GARY SPEED---R.I.P.

Posted '6:00 pm bells' Sunday 27th November 2011

The very sad news that 42 year old Gary Speed has passed away, has been reported on aall the news channels today.
Midfielder Gary played 285 times for us and scored 40 goals between 1998 and 2004 and will be sadly missed!
He was a great servant to the club.

R.I.P. GARY! 

HAPPY 130th BORTHDAY TO US!

Posted '6:00 am bells' Saturday 26th November 2011

"HAPPY BORTHDAY NEW-CAS-SEL!,
HAPPY BORTDAY TO YOO!"

NUFC---A HISTORY LESSON! 

On this day 130 years ago in 1881 Newcastle United were 'born', in the shape of 'Stanley FC' who played in Stanley Street near to St Peters Basin and not far the River Tyne.

SITE OF 'STANLEY FC' GROOND

In 1882 they changed their name to 'Newcastle East End' and moved to a groond just off Chillingham Road in Heaton.

'Newcastle West End' moved to St James' Park in 1884, the former home of 'Newcastle Rangers' who forst played there in 1880.

'East End' then moved to St James' Park where they amalgamated with 'West End' to become 'Newcastle United' in 1892

The Cockney Reds of Salford  v THE TOON

"70,000 MUPPETS!"

Today, az well of course, we travel back to 'Manc-land for the 2nd time in 7 days to face 'The Salford Reds' @ 'The Theatre of Muppets' @ '3 bells' this afternoon.

We're lettin' the '7:25 bells' train, take the strain again and we'll be drinkin' in wor 'regular haunts' near Piccadilly Station before the match.

Lets hope it's a 'Borthday Bonanza' and NOT a 'Borthday Baalls-up' and that we can get that elusive win there, for the forst time in in 39 years!? (actually!--a'd be very happy with a point!)

(Match report to follow when we get back---probably on Sunday)

130th BOTHDAY CELEBRATIONS TOMORROW!---BUT FOR WHO???---WATCH THIS SPACE!

Posted '1:45 pm bells' Friday 24th November 2011

"A '130 YEAR OLD' WAS BORN AND USED TO LIVE HERE!---
BUT JUST WHO IZ IT???"

There's a very special borthday celebration tomorrow for a very special 130 year old!

But just who is it!???----- Yoooll just have to 'log in' to www.geordietimes.com  in the mornin' to find oot!

DARLO DELIGHT!

Posted '10:35 am bells' Friday 24th November 2011

The Toon's U18's will face Darlo's U18's in the FA Youth Cup @ St James' Park on Thorsday 8th December KO '7 bells' and not Whitley Park, Benton as was rumoured.

This iz great news for 'Darlo groundhoppers' as they have neva played @ 'The Cathedral on the Hill' before! (whey!--- not in MY lifetime, anyway!)  and I'm sure that they will bring a canny few fans up!

Admission will be @ The East Stand (£3 for big kids and £1 for sprogs and zimmerframeites)

THE TOON RESORVES 0 v THE TOFFEE NOSES RESORVES 4---LOCKOOT FINAL SCORE!

Updated '4:00 pm bells' Tuesday 22st November 2011

"LERRIZ  IN  YI  B******S!"

"TOON COME UNSTUCK AGAINST TOFFEES!"

Wor second string game against wor Everton coonterparts was regretably played behind closed doors @ Benton Trainin' Groond @ '2 bells' this afternoon. 
We lost 4-0! with McAleny, Vellios (2) and Forshaw scorin' the visitors goals.
Just why they divvint let fans in for a resorve game on the trainin' pitches, but DO for junior games iz beyond me!
A'm on neetshift toneet and would have went if aa could iv got in!
-- (Just az well aa didn't gan!--"EH!")
Attendance: NEBODY! (apart from players friends & families!)

Otha news: Spors 2-0 win last neet in the premya leegue, means that we slip to 4th place on goal difference

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!!!"