In the run up to wor last European home game this year against Maritimo on Thorsday, the full match and drink report against Brugge in Belgium nearly a fortneet ago haz finalleee been completed (at last!) and iz published below
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012
GROOND 293***BRUGGE AWAY REPORT AT LAST!
Posted '10:00am bells' Tuesday 20th November 2012
In the run up to wor last European home game this year against Maritimo on Thorsday, the full match and drink report against Brugge in Belgium nearly a fortneet ago haz finalleee been completed (at last!) and iz published below
In the run up to wor last European home game this year against Maritimo on Thorsday, the full match and drink report against Brugge in Belgium nearly a fortneet ago haz finalleee been completed (at last!) and iz published below
293 JAN BREYDEL STADION, BRUGGE, BELGIUM
(GROUND NUMBER 293)
Date of First Visit: 8th November 2012
JAN BREYDEL STADION, BRUGGE,
BELGIUM
CLUB BRUGGE 2
NEWCASTLE UNITED
2 (Anita, Shola
Ameobi)
Ameobi)
Europa League Group D
Attendance: 18,003 (2,600 Toon fans in the away
section plus just az many ‘hidin’ in the home
sections PLUS! anotha 3,000 who were unable to
get tickets who watched the match on big screens
in the centre of Brugge!) (11,000 empty seats!!!)
section plus just az many ‘hidin’ in the home
sections PLUS! anotha 3,000 who were unable to
get tickets who watched the match on big screens
in the centre of Brugge!) (11,000 empty seats!!!)
Day One: Wednesday
“WHO ARE YOU?”
Meesel and ‘The Caped Crusader’ caught the nine
bells train from ‘The Central’ to King’s Cross and
then ‘onward’ by Eurostar from St Pancras (which
iz reet next door) to Brussels, where we were
basin’ worsels for two neets
bells train from ‘The Central’ to King’s Cross and
then ‘onward’ by Eurostar from St Pancras (which
iz reet next door) to Brussels, where we were
basin’ worsels for two neets
After dumpin’ wor bags in wor hotel we met up
with ‘Colonel Gaddafi’ (that’s reet he’s STILL
alive and livin’ in Bracknel, Berkshire!) and we
heeded for ‘the night life’, where, menacingly
there were gangs of kids of African dissent
hangin’ aroond the street corners givin’ us ‘dodgy
looks’ az we made wor way doon to where the
bars were from wor hotel, which waz aboot a ten
minute walk from the train station (‘The Caped
Crusader’ had been mugged in Brussels by some
of them a few years orlier when we played
Lokeran!)
with ‘Colonel Gaddafi’ (that’s reet he’s STILL
alive and livin’ in Bracknel, Berkshire!) and we
heeded for ‘the night life’, where, menacingly
there were gangs of kids of African dissent
hangin’ aroond the street corners givin’ us ‘dodgy
looks’ az we made wor way doon to where the
bars were from wor hotel, which waz aboot a ten
minute walk from the train station (‘The Caped
Crusader’ had been mugged in Brussels by some
of them a few years orlier when we played
Lokeran!)
Anyway!---we arrived at the forst ‘waaterin hole’
where the beer waz 10%! which iz twice az strong
az wot we normally drink!
where the beer waz 10%! which iz twice az strong
az wot we normally drink!
‘The Colonel’ said he had met a couple of the
regular away travellers on the Eurostar but couldn’
recall one of their names, although he could
remember that ‘Blondie Alan’ waz one of them!
He tried to describe the other one and said that we
knew him well.
regular away travellers on the Eurostar but couldn’
recall one of their names, although he could
remember that ‘Blondie Alan’ waz one of them!
He tried to describe the other one and said that we
knew him well.
He described that he had a ‘tash’ and waz built
like a ‘brick sh*t hoose’ but we couldn’t ‘picture’
just who he waz on aboot!
like a ‘brick sh*t hoose’ but we couldn’t ‘picture’
just who he waz on aboot!
There waz a roond beer mat on the table and so aa
took it and said to ‘The Colonel’ “Can you draw a
photo fit picture of him?” He nodded and so aa
gave mee expensive ‘Parker Pen’ (which looks
remarkably like the ones yi get in ‘Ladbrokes
bookies’!) and he started sketchin away!
took it and said to ‘The Colonel’ “Can you draw a
photo fit picture of him?” He nodded and so aa
gave mee expensive ‘Parker Pen’ (which looks
remarkably like the ones yi get in ‘Ladbrokes
bookies’!) and he started sketchin away!
When he’d finished, his ‘artists impression’
looked like it waz sketch of ‘Adolf Hitler’(see top
photo!) but az we divvint naa ANYBODY who
looks like this we were completleee ‘stumped’!
