700,000 REASONS TO BELIEVE!

Posted '12:45 pm bells' Sunday 20th November 2011

"WE'VE GOT MORE FANS THAN YOU!---MANCHESTER!---MANCHESTER!"

The sub-titles on the BBC's 'Match of the Day' prove beyond any doubt that we have the best and most supporters on the planet, with a new 'world record' travellin' support of!---wait for it!
700,000 FANS!
("Er!"---and in the reeel world!)
(See below!)

THE BLUE MOONIES 3 THE TOONIES 1

Posted '9:40 am bells' Sunday 20th November 2011

"YOU ONLY SOLD ONE TIER!"

Whey!---it had to come to an end at some point and to lose to a team who will surely win the leeegue is no disgrace.
202 days withoot defeat in the premya leegue is a club record that is unlikely to be beaten and we'll just have to regroup for another visit to 'Manc-land' when we face 'The  Cockney Reds of Salford' next Saturday.
We didn't play badly in fact and to give TWO penalties away cost us the game.
We held wor own until the 40th minute when  Ryan Taylor handled in the box at the far end from us and Balotelli cooly placed his penaly into the corner of the net. Another blunder from Taylor bang on half time gifted the baall to Richards who took his chance well to double City's lead.

Ben Arfa then rattled the woodwork orly in the 2nd half for us, but the baall 'cruely' rebounded off the post and alang the goal line, when we aall thought that it was gannin in!
City increased their lead when another penalty was awarded when Ben Arfa fouled Richards and Aguero put the spot kick beyond Tim Krul in the Toon goal.
The City fans took the p*ss chantin' that we'd anly sold one tier of the away end, when we normally get two. This was because NUFC can't be bothered with the hassle of sellin' loads of away tickets as they don't make any money oot of it.
(The City fans obviously didn't naa this and it was embaracin'!)
(It's a total disgrace if you ask me!---For wor game @ 'The Theatre of Muppets' next week we've anly taken the minimum 1,800 away tickets, when we could have had more than double this!)

Some irresponsible Toon idiot then responded to the taunts by hoyin' a fire cracker into the home end and the City fans understandably 'went mental' and bottles and other missiles then started rainin' doon on wor section.

We then got a consulation goal in the last minute of normal time when Dan Gosling had the easiest of chances to fire home into an empty net!

Attendance: 47,408 which iz the highest crowd ever at this groond) (anly 1,700 Toon fans though!---not wor fault---blame the club!)

Aall good things must come to an end!---but hang on a minute!---aa might be clutchin' at straws but we havvent been beaten at home since we lost to Everton on 5th March!---THAT'S! 260 DAYS SINCE THE TOON LAST LOST A HOME GAME! (and coontin'!)

202 DAYS SINCE THE TOON LAST LOST A PREMIER LEAGUE GAME! (6 MONTHS and 18 DAYS!)

This iz the forst time in wor entire history that we have broke the 200 day barrier withoot losin' a league game! (since 1893!)

Of course there's the little matter of a Premya Leegue game at table toppers Man City today, who are aalso unbeaten in the leegue this season!

(42 YEAR OLD ARCHIVE FA CUP MATCH REPORT FROM MAINE ROAD BELOW)

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)