THE TOON v SPORS***TODAY!*** PLUS! 'NEW' '100 CHALLENGE'!

Posted '9:40am bells' Saturday 18th August 2012

The new season iz aalmost upon us and kicks off in just under 8 hours time and 'The Geordie Times' haz an excitin' 'new 100 challenge' for the home games! 

Last season wor 'challenge' waz to visit 100 pubs and clubs throughoot the season, visitin' an average of five, before and after each game and we actually visited 102 in total in which we drank at least one pint in each!
(see '100 pub crawl challenge' on the toolbar @ the top of this page)

This challenge iz completeleee different and completeleee the opposite of last season!----
'The Geordie Times' aim iz to drink 100 different beers in ONE pub!

The drinkin' den in question will be!----THE NEWCASTLE ARMS! in St Andrews Street, just roond the corner from Chinatoon and within sight of St James' Park!

We realise that this challenge iz a lot easier than visitin' 100 different boozers, but we are gettin' on a bit and we cannit be bothered to trapes aroond the Toon, 'sniffin oot' new waaterin holes! 

We can anly hope that Neil the landlord haz plenty of real ales on offer throughoot the season!

Anyone who fancy's joinin' us in this challenge iz most welcome to do so!
'The Geordie Times 100 different beers challenge' iz ON!


In the meeentime!---there's aalso a futbaall match to gan te @ 'The Catherdral on the Hill' against Spors @ '5:30 bells' in wor forst Premya Leegue game of the season. (live on ESPN)
The visitors (not suprizingly!) have sold oot their allocation of 2,800 tickets for 'Level 7' of 'The Leazes End' and a 50,000 plus crowd iz guarenteed-------ne team news yet!

A new 'waaterin hole' will aalso be 'christened' in Chinatoon when the old 'Stage Door' nightclub reopens az 'The No. 9 Bar' on Stowell Street. (within eeezy 'hocklin distance' of the groond!)
Former Toon 'number 9s' 'Supermac' and Joe Allon<("er!"--he played in the number 9 shirt a couple of times!)  will be there and they are dein' a 'taalk-in' before the match @ '3 bells'---free admission!---aall welcome!

ATROMITOS AWAY TICKETS NUW ON SALE!

Posted '1:45pm bells' Friday 17th August 2012

'The Geordie Times' haz just hord through the grapevine that tickets for wor game in Greece against Atromitos next Thorsday are nuw on sale to season ticket holders from the NUFC box office above 'Shearers Bar' on a forst come forst sorve basis!

Application forms MUST be filled in with travel and passport details and tickets will cost £25.
They are expected to arrive here from Greece by sometime tomorrow and shud be ready to pick up on Sunday from the ticket office.

VURNON'S YEARNIN'!

Posted 11:00pm bells Thorsday 16th August 2012

'The Geordie Times' haz just received the news from wor faithful carrier pigeon (a day late az usual!) that Vurnon Anita haz signed a 5 year deal for us from Ajax of Amsterdam for a reported fee of £6.7million quid!

The Dutch midfielder will take the vacant number 8 shirt and we are telt that 'Vurnon' iz 'yearnin' to pull on the world famous black 'n' white stripes!

We're not sure if he will feature in Saturday's Premya Leegue opener against Spors @ St James' Park, but he iz a very welcome addition to wor squad!

Remember!---'The Geordie Times' brings yoo the latest 'excluuusive' Toon news, second hand, forst! (or iz it, 'forst hand, second'!???) 

NUFC SQUAD NUMBERS 2012-2013***LATEST UPDATE

Posted 2:30pm bells' Wednesday 15th August 2012

For the latest news on 'The Toon' squad numbers for this season 'click' onto 'NUFC SQUAD NUMBERS' toolbar @ the top of this page

NUFC PRE SEASON FIXTURES & RESULTS *****2012-2013

Updated '10:30am bells' Wednesday 15th August 2012

The Toon and Chemnitzer line up
before the start of the game
@ The Gellert Stadium in east Jawmany

Ticket news



Ne news yet of any ticket sales for the Atromitos away game in Athens next Thorsday?

Chelsea away tickets still on sale at a 'mooth waaterin' £55!




THE STORY SO FAR!

