Posted '11:15am bells' Tuesday 20th September 2016
For the 2nd time in 3 days we face Wolves @ SJP and we can anly hope that we put in a better performance than on Saturday against them this time!?
A half capacity crowd iz expected
Az aa type this there iz glorious sunshine ower Tyneside!
Match report tomorrow!
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Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Sunday, 18 September 2016
THE TOON 0 WOLVERHAMPTON WANABEEZ 2 *** EFL 2016-2017
Posted '9:43am bells' Sunday 18th September 2016
"TYPICAL TOON!"
Just when yoo are sittin' high up on a pedestal, somebody throws a rock at yoo and knocks yoo off!
We've seen it aal before of course--aa can remember way back in the 1960's when we were unbeaten at home for nearly a year when little Carlisle came to Toon for an FA Cup tie!
WE would surely hammer them!---but oh no!---we lost 1-0 in front of 56,000 to bow oot of the competition! (mee forst FA Cup defeat at home!)
And then with Kevin Keegan at the helm and flyin' high we went to Cambridge who were on a 30 odd game winless streak ---a new futbaall leegue record---BUT of course they won 1-0!
And then there waz Grimsby Toon!---a winnin' 11 game streak at the start of the season---and Grimsby win 1-0! <(a 'grim' day indeed!) <(sic!)
There are many many more times like this and yet anothaa one came yesterday afternoon in front of a sell-oot crowd!
After demolishin' QPR 6-0 last Tuesday, we played abysmally against a Wolves side who had lost 4-0 at home to Barnsley on the same night az the QPR game!
We play them again on Tuesday neet in the Leegue Cup and the anly thing that iz certain iz that there wont be 52,000 there to witness it!
A bad day at the office with an own goal from Mbemba, a bad missteakk from Perez (to give the 2nd goal away!) and a sendin' off for Anita---nothin' much more to say---iz there???
Toon team: (who didn't torn up!) Sels, Anita, Dummett, Shelvey, Lascelles, Mbemba, Hayden (Mitrovic 63), Diame, Gayle, Perez, Richie (Atsu 63)
Attendance: 52,117 (3,200 'Wanabeez') *
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| A MISSED CHANCE AT THE LEAZES END AZ A TOON FAN HOLDS HIZ HEED IN HIZ HANDS! (JUST ABOOT SUMS THE DAY UP!) |
"TYPICAL TOON!"
Just when yoo are sittin' high up on a pedestal, somebody throws a rock at yoo and knocks yoo off!
We've seen it aal before of course--aa can remember way back in the 1960's when we were unbeaten at home for nearly a year when little Carlisle came to Toon for an FA Cup tie!
WE would surely hammer them!---but oh no!---we lost 1-0 in front of 56,000 to bow oot of the competition! (mee forst FA Cup defeat at home!)
And then with Kevin Keegan at the helm and flyin' high we went to Cambridge who were on a 30 odd game winless streak ---a new futbaall leegue record---BUT of course they won 1-0!
And then there waz Grimsby Toon!---a winnin' 11 game streak at the start of the season---and Grimsby win 1-0! <(a 'grim' day indeed!) <(sic!)
There are many many more times like this and yet anothaa one came yesterday afternoon in front of a sell-oot crowd!
After demolishin' QPR 6-0 last Tuesday, we played abysmally against a Wolves side who had lost 4-0 at home to Barnsley on the same night az the QPR game!
We play them again on Tuesday neet in the Leegue Cup and the anly thing that iz certain iz that there wont be 52,000 there to witness it!
A bad day at the office with an own goal from Mbemba, a bad missteakk from Perez (to give the 2nd goal away!) and a sendin' off for Anita---nothin' much more to say---iz there???
Toon team: (who didn't torn up!) Sels, Anita, Dummett, Shelvey, Lascelles, Mbemba, Hayden (Mitrovic 63), Diame, Gayle, Perez, Richie (Atsu 63)
Attendance: 52,117 (3,200 'Wanabeez') *
Friday, 16 September 2016
THE TOON v WOLVERHAMPTON WANABEEZ *** TOMORROW AFTERNOOON
Posted 'high noon bells' Friday 16th September 2016
Followin' wor fantastic 6-0 win at QPR on Tuesday neet, we find worsels up against a Wolves side who lost 4-0 at home to BARNSLEY on the same neet!
