THE SWAN LAKERS v THE TOON **** TOMORROW AFTERNOON!

Posted '1:22pm bells' Friday 3rd October 2014

ACTION FROM SWANZEE LAST SEASON *** WE LOST 3-0 !

Orly tomorrow mornin' we heed off for wor langest trip of the season when we make for sooth Wales for wor game against Swanzeee!
We are due to arrive by choo choo train just after '12:30 bells' ---plenty of time for some liquid lubrications before the '3 bells' kick off!

Swanzeee are lookin' for their FIFTH win in a row against us and who would bet against that?????

P45DEW haz been spoutin' off more gobbledegook rubbish in the media and tells us that:
"We are very focused on the game on Saturday and want to win!" 
He then gans on to say:
"It's quite simple really, when all is said and done and therefore after the game it becomes difficult because if we haven't won and it will be difficult again after Swansea!"

"The goal we conceded against Stoke perhaps shouldn't have been conceded but it was!"

Makes perfect sense to us Alan!???? 

Aall tickets for the away end have been sold so we can anly hope that we can witness a better performance than against Sooothampton and Stoke!

A full match report will follow sometime on Sunday or Monday!---watch this space yet again!

311 grounsell park heaton newcastle

(Ground number 311)
Date of First Visit: 1st October 2014
Grounsell Park, Heaton, Newcastle

Heaton Stannington  1
Newcastle United X1  8  (Heardman, Olley, Roberts (2), Gibson, Longstaff,Cameron, Quinn)

Friendly fixture:
Attendance: 400 (estimated) <(plus 3 people watchin' from their back garden!)

"THE 'HEAT' IZ ON!"

"THE MAN IN THE MOON SHINES BRIGHTLY ABOVE
THE NEW FLOODLIGHTS @ GROUNSELL PARK!"
(THE TOON ARE IN GREY)

Mee plan for the day waz to de a pub crawl to Heaton from St James' (2.7 miles!) but that plan waz scuppered when 'Dave from York' text me to say that he waz heedin' for 'The Brandon Villas' boozer at sooth Gosforth for the pre match gargels.
Aa text him back to say that in fact the boozer in question waz caalled 'The Brandling Villas' and arranged to meet him in 'The Strawberry' next to St James' Park and then get the Metro to 'Gossy'

On arrival we had a pint of 'Shuggy Boat' real ale and waited for the rest of the 'mad-sad groundhoppers' to arrive---and in they came in ones and twos, namely 'Alex of St George' and then 'Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer' and hiz sidekick Adam---and then finally 'The Mad Professor!


"THE SHUGGY BOATS ARE ON ME!"


An fierce argument started az to wot they caalled the East Stand at St James' before it waz built in the orly 70s.
Waz it 'The Poplar' side after the trees that stood at the back OR! waz it 'The PopUlar' az it waz a cheap and 'popular' place to stand??? <(the argument raged on for 20 minutes with no solution to the answer!) <(My own opinion waz that it waz caalled 'The Poplar' side!) 


"ESCAPE TO VICTORY!"

Anyway!---enough of that!----It waz then 'onward' across the road to 'The Victory' before heedin for the groond which waz a 20 minute waalk away past the Freeman Hospital.
The clubhoose waz packed but we still had time to 'shovel' anothaa 'real ale' doon wor 'john o groats' before makin' wor way to the far side where there waz a raised grass bank for a better view of the action.

"GARDEN WITH A VIEW!" (pic by Alex of St George)

Peoples gardens backed onto some trees behind the grass bank and uniquely some had greenhooses and gardens encroachin into the groond, where they had a 'free view' of the proccedings! (we had to pay a fiver to get in!)

"IZ THAT A GREENHOOSE INSIDE THE GROOND!???"

The Toon's startin' line up consisted of a mixture of resorve and junior players and within half an hour we were FIVE - nil up with goals from Tom Heardman (pen),  Gregg Olley, Callum Roberts(2) and Liam Gibson! ---(The 'heat' waz certainly 'on' the home side!) 
 ----We were simply too strong for the Northern Leegue outfit and Peter Beardsley's team then took their 'foot off the gas', or else a 'cricket score' would be the final outcome!

HEARDMAN PENALTY
 (fuzzy pic by Alex of St George!) <(he'd had a few drinks!)