(apart from ‘Adolf’ that iz!)
looked like it waz sketch of ‘Adolf Hitler’(see top
photo!) but az we divvint naa ANYBODY who
looks like this we were completleee ‘stumped’!
(apart from ‘Adolf’ that iz!)
Anyway! ---‘The Caped Crusader’ had a
brainwave and decided to phone ‘Blondie Alan the
Morris Dancer’ up to find oot just who wor
‘mystery man’ actually waz! (“Er!”---a message to
‘Blondie’---“there’s NE hidin place from ‘your
past!’---‘Morris Dancer’ it iz!)
brainwave and decided to phone ‘Blondie Alan the
Morris Dancer’ up to find oot just who wor
‘mystery man’ actually waz! (“Er!”---a message to
‘Blondie’---“there’s NE hidin place from ‘your
past!’---‘Morris Dancer’ it iz!)
Straight away he telt us that wor ‘mystery man’
WAZZZ!?----‘THE BEAR!’ who DOESN’T have
a ‘tash’ and haz a shaven heed!---unlike hiz ‘photo
fit’, complete with flowin’ locks’ and ‘Hitler
moustache’!
WAZZZ!?----‘THE BEAR!’ who DOESN’T have
a ‘tash’ and haz a shaven heed!---unlike hiz ‘photo
fit’, complete with flowin’ locks’ and ‘Hitler
moustache’!
“It looks nowt like him!” we said in unison az
‘The Colonel’ cowered behind the table!
‘The Colonel’ cowered behind the table!
Anyway!---we moved on to a few more boozers
before heedin’ back to the hotel on the ‘Brussels
Undergroond’ (we wernt takin’ any chances on
waalkin back!)
PS: We hord later on that some Toon fans had
been attacked with lumps of wood with nails in
them in the red light district of Brussels and
were mugged!
One lad got stabbed and two ended up with broken bones!
before heedin’ back to the hotel on the ‘Brussels
Undergroond’ (we wernt takin’ any chances on
waalkin back!)
PS: We hord later on that some Toon fans had
been attacked with lumps of wood with nails in
them in the red light district of Brussels and
were mugged!
One lad got stabbed and two ended up with broken bones!
Day Two: Match Day
“A BRIDGE TOOO FAR!”
Next mornin’ we were up with the larks and
heeded back to the station to catch the train to
Brugge, which waz an hours ride away. The were
a few Toon fans on it and they were drinkin’
merrily az the train sped alang!
heeded back to the station to catch the train to
Brugge, which waz an hours ride away. The were
a few Toon fans on it and they were drinkin’
merrily az the train sped alang!
On arrival in Brugge we avoided the packed main
square full of Toon fans, where a big screen had
been erected for those without match tickets and
heeded for some bars ‘off the beaten track’!
square full of Toon fans, where a big screen had
been erected for those without match tickets and
heeded for some bars ‘off the beaten track’!
The bars aroond the square were aall sorvin’ beer
oot of plastic glasses at extoshanite<(Geordie
Times spellin’!) prices, but the ones we foond had
‘propa’ ones to drink oot of at reasonable prices!
(two reasons to avoid the main square!)
oot of plastic glasses at extoshanite<(Geordie
Times spellin’!) prices, but the ones we foond had
‘propa’ ones to drink oot of at reasonable prices!
(two reasons to avoid the main square!)
Eventually!—we heeded in the direction of the
groond back through the main square where the
police presence had quadruplet since we forst
waalked through and thoughts of bein’ held there
against wor will, went through wor minds and so
we made A SHARP exit to anotha boozers on the
otha side, oot the way!
groond back through the main square where the
police presence had quadruplet since we forst
waalked through and thoughts of bein’ held there
against wor will, went through wor minds and so
we made A SHARP exit to anotha boozers on the
otha side, oot the way!
We then decided to heed nearer to the ground az
police vans and horses aall of a sudden suroonded
the square in a well planned ‘pincer movement’!
(ie: it waz F*****’ time to get oot!)
police vans and horses aall of a sudden suroonded
the square in a well planned ‘pincer movement’!
(ie: it waz F*****’ time to get oot!)
We decided to heed for the hotel where ‘Big Al’
and ‘Sarnie Steve’ were stoppin’ across the river
which cuts Brugge in two---anly to confronted by
a line of ‘dibbles’ blockin’ the picturesque bridge,
complete with castles!
and ‘Sarnie Steve’ were stoppin’ across the river
which cuts Brugge in two---anly to confronted by
a line of ‘dibbles’ blockin’ the picturesque bridge,
complete with castles!
“Wor hotels on the otha side of the bridge!” ‘Big
Al’ said, az he pointed to it in the distance, But
they still wouldn’t let us pass and threatened to
arrest us IF we didn’t de az we were told! And
pointed us in the direction of the city centre---and
so we had to de a three qwaata of a mile detour
across another bridge near to the train station to
get ower the river!