So!--on paper this looks a formality, but in reality it ISNT!
'Rafa the Gaffa' haz rotated the squad in the last 2 away games with great success and we can anly hope that this 'formula' will bring us forthaa victories to add to the 'six in a row' and keep 'the momentum' gannin!
'uddersfield Toon lost for the forst time this season--again on Tuesday and we nuw sit just ONE point behind them in 2nd place in the table!
'The Wanabeez' have sold their entire 3,200 allocation of tickets for 'level 7 of 'The Leazes End' and 'The Geordie Times' predicts a 52,000 crowd will assemble @ SJP (We WONT predict the result however az this would be 'the kiss of death'!)
Thunderstorms, lightenin' and heavy rain were batterin' Tyneside orly this mornin' but hopefully the wethaa will be 'OK on the day'
More to follow later!
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| VIEW OF 'THE GALLOWGATE END' FROM 'THE STRAWBERRY' BOOZER |
Followin' wor fantastic 6-0 win at QPR on Tuesday neet, we find worsels up against a Wolves side who lost 4-0 at home to BARNSLEY on the same neet!
So!--on paper this looks a formality, but in reality it ISNT!
'Rafa the Gaffa' haz rotated the squad in the last 2 away games with great success and we can anly hope that this 'formula' will bring us forthaa victories to add to the 'six in a row' and keep 'the momentum' gannin!
'uddersfield Toon lost for the forst time this season--again on Tuesday and we nuw sit just ONE point behind them in 2nd place in the table!
'The Wanabeez' have sold their entire 3,200 allocation of tickets for 'level 7 of 'The Leazes End' and 'The Geordie Times' predicts a 52,000 crowd will assemble @ SJP (We WONT predict the result however az this would be 'the kiss of death'!)
Thunderstorms, lightenin' and heavy rain were batterin' Tyneside orly this mornin' but hopefully the wethaa will be 'OK on the day'
More to follow later!
Thursday, 15 September 2016
006 (revisited) rangers stadium (loftus road) qpr
Ground number 6
Date of this visit: 13th September 2016
Rangers Stadium, Loftus Road, London
Queens Park Rangers 0
Newcastle United 6
EFL
Attendance: 17,404 (3,005 Toon fans)
Diary of a trucker/Toon fan!
Munday afternoon started off az usual with mee night trunk to Redditch in deepest Worcestershire to pick carpets and floorin' up!
A'd started at '2:15 bells' in the afternoon and had a canny trip doon arrivin' at '8 bells' to tip and pick mee load of stillages up filled with carpets etc!
2 motorway closures on the way back added to mee 444 mile (roond trip) jorney and aa finished work at '3 am bells! (Tuesday)
A few hours later after aboot 5 hours kip "ZZZZzzzz!!!!" it waz time to get up again to catch the midday train to King's Cross for wor game against QPR in Shepherd's Bush "west Landan!" (300 miles)
It waz boilin' hot and aa had to move from mee window seats az the 'current bun' blazed through the glass!
Az we couldn't get back a hotel waz needed, which waz near Russell Square, not to far from King's Cross station
After dumpin' wor bags in the hotel it waz time to---"gan on the hoy!" before heedin' for the groond!
Loftus Road iz probably the most cramped stadium in London with it bein' hemmed in on aall sides by low rise flats!
Wor view from the 2nd back row of the top stand waz not good (see photos!) az yoo can hardly see the goal line from there but we knew that anyway from previous visits here!
Little did we realise that we would see history bein' made az the game kicked off with wor biggest away leegue win in wor history bein' equalled and QPR's worst ever home defeat!
It waz aalso the hottest day aa can remember for a game with temps in the high 90s!
The goal sequences were az follows:
12th minute: A Jonjo Shelvey shot at the far end from us waz deflected into the net by a QPR defender (1-0 to 'us'!)
30th minute: Perez shoots and the rebound faalls nicely back to him to fire the baall into the goal (2-0 to 'us'!)
52nd minute: Shelvey, on the edge of the box hits an unstoppable shot into the top corner of the net and I actually got a photo of it az it flew into the net like an *exoset missile! (*sorry aboot the spellin' misteak!) (3-0 to 'us'!)
