THE BASIL BRUSH BRIGADE v THE TOON *** FA CUP THIS AFTERNOON!

Updated '7:15am bells' Saturday 3rd January 2015

It's that time of the year again folks when we enter the FA Cup at the 3rd roond stage!---We heed for the delights of 'Lestaa' this mornin' where wor resorves will be takin' on their resorves/juniors!

It's nigh on certain that wor opponents, who are fightin' for their Premyaa Leegue lives, wont risk any injuries to key players and will play a very weakened team.
NUFC ne doubt will aalso play a weakened team, <(like we normally de in the FA Cup!) so it's anybodys guess if we will be in the 4th roond draw come next Monday?

PS: Can we just wish the othaa north east's 'Big Two' 'aall the best' in the FA Cup today. We meeen of course 'The Heedbangers of Gatesheed' and 'The Spartans of Blyth' who take on West Brom and Bormingham, retrospectively <(we naa aall the big words!) 

A full 'Geordie Times' match/boozer report will appear here sometime ower the weekend!

THE TOON 3 BORNLEEE 3 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2014-2015

Posted '10:52am bells' Friday 2nd January 2015

THE TOON ATTACK THE LEAZES END (1st half)

With new caretaker manager 'Pieman' Carver in charge for the forst time, we 'shot worsels in the foot' a total of THREE times in this match!

Bornleee hit the woodwork orly on and this waz a wake up call az we looked half asleep at the back!

We took the lead in the 15th minute when Steve Taylor 'glanced in' Jack Coback's corner <(a rare event indeed for us to score from a corner!)

It anly lasted fower minutes though when we 'shot worsels in the foot' for the 1st time when an attempted back pass by Paul Dummett looped ower Jak Alwick's heed in The Toon goal to put the visitors level! <(bet he felt like a real 'dummy'!)

VIEW OF THE EAST STAND FROM THE MILBURN STAND BALCONY

Wor lead waz restored just 7 minutes later when Jack Colback fired in a 25 yard screamer off the post @ The Leazes End!
(half time 2-1 up!)

We 'got oot of jail' just 3 minutes after the re-start when Bonleee hit the underside of the bar and post in quick secession, but thankfully 'lady luck' waz on wor side and the baall rebounded oot!

They hit the post again not lang after (for the 4th time!) but they finally got their reward with a 2nd equaliser at the mid-point of the half,  when Ings glanced an effort off the post and this time it went in!

We retook the lead yet again 12 mins from time when Perez raced doon the pitch and foond Armstrong who in torn foond Sissoko and he fired past Heaton in the visitors goal @ The Gallowgate End to put us 3-2 up!

ACTION @ THE GALLOWGATE END (2nd half)

Bornleee wornt givin' up though and with just 4 mins to gan we 'shot worsels in the foot' for the 3rd time when after a midfield mix up, Boyd hit a low shot that Jak Alwink shud have saved, but the baall went under hiz body and into the net to make the final score 'three's a piece'!

We lie in 10th place, 10 points above the drop zone and the anly person who iz happy aboot wor mid-table mediocrity iz 'The Fat Controller'! *** "Happy new year!?"

Toon team: Alnwick, Janmaat, Steve Taylor (Williamson 60)Coloccini, Dummett, Colback, Tiote, Sissoko, Perez, Gouffran (Haidera 71), Riviere (Armstrong 57)

Attendance: 51,761 (3,000 Bornleee fans) *(Highest crowd in Britain!)    

  

THE TOON v BORNLEEE *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2014-2015

Posted '10:05am bells' New Years Day 2015

Forst of aall we wish yoo aall "A HAPPY NEW YEAR!" and hope that it's much better than the last one we had!
We have a new man in charge today following the departure of P45DEW to Palace.
John "whey aye the pie!" Carver <(hiz new name---see article below!) and hiz 'sidekick' Steve Stone take their places on the touchline today and we wish them well against a Bornleee side that iz 'on a high' at the moment followin' their dramatic comeback @ Man City on Sunday, when they came from 2 goals doon to draw with the champions of Inglind!

We havvent played them @ St James' for 'many a year' and so not suprizingleee they have sold their full allocation of 3,000 tickets in 'level 7' of 'The Leazes' and will ne doubt be in good voice this afternoon @ '3 bells'!

