ANOTHER! BLANK WEEKEND

Posted 'high noon bells' Sunday 13th March

Because Man U beat 'The Arse' 2-0 in the FA Cup yesterday, it means that we now have to find a new date for wor home league game against them, as the cup semi final is on the same weekend we were due to play them in April

DARLO 3 v THE HEED-'BANGERS'! 2

Posted  Saturday 12th March @ '11:30 pm bells'

Az we had a free Saturday because of ' non-FA Cup' commitments, aa went doon to Darlo alang with a few other Toon fans to cheer on the other black 'n' white Tyneside team (Gatesheed) in the FA Trophy semi final forst leg ----for a place at Wembley ne less!

'The Heed' were 2-0 up at the interval but blew it in the 2nd half  when Darlo replied with 3 devestatin' goals to gan into the 2nd leg with a one goal advantage----4,283 were there includin' 1,082 'Heed-Bangers'! -----Gatesheed's biggest away followin' for fower decades!

The 2nd leg iz next Saturday, but unfortunately 'The Toon' are away to Stoke the same day----so that game must take advantage (for me at least!)
Howay 'The Heed'---we'll be willin' you on at Stoke next week!

THE TOON Resorves 2 THE ARSE Resorves 1

Posted '11:20pm bells' Wednesday 9th March

St James' 
waz the settin' for a rare event toneet!-----The resorves were playin' their forst home league game in front of a crowd for SIX MONTH'S! v Arsenal's '2nd string'

Sadly, the club had previously deemed that we were not welcome for 'the most part' at wor normal resorve venue of Darsley Park in Benton and had played the last few games behind closed doors!

It waz FREE! to get in for the '7 bells' kick off and ower 2,000 took advantage as 'The Toon ran oot 2-1 winners on a freezin' caad neet!

Greg McDermott (son of Terry) opened the scorin' from 12 yards oot for Newcastle and we went in 1-0 to the good at 'half time bells'

The Londoners equalised in the 54th minute through Tosh Rees, but Phil Airey 'saved the day' with a powerful heeder in stoppage time to win it for us in spectacular fashion!.

In total, 2,462 'freebeez' were there, includin' 2 from 'The Arse', who were constantly ridiculed by the home fans throughoot the match!

THE TOON 1 THE TOFFEES 2

Posted '10:35 am bells' Sun 6th March

A 'bad day at the office' was put in by The Toon yesterday as we went doon 2-1 to Everton @ St James' Park.
We took the lead at The Gallowgate End in the 23rd minute when Leon Best heeded in from close range.

However!---another 'Leon' (Osman) levelled things for the visitors barely 7 minutes later in front of the 3,000 plus Evertonians in 'level 7' of The Leazes End with a shot that went straight through wor shambolic defence.

It got worse 5 minutes later when Phil Jagielka heeded into the roof of the net to put The Toffees 2-1 up after another defensive mix up!

In the second half Everton had numerous chances to gan furtha aheed but they couldn't get past Stevie Harper in the Newcastle goal.

Somehow we are still nineth in the table but anymore performances like this will sureleee see us drop doon the table!
The crowd was 50,128

166 nou camp barcelona

(GROUND NUMBER 166)
Date of First Visit: 26th NOVEMBER 1997
NOU CAMP, BARCELONA, SPAIN


FC BARCELONA 1
NEWCASTLE UNITED 0

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group C
ATTENDANCE: 25,000 (8,000 Toon fans)




"THE RAIN IN SPAIN FALLS MAINLY IN 'THE NOU CAMP'!"

Part One:
"IN THE GHETTO!"


A dream come true for me!----If yi'd asked iz the question of which groond in the world aa would love to gan te the most, then 'this one' would win 'hands doon'!---Aa meeen!--- 'The Toon ' playin' at the mighty 'Nou Camp' stadium against *the best ever supported club in the world IS without doubt a 'groundhoppers utopia'!
(*In the 1947-48 season Newcastle's average gates were a staggerin' 56,299, which at the time was a world record! (and THAT was in the aad Second Division az well!)
This record was broken some years later by Barcelona who averaged a breathtakin' 93,000! (So at least we have somethin' in common!)


Mee mate Davy had travelled ower with his gorlfriend Barbara and had been there a few days to 'suss the joint oot' and when aa asked him on the 'tellin bone' wot the weather was like and would aa need to take 'a 'nanny goat', his reply was sommik like this! ---and I quote!:"Divvint be daft!----It's a heat wave ower here—the temperature iz in the 80's--and there's brilliant sunshine! ---YIH DEFINATLY DIVVINT NEED A COAT!" ◄(famous last words indeed!) (reeed on!)