56th minute: An unmarked Ciron Clark heeds in a Matt Richie corner! (4-0 to 'us'
63rd minute: Mitrovic gets in on the act with a simple tap in! (5-0 to 'us'
79th minute: Grant Hanley completes the rout with a toe poked effort az the home fans empty their sections of the groond!
(SIX! -NIL to 'US'!)
We aalso had a goal disallowed in this game and hit the woodwork on at least 2 occasions---the most one sided leegue game av ever witnessed! (Wot would Shepherd's Bush finest, 'Steptoe and Son' have made of it all?)
After the match we heeded for Holburn and The Shakespeare pub to celebrate wor fantastic win!
Next mornin' it waz back on the train to The Toon and straight back to work with anothaa 444 roond trip to Worcestershire in the offin'!
Waz it worth aall the effort? "YOO BET IT WAZ!"
Toon team: Sels, Anita, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett (Hanley 65), Gouffran (Atsu 61), Hayden, Shelvey, Richie, Perez, Mitrovic (Yedin 81)
PS: The anly bigger away victory av seen came in a Leegue Cup tie at Notts Coonty a few years back when we won 7-1!
Date of this visit: 13th September 2016
Rangers Stadium, Loftus Road, London
Queens Park Rangers 0
Newcastle United 6
EFL
Attendance: 17,404 (3,005 Toon fans)
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| JONJO SHELVEY (NEXT TO REF IN WOR 'BUMBLE BEE' STRIP) HITS AN EXORSET MISSILLE! (SEE 'TRAIL'!) |
Diary of a trucker/Toon fan!
Munday afternoon started off az usual with mee night trunk to Redditch in deepest Worcestershire to pick carpets and floorin' up!
A'd started at '2:15 bells' in the afternoon and had a canny trip doon arrivin' at '8 bells' to tip and pick mee load of stillages up filled with carpets etc!
2 motorway closures on the way back added to mee 444 mile (roond trip) jorney and aa finished work at '3 am bells! (Tuesday)
A few hours later after aboot 5 hours kip "ZZZZzzzz!!!!" it waz time to get up again to catch the midday train to King's Cross for wor game against QPR in Shepherd's Bush "west Landan!" (300 miles)
It waz boilin' hot and aa had to move from mee window seats az the 'current bun' blazed through the glass!
Az we couldn't get back a hotel waz needed, which waz near Russell Square, not to far from King's Cross station
After dumpin' wor bags in the hotel it waz time to---"gan on the hoy!" before heedin' for the groond!
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| "ON THE HOY' HERE!" |
Loftus Road iz probably the most cramped stadium in London with it bein' hemmed in on aall sides by low rise flats!
Wor view from the 2nd back row of the top stand waz not good (see photos!) az yoo can hardly see the goal line from there but we knew that anyway from previous visits here!
Little did we realise that we would see history bein' made az the game kicked off with wor biggest away leegue win in wor history bein' equalled and QPR's worst ever home defeat!
It waz aalso the hottest day aa can remember for a game with temps in the high 90s!
The goal sequences were az follows:
12th minute: A Jonjo Shelvey shot at the far end from us waz deflected into the net by a QPR defender (1-0 to 'us'!)
30th minute: Perez shoots and the rebound faalls nicely back to him to fire the baall into the goal (2-0 to 'us'!)
52nd minute: Shelvey, on the edge of the box hits an unstoppable shot into the top corner of the net and I actually got a photo of it az it flew into the net like an *exoset missile! (*sorry aboot the spellin' misteak!) (3-0 to 'us'!)
56th minute: An unmarked Ciron Clark heeds in a Matt Richie corner! (4-0 to 'us'
63rd minute: Mitrovic gets in on the act with a simple tap in! (5-0 to 'us'
79th minute: Grant Hanley completes the rout with a toe poked effort az the home fans empty their sections of the groond!
(SIX! -NIL to 'US'!)
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| END OF MATCH CELEBRATIONS! |
We aalso had a goal disallowed in this game and hit the woodwork on at least 2 occasions---the most one sided leegue game av ever witnessed! (Wot would Shepherd's Bush finest, 'Steptoe and Son' have made of it all?)