The fact though that we have to gan through yet anothaa period withoot a permanent manager to replace "yee naa who", iz the latest farcical situation which we find worsels in, for the 'Yes Man' Crawlers Job!?

History lesson: We last played them @ SJP just ower 32 years ago, on 6th November 1982, when we won 3-0 with wor goals comin' from 'Special K' Keegan, Imre Varadi and Chris Waddle.
Just 20,961 were present that day includin' 'The Geordie Times' of course!
Wor forst ever meetin' with Bornleee at 'wor -place' took place 120 years ago on 2nd February 1895 in an FA Cup tie which we won 2-0 in front of an 8,000 crowd, with Tom Rendell gettin' both wor goals! <(wonder if he's still alive!?) 

Match report and pix to follow much later az per usual!

"PIE AYE THE LADS!" *** THE TOON v BORNLEY **** NEXT YEAR, "ER!", TOMORROW!"

Posted '9:45pm bells' New Years Eve 2014

John Carver's press conference after the Everton game reeely summed up wor farcical predicament! ----Didn't it!

P45DEW fails to show for the post-match press conference and asks hiz deputy to step in and 'de it'!

"I waz eatin' a pie when Alan Pardew asked me to de the press conference!"

He didn't expand on this, so wot we divvint naa and iz 'vitally' important!---IZ!---waz it a chicken pie?, waz it a mince and onion pie??, waz it a 'Dickmans' mushroom and 'taatty' pie <(with 'Bisto' gravy)???, OR! waz it in fact a 'Fray Bentos' snake and pigmy pie????---that he waz eatin'?????

"Answers on a postcard pleeeze!" to!: 'The Fat Controller', who we understand iz gettin' 'pie-eyed' in Barbados, at this very moment---"az we speeeek!"

   

P45DEW HEEDS FOR THE PALACE!

Posted '12:45pm bells' Tuesday 30th December 2014

News that Alan Pardew iz to fly the Magpies nest for the Eagles nest iz dein' the roonds in aall the papers today!

Claims that he waz driven oot by the hate mob are not far off the mark, but the fact that he will DOUBLE hiz salary @ Selhurst iz a major factor az well!

This man gans doon in wor history for aall the wrang reasons havin lost 4 derbies in a row for the forst time ever! <(That's sommik to have on your CV isn't it!)

Hiz excuses when we lost (which iz quite often!) were borderin' on the ridiculous! 
Dodgy refs, blatant hand balls, offsides, sendins off, fouls in the box and last but not least the FANS fault for not winnin a game, coz we were CHEERIN' tooo much!? <(absolutleee ridiculous!)

Wot more can we say in a year which haz seen just ONE good month, which waz in November!

Now the speculation begins az to just who will take ower the 'Yes Mans' post? <(we shall see---we shall see!?)

Watch this space!


On anothaa point, it iz claimed that we sang 'The Munich song' at Man U on Boxin' Day by some Twitter users?----We were in the middle of the away section and can tell yoo that we hord
NO SUCH CHANT WHATSOEVER!

It shud be noted that the usual 17th minutes applause for the victims of the MH17 air crash waz NOT taken up by the Man U fans!----The forst time that any of wor opponents this season haz failed to do so? <(mebeez they didn't realise just why we were clappin'?) < (We therefore, will give them the benefit of doubt!)

THE TOON 3 THE TOFFEE NOSES 2 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2014-2015

Posted 'high noon bells' Monday 29th December 2014

"JACK'S THE LAD!"

We said yesterday that we thought the game would probably be a bore draw and that's exactleee wot we didn't get! <(yet again 'The Geordie Times' gets it aall wrang!)

The sequence of events were az follows:

5th minute: Disaster strikes az The Toffee Noses gan ahead through Kone, who shoots home from inside the 6 yard box @ The Gallowgate End!

33rd minute: Cisse clobbers Colman with hiz elbow after he iz held back---luckily the officials missed it!

THE TOON ATTACK THE LEAZES GOAL (1st half)

37th minute: Tiote's cross iz pulled back by Williamson and it faalls nicely for Cisse who rifles the baall into the net for the equaliser!