Barcelona is a massive place as we soon foond oot on wor arrival as wor hotel was f***** miles away from the city centre in the middle of ne where, so!—taxis were the order of the day to get us to 'the main drag' which iz known as 'La Ramblas', (The Rambles) where there were a canny few café/bars to quensh wor thirsts!
We'd met Davy and Barbara on 'La Ramblas' and they telt us that they'd foond a great boozer and took us towards it.

But beware!---this takes you doon some narrow back lanes where the sun suddenly disappears in the shadows and a waalk doon it takes you into a different world with washin' hangin' from high rise slums where the locals live with 'pick pockets' lurkin' doon every ally waitin' for 'victims!' (ie: "US!") 


The bar appeared in the distance and on enterin' it we were amased to see it decked oot in REAL MADRID! colours!? There were pennents,photos and framed shirts on the waalls! and this akin to 'The Hotspur' or 'The Newcastle Arms havin' mackem photos on it's waalls ,as everybody knows Barcelona HATE Real Madrid and vise versa!

But the huge framed photo behind the bar coonta was the best of aall! It showed a cartoon of a Real Madrid pig dressed in their aall white strip , screwin' a Barcelona pig dressed in their strip! (wish a'd brought mee camera!) and this divvint forget was reet in Barca's heartland!

The locals (or shud that be 'locos'?) looked a bit 'dodgy' so we drank up and heeded forther into 'the ghetto' to the next 'waaterin' hole' which looked even dodgier! As soon as we waalked through the door everybody stopped taalkin' and looked at us as though we had horns stickin' oot of wor heeds! (ie: it didn't look too clever eetha!) and this 'drinkin' den' aalso had Real Madrid photos on the waalls!? (was this an enclave of Madrid?)


Anyway!---Davy got taalkin' to the owner who spoke broken English and as we were aboot to leave for the next 'dive' he telt us NOT to gan to the next bar deeper into the ghetto. Davy who was 'canny sorved' by now decided to ignore his advice and started waalkin' in the wrang direction. The owner then rushed oot of the bar and said, "NOH!-NOH!-NOH!"-----"CCCCCCHHHHHHH!!!!", and did a 'cuttin' motion' across his face and throat with his index finger!

"Davy!"---aa said as aa grabbed hold of him---"wih gannin THAT WAY!"---and pointed in the direction of La Ramblas! (and safety!)
Wih thanked the owner for his advice and did a 'U' turn for the 'main drag' for (yet!) some more 'liquid refreshments' before heedin' back to wor oot of toon hotel for the neet!
"ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz!!!!!"




Part Two:
"IZ THIS GATESHEED IN DISGUISE!"

Next day was match day, an' the sky looked a bit black, but it was still canny waam. Wih heeded back to La Ramblas where wih aall had to meet up tih get the busses tih the groond under police escort. Wi'd been telt to meet up three hours before the game and that we had tih gan with the escort or wih WOULDN'T get in!

So we set off in the convoy and arrived at The Nou Camp two and threeqwaata hours before the kick off and by this time the weather had torned a bit inclement to say the least as the heavens opened and before lang it was 'chuckin' it doon'!


Mee forst impression on seein' the Nou Camp for the forst time was that the concrete structure and slopin' ramps looked remarkably like the ootside of 'The Get Carter' car park in Gatesheed toon centre

Aa took mee place at the back of the huge open terrace which was aboot 6 miles above pitch level!, cursin' the fact that aa hadn't brung mee coat, brolly or telescope with iz!, as there was ne cover at this side of the stadium, an' aall had tih keep iz dry was mee faithful black 'n' white top! (Mee mate Davy's got a lot to answer to-as of course he telt me that aa wouldn't NEED a f*****' coat!)

By the time the match kicked off aa was like a half drowned rat alang with the other *8,000 Toon fans who'd made the 'pilgrimage', which amazingly was almost one thord of the crowd. (We would have had double that number ,but they wouldn't give us any more tickets!)
Aanly *25,000 were inside when the game started an' there were huge gaps on the terraces, which meant that there ower 70,000 empty seats, which was very disappointin'. This was due entirely to the fact that 'Barca' couldn't qualify for the next roond of 'The Champions League'


From mee standin' place in row ZZZZZZZ! the players were like tiny specs on the field below, an' aa could hardly make the team oot!


