SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY!

Posted 'high noon bells' Thorsday 27th August 2015

It haz been conformed that we will play Sheffield Wednesday on a Wednesday neet in wor Leegue Cup 3rd roond tie @ St James' Park!
Apparently 'Wednesday' refused point blank to play on a Tuesday!?---so Wednesday 23rd September it iz with a '7:45 bells' kick off!

THE TOON 4 A LOAD OF COBBLERS 1 *** LEEGUE CUP 2nd ROOND 2015-2016

Posted 'high noon bells' Wednesday 26th August 2015

THE TOON ATTACK THE LEAZES GOAL (1st half)
(FOTO TAKEN BY JAMIE AGED 5 (and three qwaataz!)

"TOON 'BOOT' COBBLERS OOT OF CUP!"

The Toon took on lowly Northampton Toon @ St James' last neet with a much changed team from the one that got a draw at 'The Theatre of Muppets' on Saturday. (Anly Haidara and Perez who started against Man U were in the startin' line up this time!)

We were oot of the blocks aalmost immediately and took the lead in the 3rd minute when Florian Thourvin swivelled a shot into the back of the net from a Haidara cross to give us the lead @ The Leazes End!

Just 5 minutes later and wor lead waz doubled when De Jong fired home from a Thourvin centre and a cricket score looked on the cards!---But this IZ NUFC! and just a minute later Tiote gave away a needless 'handbaall' penalty @ The Gallowgate End, which Richards dispatched past resorve goalie Karl Darlow in The Toon goal!

3 goals in the forst 10 minutes and wor hearts were racin' az wor visitors went for an equaliser az wor defence waz at sixes and sevens for a brief period!

Thourvin then put the baall in the net again for us--anly for it to be ruled offside by the linesmans flag!

We restored wor 2 goal lead orly in the 2nd half through Janmaat and again Thourvin supplied the baall!


JAMIE TAKES A FOTO OF THE BLACK SKY! (2nd half)
"IT'S DARK GRANDDAD!---ISN'T IT!?" 


Thourvin then wellied ower a free kick in the 63rd minute which foond the heed of Williamson who glanced the baall into the net to to 'nail the victory and 'boot' <(sic!) 'The Cobblers oot of the Leegue Cup!

WILLIAMSON SCORES WOR 4th GOAL @ THE GALLOWGATE END!
(JAMIE EXCLUUUSIVE!)

Grandson Jamie who waz watchin' hiz 3rd forst team game waz 'ower the moon' az this waz the forst time he had ever seen us win!
(Hiz previous 2 were a 2-2 draw with Hull and a 1-0 defeat by The Borussia Munchin'gladbachs in a pre season friendly!)

A satisfactory performance (apart from the daft penalty) and the draw for the next roond waz again kind to us with anothaa home tie against Championship side Sheff Wed!

"I WAZ THERE!"
(JAMIE SHOWS OFF HIZ 'PRIZED' MATCH TICKET!)

 

Toon team: Darlow,Janmaat, Lascelles, Williamson, Haidara (Toney 78), Tiote, Gouffran, Aarons, De Jong, Thourvin (Mitrovic 65),  Perez (Colback 72)

Attendance: 26, 923
(989 Cobblers!) in the far corner of this pic >>>>>>>>>>>>>








The pre-match 'gargels' took place here!

JAMIE GETS STUCK INTO HIS 'COKE-BEER' IN
'THE STRAWBERRY' 'BEER BAR'!

THE TOON v A LOAD OF COBBLERS! *** LEEGUE CUP 2nd ROOND 2015-2016

Posted '11:33am bells' Tuesday 25th August 2015

Toneet 'The Toon' take on Northampton 'Toon' in the Leegue Cup 2nd roond @ St James' Park.
The tie which kicks off @ '7:45 bells' must be played to a conclusion with extra time and penalties if necessary! <(lets hope not!)

It will be very interestin' to see wot side 'Brollyman McClaren' will pick in wor quest to win a major trophy at last!
("Pleeze! pleeeeze! NOT a resorve X1, Steve---or else we'll be in trouble!")

The tie haz riveted 'The Cobblers from Northampton' and they had sold a grand total of 989 tickets for The Leazes/ East Stand corner by last neet!
We expect a crowd of between 25,000 and 30,000 to torn up with the lower bowl just open toneet! 
(The old 'current bun' haz made an appearance in the Tyneside sky, but it's a bit windy with a few clouds blowin' aboot az we speak, but at least it's not rainin'---yet!?)