The biggest 'cheer' of the night came in the 40th minute when 'one' Dean Deagle' hit a great free kick to reduce the arrears for 'The Stan'!

Three forthaa goals in the 2nd period from Sean Longstaff, Kyle Cameron and Jonathyn Quinn completed the rout az The Toon ran oot 8-1 victors! 

"WE WAZ THERE!"

NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS NEWS *** "THE 'HEAT' IZ ON!" *** HEATON STANNINGTON v TOON U21s *** TOONEET!

Posted 'high noon bells' Wednesday 1st October 2014

"NEW GROOND!" *** "NEW GROOND!" *** "NEW GROOND!"

Tooneet 'the mad-sad groundhoppers' face the moothwaaterin' prospect of a new groond within the city limits, when a U21/resorve side travel the (very!) short distance to High Heaton to take on Northern Leegue side Heaton 'Stan' @ Grounsell Park in a friendly arranged to switch on their new floodlights!

It iz 58 years since a Toon side last played 'Stan' so it's safe to assume that aall those present tooneet will be witnessin' their forst game between the two clubs az well!?

Admission iz a fiver for big kids and two quid for sprogs and zimmerframeites and we've hord through the grapevine that they have a canny little clubhoose!

A'v decided to de a 'pub crawl' from St James' to the groond and plan to visit 'The Royal Archer', 'The Punchbowl', 'The Cradlewell' <(if it's still open?) and 'The Corner Hoose' boozers, amongst others, before makin' mee way up to the groond, which iz somewhere beside the Freeman Hospital, off Newton Road!

Kick off iz @ '7 bells' and aall are welcome!

THE P*SS POTTERS 1 THE TOON 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2014-2015

Posted 'high noon bells' Tuesday 30th September 2014

"WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME???"

ALAN P45DEW STANDS ON THE TOUCHLINE IN HIZ BLACK 
DESIGNER SUIT (centre of pic)  IN THE TORRENTIAL RAIN
TRYIN' TO PROVE A POINT!
("WHY DON'T YOO BEAT YOURSELF UP INSTEAD, ALAN????") 

Six of us travelled doon to Staffordshire for this one in mee 'canny tranny' mini bus, namely 'Big Al' <(not! the sheet metal workers son!), 'International 'Russ'cue', 'Mal the Inglish Skoool Teeechaa', 'Biffa the Beer' and 'Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer'! (plus meesel of course!)

We arrived two and a qwaataa hours before the kick off, parked up and heeded for 'The Locomotive' for some serious tonsil ticklin! <(not much for me however--az aa waz drivin'!)

'The Loco' iz aboot a 20 to 25 minute waalk from the groond and az we set off light rain waz faallin'!---This soon torned to torrential az we made wor way across a busy duel carriageway and maze of waalkways. By the time we got to the away entrance we were absolutleee soacked to the skin and mee waterproof jacket waz provin' to be ' anything but' az mee tee shirt waz wringin wet az well!---a great start to the evenin'!

The two teams ran oot from the corner players tunnel next to us to a mixture of cheers and boos!---'Cheers' for the Toon team and 'boos' for wor beleaguered manager!
The Toon were wearin' wor horrendous new 'away number' of dark blue and lime green halved shirts, lime green shorts and dark blue socks! <(the Toon kit designer obviously haz something against us!) 

P45DEW stood on the touchline az the game kicked off az the heavy rain came doon and he looked a forlorn figure in the orly minutes of the half!
Az usual we couldn't get 'oot of the blocks' and paid a heavy price az Sissoko lost the baall and a cross from a Stoke player foond the heed of the unmarked 'beanpole' Peter Crouch and he had the easy task of heedin' past Tim Krul to score wot torned oot to be the anly goal of the game in the 15th minute!

1st HALF *** THE TOON ATTACK THE BOOTHEN END

P45DEW looked a pathetic figure az he stood by himself drenched to the bone, tryin' to prove some ridiculous point that he could get wetter than anybody else, instead of takin' shelter in the dugoot with the rest of the coachin' staff!

The fans fury waz gettin' louder by the minute and a section of the seats at the front of wor end had been cordoned off to stop any potential  pitch invader(s) reachin' him!


THE TOON ATTACK THE GOAL IN FRONT OF WOR FANS
(NOTE THE EMPTY RED SEATS AT THE FRONT TO STOP PITCH INVADERS!)