Al’ said, az he pointed to it in the distance, But
they still wouldn’t let us pass and threatened to
arrest us IF we didn’t de az we were told! And
pointed us in the direction of the city centre---and
so we had to de a three qwaata of a mile detour
across another bridge near to the train station to
get ower the river!
The hotel they were stoppin’ in had a bar and we
decided to stop there til it waz time to gan to the
match---which we were telt waz a twenty minute
waalk away from the hotel---WRANG!---it waz
much fortha and az the local ‘dibble’ (bless em!---
NOT!) had banned Toon fans from usin’ busses or
taxis to get to the game, it waz ‘shanks’s pony’to
the stadium! (Wot a way to be treated—“EH!”)
decided to stop there til it waz time to gan to the
match---which we were telt waz a twenty minute
waalk away from the hotel---WRANG!---it waz
much fortha and az the local ‘dibble’ (bless em!---
NOT!) had banned Toon fans from usin’ busses or
taxis to get to the game, it waz ‘shanks’s pony’to
the stadium! (Wot a way to be treated—“EH!”)
Havin’ got through FIVE ticket security checks
(that’s reet!--- FIVE!) we eventually got into the
stadium with ten minutes to spare, but we were the
lucky ones az quite a few missed the kick off!
(that’s reet!--- FIVE!) we eventually got into the
stadium with ten minutes to spare, but we were the
lucky ones az quite a few missed the kick off!
Az expected there were thousands of empty seats,
which begs the obvious question---“why wernt we
given more???
which begs the obvious question---“why wernt we
given more???
Brugge took the lead in the 14th minute through
Ivan Trickovski who shot past Tim Krul in the
Toon goal and doubled their tally just six minutes
later when Jesper Jorgensen hit an effort just
inside the post in front of the Toon fans!
Ivan Trickovski who shot past Tim Krul in the
Toon goal and doubled their tally just six minutes
later when Jesper Jorgensen hit an effort just
inside the post in front of the Toon fans!
We fought back however!, when Anita hit a right
foot screamer into the Brugge goal in the 41st
minute and Shola Ameobi levelled things just two
minutes later when he stabbed the baall home after
he received a through baall from hiz younger
brother Sammy, to send the Toon fans wild with
delight! (the forst time incedentleee, that two
brothers had started a MAJOR European game
together for The Toon!) (Matty and Richie
Appelby had both featured for us in the Anglo
Italian Cup back in 1992!)
foot screamer into the Brugge goal in the 41st
minute and Shola Ameobi levelled things just two
minutes later when he stabbed the baall home after
he received a through baall from hiz younger
brother Sammy, to send the Toon fans wild with
delight! (the forst time incedentleee, that two
brothers had started a MAJOR European game
together for The Toon!) (Matty and Richie
Appelby had both featured for us in the Anglo
Italian Cup back in 1992!)
In the second period we nearly won it when
Sammy ‘Ami’ hit the bar with a great shot, but
there waz ne more scorin’ in the game and after
bein’ locked in for half an hour (when!-- before
the match, we had been telt that we would be let
straight oot!) we were eventually let oot for some
post match ‘liquid refreshments’ and heeded to a
bar we had passed on the way up where some very
drunk Toon fans had been watchin’ the match on
the telly.
Sammy ‘Ami’ hit the bar with a great shot, but
there waz ne more scorin’ in the game and after
bein’ locked in for half an hour (when!-- before
the match, we had been telt that we would be let
straight oot!) we were eventually let oot for some
post match ‘liquid refreshments’ and heeded to a
bar we had passed on the way up where some very
drunk Toon fans had been watchin’ the match on
the telly.
One waz SO inebriated that he’d stripped off and
waz runnin’ roond the bar with nowt on! The
barmaid however, waz not impressed with the size
of hiz ‘yee naa wot’ and said sommik in
Flemish/Belgian/Dutch? that! (usin’ mee vast
knowledge of International languages!) aa
deciphered to meen! (YES!—yiv guessed it!)
That he waz a big DICK with a little P****!
waz runnin’ roond the bar with nowt on! The
barmaid however, waz not impressed with the size
of hiz ‘yee naa wot’ and said sommik in
Flemish/Belgian/Dutch? that! (usin’ mee vast
knowledge of International languages!) aa
deciphered to meen! (YES!—yiv guessed it!)
That he waz a big DICK with a little P****!