A full 'Geordie Times' match and pix report will appear here az per usual sometime tomorrow!---watch this space az per usual!  

U21s GAME @ BRIGHTON POSTPONED!

Posted '9:00am bells' Munday 24th August 2015

Wor Resorve U21s game @ Brighton's trainin' groond in Lancing later today haz been postponed due to the fatal air show crash at nearby Shoreham on Saturday---Ne date for the re-arranged match haz been set yet

THE MANC MUPPETEERS 0 THE TOON 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2015-2016

Posted '11:30am bells' Sunday 23rd August 2015

THE TOON KICK OFF
(WE ARE IN WOR NEW WHITE AND BLUE AWAY STRIP)

A much much better defensive performance than last week @ Swanzee, ensured we came away from 'The Theatre of Muppets' with an unexpected point in this goal-less draw!

Again (just like at Swanzee) it waz the home side who battered wor defence and after just 7 minutes or so 'that thorn in wor side'  'Wayne "where's mee hair"? Rooney' slotted the baall into wor net---anly for the linesman to raise hiz flag and rule it 'offside'!---It waz a close caall, but the officials are aalways reet---arnt they?

We had wor moments too and new boy Mitrovic hit the bar with a powerful heeder @ The Stretford End', but unfortunatally it bounced back into play!

Coloccini, Taylor and Krul in particular had outstandin' games for us and saved us several times from gannin behind in the 2nd period!


NEW BOY 'FLO' THOURVIN SENDS A CORNER IN, LATE ON!

The Toon nearly won it at the 'death' when anothaa new boy Florian Thourvin agonisingly just failed to connect to the baall with an outstretched leg from a Cisse cross! (Cisse had just come on in the 88th minute!)

Apart from Mitrovic's heeder, we had NE shots on target az far az aa can remember!? <(several pints of the local brew before the game might have sommik to de with that!)

TWO points oot of the forst NINE!---we are cruisin'!

PS: On the retorn jorney back yem the train waz engulfed in a thunder and lightnin' storm and it waz rainin' that hard waataa started drippin' through the roof az we approached York!

It didn't let up and by the time aa got yem aa waz like a drowned rat az aa waalked through mee front door drippin' wet, az the storm engulfed Tyneside! <(the joys of followin' The Toon away!)

Toon team: Krul, Coloccini, Mbemba, Taylor, Haidara, Colback, Anita, Wijnaldum, Obertan (Thourvin 69), Perez (Tiote 78), Mitrovic (Cisse 88)

Attendance: 75,354 (2,000 or so relieved Toon fans!) *

THE PRE MATCH GARGELS TOOK PLACE HERE!
(MANC CITY CENTRE)

THE POST MATCH GARGELS TOOK PLACE HERE!
(MANC CITY CENTRE)

AND HERE!
 

 

"USA AALL THE WAY!" *** "30,000 THANKYOOZ!"

Posted '2:57 pm bells' Friday 21st August 2015

THE CELEBRATIONS HAVE BEGAN AT THE TOP OF
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN IN NEW YORK AZ WE SPEAK!

An 'historic event' haz occurred in the last few days---for wor friends 'across the pond' in the old USA have just clocked up their THIRTY THOOSANDTH 'HIT' on The Geordie Times website!

Once again we must thank wor American/Geordie mates for visitin' us on a regular basis!

Once again a VERY BIG thankyooo!

THE MANC MUPPETEERS v THE TOON *** TOMORROW @ '12:45 BELLS'!

Posted '1:22pm bells' Friday 21st August 2015

Tomorrow dinnaatime we heed for the delights of Salford where we take on 'The Cockney Reds' @ The Theatre of Muppets!

An orly start for the 2nd week in a row meenz we are catchin' the '6:30 am bells' train in the mornin' <(like we did last week when we went to Swanzee!) and shud arrive there in plenty of time for a few gargels before the match!

Just ONE win there in the last 21 attempts meenz that we are definite 2nd favourites once again to pick up the 3 points with the odds stacked against us!
Wayne Rooney iz lookin' for hiz 13th! goal against us in the Premyaa Leegue era!

Aall £46 Toon tickets have been sold, although they havvent said just how many will be in wor usual  East Stand seats in the visitors enclosure? (live on BT)

New boy Florian Thauvin will make hiz debut for us and will wear the number 20 shirt!

We sincerely hope that we DIVVINT play like we did @ Swanzee and get somebody sent off before half time, or else we are in for a hidin'!

But who knows?---this IZ NUFC after aall and anythin' can happen!

Full match report to follow on Sunday---sometime!