KEY: Gold = TOON 1st team
Yellow = TOON X1
Purple = TOON resorves
Dark green = TOON U18s
Light green = TOON U17/16s
Black = still to play

Friday 13th July
Chemnitzer 1 (Anton 'FINK'!---"argh!") 
The Toon 0
Attendance 6,700 (estimated 200 Toon saddos!)

Saturday 14th July
Toon U18s v Monkey Hangers U18s
Cannit find oot if this game waz actually played!?
"Er!"---just foond oot!--they drew 2-2!

Monday 16th July
The Toon v Monaco in Landsberg, Jawmany @ 7 bells local ('6:00 bells' here) (LIVE on ESPN!)
Won 1-0 (Demba Ba)
Attendance: 900 (30 mad-sad groundhoppers!)
(25 mad-sad tellyhoppers in 'The Porcy'!)

Thorsday 19th July
The Toon resorves 3 v Hamilton Accies 1
The Toon sneaked this game in withoot tellin' anybody??? which waz (apparentleee!) played at Darsley Park, Benton! (goalscores unknown at the moment!)---"Er!"---just foond oot who scored!---trialist Anthony Koura got the forst two and Marcus Maddison got the last one !



Saturday 21st July
Fermanagh v The Toon U16s @ Ferney Park, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland @ '5 bells'
The Toon youngins won 4-0 (Olley 2, Gilliard, Campbell) in front of a 350 crowd

Saturday 21st July
The Toon v Fenebache of Torkey in Austria and NOT Hungary or Jawmany az origionally thought!
(@ FC Ritzing---wherever that iz???) 7:30 bells local (6:30 bells here)
(LIVE on ESPN!) (The Companions Club---The Three Bulls and The Porcy in the city centre, aall have the game live)
Drew 1-1 (Mehdi Abeid)
Attendance: 2,000 estimated (100 Toon fans)
(31 'Tellyhoppers' in The Companions Club!)



Monday 23rd July
Toon resorves 5 Ashington 1
Behind closed doors again!
Toon goalscorers were: Brad Inman (2) JJ Hooper, Marcus Maddison and Michael Richardson 

Monday 23rd July
Pachuca of Mexico v The Toon U17's @ Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena, Northern Ireland @ 6 bells
Won 6-0 (Adam Campbell (2), Alex Gilliead, Ronaldo Aaron, Greg Olley, Ryan McKinnon)
Attendance: 200 (or so) 



Tuesday 24th July
CSKA Moscow of Russia v The Toon U17s @ Riada Stadium, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland @ 7 bells
Won 3-1 (Adam Campbell (2), Liam Smith)
Attendance: 300-ish!



Wednesday 25th July Friday 27th July
"Ne Where Near Bolton", Wanderers U17s v The Toon U17s in Ballymoney @ 7:30 bells
Won 2-0 to progress to the final where we will meet Desportivo of Brazil in Ballymena.
Goalscorers: Adam Campbell and Ronaldo Aarons


Thursday 26th July
Desportivo of Brazil v The Toon U17s
Milk Cup final @ '8:20 bells in Ballymena (live on Northern Ireland telly!)
Lost 3-0 Attendance not known yet?

The Toon v Olympiakos of  Greece in The Algarve Stadium, Faro, Portugal @ 8:45 bells---live on ESPN
Drew 1-1 (Steven Taylor) and then 4-4 on penalties
Attendance: 600-1,000 (400 Toon fans--7 Olympiakos fans!)


Saturday 28th July
The Toon v Braga of Portugal in The Algarve Stadium @ 8:45 bells---live on ESPN
Won 'The Algarve Cup' 2-1 (Ba, Ryan Taylor) Attendance: 600-1,000 (again 400 Toon fans---40 Braga fans)(2 Blackborn fans!)


Wednesday 1st August
Gatesheed v The Toon resorves @ Gatesheed Stadium @ 7:30 bells
Won 4-1 (Abeid, Amalfitano, Newton, Maddison)
Attendance: 1,274 (half Toon, half Heed) 



Saturday 4th August
ADO Den Haag (The 'Millwaall' of Holland!) v The Toon @ Kyocera Stadium, The Hague, Holland @ '5 bells' (game conformed by NUFC!) (miracles DE happen!)
Drew 0-0
Attendance: 8,000? (wild guess!) (anly 300 or so Toon fans) "Er!"--mee 'wild guess' waz 880 oot and the official attendance waz!---7,120!