We then heeded back to the hotel where ‘Sarnie
Steve’ and the rest were stayin’, and a Toon fan
telt us that hiz mate had been nicked by ‘the local
dibble’
Steve’ and the rest were stayin’, and a Toon fan
telt us that hiz mate had been nicked by ‘the local
dibble’
“Wot for?”—we asked
“He got to the fourth checkpoint and waz asked
once again to show hiz ticket, but he must have
dropped it at the previous one and so they arrested
him for attemptin’ to get into the match without a
ticket!!!"
once again to show hiz ticket, but he must have
dropped it at the previous one and so they arrested
him for attemptin’ to get into the match without a
ticket!!!"
(HONEST!---IT’S F*****’ TRUE!!!)
It waz then back to Brussels late on and we
eventually ‘retired’ in the orly hours
“ZZZZZzzzzz!!!!!”
eventually ‘retired’ in the orly hours
“ZZZZZzzzzz!!!!!”
Day Three: Friday
“TIME TO GAN YEM!”
An orly train from Brussels to St Pancras and the
onward back yem from King’s Cross next mornin’
meant that we were back for ‘two bells’ on Friday
afternoon for a few ‘liquids’ with the lads in 'The
Hotspur', before catchin’ the bus yem and yet
anotha European adventure waz ower and (of
course!) anotha groond ‘off the list’!
onward back yem from King’s Cross next mornin’
meant that we were back for ‘two bells’ on Friday
afternoon for a few ‘liquids’ with the lads in 'The
Hotspur', before catchin’ the bus yem and yet
anotha European adventure waz ower and (of
course!) anotha groond ‘off the list’!
SMB RESORVES 2 THE TOON RESORVES 2 ***LAST NEET!
Posted '8:30am bells' Tuesday 20th November 2012
Last neet the resorves drew 2-2 @ The Stadium of SHhhh! "yee naa wot!" with Nile Ranger (remember him?) gettin' us off to a great start when he beat two defenders to rifle the baall into the mackems net in the 8th minute!
The SMBs levelled things 12 minutes later through a tap in from Wickham.
We retook the lead in the 36th minute when Brad Inman fired in a fine shot
We held the lead until injury time, but at the death (just like in wor forst team game here last month) the SMBs equalised with an easy tap in after a defensive mix up!
Attendance: divvint naa yet?
Last neet the resorves drew 2-2 @ The Stadium of SHhhh! "yee naa wot!" with Nile Ranger (remember him?) gettin' us off to a great start when he beat two defenders to rifle the baall into the mackems net in the 8th minute!
The SMBs levelled things 12 minutes later through a tap in from Wickham.
We retook the lead in the 36th minute when Brad Inman fired in a fine shot
We held the lead until injury time, but at the death (just like in wor forst team game here last month) the SMBs equalised with an easy tap in after a defensive mix up!
Attendance: divvint naa yet?
Saturday, 17 November 2012
THE TOON 1 THE SOOTH WALES SHEEP SH*GGERS (AKA 'THE SWAN LAKERS') 2
Updated 'high noon bells' Sunday 18th November 2012
An absolutleee horrendous day for anybody who follows NUFC happened yesterday and we are in 'deep shock' @ 'The Geordie Times'!
A 2-1 defeat at the hands of 'The Swan Lakers' from sooth Wales waz not wot we expected, especially after wor woeful performance last Sunday against 'The Jellied Eels Mob', when we were telt, that, that! waz a 'one off' and normal sorvice would be resumed az soon az possible!
However! anly ONE win in the last SEVEN leegue games have sent the alarm bells 'a' ringin' in the Toon Army ranks and we can anly see a struggle at the wrang end of the table ensuin'---UNLESS! we buy in the January transfor window!
It waz obvious from the word 'go' that we were in for a torrid afternoon az we couldn't seem to string two passes together once again like last Sunday.
Swanzee took advantage of this with two goals in the 2nd half, both of them through defensive lapses and wor anly consolation waz a Demba Ba effort at the death, but it waz aall tooo late by then.
We divvint like to single oot players for criticism but Mike Willamson in particular had a shocker with several miss placed passes!--although Tim Krul in wor goal didn't have a good day eetha and waz at fault for the forst goal!
It didn't help that Cisse waz absent az Senegal had invoked the FIFA 'five day rule' to stop him playin' (much to the fury of NUFC who released a strong 650 word statement condemin' the decision!)
After the match, Welshmen dressed az flocks of sheep, goaded the Toon fans, and could be seen waalkin up and doon Gallowgate in a drunken stupor! (haz it reeely come to this!) (see top photo!)
There's nothin' much more to say!---iz there!?
Toon team: Krul, Simpson (Bigiramana 73), Santon, Williamson, Steven Taylor, Anita, Ben Arfa, Tiote, Ba, Sammy Ameobi (Marveaux 79), Ferguson (Shola Ameobi 46)
Attendance: 49,403 (1,000 Swan Lakers includin' a flock of several sheep in level 7 of 'The Leazes' visitors end!)