The forst game at St James' had ended 3-2 to The Toon (after leadin' 3-0!) two month's orlier and a notable absentee for this game was Tino Asprilla who had scored a hat-trick in that game and this was to prove decisive in this one.




"WHERE'S THE FLAG!?"


Anyway!--- John Beresford had a 35yard shot that went well wide in the 10^th minute to be followed moments later by John Barnes, who's 25 yard effort went just inches past the post to huge gasps from the *8,000 soakin' wet travellin' hoards. (*accordin' to 'The Sporting Life')
However!---the deadlock was broken in the 17^th minute by the home side when Brazilian ace Giovanni chipped Shaka Hislop in The Toon goal to muted roars from the 17,000 Barca fans present .
Jon Dahl Tomasson then hit the bar for us in the 35^th minute which brought more huge gasps (of despair!) from The Toon fans and that was the closest we came to scorin' durin' the forst half.


Durin' the match a'd kept lookin' roond to see where the giant Toon Army flag was as 'Barrett meen time' (the flags eternal gardian!) said the previous week that he was bringin' it ower on 'The Toon Army Travel' flight----but!—where the hell was it?—(or him for that matter!) (we would find oot next day!)


Then!---as the second half started the few 'Barca' fans present could be seen fightin' amongst themsels in the lower reaches of the stand behind the left hand goal as many of The Toon fans stripped off their soakin' wet tops, wrang them oot and twirled them aroond their heeds as the torrential doonpour saw ne sign of lettin' up (Er!---mine was stuck to my magnificent 17 stone torso---by the way!)


On the otha hand the action on the pitch was less than a damp squid with the anly plus point from us was when a great chance fell to Stevie Watson just before the end, but he heeded wide when it would have been easier to score!
That was the last chance we had and the defeat meant that like Barca ,we were oot the Champions League as well (so!---that's sommik else we had in common with them!?)
We'd 'dryed oot' a bit by the time we got back to La Ramblas where we 'drowned' wor sorrows (sic!) before mekin' the marathon trek back to wor oot of toon hotel---"ZZZZZZZzzzzzzz!"


Part Three:
"TOON ARMY FLAG R.I.P!"


We finally bumped into 'Barrett meen time' the next day and the forst question aa asked him was--- "Where was the f*****' flag at the match?"
His answer 'shocked me to the core!'----Before the match they got the flag, which was was in their hotel, handily placed next to the groond, and aboot 20 Toon 'foot soldiers'helped tih carry it to the tornstiles. The local 'Dibble', obviously frightened that the flag was aboot to 'attack them', decided to 'baton charge' the 'said' flag which weighs aroot 'a ton' (especially when it's soken wet!)
'The flag' (unable to defend itsel!) was left unceremonisly ootside as 'The Dibble' refused to let it in and it sadly 'missed the game'!
In the mornin' they went back to the groond to pick it up---but!---it had mysteriousleee disappeared!?
Aa meeeen!---how the hell can yi LOOOSE sommik THAT BIG?


(Aa can just see the advort in the 'lost and foond' column of 'The Barcelona Times'------Lost: TOON ARMY FLAG!---Colours: BLACK & WHITE STRIPES!---Size: 120 FEET by 80 FEET WITH TWO 50 FEET MAGPIES ON EITHER SIDE & A BIG BLUE STAR IN THE MIDDLE!----ANSWERS TO THE NAMES OF 'NEWCASTLE UNITED' & 'HOWAY THE LADS'! WHICH IS WRITTEN ON THE TOP & BOTTOM OF THE FLAG!----Reward: A CRATE OF BROON ALE TO THE LUCKY FINDER! )


Futher enquiries revealeded that the Barcelona Refuse Department had hoyed it into a f*****' bin lorry, carted it away and dumped it on the local tip!!!!
So!---if yi'd ever wondered what had happened to the giant flag---WELL!---NUW YI NAA!
Epitaph: 'TOON ARMY FLAG R.I.P. BARCELONA 1997!'



"A'V LOST MEE JOB!---WOR LASS HAS LET IZ!---WOT ELSE CAN GAN WRANG!?"

One Toon fan who shall remain anonymous (for good reason!) got more than he bargained for
when he visited the Catalan capital. After checkin' in to his hotel he decided to phone his lass tih tell hor that he'd arrived safely.
She told him that his boss had been on the phone and that he'd been sacked for takin' time off to gan to the match! She aalso told him that she'd had enough of him gannin' to the matches and was waalkin' oot on him for good!