We simply couldn't break doon the P*ss Potters defence and near the end Jack Colback missed the easiest of chances with the goal open, but somehow managed to hit the bar and the chance waz gone!--much to the anguish of the Toon faitful <(this ISNT a spellin misteak!) behind that goal!

Anothaa abysmal performance from us against a P*ss poor Potters team meenz that we gan in to the month of October withoot a solitary win under wor belt and lie in 2nd bottom place just aheed of Bornley on goal difference!

After the match P45DEW stated the blindingly obvious!
"We are in the bottom three!", he said under baited breath!

"Actually Alan, we are in the bottom "TWO!"

Toon team: Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote, Colback, Sissoko, Cabella (Sammy Ameobi 74), Gouffran (Obertan 67), Riviere (Cisse 46)

Attendance: 26,332 (1,751 p*ssed off Toon fans!)

THE P*SS POTTERS v THE TOON *** TOONEET!

Posted '9:03am bells' Monday 29th September 2014

Anothaa hectic week iz in store for the 'NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' when we travel to Staffordshire tononeet in mee 'canny tranny' to face The P*ss Potts of Stoke in anothaa 'must win' game <(which most predict we 'will lose'!)

We are settin' off orly this afternoon and wor forst 'target' iz 'The Locomotive' boozer which iz a 20 minute waalk from the groond!

Santon, De Jong, Campbell and Aarons are aall oot due to injury, while Krul, Cisse and Gouffran shud retorn after missin' oot at Palace last mid-week!

Bornley's heavy defeat at WBA yesterday meenz that we move off the bottom of the table, although a 2 goal defeat for us will see us back in the basement place tooneet on goal difference!

It iz said that P45DEW's job iz on the line if we lose and this haz been well publicised ower the weekend!

The Toon will be wearin' their new thord kit, which consists of dark blue and lime green halves and looks absolutleee hideous! <(whoever designs these cr*p aways strips musn't like us!---that's for certain!) 

On Wednesday @ '7 bells' we heed to 'the east end' of The Toon where wor resorves are takin' on Heaton Stannington to open their new floodlights---a new groond for the mad-sad groundhoppers!

And then wor langest trip of the season teks place on Saturday when we face a 750 mile plus roond trip to Swanzee in sooth Wales and we are on the train for this one!

A full 'Geordie Times' match report will appear 'here' az per usual come tomorrow afternoon!

PS: The 'P*ss Potts' game iz a sellooot!---so if yi divvint have a ticket divvint gan!

THE CRYSTAL BALLS 2 THE TOON 3 *** LEEGUE CUP 3rd ROOND *** MATCH REPORT (ANLY!) FIVE DAYS LATE!

Posted '10:10am bells' Sunday 28th September 2014

Forst of aall --- grovelling apologeeez for not updatin' this site since last Tuesday!---This iz because av had an horrendous week travellin up and doon the country, followin' The Toon twice to London in 3 days, plus 3 days back and forward to the Bormingham area with mee job!--- 2,700 miles in total!---aa just haven't had time to de it!

"VIEW THROUGH A LETTERBOX!"

RIVIERE PENALTY

The trip to sooth London started off at 'The Central' where aa caught a train to Darlo for a few liquid lubrications forst!
Why Darlo yoo well may ask???---well 'Mal the Inglish Skool Teeecha' had booked me a cheapy ticket from Darlo Station for under a tenner to Kings Cross, but the train wasn't til '3 bells'!
So!--- az aa wouldn't have much time when aa eventually got to sooth London, aa stopped off at Darlo instead! (7 quid from The Toon to Darlo by the way!)
Hogans dive bar waz mee forst port o call just outside the station where the average age of the punters inside waz aboot 75!--az yiv probably guessed it waz cheap beer aall roond @ £2 a pint!

Next stop waz doon the street in 'The Dalesman' and then back to 'Hogans' before catchin' the train to Kings Cross

On arrival @ '5:30 bells' aa made for 'The Cider Tap' at Euston where 'Big Al and Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer' were suppin' "Er!" 'cider' would yoo beleeeve!

It waz then onward to Palace via Victoria Station where the final 'tonsil ticklin' before the match took place in the Selhurst Railway Club---and we were made to feel more than welcome by the Palace fans!

