THE TOON v THE KINGS ROAD O.A.P's

Posted '9:15 am bells' Saturday 3rd December 2011

For the second Saturday home game in a row we will kick off @ 12:45 bells for the convenience of live telly against 'The Pensioners of Chelsea'.
The Tribute to Gary Speed has been postponed by the request of his wife Louise so that she can be present when the tribute takes place.

This is because she is at Elland Road today for their tribute to Gary and she is very touched and has expressed a desire to be present at ours.
The tribute will now take place in wor forthcomin' home game against Welsh side Swansea City which seems very appropriate.

A minutes applause will still take place and fans are asked to bring their black 'n' white scarves alang in support of Gary.

On the otha side of the Tyne Bridge @ '3 bells' 'The Heed Army' take on Tamworth in the 2nd roond of the FA Cup and we wish them well in their quest for a place in the 3rd roond draw, which of course will include NUFC!

It's just a pity that they couldn't have moved the kick off time or date back so that more fans could have been present. (Az wor game will finish at approx '2:40 bells', this gives anyone intendin' to de both games anly 20 minutes to get from groond to groond----a virtually impossible task, unless! yoo have a Ferrari!)

'The Geordie Times 100 pub crawl challenge' continues @ '11;00 bells @ Shearers Bar underneath The Gallowgate End and then we move on to The Black Bull on the corner of Barrack Road just ower from The Leazes End if anybody Fancy's joinin' us?

Match reports of both above games to follow much later!

GARY SPEED REMEMBERED

Posted '8:00 pm bells' Friday 2nd December 2011

Gary was part of the forst ever NUFC team to win a derby match @ 'The S.O.S.' on Sunday 24th February 2002, when we beat the SMB's 1-0

The picture shows Gary, on the left, joinin' in the   celebrations just after the 64th minute winnin' goal  which was heeded into the top corner of the net by a 'shirtless' Nicos Dabizas, in front of the delirious 3,000 Toon fans who were behind the goal!


"WE WILL REMEMBER HIM!"

MORE LIVE TELLY GAMES ANNOONCED!

Posted '2:10 pm bells' Friday 2nd December 2011

Two more Toon games have been changed for the 'couch potato brigade'---namely!--wor home game against Villa will nuw take place on Sunday 5th February 2012 with a '1:30 bells' kick off and iz live on 'Sky'

Six days later on Saturday the 11th, wor away game at Spurs haz a time change and will nuw kick off @ '5:30 bells' for live transmission on 'ESPN'

Meeenwhile!-----the away games at both Norwich and Bolton are both sold oot!

GARY SPEED---A SHOW OF SUPPORT!

Posted '10:15 am bells' Friday 2nd December 2011

"WEAR YOUR SCARF FOR GARY!"

Welsh tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones will sing the hymn 'Bread of Heaven' before the match with Chelsea tomorrow and fans are asked to wear their black 'n' white scarves in a show of support.

Fans in The East Stand will hold up black 'n' white cards depictin' the number '11' which of course was Gary's squad number when he played for us.
This will be followed by a minutes applause.
The game is a complete selloot and 'The Pensioners of Chelsea' will have the backin' of 2,800 fans in Level 7 of The Leazes End.

"R.I.P. GARY!"

SEBASTIAN SPEAKS!

Posted '6:00 pm bells' Thorsday 1st December 2011

Olympic legend Lord Sebastian Coe was on Tyneside yesterday promotin' the Olympic football tournament, of which NINE games will be played @ 'The Cathedral on the Hill' and when asked aboot the 'attempted' name change of the groond, he replied in defiant torms!
"It is St James' Park for the Olympics, and, if I'm being honest, as a football fan, IT WILL ALWAYS BE ST JAMES' PARK for as long as I am watching football!"






Well said Seb!---yiv just been added to mee Chris'mis card list! >>>

'BROKEN NOSE BRUCE' GETS THE BULLET!

Posted '8;30 pm bells' Wednesday 30th November 2011

"HELP!---AM  I  A SAD mackem B*****D!???
---OR!---A FAT GEORDIE b*****d!????
---OR!---BOTH!?????"

Poor old 'Broken Nose Bruce'!----The Toon fans caall him a 'SAD mackem B*****D!---the mackems caall him a FAT GEORDIE b*****d!----he cannit win!--can he?----He then gans on to say--
"I can't help where I was born!" (Corbridge-on Tyne, before movin' to Waallsend-on-Tyne) implyin' that he is ashamed of his Tyneside upbringin'---and then the SAD mackem B*****DS  F*****' SACK HIM!---Poor old 'Broken Nose Bruce'!!!

GARY SPEED---FANS TRIBUTE PLANNED

Posted '1:25 pm bells' Wednesday 30th November 2011

The front page of todays 'Ronny-Gill'
Quote: "Gary Speed will be remembered with stirring tributes before Newcastle United's home match this weekend.
A rendition of the moving Welsh hymn 'Bread of Heaven' will be sung before Saturday's game against Chelsea, followed by a minutes applause from fans.
A special edition of the match programme will include memories of the player who served the Magpies for six years.
Tributes have continued to pour in for the 42 year old who was found dead on Sunday"

TRIBUTES ARE LEFT @ THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO ST JAMES' PARK

THE TOON RESORVES 2 v THE PIT YAKKERS!---0

Updated '9:20 am bells' Wednesday 30th November 2011

"PIT YAKKERS IN TOON!"

