THE BLUE MOONIES v THE TOONIES!

Updated 5:55 am bells' Saturday 19th November 2011

Sommik haz got to give in wor game against Man City this afternoon  @ 'The City of Manchester Stadium' (it's original name!) as both clubs are unbeaten in the leegue since last May! (we hold the 'upper hand' by 7 days!)

We are underdogs of course but we must 'keep the faith' and hope that wor 'run' continues until next week at least!
'The Geordie Times' iz on the '7:24 bells' trans Pennine train in the mornin' and a few 'gargels' on the train and in Manchester city centre will be the order of the day!

We will have anly  1,700 Toon Travellers at the game and attempts to obtain more tickets have faallen by the wayside!

Full match (& waaterin hole!) report to follow on Sunday!

"STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER!"

Updated '2:30 pm bells' Friday 18th November 2011

SENSATIONAL PICTURES! have reached 'The Geordie Times' from 'Finks' camera phone az he was dein' a 'pub crawl' on Thorsday afternoon, aboot a name change for an iconic Newcasel pub!

'The Strawberry' which lies in the shadow of St James' Park iz 'no more' az wor 'exclusive' 'neva seen before' photo clearleee shows!---

"3 CHEERS FOR THE MANAGER!
HIP!-HIP!-HORRAY!---HIP!-HIP!-HORRAY!---HIP!-HIP!-HORRAY!"

"MEANWHILE!--ONE FAN'S, 'ONE MAN' PROTEST OOTSIDE 'THE GALLOWGATE END', IN RELATION TO THE 'ATTEMPTED' NAME CHANGE OF WOR ICONIC GROOND  ENTERS A SECOND WEEK!"

"IN OTHA NEWS--- A FAN DIGS UP HIS FAATHA'Z HERITAGE STONE AT ST JAMES' PARK IN PROTEST AT THE 'ATTEMPTED' NAME CHANGE OF THE GROOND!"

"AND HE REPLACED IT WITH THIS!---
A BLANK GREY STONE!!!"

MAN CITY ARCHIVE REPORT FROM 1969---WHEN THE BELL TOLLS!

Updated '3:00 pm bells' Wednesday 16th November 2011

'The Geordie Times' hazzent done an archive report for ages---so!--- as we are playin' Man City away on Saturday a'm gannih dig oot mee aad 'mad-sad groundhoppers' match report from wor FA Cup tie @ Maine Road against them way back in 1969 and will publish it online TOMORROW!---
"WHEN THE BELL TOLLS!"

Watch this space!

SMB RESORVES v TOON RESORVES---TOONEET @ THE S.O.S.

Updated '9:10 pm bells' Wednesday 16th November 2011

"WELCOME TO sund'lind!"--- 
(JUST OFF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE TO THE S.O.S!)

Tooneet wor second string took on the SMB's second string @ The Stadium Of Ssshhh! ("ye naa wot!"), kick off  was at '7 bells'.
Willie Donachie's team were be made up of mostly youngins and unfortunately we lost 3-0
Attendance: 3,826 (400 Toon fans)

"LET'S BE 'AVIN' YER MONEY!"---IT'S A SELLOOT!

Updated '7:25 pm bells' Tuesday 15th November 2011

"HAVE YER SEEN THE PRICE OF CUSTARD
THEEZE DAYS!?"

'Delia's,  Rhubarb  and Custard Crumbles' are gettin' very expensive, aa can tell yiz! 
For, 'tupence haapny' Norwich have charged us FORTY FIVE QUID! for wor forthcomin' trip to 'Bernard Matthews Country'
We have now sold oot wor measly allocation of 1,400 tickets for this non televised  game on Saturday 10th December @ '3 bells'

This meenz that they are second anly to 'The Rag and Bone Men' of Shepherds Bush az the most expensive away tickets so far this season.
For wor next  away game at 'champions elect' Man City, we are bein' charged THORTY EIGHT QUID! to get in, and their 'The Cockney Glory Hunter' 'quiet neighbours' across the city are chargin' us FORTY THREE QUID! a week later. 

The away ticket prices that 'The Geordie Times' haz paid so far this season iz!---

(highest to lowest)

  1 QPR £45(some fans paid £50!) (premya leegue)
  2 Norwich £45 (premya leegue)(SMB's paid £35!)
=3 Villa      £43  (premya leegue)
=3 Man U   £43  (premya leegue)
  5 Man C   £38  (premya leegue)
  6 SMB's   £35  (premya leegue)
  7 Wolves £34   (premya leegue)
  8 Stoke    £30   (lowest in premya leegue so far!)
  9 B/burn  £20   (leegue cup)
10 Scunny £19   (leegue cup)
11 Forest   £17 (leegue cup)

PS: The Toon charge away fans in Level 7 of 'The Leazes End' between £25 (Wigan etc) and £42 (Man U etc)

'LLAMBS TO THE SLAUGHTER' TIRADE!

