The very sad news haz reached us that former Toon goalie Pavel Srnicek haz died this afternoon at the age of just 47 followin' a heart attack last week
Wor thoughts are with hiz family and friends at this difficult time
RIP PAV
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Tuesday, 29 December 2015
PAVEL RIP
Posted '4:07 pm bells' Tuesday 29th December 2015
The very sad news haz reached us that former Toon goalie Pavel Srnicek haz died this afternoon at the age of just 47 followin' a heart attack last week
Wor thoughts are with hiz family and friends at this difficult time
RIP PAV
The very sad news haz reached us that former Toon goalie Pavel Srnicek haz died this afternoon at the age of just 47 followin' a heart attack last week
Wor thoughts are with hiz family and friends at this difficult time
RIP PAV
BERWICK STRANGERS X1 v TOON X1 **TOONEET @ Shielfield Park, Tweedmoooth
Posted '3:33pm bells' Tuesday 29th December 2015
The Toon are sendin' a team up to Tweedmoooth this evenin', where they are playin' a friendly against Berwick
£5 for big kids and U16s FREE!
Kick off iz @ '7:30 bells'
Update Wednesday mornin'
The Toon X1 won 3-1 against a Berwick Strangers X1 with wor goals comin' from Longstaff, Gallacher and Broccoli in front of a smaall crowd of 388
The Toon are sendin' a team up to Tweedmoooth this evenin', where they are playin' a friendly against Berwick
£5 for big kids and U16s FREE!
Kick off iz @ '7:30 bells'
Update Wednesday mornin'
The Toon X1 won 3-1 against a Berwick Strangers X1 with wor goals comin' from Longstaff, Gallacher and Broccoli in front of a smaall crowd of 388
THE BAGGIE TROOSERS 1 THE TOON 0 *** PREMYAA LEAGUE 2015-2016
Posted '11:00am bells' Tuesday 29th December 2015
"AN INSULT TO WOR INTELLIGENCE!"
After battlin' through the floods of York on the '7:25 bells' train to New Street, Bormingham, *("Whey!", hardly 'battlin' through the floods---more like watchin' York drown az we passed by on the train with wor feet up, drinkin' cans of 'easy rider', wonderin' just how those affected were copin'!)
We expected at the very least a 'battlin' display from The Toon az well, after aall the 'hype' surroundin' the 'injustice' of wor defeat at home to Everton just 2 days before on Boxin' Day (see that match report forthaa doon the page!)
*(PS: Honestly, wor hearts gan oot to aall the people who have been affected by the terrible floods--it must be heartbreakin' to be flooded time and time again!)
Wot we got from NUFC waz the usual garbage that we have been so used to this year, az we gave in meekly to a poor WBA side who bombarded wor goal in the forst half with wave after wave of shots and corners to keep wor rooky goalie Karl Darlow very busy (Rob Elliot had felt unwell before the game and Darlow waz hoyed into the fray!)
Honestly!---it would have been more excitin' watchin' paint dry on 'wor part' az we hardly ventured up the field and we were (very!)glad to see the half time break!
Both Dummett and Coloccini hit the woodwork in the 2nd half and Mitrovic seemed to be pulled back az he waz aboot to take a shot in front of the Toon faithful behind the goal, but penalty claims were waved away by the ref ---but they waz the anly 'highlights' of this half for 'us' az we continually gave the baall away, shyed oot from tackles and played across the field and backwards!--instead of gannin forward! <(ie: A 'complete' shambles!)
The killer blow came just after the Mitrovic incident, when Darlow failed to hold a Darren Fletcher downward heeder and it squeezed underneath him and into the net for the anly goal of the game!
'The Wally withoot the Brolly' iz unbelievable!---claimin' that we in fact "played ever so well!"--- matched West Brom in every department and didn't deserve to lose---which game waz he watchin', like????
Does he think we are so stupid and gullible that we will believe anything that he says???----hiz ridiculous comments are an insult to wor intelligence and have NOT gone doon well with the Toon fans!
The match stats tell a very different story to McClaren's however!
The Baggie Troosers had a total of 22 shots of which 5 were on target and 18 corners, compared to 'wor' 7 shots, (nearly aall weak efforts!) of which anly TWO were on target (1 in each half!) and 6 corners!
We aalso committed twice az many fouls az them (14 to 7), many of them needless when we lost possession!