"THE RAIN LASHES DOON @ BLUE FLAMES!"
(HENCE THE BLURRED PICTURE!)

Last neet @ '7:30 bells' The Toon's second string
took on 'The Pit Yakkers of Ashington' in the qwaata finals of The Northumberland Senior Cup @ Blue Flames (aka Whitley Park)
For some reason we wore wor orange away strip and Ashington wore their black 'n' white stripes, despite us bein' the home team?

'The Pit Yakkers' had been in brilliant form, havin' put SIX past Penrith on Saturday and SEVEN past Bishop Auckland last midweek!
 But this didn't stop The Toon's Aussie midfielder Brad Inman from inflictin' a 2-0 defeat on them with two fine second half strikes in the pourin' rain and wind in front of a sparse crowd!
Attendance: 317 (includin' at least 150 Pit Yakkers!)

The Toon resorves now face the mouth waaterin prospect of a possible visit to 'Team Northumbria' in the semi finals, which is just doon the road from Blue Flames and is the anly groond left in the competition that we havvent been te before! (Newcastle Benfield and Bedlington Terriers are the otha semi finalists---two groonds we've previously visited!)

IT'S AALL 'GREEK' TO ME!

Posted '3:00 pm bells' Tuesday 29th November 2011

"SHOES UP!---FOR 'THE GEORDIE TIMES'!"

'The Geordie Times' haz just received it's 500th 'hit' from Greece and we thank aall wor loyal reeders from that part of Europe for loggin in.

The 19,000 total hits mark from aroond the world (and beyond!) haz aalso been passed and we thank each and every one of yoo for your support!
114 countries have now viewed 'The Geordie Times'

The 'Top Ten' countries totals are az follows.

1 UNITED KINGDOM-----------------10,340 hits
  (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales)
2 UNITED STATES of AMERICA----2,588 hits
3 REPUBLIC of IRELAND---------------529 hits
4 GREECE----------------------------------506 hits
5 GERMANY--------------------------------353 hits
6 NIGERIA-----------------------------------259 hits
7 HOLLAND--------------------------------196 hits
8 AUSTRALIA------------------------------179 hits
9 CANADA----------------------------------151 hits
10 RUSSIA-----------------------------------115 hits

And countries who have viewed us recentleee!

"Hello! Kuwait!---Hello! Morocco!---Hello! Jersey!---Hello! Maldives!" 

THE COCKNEY REDS of SALFORD 1 THE TOON 1

Updated 11:20 pm bells' Sunday 27th November 2011

"SAVED BY THE FLYIN' SQUAD!"

An excellent performance from 'The Black 'n' Whites' ensured we came away from 'The Theatre of Muppets' with a creditable draw against the 'current' (but not for much langer!) leegue champions.

It was a case of 'da va ju' as far az we were concorned, az this was wor 2nd visit in 7 days to Manc-land and we heeded for one of wor fave 'haunts' from the previous week--namely 'Retro Bar' which iz tucked into one of the city centre side streets, off the beaten track where a large brekky and a pint of hooch to wash it doon with, was the forst order of the day!

A few more visits to drinkin dens 'off the beaten track' were then made, includin' a boozer that selt ST JAMES' PARK BITTER, (where a few pints were consumed 'for luck'!),  

before heedin' for Old Trafford on the 'cattle-truck train'.
(Aa say 'cattle-truck' coz it was that chocker, yi couldn't move!)

The station iz nicely positioned ootside the visitors tornstiles with a 20 yard waalk from entrance to entrance!

We played 'canny' durin' the forst half, although the home side did miss several good chances to tek the lead.
A hand baall decision in the penalty area we were attackin', wasn't given near the end of the half, which could clearly be seen by yours truelee and the rest of the 1,800 Toon fans present, but 'justice would be done' in the 2nd half (reeed on!)

Within fower minutes of the restart Man U took the lead in unfortunate circumstances when a Wayne Rooney shot deflected off two players and into the net.

THE MAIN STAND PADDOCK-
OLD TRAFFORD!

The 70,000 plus 'muppets' who had been quiet up til this point suddenly foond their voices for a few minutes but it then went back to deathly silence as the 'Toon few' ootsang them in the visitors corner.

Qwaata of an hour later,though, we were back on level torms when a controversial penalty was awarded to us by the linesman at The Stretford End, after the ref had gave a corner from a Rio Ferdinand challenge on the Toon's Ben Arfa.

SIX! Man U players then suroonded the ref and linesman to try and get the decision owertorned but the linesman who iz a Flight Sargeant in the R.A.F. , would have non of it and the ref gave the penalty much to the fury of 'Fergie' who's red face started tornin' porple on the touchline!

Demba Ba stepped up to take the spot kick to a creshendo of boos from The Stretford End but he cooly slotted the baall into the reet hand side of the goal to send the 1,800 Toon fans wild with delight. (justice had been done!)

More drama followed when 'Spiderman' was sent off in the 78th minute but the ten men held on thanx mainly to some heroic defendin' from Tim Krul, Steve Taylor and Danny Simpson inparticular!

Deep into injury time Man U scored, but immediately the linesman on wor side 'came to the rescue this time' and put his flag up and the goal was (thankfully!) ruled 'offside'! (ne protests this time!)

A great result on wot was NUFC's 130th borthday!----let the celebrations begin!



Attendance:75,594 (1,800 Toon fans)