PS: It haz been reported that the 'Swanzee Supporters Club' had fower busses plus a 'cattle truck' parked on Barrack Road!
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| "SOOTH WALES SHEEP SH*GGERS HIJACK A TAXI IN THE SHADOWS OF THE GALLOWGATE END STAND!" ('EXCLUSIVE' 'GEORDIE TIMES' PHOTO!) |
An absolutleee horrendous day for anybody who follows NUFC happened yesterday and we are in 'deep shock' @ 'The Geordie Times'!
A 2-1 defeat at the hands of 'The Swan Lakers' from sooth Wales waz not wot we expected, especially after wor woeful performance last Sunday against 'The Jellied Eels Mob', when we were telt, that, that! waz a 'one off' and normal sorvice would be resumed az soon az possible!
However! anly ONE win in the last SEVEN leegue games have sent the alarm bells 'a' ringin' in the Toon Army ranks and we can anly see a struggle at the wrang end of the table ensuin'---UNLESS! we buy in the January transfor window!
It waz obvious from the word 'go' that we were in for a torrid afternoon az we couldn't seem to string two passes together once again like last Sunday.
Swanzee took advantage of this with two goals in the 2nd half, both of them through defensive lapses and wor anly consolation waz a Demba Ba effort at the death, but it waz aall tooo late by then.
We divvint like to single oot players for criticism but Mike Willamson in particular had a shocker with several miss placed passes!--although Tim Krul in wor goal didn't have a good day eetha and waz at fault for the forst goal!
It didn't help that Cisse waz absent az Senegal had invoked the FIFA 'five day rule' to stop him playin' (much to the fury of NUFC who released a strong 650 word statement condemin' the decision!)
After the match, Welshmen dressed az flocks of sheep, goaded the Toon fans, and could be seen waalkin up and doon Gallowgate in a drunken stupor! (haz it reeely come to this!) (see top photo!)
There's nothin' much more to say!---iz there!?
Toon team: Krul, Simpson (Bigiramana 73), Santon, Williamson, Steven Taylor, Anita, Ben Arfa, Tiote, Ba, Sammy Ameobi (Marveaux 79), Ferguson (Shola Ameobi 46)
Attendance: 49,403 (1,000 Swan Lakers includin' a flock of several sheep in level 7 of 'The Leazes' visitors end!)
PS: It haz been reported that the 'Swanzee Supporters Club' had fower busses plus a 'cattle truck' parked on Barrack Road!
THE TOON v THE SWAN LAKERS***TOOODAY!
Updated '10:30am bells' Saturday 17th November 2012
Next up on 'The Geordie Times itinery' iz a very! very! rare! event!---Az we will actually be playin' a home game @ 'THREE BELLS' ON A SATURDAY!!?, when we take on 'Cedric the Swan' and hiz mates in this non televised game---"ER!"--"unless yi watch it on one of the 'dodgy' channels--like!"
This will be wor forst '3 bells' kick off @ St James' in SEVEN months!--since we played 'The Pulis P*ss Potts of Stoke', in fact, on April 21st!
Because of this, we expect that the crowd will be approachin' the 52,000 mark--dependin' on just how many of 'Cedric's mates' torn up!?
Lets hope we de better than last Sundays 'horror show' against 'The Jellied Eels Mob' of eeest Landan!
Match report to follow later!
PS: Wor U18s are takin' on the SMBs U18s @ Little Benton this mornin' in half an hours time @ '11 bells'---Free admission---we will of course bring yoo the score later!
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| "IT DOESN'T GET MUCH WORSE THAN THIS, FOLKS!" |
Next up on 'The Geordie Times itinery' iz a very! very! rare! event!---Az we will actually be playin' a home game @ 'THREE BELLS' ON A SATURDAY!!?, when we take on 'Cedric the Swan' and hiz mates in this non televised game---"ER!"--"unless yi watch it on one of the 'dodgy' channels--like!"
This will be wor forst '3 bells' kick off @ St James' in SEVEN months!--since we played 'The Pulis P*ss Potts of Stoke', in fact, on April 21st!
Because of this, we expect that the crowd will be approachin' the 52,000 mark--dependin' on just how many of 'Cedric's mates' torn up!?
Lets hope we de better than last Sundays 'horror show' against 'The Jellied Eels Mob' of eeest Landan!
Match report to follow later!
PS: Wor U18s are takin' on the SMBs U18s @ Little Benton this mornin' in half an hours time @ '11 bells'---Free admission---we will of course bring yoo the score later!