53rd minute: Tiote finds Perez inside the box and the Spaniard tuck a neeet shot just inside the post to put The Toon 2-1 up!

70th minute: Everton's Ross Barkley drops a clanger and gives the baall straight to 'Ginger Jack' Colback and he gleefully excepts hiz belated Xmas present and knocks the baall underneath Robles in the visitors goal!  He celebrates hiz FORST EVER GOAL for us wildly, in front of The Gallowgate End!

'GINGER JACK'  SENDS IN A CORNER FROM THE GALLOWGATE END
(View from Milburn Stand balcony)

82nd minute: We try to shoot worsels in the foot by allowin' Merallas through the middle and he chips Alnwick to bring the game back to 3-2 az the 3,000 Toffee Noses celebrate high up behind The Leazes goal!

82nd to 95th minutes: A nailbitin' last few minutes then follows and we are very unfortunate not to gan 4-2 up when Perez hits the post from the edge of the area deep into injury time!---the baall rebounds to Riviere but he slices the baall wide!

We 'haad on' to claim the valuable 3 points and prove 'The Geordie Times' wrang! <(we are so pleezed we were wrang!---beleeeve yoo me!) to end this sad and tragic year on a 'high'!

Toon team: Alnwick, Janmaat, Coloccini, Williamson, Dummett, Perez, Sissoko, Tiote, Colback, Gouffran (Cabella 91), Cisse (Riviere 72)

Attendance: 52,313 (3,000 Toffee Noses)   *

THE TOON v THE TOFFEE NOSES *** THIS AFTERNOON!

Posted '9:55am bells' Sunday 28th December 2014

ACTION FROM LAST SEASON @ SJP *** WE LOST 3-0 !

We gan into todays live telly game ('4:15 bells' on SKY) lookin' to avoid wor 5th defeat 'on the bounce' against an Everton side who have won just 1 oot of their last 6 games and a 'bore-draw' seems the likely outcome!---especially since wor 'manager of the month' haz said that he wants 4 points oot of the next 6! 
Az we are at home today and New Years Day (against Bornley) we can anly assume? that a draw today and 3 points against relegation threatened Bornley are hiz ambitions!  (Surely we shud be gannin for aall SIX points???)


Anyway!---a full Geordie Times match report will appear here sometime tomorrow!  

THE MANC MUPPETS 3 THE TOON 1 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2014-2015

Posted '10:21am bells' Saturday 27th December 2014

"TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED!"  <("We anly lost 3-1 !")

PAPPIS CISSE SCORES FROM THE SPOT @ 'THE THEATRE OF MUPPETS'!

Wor last away game of 2014 ended in a predictable defeat, although a 3-1 revorse waz better than we expected!

We said yesterday mornin' in 'The Geordie Times' that we feared that Rooney and co. would have their shootin' boots on and that's exactly wot happened az 'The Wigged Wonder from Mickeymouseland' scored two eazy goals, the forst that your great grandma could have knocked in with hor zimmer frame!

Some of the 3,000 Toon fans were in festive spirit az they chucked beer @ £4.50 a pint ower each othaa in the concourse before the game! <(They've got more money than brains in their empty heeds--me finx!)
Aa managed to avoid a soakin' by heedin' for 'shelter' in mee seat in row 21 of 'The East Stand' (formerly 'The Scoreboard End'!)

The Toon ran oot in an inexplicable grey strip (WHY?) when of course we wore wor famous black n white stripes in wor famous victory here the year before!

VIEW FROM ROW 21, SEAT 61, EAST STAND

In the 14th minute we had a penalty appeal waved away by the ref after Mata clips Gouffran in the box at the far Stretford End <(It waz hard to tell from where we were, if it was a pen or not?)

It waz soon 'backs to the waall' az Man U pounded wor goal and it waz a suprize that it took then az lang az the 22nd minute to take the lead az heavy rain lashed doon!
Mata foond Falcao and hiz precision pass foond an unmarked Rooney who had the simple task of sidefootin' the baall into wor net ---(tooo eazy!)

Their lead waz soon doubled just 13 minutes later when Falcao again foond Rooney and he excepted hiz chance to finish well!