THE MATCH

"A 'LETTERBOX' VIEW TO DIE FOR!"

Wor view from row 46 of the away side waz like watchin the game through a letterbox az a gantry had been added below the roof from the last time we were here! This meant that when the baall waz kicked up into the air we couldn't see it, til the wonders of 'gravity' brung it back doon!

There waz suprizingly a canny few Toon fans present considerin' the near 600 mile roond trip wasn't the easiest of the season and they were in good voice---backin the team instead of barrackin the manager, az waz the case at Sooothampton two weeks before!

Goal times:
25th minute: Janmaat fouls Zaha in the box and the ref points straight to the spot and Gayle places hiz shot past Elliot in The Toon goal---1-0 to Palace!

36th minute: Armstrong crosses to Riviere and he torns and shoots past the Palace keeper to level the scores!

48th minute: Sammy Ameobi runs into the box and iz fouled by a Palace defender and the ref again points straight to the spot!---this time in WOR favour!
Riviere steps up and fires the baall into the net to send the 2,000 Toon faitful into raptures ---2-1 to 'US'!

Aa had a bus to catch from Victoria at '11:30' so the very last thing aa needed waz extra time!---and so guess wot happened next????

92nd minute: Deep into injury time and when it looked az though we had won it, 'disaster struck' when after defensive errors on wor part Kiakia managed to scramble the baall into the Toon net to extend the game by a forthaa 30 minutes (at least!)

Thoughts of missin the bus and bein' stranded with ne hotel then entered mee heed az extra time started!  The Crystal Balls stadium announcer then stuck a spanner into 'the works' by gleefully tellin the whole crowd that the winners were to be 'rewarded' by an away trip to Man City in the next roond!
EVERYONE groaned includin' the 2 sets of players! <(a complete BALLS UP if yoo ask us!

112th minute: Paul 'Dummy' Dummett saves the day for us with a fantastic divin heeder to put us back in the lead---3-2!

Thankfully the dreaded penalty shoot out wasn't needed az we 'bit wor fingers to the bone' az Palace frantically tried to get anothaa equaliser!
The ref blew for time and then it waz a mad dash back to Victoria to try and catch the bus!
Aa MADE IT by just 2 MINUTES and crashed oot on the back seat az we pulled oot of the coach station!---The bus (eventually!) pulled into St James' Boulevard some SEVEN HOURS LATER !----aall in the life of an NUFC fan!

Toon team: Elliot, Janmaat (Haidera 46), Coloccini, Steve Taylor, Dummett, Abeid, Colback, Obertan, Armstrong, Sammy Ameobi (Sissoko 66), Riviere (Perez 80)

Attendance: 13,773 (2,000 Toon fans)


   

310 meadow park, borehamwood (arsenal reserves)

ground number 310

Date of First Visit: 22nd September 2014

Meadow Park, Borehamwood, London

Arsenal U21 Reserves 1
Newcastle United U21 Reserves 2  (Remie Streete (2)

FA Premier Reserve League

Attendance: 350 (estimated) (includin' quite a few NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers and exiles)

(Brief match report---more to follow later)


"QUALITY STREETE!"

REMIE SCORES HIZ FORST GOAL!
(HOPE YIV GOT GOOD EYESIGHT?)

Three of us travelled doon to 'this one' by 'jam jar' supplied by 'Michael the Mag' and wor other travellin 'saddo' waz 'Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer' who we picked up at Durham.

Fower and a half hours later and with ne traffic delays we foond worsels ootside Boremwood FCs groond in "norf Landan" @ '4:30 bells' ('7 bells ' kick off)

Az there were ne boozers around the groond and the clubhouse waz disgracefully shut!, we heeded for the toon centre half a mile away for some much needed 'liquid lubrication' in a Wetherspoon's hostelry.
It waz then onward back to the groond where by this time the clubhoose had opened! <(horray!)

It waz virtually empty apart from a few familiar 'Toonhoppers' and after anothaa bit of 'tonsil ticklin' it waz time to heed inside!

Admission waz FREE but despite this a sparse crowd greeted us upon entry. Meadow Park iz a nice tidy groond with two small seated stands and the pitch looked in 'top nick'!

Central defender Remie Streete waz wor hero of the day az he scored two 'sweet' 'Quality Streete' heeders (sic!) to win the game for The Toon. The Arse pulled one back at the death but it waz aall tooo little tooo late for The Gooners second string!