Devistated!—he decided to 'drown his sorrows' and have a few 'gargels' doon 'La Ramblas' and in between bars he got his pockets 'dipped' and somebody nicked his wallet!, so he had to gan back to his hotel to get some more 'lowwy' which he'd left in his room. He went back on 'the hoy' and as he was waalkin' doon a back lane a local pulled a knife on him and he got mugged again!


Once more he heeded back to his hotel for yet more 'lowwy' but this time he decided to stay off the drink and find a local 'scally' instead. He foond one and she took him doon a back alley to give him a g***le! He tried to gan a bit further and unzipped hor dress and got his 'hand away', anly to find that 'she' ---was really a 'HE'!!!.


Panickin'!---and with his strides still roond his ankles, he legged it 'sharpish' doon the alley!
Next day he went to 'The Nou Camp' for the match and of course The Toon lost! On his arrival back at Barcelona airport (mortal drunk by this time!) he started shoutin' at the top of his voice and tellin' the whole world aboot his problems!


"A'v lost mee job!"---he cried---"Wor lass has left iz!"-"A'v been mugged twice!"-"The Toon got
F*****' beat!"-"An' a'v had a g***le of a transvestite!"—What else can gan wrang???"------"BASTARDS!"---SOMEBODY'S NICKED MEE WATCH AS WELL!!!!!!"


Footnote: *Some reports gave the crowd as 20,000 and the Toon support as 7,000 and some 25,000 and 8,000 respectively (it was hard to tell which was reet in the 98,000 capacity stadium!)




Geordie Glossary of Terms and Phrases (for the benefit of 'non Geordie' readers)
(in the order that they appear)


Iz=me
Aa=I
Groundhopper=someone who visits different football grounds
Aad=old
Mee=my
Suss the joint=have alook around
Tellin' bone=telephone
Nanny goat=coat
Sommik=something
Divvint=don't
Ower=over
Yih=you
Wor=our
Ne=no
The main drag=the main thoroughfare
Telt=told
Boozer=pub
Doon=down
mackem photo=s/land team photo
Coonta=counter
Screwin'=(go to bottom of page for answer!)
Reet=right
Barca=Barcelona
Dodgy=mad
Waaterin' hole=pub
Heeds=heads
Eetha=either
Drinkin' den=pub
Canny sorved=very drunk!
Wrang=wrong
Wih=we
Gannin'=going
Liquid refreshment=beer/lager
Oot=out
Neet=night
Waam=warm
Gan=go
Threeqwaata=three quarter
Lang=long
Chuckin' it doon=raining very heavily
Forst=first
Ootside=outside
Gatesheed=the town of Gateshead
Thord=third
Orlier=earlier
Roond=round
Barrett meen time=name for Toon fan who has his own time zone as he's always late! (as opposed to Greenwich mean time)
Toon Army Travel=the tour operator (Barrett meen time)who took many fans to Barcelona
Themsels=themselves
Heeds=heads
Dibble=police officers
Howay the lads=come on the boys
Broon ale=Newcastle Brown Ale
Nuw yi naa=now you know
Gargels=beers/lagers
Dipped=money stolen
Lowwy=money
The hoy=going for a few drinks of alcoholic beverage!
Scally=scally wag=sh**!=prostitute
G**ble=(work it out!)(see below)▼
Hand away=(if yi don't know the answer then ask your mammy and daddy!)








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JOYOUS NEWS FOR NUFC GROUNDHOPPERS!

Posted '11 am bells' Thu 2nd March

News reaches 'The Geordie Times' that West Ham's move to The Olympic Stadium haz been 'rubber-stamped' at last!
This iz brilliant news for aall NUFC groundhoppers az it meeenz we will have at least one new stadium to visit in a couple of years time.

Spurs could aalso move to a site next to White Hart Lane makin' anotha new ground and finally because Spurs havvint won the Olympic Stadium bid and will NOT now revamp The Crystal Palace Athletic Stadium, Crystal Palace have said that they would like to move there from Selhurst Park

THAT'S! ---THREE! NEW POSSIBLE LONDON GROUNDS TO VISIT IN THE NEAR FUTURE!-----get the Broon Ale oot!