The Leegue table doesn't lie, Steve and we gan into the new year 3rd bottom with a pathetic 17 points from 19 games at the halfway point of the season---Indeed, with just SEVEN wins oot of a possible THORTY EIGHT games played this calendar year, it beats the previous worst in livin' memory, which waz NINE wins in 1961 (relegated 1960-1961) and NINE wins in 2008 (relegated 2008-2009!)
Next up iz 'The Arse' away on Saturday---a groond where we have conceded 14 goals in wor last 3 visits!-----Arsene Wenger must be rubbin' hiz hands!
Toon team: Darlow, Coloccini, Dummett, Janmaat, Mbemba, Sissoko, Colback (Thourvin 86) <(WHY?), Anita (Tiote 27), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic, Perez (De Jong 72) <(WHY?)
Attendance: 26,313 (2,700 insulted Toon fans!) *
The pre and post match gargels took place 'here' in Bormingham city centre
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| "NO!"---"IT'S NOT THE NORTH SEA!"--"IT'S THE OUTSKIRTS OF YORK!" ("THERE'S A FARMHOOSE AND VILLAGE UNDER THERE!")--- ---("SOMEWHERE!") |
"AN INSULT TO WOR INTELLIGENCE!"
After battlin' through the floods of York on the '7:25 bells' train to New Street, Bormingham, *("Whey!", hardly 'battlin' through the floods---more like watchin' York drown az we passed by on the train with wor feet up, drinkin' cans of 'easy rider', wonderin' just how those affected were copin'!)
We expected at the very least a 'battlin' display from The Toon az well, after aall the 'hype' surroundin' the 'injustice' of wor defeat at home to Everton just 2 days before on Boxin' Day (see that match report forthaa doon the page!)
*(PS: Honestly, wor hearts gan oot to aall the people who have been affected by the terrible floods--it must be heartbreakin' to be flooded time and time again!)
Wot we got from NUFC waz the usual garbage that we have been so used to this year, az we gave in meekly to a poor WBA side who bombarded wor goal in the forst half with wave after wave of shots and corners to keep wor rooky goalie Karl Darlow very busy (Rob Elliot had felt unwell before the game and Darlow waz hoyed into the fray!)
Honestly!---it would have been more excitin' watchin' paint dry on 'wor part' az we hardly ventured up the field and we were (very!)glad to see the half time break!
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| A 'VERY' RARE ATTACK ---COLOCCINI (dark strip on left) HITS THE POST IN FRONT OF THE TOON FANS! |
Both Dummett and Coloccini hit the woodwork in the 2nd half and Mitrovic seemed to be pulled back az he waz aboot to take a shot in front of the Toon faithful behind the goal, but penalty claims were waved away by the ref ---but they waz the anly 'highlights' of this half for 'us' az we continually gave the baall away, shyed oot from tackles and played across the field and backwards!--instead of gannin forward! <(ie: A 'complete' shambles!)
The killer blow came just after the Mitrovic incident, when Darlow failed to hold a Darren Fletcher downward heeder and it squeezed underneath him and into the net for the anly goal of the game!
'The Wally withoot the Brolly' iz unbelievable!---claimin' that we in fact "played ever so well!"--- matched West Brom in every department and didn't deserve to lose---which game waz he watchin', like????
Does he think we are so stupid and gullible that we will believe anything that he says???----hiz ridiculous comments are an insult to wor intelligence and have NOT gone doon well with the Toon fans!
The match stats tell a very different story to McClaren's however!
The Baggie Troosers had a total of 22 shots of which 5 were on target and 18 corners, compared to 'wor' 7 shots, (nearly aall weak efforts!) of which anly TWO were on target (1 in each half!) and 6 corners!
We aalso committed twice az many fouls az them (14 to 7), many of them needless when we lost possession!
The Leegue table doesn't lie, Steve and we gan into the new year 3rd bottom with a pathetic 17 points from 19 games at the halfway point of the season---Indeed, with just SEVEN wins oot of a possible THORTY EIGHT games played this calendar year, it beats the previous worst in livin' memory, which waz NINE wins in 1961 (relegated 1960-1961) and NINE wins in 2008 (relegated 2008-2009!)
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| Alan Shearer totally contradicts wot McClaren had just said moments before on Match Of The Day |
Next up iz 'The Arse' away on Saturday---a groond where we have conceded 14 goals in wor last 3 visits!-----Arsene Wenger must be rubbin' hiz hands!