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
THE TOON RESORVES 1 THE COCKNEY REDS OF SALFORD RESORVES 2
Posted '9:30am bells' Tuesday 13th November 2012
For the second time in two days we were beaten by 'The Cockney Boys'!---On Sunday it waz the 'West Ham' version and last neet it waz the 'Salford' version!
A crowd of aroond 500 had assembled @ 'Blue Flames' (includin' a smatterin' of Cockneys!) in this televised resorve game which waz live on MUFC TV! (see above!)
'The Xisco Kid' nearly put us in front in the forst minute when he waz put through, but he shot straight at their keeper and the chance waz gone.
It waz mostly 'even stevens' after this, with Brad Inman and Xisco, again, gannin close for us, but the game ended up goal-less by the half time interval
The visitors broke the deadlock soon after the restart when Tom Thorpe heeded past Jak Alnwick in the Toon goal.
We levelled things on the hour mark through Conor Newton, who side footed an easy change into the net after their keeper, Sutherland, fumbled a shot from Marcus Maddison.
They were back in front though, just seven minutes later when Tom Lawrence netted from close in to win the game for them! (and nee doubt send their telly viewers from London town into joyous celebrations!)
For the second time in two days we were beaten by 'The Cockney Boys'!---On Sunday it waz the 'West Ham' version and last neet it waz the 'Salford' version!
A crowd of aroond 500 had assembled @ 'Blue Flames' (includin' a smatterin' of Cockneys!) in this televised resorve game which waz live on MUFC TV! (see above!)
'The Xisco Kid' nearly put us in front in the forst minute when he waz put through, but he shot straight at their keeper and the chance waz gone.
It waz mostly 'even stevens' after this, with Brad Inman and Xisco, again, gannin close for us, but the game ended up goal-less by the half time interval
The visitors broke the deadlock soon after the restart when Tom Thorpe heeded past Jak Alnwick in the Toon goal.
We levelled things on the hour mark through Conor Newton, who side footed an easy change into the net after their keeper, Sutherland, fumbled a shot from Marcus Maddison.
They were back in front though, just seven minutes later when Tom Lawrence netted from close in to win the game for them! (and nee doubt send their telly viewers from London town into joyous celebrations!)
Monday, 12 November 2012
THE TOON RESORVES v THE COCKNEY REDS of SALFORD RESORVES***TOOONEET!
Posted '2:55pm bells' Monday 12th November 2012
The resorves are in action again toneet @ Blue Flames, Benton (aka Whitley Park) when they tek on Man Us equivalent in the Resorve U21s Leegue.
Yoo may remember the match report in wor last resorve outin' in norf Landan when we lost 6-0 to Spors!
(scroll doon page for the match report on that!)
The game kick off @ '7 bells' and we will bring yoo a match report az per usual later on!
Admission iz free to season ticket holders
(£3 others/£1 sprogs etc)
The resorves are in action again toneet @ Blue Flames, Benton (aka Whitley Park) when they tek on Man Us equivalent in the Resorve U21s Leegue.
Yoo may remember the match report in wor last resorve outin' in norf Landan when we lost 6-0 to Spors!
(scroll doon page for the match report on that!)
The game kick off @ '7 bells' and we will bring yoo a match report az per usual later on!
Admission iz free to season ticket holders
(£3 others/£1 sprogs etc)
Sunday, 11 November 2012
THE TOON 0 THE JELLIED EELS MOB 1
DURIN' THE 2nd HALF!
'Big Fat Sam' wud have had a 'big fat smile' az wide az the Tyne on hiz bloated 'boat race'< (Cockney slang!) az hiz side inflicted a one-nil defeat on us, with the anly goal of the game (of course!) bein' scored by the ex Toon hero 'The funky chicken' Kevin Nolan, who made a 'non celebration' of hiz goal @ 'The Gallowgate End' in the forst half! (az iz per usual theeze days!)
('Hero' because he scored a hat-trick for 'us' against the SMBs two years ago in the 2010 '5-1' Halloween Derby Massacre!)
It reeely waz a lack lustre and poor performance from us, just three days after retornin' from wor European exploits in Belgium against Club Brugge!---BUT! that shud be 'ne excuse' az there waz anly ONE! player who made the startin' line up against 'The Cockney Boys', who made the startin' line up in Belgium last Thorsday!
(check both the team line ups below and in the Brugge match report fortha doon the page to find oot who it waz!)
A near full hoose crowd of 51,855 (which waz aroond 2,000 more than we predicted!), packed St James' Park and this included 3,000 or so 'jovial Jellied Eels' who were in 'level 7' of 'The Leazes End'!
Tyneside born 'Andy Pandy', who of course aalso made a retorn visit, waz booed by a section of the crowd, but it wasn't anywhere near az bad az when he came back with 'The Liverbirds' last time!---(Nolan hardly got any stick at aall!)
