SOOOTHAMPTON v THE TOON *** TOMORROW AFTERNOON!

Updated 'high noon bells' Friday 12th September 2014

Action from last season @ St Mary's
(We lost 4-0 !)

We face wor 2nd langest trip of the season on Saturday when we heed for Soothampton in a '3 bells' kick off <(Swanzee iz forthaa!)

De Jong's injury rules him oot til at least Xmas and az for Cheik Tiote who played for the Ivory Coast on Wednesday, it iz anybodys guess wethaa he will make it back in time to torn oot for the club who pay hiz wages!  Rolando Aaarons iz aalso reported to be 'oot' but Jack Colback shud be in the startin' line-up!

I am dein' mee normal neet truck run to the Bormingham area on Friday neet (450 miles roond trip) and with a bit luck aa shud be finished by '3 am bells'---plenty of time to get some sleep az the train leaves at '6 am bells'! (660 miles roond trip!)

To be honest aa dare-nit gan to sleep az aa would miss the train, so aa'll just watch the telly for a couple of hours before makin' mee way to 'The Central'!  (Matchsticks in eyelids 'at the ready'!) <(aall in the life of a mad-sad groundhopper'!)

Not many Toon fans think we will get anythin' from this fixture and if that iz the case we could find worsels in the bottom 3 come Saturday neet! <(hopefully we CAN get a result?)

More worryingleee, we have taken a meagre 18 points from a possible 66 in The Premyaa Leegue so far this year and have won just 5 games, losin' 14 and drawn 3 times!---'R' yoo readin' this P45dew????

We have sold wor full allocation of tickets for this game which totals 2,550, but beware if yoo are gannin' doon by road!----The Sooothampton Boat Show iz on at the same time and traffic chaos iz forecast!

'The Geordie Times' will of course bring yoo a full match and drinkin' report on Sunday or Monday <(dependin' on how aa feel!)

It iz ower 45 years since aa forst went to Sooothampton when we drew 0-0 @ The Dell <(match report from that game below!)

"AWAY THE LADS!"

Posted 'high noon bells' Tuesday 9th September 2014


AWAY SECTION OF ST JAMES' PARK


News that a giant screen iz to be erected @ St James' Park iz great news for aall away fans az it will be reet next to them!

Toon fans in othaa parts of the groond will have a lang distance view of the screen which will be fixed onto the glass panel at the corner of The Leazes End level 7 and The East Stand!

However!---if yoo are a season ticket holder in the East Stand or 'Strawberry Corner', yoo won't be able to see the screen at aall!---and in total 12,000 Toon fans will have absolutleee ne view of it whatsoevaa!

"AWAY THE LADS!"

NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS DIARY FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS

Posted '9:43pm bells' Monday 8th September 2014

A DATE FOR YOUR GROUNDHOPPIN' DIARY! *** 23rd SEPTEMBER 2014!
"NEW GROOND! *** NEW GROOND!"

Here' iz the mad-sad groundhoppers hectic diary for the next fower weeks!---a possibility of NINE different groonds to visit!
BUT! impossible to watch every game az some dates 'clash'!

Key:
Gold = 1st team game
Pink = Resorve/U21s game
Green(horns) = U18s game  

SEPTEMBER
Sat 13th @ '3 bells': Sooothampton @ St Mary's Stadium

(IF? yi cannit get to Sooothampton then yi can aalways 'groundhop' to Benton on the same day!) 

Sat 13th @ '12:30 bells': Bolton @ Little Benton

Mon 15th @ '7 bells': Wolves @ St James' Park

Sat 20th @ '11 bells': The Smoggies @ Rockcliffe Park, Herworth

Then make a 'bee-line up to The Toon!

Sat 20th @ '3 bells': Broken Nose Bruce's Tiger Lillys @ St James' Park

Mon 22nd @ '7 bells': The Arse @ Meadow Park, Boreham Wood

Wed 24th @ '8 bells': Crystal Baalls @ Selhurst Park

Sat 27th @ '11 bells': The Liverbirds @ Little Benton

Mon 29th @ '8 bells': The P*ss Potts of Stoke @ The Brittania Stadium

OCTOBER
Wed 1st @ '7:30 bells': Heaton Stan @ Grounsell Park, High Heaton

Sat 4th @ '11 bells': Derby Coonty @ Little Benton

Yi can aalways gan to Swanzee if yi cannit get to Benton!

Sat 4th @ '3 bells': Swanzee @ Liberty Stadium

NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS NEWS! ***** "THE 'HEAT' IZ ON!"

Posted 'high noon bells' Sunday 7th September 2014

News reaches 'The Geordie Times' that 'The Toon' are to send a team to Northern Leegue Heaton Stannington's groond on Wednesday the forst of October for a friendly game.

This will be the forst time ever (az far az we are aware?) that 'The Toon' will have played @ Grounsell Park and the mad-sad groundhoppers will be there in force (aall ten of us!) to sample the pies and ales!

The groond iz in the east end of The Toon on Newton Road, High Heaton and not far from The Freeman Hospital.
Kick off iz @ '7:30 bells' and admission prices have still to be annoonced! 

150 THANK YOOZ!

Posted '2:05pm bells' Friday 5th September 2014

'The Geordie Times' haz just received a 'hit' from Macau off the southern coast of China.
This iz the 150th country or territory on the planet orth to have visited theeeze pages since we started bloggin'!

We thank each and every one of yoo for visitin' this site and we will of course continue to bring yoo aall the NUFC news second hand ,forst!

SPORZ GAME MOVED!