Updated '6:30 am bells' Monday 14th November 2011

"BA! BAAA!   SHEARER'S BAR IS NEXT!
NO ONE LIKES US!---WE DONT CARE!"

The latest 'tirade' (printed in the 'Sunday Mirror') from wor 'BELOVED' M.D. 'Llambs to the Slaughter', meks very interestin' readin'. First he slags off Toon legends 'Special K' and 'Big Al' before roondin' on the fans in an 'alleged' drunken stupor.   
"YOU GUYS DONT UNDERSTAND HOW F****** HORRIBLE WE CAN BE!", he iz quoted az sayin' to the amazed fans in 'The Sharks Gastro Bar' ower the road from "ER!"--- ST JAMES' PARK!

"OH! Y-E-S! WE  F*****'  DE NAA!!!"

THE BLYTH-TYNE FA CUP DERBY------THE HEEDBANGERS WIN!

Updated '9:30 pm bells' Saturday 12th November 2011

At 3:00' bells' this afternoon the Spartans of Blyth took on the heedbangers of Gatesheed in the forst roond of the FA Cup @ Croft Park, Blyth and az there were ne premya leegue games  tekin place  because of yet anotha International break a canny good crowd waz antisipated.

The Heed won 2-0 to progress to the 2nd roond of the competition with their goals comin' from Shaw in the 14th minute and Cummins in the 54th minute in front of a very good crowd of  2,763 (ower 1,000 Gatesheed fans) 



'The Geordie Times' however! WAZ hopin' to take in the Toon U18s game against Derby @ Benton, but we were 'runnin late' and  didn't make it! 

Full time----The Toon U18s 4  (Dan Taylor (2), Andy Dales (og) and JJ Hooper
Derby Coonty U18s 3

The Toon were 4-0 up at one stage!

Attendance 100 (estimated)

THE 'ST JAMES' NAME WILL LIVE FOREVERMORE!

Posted '10:30 am bells Saturday 12th November 2011

ST JAMES' PARK 'ATTEMPTED' NAME CHANGE---LATEST FAN REACTION!

The general consensus of opinion amongst Toon fans aa met on Friday afternooon, (whilst oot 'on the hoy'!), was that the name 'St James' Park' will live forevermore, and aa couldn't find ANYBODY who will caall it anythin' else!

The City cooncil haz said that, "Some things are beyond profit!", and there iz NE WAY that they are gannin to change ANY road or footpath direction signs to St James' Park.
'St James' Boulevard', which iz the main thoroughfare to the groond, will remain the SAME NAME, az will 'St James' Street' where the groond took it's name from in 1880!

'Nexus', who run the 'Metro' undergroond trains have aallso hoyed a spanner into the works by declarin' that St James' Metro Station's name WILL STAY THE SAME! ("good on them aall!")

A 'veteran fan' in hiz mid seventies caalled Alfie, who haz followed The Toon since he was, "Knee high to a magpie!" in the 1940's, and haz a season ticket in 'The East Stand', summed every fans feelings up when he said, "'The Fat Controller' can caall it wot he likes!, but it will aalways be St James' Park to me!  A'v caalled it that for ower seventy years and a'm NOT! gannih change now!"

AND SO SAY AALL OF US, ALFIE!
(subject closed!)

THE BIRTH OF ST JAMES' PARK***SEPTEMBER 1880

Posted '2:10 pm bells' Friday 11th November 2011    

(Taken from the book: 'UNITED  THE  FIRST  100 YEARS')

Newcastle Rangers were formed in1878 and first played on 'The Drill Field', Alexandria Road in GATESHEAD because they couldn't find a pitch in their native town. (This is the site of Gateshead F.C.'s proposed new groond!)
They eventually moved across the Tyne taking over an enclosed ground close to Leazes Terrace in September 1880.
The pitch was immediately referred to as 'ST JAMES' PARK'. (St James Street is next to Leazes Terrace)

The following month the 'Newcastle Journal' noted that the Rangers club had, "Inaugurated their new ground close to Leazes Terrace on Saturday by a match between the first team and '15 of others'.
After a pleasant game of two hours it was found the captains team was victorious over his numerous but less experienced opponents to the extent of 6 goals to 1".

St James' Park was on the map!
The local press concluded, "The new ground is very nicely situated and is close to the centre of town. It is 120 yards by 60 yards broad and is completely level".
In spite of the latter statement the pitch in fact had a notorious slope, a drop of fully 18 feet from the north to the south goal!
          ST JAMES' PARK SINCE 1880****
               131 YEARS AND COONTIN'!

POSTED @ 11:11 on the 11th of the 11th, 11