Anotha one to confine to the dustbin I'm afraid!
Toon team: Krul, Simpson (Obertan 79), Steven Taylor, Santon, Williamson, Santon, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Gutierrez (Anita 23), Ferguson, Ba, Cisse (Shola Ameobi 46)
THE TOON v THE JELLIED EELS MOB***TOOODAY!
Posted '9:30am bells' Remembrance Sunday 11th November 2012
This afternoon @ '3 bells' 'Big Fat Sam' retorns again to St James' Park with a certain 'Andy Pandy' and SMB 'hat-trick hero' 'King' Kevin Nolan!
Whereaz Nolan iz sure to get a great reception, Andy will ne doubt get a mixed one to say the least!---and az for ex SMB 'Fat Sam'? (aa think yoo can guess that one!)
This game isn't on 'normal telly' but yoo can bet that a canny few bars will have it on!
A wreath layin' ceromony will take place before the match followed by a minutes silence on wot iz of course Remembrance Sunday
The Toon squad will be withoot 'Fab' Coloccini and Cheick Tiote who are banned and of course injuries to Ryan Taylor, Dan Gosling, James Perch and Haris Vuckic fortha deplete wor squad but happily Demba Ba shud be fit to face his old club!
The Jellied Eels Mob normally bring a canny squad up from 'eeest Landan' and we predict a 49,000 to 50,000 crowd will be present tooday
Match report az per usual will follow much later!---watch this space!
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| "WE WILL REMEMBER THEM!" |
This afternoon @ '3 bells' 'Big Fat Sam' retorns again to St James' Park with a certain 'Andy Pandy' and SMB 'hat-trick hero' 'King' Kevin Nolan!
Whereaz Nolan iz sure to get a great reception, Andy will ne doubt get a mixed one to say the least!---and az for ex SMB 'Fat Sam'? (aa think yoo can guess that one!)
This game isn't on 'normal telly' but yoo can bet that a canny few bars will have it on!
A wreath layin' ceromony will take place before the match followed by a minutes silence on wot iz of course Remembrance Sunday
The Toon squad will be withoot 'Fab' Coloccini and Cheick Tiote who are banned and of course injuries to Ryan Taylor, Dan Gosling, James Perch and Haris Vuckic fortha deplete wor squad but happily Demba Ba shud be fit to face his old club!
The Jellied Eels Mob normally bring a canny squad up from 'eeest Landan' and we predict a 49,000 to 50,000 crowd will be present tooday
Match report az per usual will follow much later!---watch this space!
Friday, 9 November 2012
CLUB BRUGGE 2 THE TOON 2
Updated '8:25pm bells' Saturday 10th November 2012
Ground number 293
Date of First Visit: 8th November 2012
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge, Belgium
Club Brugge 2
Newcastle United 2 (Anita, Shola Ameobi)
Europa League Group D
Attendance: 18,003 (2,600 Toon fans in the away end plus just as many 'hidin' in the home sections!)
(plus!-another 3,000 who were unable to get tickets and watched on big screens in the centre of Brugge!) (11,000 empty seats in the stadium!!!)
"A BRIDGE TOOO FAR!"
The neet before the match we drank in Brussels before heedin' for Brugge orly the next day which waz an hours train ride away.
We avoided the packed market square full of Toon fans where a big screen had been erected and heeded for some bars in the side streets away from the beaten track!
The bars aroond the square were aall servin' beer oot of plastic glasses, but the ones we foond had 'propa' ones to drink oot of!
Eventually we heeded in the direction of the groond which waz across a river that splits Brugge in two---anly to confronted by a line of 'dibbles' blockin' the picturesque bridge!
"Wor hotels on the other side of the bridge!" one of the lads said az he pointed to it in the distance, but they still wouldn't let us pass and so we had to de a mile detour across anotha bridge near to the train station to get ower the river!
The hotel they were stoppin' in had a bar and we decided to stop there until it waz time to gan to the match---which we were telt waz a twenty minute waalk from the hotel---WRANG!--it waz much fortha and az the police had banned Toon fans from usin' busses or taxis to get to the game, it waz 'shanks's pony' to the stadium! ("Wot a way to be treated!---EH!")
Havin' got through FIVE security checks, (that's reet FIVE!) we eventually got into the stadium with ten minutes to spare, but we were the lucky ones az quite a few missed the kick off!
Brugge took the lead in the 14th minute through Ivan Trickovski who shot past Tim Krul in the Toon goal and then doubled their tally six minutes later when Jesper Jorgensen hit an effort just inside the post in front of The Toon fans!
We fought back however when Anita hit a right footed screamer into the Brugge goal in the 41st minute and Shola Ameobi levelled things just two minutes later when he stabbed the baall home after he recieved a through baall from his younger brother Sammy to send the Toon fans wild with delight.