The Toon 1 v Bolton Wanabeez 1

Posted '9:45 pm bells' Saturday 26th Feb

It was
 'chuckin it doon' 
as aa looked across
 'the sacred river' 
(The Tyne!) from orly mornin'
However!----the rain eased off by orly afternoon and the '3 bells' kick off  started with the old 'current bun' makin' an appearance in the cloudy sky and there looked to be a 'healthy' crowd present with not many empty seats  

A deft heeder in the 13th minute by Kevin Nolan put us aheed but the visitors equalised  through Dean Sturrage just before the break!

Ryan Taylor was then sent off in the 54th minute for 'The Toon' for a two footed challenge, to leave us on the defensive for the rest of the game! (the tackle looked aalreet to me---like!)

The ref waz f*****' cr**! but wot cud we de? 
48,062 were there to witness this, includin' 1,200 Wanderers 'wanabeez'

RESORVE GAME OFF TONEET!

A member of 'The NUFC LIBYAN BRANCH' spotted on Tyneside
just before the game was postponed!

Posted

'2:30 pm bells' Tue 22nd Feb

Wor resorve game against Man U at 'Blue Flames' toneet haz been postponed because of a waaterlogged pitch followin' heavy rain---"so!--- divvint gan!"

177 rockcliffe park middlesbrough

(GROUND NUMBER(S) 177/1 & 177 /2)◄"It doesn't get much madder than this!"
Date of First Visit: 27th FEBRUARY 1999
ROCKCLIFFE PARK, HURWORTH PLACE


(Pitch One)
MIDDLESBROUGH 'U19s' 0
NEWCASTLE UNITED 'U19s' 2
F.A. PREMIER ACADEMY LEAGUE 'U19s'
ATTENDANCE :100 (Estimated)


(Pitch Two)
MIDDLESBROUGH 'U17s' 1
NEWCASTLE UNITED 'U17s' 2
F.A. PREMIER ACADEMY LEAGUE 'U17s'
ATTENDANCE: 50 (Estimated)


(Combined aggregate score line)
MIDDLESBROUGH Youngins XXII's 1
NEWCASTLE UNITED Youngins XXII's 4
COMBINED ATTENDANCE: 150
('Mad –sad groundhoppers' watchin' both games: =ONE!) (guess who?) (see below!)




"A GROONDHOPPERS & TRAINSPOTTERS PARADISE!"

("TWO GAMES OF FOWER HALF'S(S)!")


For starters, Boro's trainin' groond, which is in the middle of ne where, is'nt the easiest place tih find, as it's tucked away doon a narrow country lane next to 'The East Coast Main Line' railway track------and not a signpost in sight tih tell yih where tih gan!?.
But!---as luck would have it, wih spotted the gym in the distance, an' followed wor noses!. (As yih de!)
Bizarely, both games kicked off at (virtually) the same time on ajoinin' pitches, anly seperated by a thin line of spectators.
The question was---which game did wih watch?.
'The Caped Crusader', 'The Mad Professor', 'Jonezee' and 'Mark from Morpeth' who a'd travelled doon with, ◄(if my memory sorves me correctly?) opted to watch the U19's game and give the otha one a 'miss'


As the Toons youngins were kickin' the same way in both games, aa decided tih be a clever sh*** by dein' the obvious and watch when we had possession in either game!, and tih watch the other game when Boro had the baall!. (THAT'S REET!---WATCH TWO GAMES AT THE SAME TIME!)
Aa positioned meesel to stand in between both pitches, lookin' doon towards the way the Toon(s) were kickin' (mee reet eye trained on the 'U17's pitch and mee left eye trained on the 'U19's pitch!)
(Er!---if yi can think of anythin' 'sadder'than this---then let me naa!)


The match(es!) were played in a gale force wind and the Toon(s) had advantage in the forst half(s). Mee loyalty? for anly watchin' when we had possession was rewarded in the third minute, when Paul Knight put the 'U19s' one-nowt up with a fine shot (ah just seen it hit the back of the net as ah had one eye on the other game as well!).
('ONE-NIL!', on aggregate tih the Toons youngins!)
Five minutes later, on the 'U17s' pitch, Kevin Wheallans hit a superb drive tih give the Boro keeper nee chance.
('TWO-NIL!', on aggregate!)


Every few minutes a train would 'shatter the peace' and come hurtlin' past at breakneck speed and yi could see the passengers tryin' to catch a glimpse of the action az they flew past at 125mph!