CRICKET GROOND

We'd been to a boozer next to Old Trafford Cricket Groond before the game and a 'cricket score' at it's 'namesake' now looked on the cards!
However!---there waz ne more scorin' til half time and we trooped off the pitch, lookin' resigned to defeat aalready!


THE TOON ATTACK THE STRETFORD END (1st half)


It took the home side just 7 minutes in the 2nd period to increase their lead when 'The Wigged Wonder' lofts the baall ower wor defence to find the heed on Van Persie who (unmarked) heeded past a helpless Jak Alnwick in The Toon goal @ 'The Stretford End'!
With nearly 40 minutes left on the clock it didn't look tooo good for us, but 'The Mancs' took their foot off the gas on the field az 70,000 'Muppets' in the crowd cheered half heartedly! <(there were thoosands of Man U 'tourists' in 'The Theatre of Muppets', wearin' their new gear from the club shop and many had those awful 'half and half' scarves on!)

Anyway!--- there WAZ anothaa goal!---from US! <(horray!) when in the 85th minute Jack Colback waz fouled in the box by Jones and Cisse made ne misstayk from the spot, az he fired the baall into the top corner of the net to give the 3,000 Toon faithful at least sommik to cheer!

THE TOP OF 'THE PENNINES' ON THE M62
(View from 'Biffa the Beer's jam jar!) 

That's the way it ended and we heeded back to wor car which waz parked near the groond and after a near 4 hour drive back through rain, fog and blizzard conditions on the M62 we arrived back on Tyneside, thankful that, indeed, it wasn't a 'cricket score' in the end!

Toon team: Alnwick, Janmaat, Coloccini, Steve Taylor, Dummett (Cabella 63), Colback, Anita, Sissoko, Perez (Vuckic 82), Gouffran, Armstrong (Cisse 63)

Attendance: 75,318 (72,318 'Theatre of Muppeteers', 3,000 Toon fans!)   *


THE PRE MATCH 'GARGELS' TOOK PLACE HERE!

A PLAQUE TO MUNICH AIR CRASH VICTIM TOMMY TAYLOR
HE LIVED IN THIS HOOSE OWER THE ROAD FROM THE CRICKET GROOND

FOOTBAALL TOURISTS & 'THE THEATRE OF MUPPETS'---AN EXPLANATION!

Man U are without doubt the most tourist riven club in the world!
The sight of 100's of bemused oriental ladies and gentlemen (some wearin' face masks!) heedin' for the tornstiles with their bags of souvenirs from the club shop and wearin' half and half Manc/Toon scarves waz a sight to behold!

Of course there are many others from other parts of planet Orth az well, just like the Orient <(NOT Leyton!) who claim to follow them, from Dublin to Dubai!---and of course!, London to Lahore! 
Stalls ootside the groond sellin' anythin' from hot dogs to tacky team photos (and of course!) half and half scarves were everywhere and they reminded me of the Sunday market on Newcastle quayside!
Scarf sellers in particular were in abundance on the pavements ootside the tornstiles sellin' their wares to gazing 'tourists', eager to snap up a bargain!? <(NOT!) az they took photos of everything and anything that moved!

Inside the groond yoo could see that they just didn't naa wot to de when Rooney scored---shud they wave their half Toon scarves?---or clap?---or cheer!?---"Welcome to 'The Theatre of Muppets!"

  

THE MANC MUPPETS v THE TOON *** TOOODAY @ '3 BELLS'

Posted '7:43am bells' Boxin' Day 2014

This mornin' we heed ower the Pennines to 'The Theatre of Muppets' where we take on a rejuvenated home side under their new manager!
Last season of course we witnessed wor forst win there since 1972 and a repeat of that wud be a very nice Xmas present indeeed!
However!--reality tells us that this iz very unlikely to happen, especially if Rooney and co. have got their shootin' boots on? (and we havvent!) and we of course are on 'a downer' after 3 bad defeats in a row!

We will have a followin' of 3,000 in the away end and pleeeze!---ne smoke bombs in the concourse this time, like at Sporz!
The match iz live on BT Sports

History lesson: We forst played Newton Heath (who later became Man U) 114 years ago, on 6th April 1895 @ Bank Street, Manchester and we lost 5-1 in a (old) Division 2 game in front of a 6,000 crowd

Wor forst ever meetin' @ Old Trafford waz on 15th October 1910 in the old 1st Division, when (again) we lost, this time by 2-0 in front of 50,000.