In the second period we nearly won it when 'Sammy Ami' hit the bar with a great shot but
there was ne more scorin' in the game and after bein' locked in for half an hour after the match we were eventually let oot for some post match 'liquid refreshments' in one of the local ale hooses!
We then heeded back to the hotel where a Toon fan telt us that hiz mate had been 'nicked'.
"Wot for?" we asked.
"He got to the fourth 'checkpoint' and waz asked once again to show hiz ticket, but he must have dropped it at the previous one and so they arrested him for attemptin' to get into the match withoot a ticket!"
(HONEST!--IT'S F*****' TRUE!)
Toon team: Krul, Anita, Williamson (Steven Taylor 58), Coloccini, Tavernier, Tiote, Sammy Ameobi (Amalfitano 83), Marveaux, Bigirimana (Cabaye 72), Obertan, Shola Ameobi
Europa League Group D
P W D L F A GD Pts
THE TOON*4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
Bordeaux****4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
Brugge******4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 4
Maritimo****4 0 2 2 1 3 -3 2
Much more to follow on wor trip in a 'mad-sad groundhoppers match/hootch report' later in the week!
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| THE TOON (IN WOR HIV VIZ YELLOW STRIP) ATTACK THE BRUGGE GOAL |
Ground number 293
Date of First Visit: 8th November 2012
Jan Breydel Stadion, Brugge, Belgium
Club Brugge 2
Newcastle United 2 (Anita, Shola Ameobi)
Europa League Group D
Attendance: 18,003 (2,600 Toon fans in the away end plus just as many 'hidin' in the home sections!)
(plus!-another 3,000 who were unable to get tickets and watched on big screens in the centre of Brugge!) (11,000 empty seats in the stadium!!!)
"A BRIDGE TOOO FAR!"
The neet before the match we drank in Brussels before heedin' for Brugge orly the next day which waz an hours train ride away.
We avoided the packed market square full of Toon fans where a big screen had been erected and heeded for some bars in the side streets away from the beaten track!
The bars aroond the square were aall servin' beer oot of plastic glasses, but the ones we foond had 'propa' ones to drink oot of!
Eventually we heeded in the direction of the groond which waz across a river that splits Brugge in two---anly to confronted by a line of 'dibbles' blockin' the picturesque bridge!
"Wor hotels on the other side of the bridge!" one of the lads said az he pointed to it in the distance, but they still wouldn't let us pass and so we had to de a mile detour across anotha bridge near to the train station to get ower the river!
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| "A BRIDGE TOOO FAR!" |
The hotel they were stoppin' in had a bar and we decided to stop there until it waz time to gan to the match---which we were telt waz a twenty minute waalk from the hotel---WRANG!--it waz much fortha and az the police had banned Toon fans from usin' busses or taxis to get to the game, it waz 'shanks's pony' to the stadium! ("Wot a way to be treated!---EH!")
Havin' got through FIVE security checks, (that's reet FIVE!) we eventually got into the stadium with ten minutes to spare, but we were the lucky ones az quite a few missed the kick off!
Brugge took the lead in the 14th minute through Ivan Trickovski who shot past Tim Krul in the Toon goal and then doubled their tally six minutes later when Jesper Jorgensen hit an effort just inside the post in front of The Toon fans!
We fought back however when Anita hit a right footed screamer into the Brugge goal in the 41st minute and Shola Ameobi levelled things just two minutes later when he stabbed the baall home after he recieved a through baall from his younger brother Sammy to send the Toon fans wild with delight.
In the second period we nearly won it when 'Sammy Ami' hit the bar with a great shot but
there was ne more scorin' in the game and after bein' locked in for half an hour after the match we were eventually let oot for some post match 'liquid refreshments' in one of the local ale hooses!
We then heeded back to the hotel where a Toon fan telt us that hiz mate had been 'nicked'.
"Wot for?" we asked.
"He got to the fourth 'checkpoint' and waz asked once again to show hiz ticket, but he must have dropped it at the previous one and so they arrested him for attemptin' to get into the match withoot a ticket!"
(HONEST!--IT'S F*****' TRUE!)
Toon team: Krul, Anita, Williamson (Steven Taylor 58), Coloccini, Tavernier, Tiote, Sammy Ameobi (Amalfitano 83), Marveaux, Bigirimana (Cabaye 72), Obertan, Shola Ameobi
Europa League Group D
P W D L F A GD Pts
THE TOON*4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
Bordeaux****4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
Brugge******4 1 1 2 4 7 -3 4
Maritimo****4 0 2 2 1 3 -3 2
Much more to follow on wor trip in a 'mad-sad groundhoppers match/hootch report' later in the week!
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