Posted '1:17pm bells' Friday 5th September 2014

ACTION 'IN THE SUN' @ WHITE HART LANE LAST SEASON

Az expected wor game at White Hart Lane scheduled for Saturday 24th October haz been moved to the Sunday with a '1:30 bells' kick off!
This iz because Sporz are in Europa Leegue action the previous Thorsday and it meenz wor retorn train tickets are now 'bin-able'!

We are still usin' the tickets doon to 'The Smoke' on the Saturday mornin' ,but will have to 'bin' the '9 bells' train tickets back on the Saturday neet and get new tickets for wor Sunday retorn. (Plus a hotel of course!)
Who cares aboot the fans anyway????

GROOND 309 AT LAST!

Posted '10:50am bells' Wednesday 3rd September 2014

A'v just finished the match report from Gillingham EIGHT days ago (see below!)
Better late than never!

309 priestfield stadium gillingham

(Ground number 309)
Date of First Visit: 26th August 2014
Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham

Gillingham 0
Newcastle United 1 (Egan og)

Capital One Cup (League Cup) 2nd round

Attendance: 10,204 (1,295 Toon fans)


"GARDEN OF ENGLAND???---YOUR HAVIN' A LAFF!!!"



"WELCOME TO 'THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND'!"




PRIESTFIELD ROAD, GILLINGHAM
THE 'AWAY END' IZ AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STREET

We set off @ '10 bells' from HQ in Barrack Road in a 22 seater mini bus with just 13 saddos on board az we heeded doon to deepest Kent ower the Redheugh Bridge!

Seven hours later we arrived exhausted and ready to down several liquid refreshments in 'The Dog' az kick off waz still nearly three hours away!

A'v never ever been to Gillingham before and for some reason (unbeknown to man nor beast!) aa half expected rows of neat semi detached hooses with manicured lawns and immaculate flower beds, az Kent, after aall, is known az 'The Garden of England'

And wot did we get???---Row upon row of shabby and run doon terraced hooses with paint peelin' from the doors and wood wormed windows, alang with old mattresses, broken bedsteads, discarded three piece suites and various amoonts of rubbish adornin' the tiny front gardens, with a sprinklin' of weeds, split bin bags, barkin' dogs, scruffy cats and empty tin cans owerflowin' into the main thoroughfare to the groond!
"Welcome to Gillingham!"

"PART OF 'THE SCENIC ROUTE' TO THE PRIESTFIELD STADIUM!"

On enterin' the away section of the groond the 'scene' waz ne better az we were greeted by a 'golf stand', complete with scaffoldin' poles to hold the whole contraption up!  There waz ne roof of course and it started to drizzle to complete the picture!

The Toon fielded a fairly strong line up (see below) but struggled from 'the off' against a p*ss poor Gills outfit az we attacked 'The Rainham End' of the groond at the opposite end from us! (very appropriately named considerin' the drizzle!)

YOO CAN'T READ IT IN THE PICTURE, BUT THE BLUE SCOREBOARD
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 'BUS SHELTER STAND' ACTUALLY SAYS:
'THE GILLS 0   THE TOON 1' !

The breakthrough did come however in the 25th minute, courtesy of an own goal at 'The Rainham End', when Obertan ran doon the right and beat two of their players before crossin' towards Riviere in the box.
Ex mackem player John Egan got there forst and tried to chest the baall towards hiz keeper, but he missed it and the baall rolled into the net to give us the lead!

There waz nowt else to taalk aboot til the break and the best move waz when aa heeded for 'the manky tool-shed' at the bottom of 'the golf stand'!

The 2nd period wasn't much better az 'The Gills' pressed for the equaliser but thankfully the dreaded extra 30 minutes didn't materialise <(we naa aall the big words!) and we managed to hang on for the victory and a place in the next roond of the competition!

A'd now completed 'the set' of domestic groonds that still exist, where 'The Toon' have played a competitive game, since aa started gannin in the 1960s (Aa wasn't at Layer Road, Colchester in 1982, my only 'blemish', but they have now moved onto pastures new!) 

It waz then the waalk back doon 'the scenic route' on Priestfield Road towards where the busses were parked and the lang jorney back yem! (we eventually arrived back on Tyneside at '5 bells' the next mornin'!)

Toon team: Krul, Janmaat, Haidera, Abeid, Coloccini, Steve Taylor, Obertan, Sissoko, Aarons (Cabella 60), Riviere (Gouffran 86), De Jong (Perez 68)

NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS NEWS!

Posted '9:47pm bells' Tuesday 2nd September 2014

Attention aaall 'mad-sad groundhoppers!---an important announcement that will 'rock yoo to the core'!---Wor forthcomin' U21 (resorve) visits to both 'The Arse' and 'The P*ss Potts of Stoke' have been changed!

The new dates and venues are az follows!

Mon 22nd September @ '7 bells': The Arse U21s v The Toon U21s @ Meadow Park, Boreham Wood, Hertfortshire (waz Fri 19th September)

Fri 14th November @ '7 bells': 'The P*ss Potts of Stoke U21s v The Toon U21s @ Moss Rose, Macclesfield, Cheshire (waz Fri 26th September)

By the way!!!!---- I am workin away fevourishleee on the report from groond number 309 @ The Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham from last week !  ("GARDEN OF ENGLAND?---YOUR HAVIN A LAFF!!!") 
 A little bit late perhaps, but THIS IZ 'The Geordie Times' after aall! ----and remember wor motto!  "We bring yoo aall the news forst hand, second!"----or iz it second hand, forst!????"

NE DEADLINE DEALS FOR TOON! <"WOT DID YOO EXPECT!?"

Posted '12:55pm bells' Tuesday 2nd September 2014

The transfor deadline's come and gone!
A proven striker, we've signed none!
"We've signed enough!", Pardew haz said!
Ben Arfa's gone to Hull, instead!