A thord win on the spin for WOR second string---if anly we could transfor this form to the forst team---if anly!

More on aall this to follow when aa get time!---like!?   

"NEW GROOND! *** NEW GROOND!" *** THE ARSE RESORVES v THE TOON RESORVES @ BOREHAMWOOD *** TOONEET!

Posted '9:51am bells' Monday 22nd September 2014

The resorve U21 squad are away to The Arse in "norf Landan" @ '7 bells' tooneet @ Meadow Park, Borehamwood, in a Premyaa Leegue resorve game!

This iz a new groond for the 'NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' and aboot half a dozen are travellin' doon by car and train to 'chalk off' yet anothaa groond on the seeminglee never endin' list!

Admission iz FREE and aall are welcome!

A Geordie Times match report and pix will be forthcomin' tomorrow, sometime!

Az per usual "watch this space!"

JAMIE'S 1st, 1st TEAM GAME *** AGED 4 YEARS AND 333 DAYS OLD! *** THE TOON 2 BROKEN NOSE BRUCE'S TIGER LILLYS 2 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2014-2015

Posted '1:15pm bells' Sunday 21st September 2014

ST JAMIE'S PARK!

A momentous day in the history of NUFC, az not anly waz this a game we definatly needed to win to climb off the foot of the table, but this waz aalso grandson Jamie's forst ever forst team game @ St James'!

The day started off @ '11:15 am bells' when Jamie's mam Julie dropped him off at wor hoose and after a spot of 'brekky' it waz off to The Toon and the forst 'beer bar' <(az Jamie caalls them!) on the list, which waz The Bodega on Westgate Road, where Jamie had hiz favourite 'tipple' of orange 'beer'!

"My beers orange az well!", aa said to him az aa downed mee forst pint of 'Caffreys', az Jamie sat perched on a chair suckin' hiz 'beer' through a plastic straw!

A 'beer' spillage a few moments later when Jamie waz dein' a 'Star Wars' gladiator 'move' waz then blamed on me by Grumpy Stumpy, Tex Taylor and Norman the Cowboy Plumber <(outvoted, aa had to take ther blame!)

It waz then onward to 'beer bar 2' which waz The Black Bull in the shadows of St James' where Jamie opted for a 'blackcurrent beer' this time!
After introducin' him to Paul the Peddlin Pensioner <(he peddles a bike NOT drugs!), Sarnie Steve and The Mad Professor amonst others, he downed hiz 'beer' and it waz soon time to heed for the ground and of course Jamie's debut forst team game! (he'd seen us play Wolves in a resorve game a year orlier when we won 2-1) <(hopefully he would be a 'lucky omen'?)

"THIS BLACKCURRENT BEER IZ NICE!"

"WOW"---THIS BEERS A BIT STRONG!"

Before heedin' inside aa took him to see the 'Alder Sweeney Memorial Garden', where a small garden haz been made near the main entrance in memory of John The Undertaker and Liam from the Lamp who tragically died on flight MH17 in July.
I told him why the garden waz there and it waz to remember aall the fans who had passed away, az well az John and Liam!

He then went to go into the garden where an urn waz placed, but I told him that he wasn't supposed to go in and he waz to stay by me!
"Will I die if if go into the garden granddad?", he said seriously!

"NO! of course not!" aa said, rubbin' hiz heed in reassurance! 

On the concourse after gannin up in the lift <(200 stairs waz a bit much for hiz little legs!) Jamie waz feelin' hungry and so aa bought him a hot dog with ketchup, which he devoured, leavin' large amoonts of sauce on hiz face!

"JAMIE IZ FEELIN' A BIT PECKISH AND DEVOURS
A 'MINI' HOT DOG!"

We then took up wor seats on the Milburn Stand balcony for a grandstand view of the game!
The pitch iz a canny way below and Jamie had come prepared with a pair of 'noculars', az he caalls them, for a better view of the proccedings! <(he says 'noculars' az he's too young to get hiz tongue around the word 'Binoculars'!)