Tuesday 7th August
The Monkey Hangers of Hartlepool v  Toon X1 @ Victoria Park @ 7:30 bells
Won 5-1 (Shola Ameobi, Marveaux (2),Vuckic, Obertan)
Attendance: 4,802 (2,503 Toon fans)

Wednesday 8th August
Leeds resorves 1 The Toon resorves 1
(Haris Vuckic)
Behind closed doors @ Thorpe Arch near Wetherby

AND FINALLY!

Saturday 11th August 
Blackpool X1  1  Toon X1  1 (Dennis Knight)
Behind closed doors

Saturday 11th August
Toon X1  3  Blyth Spartans 2  (???, Gregg Olley, Dan Barlassa) 
Behind closed doors

Saturday 11th August
Cardiff City 'Redwings' v The Toon @ Cardiff City (Redwings!) Stadium, Wales @ 3 bells
Lost 4-1 (Shola Ameobi (pen)
Attendance: 9,682 (1,000 or so Toon fans)

AND FINALLY!--FINALLY!
Two more behind closed doors fixtures were added to the list!

Tuesday 14th August
Oldham resorves 1  The Toon resorves 2 (Adam Campbell, Brad Inman)

Tuesday 14th August
The Toon U18s 3  Clyde U18s 1 (Ronaldo Aarons (pen), Liam Smith (pen), Alex Gilliead)

EUROPA LEEGUE CONFIRMATION!

Updated '9:30am bells' Tuesday 14th August 2012

"IT'S AALL GREEK TO ME!"---"LIKE!"

Confirmation that wor Europa Leegue ties against Atromitos of Greece will NOT be changed, haz been annoonced by UEFA @ '5 bells' last neet!---and we will have to fly to Athens on Wednesday week for the game on Thorsday neet and then onto London for wor Premya Leegue game against Chelski on the followin' Saturday neet! (a gap of less than 48 hours between the final whistle in Athens and the kick off @ Stamford Bridge!)

Just why UEFA said that the two clubs could change dates and venues if both agreed, and then say that they couldn't , iz bafflin' to say the least!?

We nuw have to fly from (London) Gatwick on Wednesday week to Athens and then back to London on the Friday neet for wor game against 'The Pensioners' the next day! (That's a total of fower days away--like!)
Why couldn't they tell us this last Friday, instead of p*ssin' us aboot!???????

And ticket news for the Greek game!???---divvint haad yer breath!

The game dates are az follows: 'Away' on Thorsday 23rd August and then 'home' on Thorsday 30th August! (Chelski iz on Saturday the 25th!) 

EUROPA LEEGUE LATEST!

Updated '4:05pm bells' Monday 13th August 2012

At the time of writin', there iz STILL! ne news az to wetha UEFA are to allow us to swap the home and away ties in the Europa Leegue 4th roond qualifier against Atromitos of Greece later this month!?
This iz despite news that the ties and dates wud be conformed by last Friday???

Az per usual it's US who suffer, az the langer we leave to book flights to Athens the more expensive it becomes!---the neva endin' money drainin' saga gans on and on!

'The Geordie Times' will post the news az sooon az we find oot!

CARDIFF CITY REDWINGS 4 THE TOON 1---- "DING! DING! BRIAN!---GET OUT THE F*****' WAY!"!

Posted '1:00pm bells' Sunday 12th August 2012

   Shola penalty

Wor last pre season friendly ended in a disastrous 4-1 defeat to Championship side Cardiff 'Redwings' in sooth Wales yesterday in the sunshine

There were anly two of us travellin' doon at the ungody hour of '5am bells' and mee companion for the day waz 'Adam from Palmersville'
The lang drive doon took six hours plus an extra half hour to find somewhere to park, az aall aroond the groond and up to half a mile away, waz for permit holders anly!

We bumped into 'Fawlty Towers' who waz doon to visit relatives in Cumbran fifteen miles away and az we were waalkin' up the road a gadgie came past on a bike and shooted, "Ding! Ding!" for us to get oot of the way! (he didn't have a bell!)