Geordie Times history: A 2-1 defeat 41 years ago, on 17th March 1973 in front of 48,426, when Irving Nattrass scored for us. We were in the Main Stand Paddock that day <(Me finx?)

Wor aall time record against them isn't so good eetha, in the159 competitive games played between us, NUFC have won 41, drawn 37 and lost 81 times against them!   

A full 'Geordie Times' match report and pix will appear here tomorrow sometime and we can anly hope that it's 'glad tidings we bring'?

PS: We make ne apology for 'digging up' last seasons historic win 'doon there' and this iz printed below!

THE MUPPETS OF MANCHESTER 0 THE TOON 1 !!! ***PREMYAA LEEGUE 2013-14 *** "THE JINX HAZ BEEN JETTISONED!" *** "THE CURSE IZ CAST!"

Updated '8:15pm bells' Sunday 8th December 2013

Aa forst saw The Toon play @ 'The Theatre of Muppets' az a fresh faced teenager ower 40 years ago, when we lost 2-1 in a old Forst Division match and up til '12:45 bells' yesterday aa still had never seen them win there! (Apart from 2 FA Cup semis against Sporz and Sheff Utd)
A'v been gannin' ever since and waz beginnin' to think that we would NEVER EVER beat them there in my lifetime!


"IZ THIS WOR LUCKY OMEN BAR? ***READ ON!"


Before the match we heeded off to wor usual Manchester 'haunt' of 'The Retro Bar' not too far from Piccadilly train station where the bar manager had a familiar 'Geordie twang' to hiz accent!
"Where are yee from-like?" aa asked him!
"Scotshy Road!", came the reply (that's Scotswood Road in Newcastle, made famous in 'The Blaydon Races' song!)
Iz this a 'lucky omen' aa thought???

Anyway!--- after a few 'gargels' we heeded for Salford on the train which handily dropped us outside the away tornstiles and 'in we went'!

We started off well and enjoyed a descent spell of possession with several chances gannin' aa beggin' and we edged the forst half and went in goal-less at the break!

Again we came oot in the 2nd period intent on winnin' it and then on the hour mark @ precisely '2:06 bells' a wonderous thing happened!
'The Sissoko Kid' got a slice of luck az the baall broke for him doon the right and he waz able to gallop forward before cuttin' the baall back to Yohan Cabaye who fired 'the wonder goal' past Gea in 'The Muppeteers' goal!
The three thousand Toon fans then went 'completeleee off it' az they jumped on the seats and one kid behind me nearly broke hiz leg az he went 'arse ower tit' into the row in front!

There waz still quite a way to gan az the clock ticked doon slowly with every minute seemin' like an hour az the home side pressed for the equaliser!

THE TOON (in their Brazil strip!) CELEBRATE WOR FAMOUS VICTORY!

It never came! and on the final whistle we celebrated az though we'd just won the FA Cup!---A MAGIC MOMENT for everyone present! ("er!" apart from the 72,000 Muppets!---many of whom had since departed!)

So here I am, fast appoachin' 'zimmerfame', free prescription and bus pass age, with mee forst ever win against them doon here 'under mee belt' at last!


 'The Sporting Life' reported: 
Amid their glee the Magpie fans delivered two of the cruellest jibes! "You're gettin' sacked in the morning!" towards David Moyes and "You're goin' down with The mackems!", the derogatory name they give to their arch rivals from wearside!    


It waz 41 years ago that we last beat 'The Cockney Boys of Salford' on their own patch, but az curses would have it I wasn't there to see it!

Honestleee!---it waz a golden moment to savour!---to finalleee get this 'monkey off wor back'!

Toon team: Krul, Debuchy (Yanga 83), Williamson, Coloccini,  Santon, Tiote, Anita, Sissoko, Cabaye (Shola Ameobi 78), Gouffran (Ben Arfa 77), Remy

Attendance: 75,233 (3,000 Toon fans who will NEVER forget this day!)

"THE JINX HAZ BEEN JETTISONED!***
THE CURSE HAZ BEEN CAST!"