The game kicked off and straight away Hull went on the attack az wor manager bravely stood on the touchline takin much flack from the crowd az placards were raised demandin' hiz sackin' <(not by me and Jamie by the way!)
The Toon fought back however and good efforts from Colback and Cabella failed to break the deadlock. Applause then broke oot az usual in the 17th minute for the victims of flight MH17 and continued into the 18th minute for Gutierrez (wor number 18) who haz been diagnosed with testicular cancer!

Every time the crowd got excited Jamie asked me in we had scored and I had to tell him "NO!", time and time again!

He waz really enjoyin' himself and he asked me who the 'player' in yellow waz on the pitch?
Using my vast knowledge of futbaall ower the years I paused for a few seconds and realised it waz in fact THE REFEREE! (Hull played in white shirts)

"WHO'S THE MAN IN THE YELLOW SHIRT GRANDDAD!?"

The forst half finished goal-less and a much needed 3 points waz still 'way off'

The 2nd half started off disastrously when Hull's Jelovic hit an unstoppable volley into the net @ The Leazes End, sendin' the 3,000 or so Tiger Lillys above wild with delight!
Jamie asked me if WE had scored!  Again I answered "NO!" it waz 'the baddies in white' who have scored, Jamie!"

Anothaa fine goal at the mid point of the half to the visitors, scored by Diame, looked to have spoilt Jamie's day and we looked resigned to defeat!
Jamie then asked me at the top of hiz voice why there were TWO goals??  I told him, (while everyone around us listened on!) that that waz a very good question and I didn't know the answer!!! (loud laughter from the fans around us then followed!) 
Perhaps he shud have asked wor beleaguered manager instead???

GEORDIE TIMES EXCLUUUSIVE! *** JAMIE TOOK THIS FOTO!

And then the 'master stroke' to save wor day!----Papiss Cisse waz brought on to replace the ineffective Riviere just after this and straight away he made a difference az we pounded the Hull goal @ The Gallowgate End
A goal for 'Jamie' finally came when a Cheik Tiote sliced shot foond Cisse at the near post and he gleefully fired home past McGregor in the visitors goal to pull a goal back, just 4 minutes after comin' on! 
Aa lifted Jamie into the air az the crowd cheered and he asked me if we were winnin' now?
"Not yet!" aa said, but there iz still time!"

Three minutes from the end and Cisse saved 'Jamie's special day' when he poked the baall home from a Gouffran pass!
Again aa lifted Jamie into the air az the stadium erupted!

Jamie again asked me if "we had won!" and aa telt him that 'The Toon' had equalised and he thought that meant that BOTH teams had won!?

The game ended just after this and Jamie told him that he had really enjoyed himself!  That's two games he haz been to in total, includin' the resorve game mentioned, and hiz UNBEATEN RECORD remains intact!  <(a lucky mascot indeed!)

Toon team: Krul, Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett, Tiote (Sammy Ameobi 85), Colback, Cabella, Sissoko, Gouffran (Perez 94), Riviere (Cisse 70)

Attendance 49,199 <(includin' Jamie of course!) (3,000 Tiger Lillys)
Highest crowd in Britain ower the weekend!        

THE TOON v BROKEN NOSE BRUCE'S TIGER LILLYS *** TOMORROW AFTERNOON!

Posted '2:12pm bells' Friday 19th September 2014

WOR LAST MEETING *** WE WON 4-1 @ THE KC LAST SEASON

A traumatic day iz guaranteed @ St James' Park tomorrow afternoon when we take on Hull @ St James'.

A defiant P45DEW says he will take whatever flack iz thrown at him durin' the match, but the question iz!---- will he have the bottle to move off hiz seat on the bench to bellow instructions to the players?--- OR! will he hide in the dugout and give hiz assistant John Carver the 'dorty work' instead???

P45DEW iz quoted az sayin; "This situation at the moment is like mass hysteria!"--unquote!

A'm takin'  Jamie mee 4 year old grandson to hiz forst ever forst team game and a victory would be very nice 'Alan', if yoo can provide it for him? (he's seen the resorves win when he waz 3!) 

On the injury front, De Jong iz said to be on crutches and will be oot til Xmas---Aarons and Santon are still not match fit and could be oot for a while, while Cisse iz said to be ready to make hiz seasons 'debut' against Stoke next week and not tomorrow az reported!

We desperately need a victory----if anly for little Jamie's sake!

A full match and Jamie's '1st team debut' report will follow sometime on Sunday! ---az per usual watch this space!