Toon team: Darlow, Coloccini, Dummett, Janmaat, Mbemba, Sissoko, Colback (Thourvin 86) <(WHY?), Anita (Tiote 27), Wijnaldum, Mitrovic, Perez (De Jong 72) <(WHY?)
Attendance: 26,313 (2,700 insulted Toon fans!) *
The pre and post match gargels took place 'here' in Bormingham city centre
Sunday, 27 December 2015
THE BAGGIE TROOSERS v THE TOON *** TOMORROW AFTERNOON! *** PERHAPS?
Posted '9:00 pm bells' Sunday 27th December 2015
Tomorrow afternoon we face WBA away in the Premyaa Leegue and we can anly hope that we get there az there iz severe floodin' in York az we speak!
Of course we have to travel through York to get to Bormingham New Street and then onward to West Brom and we are not sure at the moment if York Station iz affected by the floods!
We shall soon find oot tomorrow mornin' (snorkels and flippers at the ready!)
Tomorrow afternoon we face WBA away in the Premyaa Leegue and we can anly hope that we get there az there iz severe floodin' in York az we speak!
Of course we have to travel through York to get to Bormingham New Street and then onward to West Brom and we are not sure at the moment if York Station iz affected by the floods!
We shall soon find oot tomorrow mornin' (snorkels and flippers at the ready!)
THE TOON 0 THE TOFFEE NOSES 1 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2015-2016
Posted '10:38am bells' Sunday 27th December 2015
"CRISIS @ CHRISTMAS!"
With Swanzee winnin' in the orlier kick off, sendin' us back into the bottom 3, it waz vital that we got oot of the blocks and went for Everton 'from the off'!
But it waz wor visitors who made aall the orly play az they attacked the Leazes goal and it seemed just a matter of time before they scored az the rain lashed doon!
We had wor chances though when a Gini Wijnaldum heeder waz expertly saved by Tim Howard in 'The Toffee Noses' goal!
Rob Elliot had anothaa blinder and kept Everton at bay and we somehow went into the break on level torms
We were much better in the 2nd period az we tried to make the breakthrough, although wor forst shot on goal in this half didn't come til the 75th minute!
The key moment of the game for 'The Toon' came when Mitrovic from 5 yards oot fluffed hiz chance---when it waz easier to score!
And then the heartbreak at the end, when, 3 minutes into stoppage time Elliot punched the baall oot @ The Gallowgate End, anly for the baall to find the heed of Cleverley and he 'cleverly' nodded the baall back towards goal and it somehow foond the back of wor net, to send the 3,000 Toffee Noses in level 7 of The Leazes End wild with delight, while' 'I' held my heed in my hands in despair!
There waz ne time for a come back at this late stage and the 3 points were lost az we plunged back into the 'mire'!
18 games played---17 points gained!---37 points dropped! That's an average of 0.94444444444 points per game!---and if we keep this up, wor end of season total will be!-------(deep breath!)
---35.8888888887 points (accordin' to mee fone calculator!)
"CRISIS?---WOT CRISIS???"
Toon team: Elliot, Janmaat, Dummett, Mbemba, Coloccini, Anita, Wijnaldum, Sissoko, Colback, Mitrovic, Perez (Thourvin 87)
Attendance: 51,682 (highest of the season!) (3,000 + Toffee Noses!) *
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| THE TOON ATTACK THE GALLOWGATE GOAL (1st half) |
"CRISIS @ CHRISTMAS!"
With Swanzee winnin' in the orlier kick off, sendin' us back into the bottom 3, it waz vital that we got oot of the blocks and went for Everton 'from the off'!
But it waz wor visitors who made aall the orly play az they attacked the Leazes goal and it seemed just a matter of time before they scored az the rain lashed doon!
We had wor chances though when a Gini Wijnaldum heeder waz expertly saved by Tim Howard in 'The Toffee Noses' goal!
Rob Elliot had anothaa blinder and kept Everton at bay and we somehow went into the break on level torms
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| 2nd HALF KICK OFF |
We were much better in the 2nd period az we tried to make the breakthrough, although wor forst shot on goal in this half didn't come til the 75th minute!
The key moment of the game for 'The Toon' came when Mitrovic from 5 yards oot fluffed hiz chance---when it waz easier to score!
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| ACTION @ THE LEAZES END (2nd half) |
And then the heartbreak at the end, when, 3 minutes into stoppage time Elliot punched the baall oot @ The Gallowgate End, anly for the baall to find the heed of Cleverley and he 'cleverly' nodded the baall back towards goal and it somehow foond the back of wor net, to send the 3,000 Toffee Noses in level 7 of The Leazes End wild with delight, while' 'I' held my heed in my hands in despair!