Back on the other pitch, the 'U19s' went further ahead when Coppinger bent the baall aroond the waall from a free kick.
(That's---'er'---'THREE-NIL!')


Ten minutes from half time Boro 'U17s' equalised---but!---as ah was watchin' the other match at the time, ah did'nt see it (SO!---iz far as ah was concerned---it didn't coont!)
(STILL!---'THREE-NIL!' on aggregate tih the Toon!)


Every nuw and again, (aboot every five minutes) the baall from one game would end up on the other pitch, and vise versa, which begged the question?---why the hell were the pitches so close together???----(Answers on a postcard pleeze, to 'Robbo'---care Middlesbrough F.C., Smog City, Teesside!)
Kevin Gall completed the forst half 'rout' for wor youngins, when he scored from 'close in', just before the break.
(Ah DID! see this one!---so that's 'FOWER-NIL!' tih 'us'!)


As wih froze tih death in the 'icy wind' durin' the half time break(s!), wih had time tih de ah bit of trainspottin', as the track actually ran past the bottom end of the groond. (Was that the 'Flyin' Scotsman'---'4472', gannin past at full steam??-----"SHIT!-----mee f***** pencils broke!"
(Anly kiddin'!---Wih not THAT! SAD!) (or---ARE WE??)


'The Smoggies' couldn't tek advantage of the wind durin' the second half(s), and there was ne further score, so the Toon(s) youngins did the double, which was just as well, as aa was f***** 'seein' double!', just tryin' tih keep mee 'mincers' on the two games!, an' by the end, ah had a f***** stiff neck iz well!.
(A'v heard of a game of 'two halfs' before---but this was borderin' on the ridiculous!--Nee kiddin!)
A groondhoppers paradise??----More like a groondhoppers nightmare, if yih ask me!!!


(APART FROM THE SCORE(S)---THAT IS!!!)




Geordie Glossary of Terms and Phrases (for the benefit of 'non Geordie' readers)
(in the order that they appear)


Groundhopper=spmeone who has an obsession for visiting new grounds
Boro=Middlesbrough FC
Ne=no
Yih=you
Gan=go
Wih=we
Wor=our
De=do
Doon=down
Aa/ah=I
Clever sh***=stupid
Dein'=doing
Meesel=myself
Mee=my
Reet=right
Yi=you
Naa=know
Coont=count
Robbo=Bryan Robson ---who was Boro's manager at the time (Boro=Middlesbrough FC)
Smog City=Middlesbrough
Fower=four
Anly=only
Smoggies=Middlesbrough FC/fans
Mincers=mince pies=eyes


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THE BRUMMIES 0 THE TOON 2

Posted '10 am bells' Wed 16th Feb

Wor second away game in fower days waz played last neet at St Andrews in Brummieland.

A 'sprited' and 'gutsy' performance from both 'The Toon' and 'The Toon Army' started with  just 90 seconds on the clock, when Peter Lovenkrands guided the baall home from a 'Spiderman' cross at the far end from us in the heavy rain, before many of wor fans had even taken up their standin' places. (we neva! sit doon at away games!) 

Then at the start of the 2nd half we doubled wor lead in front of the 3,000 plus Toon fans when Leon Best heeded home from another 'Spiderman' cross to send both the away end and 'The Egyptian Branch' in Cairo wild with delight (see below!)
Attendance: 28,270 (Brum's highest of the season) 

Footnote: amazingly we have won more away games (5) than Premership leaders Man U (3!) and have taken 18 points away from home compared to their 17!---(we are now 9th in the table)


The Toon resorves were aalso in action last neet when they beat The Terriers of Bedlington 2-0 in The Northumberland Senior Cup at 'Blue Flames' Benton, with both wor goals comin' in the second period from Edmundsson and Knight in front of just 172 hardy souls.

Updated '9:30 am bells' Wed 17th Feb 
The Juniors lost 1-0 last neet in the 5th roond of the FA Youth Cup away to Man U @ Altrincham.
The deadlock was broken in the 64th minute when the weirdly named Ravel Morrison scored for 'the mancs' of Salford <(Accordin' to Man City fans!) 
I wasnt there as a'v 'got the T shirt' for this groond iz well!---however!---there were at least FIVE! 'mad-sad groundhoppers' who I know of, who made the trip ower the Pennines for 'this one' to 'represent us'!? ---------Attendance:657 (number of Toon fans---at least 5!))

Next archive report will now be on Friday
"TWO GAMES OF FOWER HALF'S(S)!"