WAR-CHEST NEWS *** £50(ish!) MILLION NOW SPENT!

Posted 'high noon bells' Thorsday 20th August 2015


THE 'HAIR' APPARENT TO THE NUMBER 20 SHIRT!

Wor 4th major signin' haz arrived on Tyneside by the name of Florian Thauvin from French club Olimpique Marseille for a reported fee of £12 million!
The 22 year old French winger haz signed a 5 year contract and iz available to play @ Man U on Saturday.
He will wear the number 20 shirt which haz been vacated by Remy Cabella who heeds in the opposite direction on a year long loan!

More to follow on wor trip to 'The Theatre of Muppets' tomorrow!

NORTHAMPTON TOON *** NEXT TUESDAY NEET!

Posted '2:25pm bells' Tuesday 18th August 2015

Wor home game against 'The Cobblers of Northampton' in the Leegue Cup 2nd roond will be played next Tuesday neet @ '7:45 bells'
Tickets are now on sale to season ticket holders and just the lower sections of St James' will be open for this game az (not suprizinglee!) a sub 30,000 crowd iz predicted!  (Northampton have sold 1,450 tickets!)

THE SWAN LAKERS 2 THE TOON 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2015-2016

Posted '11:07 am bells' Munday 17th August 2015

THE TOON ATTACK THE FAR GOAL (1st half)

"DISASTERS DAYS CONTINUED!"

Anothaa away day and yet anothaa away defeat and nothin' haz changed since last season! (apart from the manager!)

Wot can we say (again!)  It waz aall Swanzee from the start az they plummeted the goal in front of the loyal Toon fans who had made the lang jorney doon to sooth Wales!
(A roond trip of ower 700 miles!)

A new heed coach--but we seemed to play exactly the same az we did on the road last season and within 5 minutes yoo just knew that disaster loomed az 'we' couldn't get anywhere near 'their' goal!

Swanzee struck the 'inevitable blow' just 4 minutes later when Gomez had the simple task of roundin' Tim Krul in The Toon goal to put the home side 1-0 up!
We couldn't make inroads to fight back and then in the 40th minute it waz 'game ower' az Janmaat got hiz 2nd yellow of the game for pullin' back one of their players and we were doon to 10 men before the break!

'Brollyman McClaren' then brought on Steve Taylor after the half time interval to replace an injured Sissoko and then the home side made the game safe by a free heeder from Ayew in the 52nd minute and we were doomed!

Tactical genius McClaren then substituted the anly attacker left on the field by takin' off Cisse and bringin' on Aarons just TWO minutes after Swanzee had scored????
In effect NUFC were now playin' a '4-5-0 formation! 

A damage limitation exercise? that had the 1,500 travellin' in uproar az we played oot the rest of the game with not one shot on target in front of the away contingent!
Mitrovic came on when it waz tooo late (82nd minute!) az we suffered wor SEVENTH away defeat on the bounce' (Ne away wins since JANUARY now!) (and just TWO GOALS scored!) 


2nd HALF ACTION AZ THE TOON (dark strip)
MAKE A RARE 'SORTE' ON THE SWANZEE GOAL!


Wor retorn jorney on the train next day torned oot to be another disaster az well!---The train guard on wor inter-city train from Bristol to Newcasil had a stroke at Gloucester and we aall had to get off and get a two carriage train to Cheltenham ---and then anothaa train to The Toon with standin' room only!---
Nearly EIGHT hours after leavin' Newport (where we were stayin' for the neet) we eventually arrived back on Tyneside @ '4pm bells Sunday afternoon, completleee 'cream crackered'!

The joys of followin' NUFC away!

Footnote: There were a canny few Wolves fans on the train that had to be abandoned---They were on their way to see their home game against Hull which kicked off @ 'high noon bells', but they had nee chance of makin' the kick off!
One of their number aged 82, (we were told) who hails from Ross on Wye and who haz held a Wolves season ticket for 70 years, waz determined not to miss any of the match and he took a taxi from Gloucester at great expense to get there on time! <(a medal the size of a dustbin lid iz wot he deserves!---hope he made it!?) 

PS: Hope the train guard haz made a full recovery az well!

Toon team: Krul, Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Haidara, Anita, Colback, Sissoko (Steve Taylor 46), Wijnaldum, Obertan (Mitrovic 82), Cisse (Aarons 54)

Attendance: 20,678 (1,500 very angry Toon fans!)



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THE PRE MATCH GARGELS IN SWANZEE TOOK PLACE HERE!

 

    

THE POST MATCH GARGELS TOOK PLACE IN NEWPORT

NEWPORT