wind’ due to its close proximity to the Caspian Sea !
Quarabag FK (Geordie Times slang iz ‘CarrierBag’) iz actually 150 miles from Baku, but their groond izzint big enough for Champions Leegue games (5,000 capacity) and so they play their big games in the capital city’s Tufiq Bahramov stadium (Capacity 32,000) Kick off ‘5:45 pm bells 🔔 GMT (Geordie Meeen Time) Live on TNT
We hear 👂 that wor mobile ‘telling bones’ 📱 might not work OR that if they dee, it might? cost a fortune for mobile data and calls, so there definitely won’t be updates after we leave for the last leg from Istanbul to Azerbaijan!
ie: The match and boozer report winnit be online in The Geordie Times’ til sometime on Friday!
PS: The FA Cup 5th roond draw takes place while we are in mid air between Edinburgh and Istanbul, ‘6:35pm 🔔 tooneet on TNT, so we might not know just who we have drawn for quite a while after the draw iz made!—Lets hope we get a home draw! 🙏🏻
NUFC are baall number 13
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