There waz ne time for a come back at this late stage and the 3 points were lost az we plunged back into the 'mire'!
18 games played---17 points gained!---37 points dropped! That's an average of 0.94444444444 points per game!---and if we keep this up, wor end of season total will be!-------(deep breath!)
---35.8888888887 points (accordin' to mee fone calculator!)
"CRISIS?---WOT CRISIS???"
Toon team: Elliot, Janmaat, Dummett, Mbemba, Coloccini, Anita, Wijnaldum, Sissoko, Colback, Mitrovic, Perez (Thourvin 87)
Attendance: 51,682 (highest of the season!) (3,000 + Toffee Noses!) *
Saturday, 26 December 2015
THE TOON v THE TOFFEE NOSES *** TODAY @ '5:30 BELLS'
Posted '10:03am bells' Boxin' Day 2015
We gan into today's game with a shockin' stat---we have won just 7 leegue games oot of 36 in this 'calender year', so far!--and failure to win wor last 2 games of the year against 'The Toffee Noses' this evenin' and 'The BaggieTroosers' on Munday afternoon will mean that we will have won the least number of games in a 1 year period in livin' memory!
(9 games iz wor previous worst since the 2nd World War ended 70 years ago!)
Quite simply, we must win today or face the prospect of faallin back into 'the quagmire zone' once again!
Some of wor players divvint help the cause by boastin' that we won't be in a relegation battle come the end of the season (Coloccini) and that we will finish in the top TEN come May (Mbemba!)
The sad reality though---IZ!-- we WILL be in the relegation 'dog fight' for the rest of the season, az with just 4 wins oot of 17 so far this season, this tells yoo that for certain!----UNLESS! ---'The Fat Controller' 'puts hiz hands in hiz pockets' to buy some quality players in the January transfor window!
WILL he 'gamble' on 'The Brolly-less Wally' 'to keep us up' with the present mediocre squad--OR!--will he spend some of hiz vast fortune on makin' sure we divvint gan doon?---we shall soon find oot!
With just 17 points from 17 games it doesn't take a mathematical genius to work oot that this iz an average of just ONE point per game <(me finx?) and by the end of the season at this rate we will end up with 38 points from the 38 games played!---relegation form in any othaa season! (We ended up with 39 points last season and just avoided 'the drop' on the very last day!)
Wot will happen on this rain sodden Boxin' Day???---it's anybody's guess???---and az we've said so many times in the past---this IZ NUFC and anything can happen!
A full match report will appear here on Sunday!---lets hope it's a 'MERRY XMAS' after aall!
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| ^ "LET'S HOPE IT IZ!" ^ |
We gan into today's game with a shockin' stat---we have won just 7 leegue games oot of 36 in this 'calender year', so far!--and failure to win wor last 2 games of the year against 'The Toffee Noses' this evenin' and 'The BaggieTroosers' on Munday afternoon will mean that we will have won the least number of games in a 1 year period in livin' memory!
(9 games iz wor previous worst since the 2nd World War ended 70 years ago!)
Quite simply, we must win today or face the prospect of faallin back into 'the quagmire zone' once again!
Some of wor players divvint help the cause by boastin' that we won't be in a relegation battle come the end of the season (Coloccini) and that we will finish in the top TEN come May (Mbemba!)
The sad reality though---IZ!-- we WILL be in the relegation 'dog fight' for the rest of the season, az with just 4 wins oot of 17 so far this season, this tells yoo that for certain!----UNLESS! ---'The Fat Controller' 'puts hiz hands in hiz pockets' to buy some quality players in the January transfor window!
WILL he 'gamble' on 'The Brolly-less Wally' 'to keep us up' with the present mediocre squad--OR!--will he spend some of hiz vast fortune on makin' sure we divvint gan doon?---we shall soon find oot!
With just 17 points from 17 games it doesn't take a mathematical genius to work oot that this iz an average of just ONE point per game <(me finx?) and by the end of the season at this rate we will end up with 38 points from the 38 games played!---relegation form in any othaa season! (We ended up with 39 points last season and just avoided 'the drop' on the very last day!)
Wot will happen on this rain sodden Boxin' Day???---it's anybody's guess???---and az we've said so many times in the past---this IZ NUFC and anything can happen!
A full match report will appear here on Sunday!---lets hope it's a 'MERRY XMAS' after aall!