'Fawlty' didn't hear him, so aa said, "Brian!--get oot the way!" (his real name)
The gadgie on the bike then said in a broad Welsh accent, "Ding! Ding! Brian!---get out the F*****' way!",  az he rode past! (we were in stitches!)

We foond 'sanctuary' in the Canton Rugby Club which waz in sight and hocklin' distance of the stadium and we settled doon for much needed 'liquid refreshments', before heedin' for the tornstiles (not much 'hootch' for me az aa waz drivin' back!)

The most suprizin' thing waz the lack of protest from the home fans in the controversial decision to change their home colours from blue to red and quite a few were wearin' the new red shirts!? (mebbez they were protestin' with their feet az there were large gaps in the blue seats!)

A terrible start meant that we were three doon after just 26 minutes after some terrible defendin' by wor back five---(the same back five who will probably start against Spors in wor forst leegue game next Saturday!)

The 2nd half offered some hope when we were awarded a penalty soon after the restart which waz convorted by Shola Ameobi in front of the 1,000 or so Toon fans who had made the lang jorney doon.

However!-- wor 'hopes' were soon dashed az 'The Redwings' got a fourth to seal the win and give US 'red faces'!

We then faced the prospect of the lang drive yem and arrived back on Tyneside @ 'midneet bells'! (670 miles roond trip!)

Toon team: Krul, Simpson, Coloccini (Williamson 46), Steven Taylor (Gosling 63), Santon, Tiote (Amalfitano 70), Obertan (Campbell 84), Ryan Taylor (Perch 28), Marveaux (Vuckic 46), Gutierrez, Shola Ameobi

Attendance: 9,682 (1,000 or so, lang sufferin' Toon fans!) 

CARDIFF CITY REDWINGS v THE TOON *********TODAY IN SOOTH WALES!

Posted '4:00am bells' Saturday 11th August 2012

"SPOT THE BLUEBIRD!?"

Wor final pre season forst team friendly takes place in Wales @ '3 bells' later on today and we will be leavin' in the orly hours to get there. (aboot '5 bells'!)

It's sure to be an emotional affair, az the home team, knaan for ower 100 years az 'The Bluebirds', because of their blue strip, will then become 'The Redwings', az their new oriental owners have decided to de away with tradition and change their colours to 'RED', which iz apparently a 'lucky colour' in the far east. 

Can yi imagine wor very aan 'Fat Controller' dein the same thing to us!?---It doesn't bear thinkin' aboot!!!

A compreeehensive match report will follow when we eventually get back!


Posted '6:00pm bells' Thorsday 9th August 2012

Leeds resorves 1 The Toon resorves 1

Yesterday the resorves drew 1-1 against Leeds resorves @ Thorpe Arch near Wetherby in anotha 'behind closed doors' game on Wednesday neet. ("er!"---'the mad-sad groundhoppers' have been here az well, by the way!---for a Junior game!)

The Toon's goalscorer waz Haris Vuckic who had aalso scored in Tuesday neets 'Toon X1' game in Hartlepool 

THE? MAGICAL?? MYSTERY??? TOUR????***IT'S AALL GREEK TO ME!?????

Updated '1:45pm bells' Friday 10th August 2012


"THE  MAGICAL  MYSTERY  TOUR
IZ  WAITING  TO  TAKE  YOOO  AWAY!"
"TO GREECE!"

Friday draw for the fourth qualifyin' roond of the Europa League haz saw us paired with Greek side ATROMITOS of Athens

The Toon were due to play the away leg forst but have requested to play the HOME leg forst---we await the ootcome!
The dates pencilled in are!---Wednesday 22nd or Thorsday 23rd August for the forst leg and Wednesday 29th August or Thorsday 30th August for the 2nd leg 

When 'The Toon' played their last competitive game in Europe against AZ Alkmaar of Holland in March 2007, this waz mee '99th game in a row' for European competitions. (this includes six games in the Anglo Italian Cup in 1992!) 
A'v waited FIVE LANG YEARS! to try and de mee '100th in a row' and now at last a'v got the chance!
So the draw waz a VERY (VERY!) special occasion for me!


'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' will of course be there and we can anly be thankful that a visa isn't required to get into Greece.

It cud have been worse!---az Russia and Izerbiajan nearly came oot of the hat!