Friday, 25 December 2015
******************"IT'S CRIS'MISSSSS!"*****************
MERRY XMAS FROM
THE GEORDIE TIMES!
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| "SANTA IZ A GEORDIE!" |
Thursday, 24 December 2015
GET WELL SOON PAV!
Posted '10:54am bells' Xmas Eve 2015
News that wor former goalie Pavel Srnicek iz still in an induced coma followin' a heart attack saddens us greatly.
Pav iz anly 47 and waz oot joggin' last Sunday in hiz home town of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, when he collapsed!
Wor thoughts are with him and hiz family!
Get well soon mate! ----"Pavel iz a Geordie!"
News that wor former goalie Pavel Srnicek iz still in an induced coma followin' a heart attack saddens us greatly.
Pav iz anly 47 and waz oot joggin' last Sunday in hiz home town of Ostrava in the Czech Republic, when he collapsed!
Wor thoughts are with him and hiz family!
Get well soon mate! ----"Pavel iz a Geordie!"
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
GROUNDHOPPIN' DATES FOR YOUR DIARY FOR THE NEXT MONTH!
Posted '1:00pm bells' Tuesday 22nd December 2015
KEY: Gold= 1st team home game Yellow=1st team away game
Pink=U21 game Green=U18 game
Boxin' Day (Saturday): The Toffee Noses @ SJP @ '5:30 bells' (SKY)
Monday 28th Dec: The Baggie Troosers @ The Hawthorns @ '3 bells'
Tue 29th Dec: Berwick Strangers v Toon U21s @ Shielfield Park @ '7 bells' (Friendly)
Sat 2nd Jan: The Arse @ The Emirates' @ '3 bells'
Wed 6th Jan: Toon U18s v AFC Wimbledon U18s @ SJP @ '7 bells'
Sat 9th Jan: Blackborn U18s v Toon U18s @ Brockville Village @ '11 bells'
Sat 9th Jan: Wotfad @ Vicarage Road @ '3 bells (FA Cup 3rd roond)
Mon 11th Jan: The Hazbeenz & Villians U21s v Toon U21s @ Bescot Stadium, Waalsall
Tue 12th Jan: Manc Muppets @ SJP @ '7:45 bells' (SKY)
Sat 16th Jan: U18s v Man C U18s @ Little Benton @ '11 bells'
Sat 16th Jan: The Jellied Eels Mob @ SJP @ '3 bells'
(PS: 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' have been to them aall--so there are ne new groonds for us to visit!)
KEY: Gold= 1st team home game Yellow=1st team away game
Pink=U21 game Green=U18 game
Boxin' Day (Saturday): The Toffee Noses @ SJP @ '5:30 bells' (SKY)
Monday 28th Dec: The Baggie Troosers @ The Hawthorns @ '3 bells'
Tue 29th Dec: Berwick Strangers v Toon U21s @ Shielfield Park @ '7 bells' (Friendly)
Sat 2nd Jan: The Arse @ The Emirates' @ '3 bells'
Wed 6th Jan: Toon U18s v AFC Wimbledon U18s @ SJP @ '7 bells'
Sat 9th Jan: Blackborn U18s v Toon U18s @ Brockville Village @ '11 bells'
Sat 9th Jan: Wotfad @ Vicarage Road @ '3 bells (FA Cup 3rd roond)
Mon 11th Jan: The Hazbeenz & Villians U21s v Toon U21s @ Bescot Stadium, Waalsall
Tue 12th Jan: Manc Muppets @ SJP @ '7:45 bells' (SKY)
Sat 16th Jan: U18s v Man C U18s @ Little Benton @ '11 bells'
Sat 16th Jan: The Jellied Eels Mob @ SJP @ '3 bells'
(PS: 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' have been to them aall--so there are ne new groonds for us to visit!)
Monday, 21 December 2015
ON THIS DAY 47 YEARS AGO! *** QPR AWAY!
Posted '1:35pm bells' Munday 21st December 2015
'The Geordie Times'z 2nd ever visit to London happened on this day in 1968 when we drew 1-1 with QPR in Shepherd's Bush.
A archive match report from that game appears below!
"Servin' wor apprenticeships !"
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| SHEPHERD'S BUSH IN 1968 |
'The Geordie Times'z 2nd ever visit to London happened on this day in 1968 when we drew 1-1 with QPR in Shepherd's Bush.
A archive match report from that game appears below!
"Servin' wor apprenticeships !"
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