After the match we heeded for Holburn and The Shakespeare pub to celebrate wor fantastic win!
Next mornin' it waz back on the train to The Toon and straight back to work with anothaa 444 roond trip to Worcestershire in the offin'!
Waz it worth aall the effort? "YOO BET IT WAZ!"
Toon team: Sels, Anita, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett (Hanley 65), Gouffran (Atsu 61), Hayden, Shelvey, Richie, Perez, Mitrovic (Yedin 81)
PS: The anly bigger away victory av seen came in a Leegue Cup tie at Notts Coonty a few years back when we won 7-1!
Wednesday, 14 September 2016
QUEENS PARK RAG & BONE MEN 0 THE TOON 6 (SIX!)
Posted '12:40pm bells' Wednesday 14th September 2016
Pleeeze be patient with me after this fantastic result @ QPR!
I have just got off the train from King's Cross and have to gan straight to work now and drive mee truck on the night trunk to Redditch in deepest Worcestershire--so!--I divvint have the time to de a match report on last neets game--- yet!
I WILL de one sometime tomorrow---I normally get back at '2:30 bells' in the mornin'--gan to bed ---"ZZZZzzzz!!!!" --and get up again at '11 bells'
I've got a fantastic photo of Jonjo Shelvey's spectacular 2nd goal from the away end and I will publish that tomorrow az well---Like 'The Geordie Times' haz said many times in the past---
"We will bring yoo aall the latest Toon news 2nd hand---forst"!
Pleeeze be patient with me after this fantastic result @ QPR!
I have just got off the train from King's Cross and have to gan straight to work now and drive mee truck on the night trunk to Redditch in deepest Worcestershire--so!--I divvint have the time to de a match report on last neets game--- yet!
I WILL de one sometime tomorrow---I normally get back at '2:30 bells' in the mornin'--gan to bed ---"ZZZZzzzz!!!!" --and get up again at '11 bells'
I've got a fantastic photo of Jonjo Shelvey's spectacular 2nd goal from the away end and I will publish that tomorrow az well---Like 'The Geordie Times' haz said many times in the past---
"We will bring yoo aall the latest Toon news 2nd hand---forst"!
Monday, 12 September 2016
THE SHERPHERD'S BUSH RAG & BONE MEN v THE TOON **** TOONEET!
Posted '1:20pm bells' Munday 12th September 2016
At dinnaatime tomorrow we heed for 'The Central' once more to catch the train to King's Cross and then onward to 'SteptoeLand' in "west Landan!" for wor game against QPR @ Loftus Road
Aall 2,700 away tickets have been sold for 'The School End' az we try for wor 'sixth win in a row'!
A Geordie Times match report will appear here later in the week--when aa get a chance to 'de it'! (Got to gan straight to work when aa get off the train on Wednesday!)
It's 48 years since aa forst went to Loftus Road (aka Rangers Stadium) in 1968 when we drew 1-1---and aa make 'ne apologeee for 'diggin' up' the archive match report from that day (Iz it reeely 48 years ago!?)
With both 'The Arse' and 'The Jellied Eels Mob' of West Ham movin' onto 'pastures new', this iz now the oldest groond left in London that aa forst went te! (Match report on that game below!)
At dinnaatime tomorrow we heed for 'The Central' once more to catch the train to King's Cross and then onward to 'SteptoeLand' in "west Landan!" for wor game against QPR @ Loftus Road
Aall 2,700 away tickets have been sold for 'The School End' az we try for wor 'sixth win in a row'!
A Geordie Times match report will appear here later in the week--when aa get a chance to 'de it'! (Got to gan straight to work when aa get off the train on Wednesday!)
It's 48 years since aa forst went to Loftus Road (aka Rangers Stadium) in 1968 when we drew 1-1---and aa make 'ne apologeee for 'diggin' up' the archive match report from that day (Iz it reeely 48 years ago!?)
With both 'The Arse' and 'The Jellied Eels Mob' of West Ham movin' onto 'pastures new', this iz now the oldest groond left in London that aa forst went te! (Match report on that game below!)
Sunday, 11 September 2016
DARBEE COONTY 0 THE TOON 2 *** EFL 2016-2017
Posted 'high noon bells' Sunday 11th September 2016
"RAM RAIDERS!"
NUFC ground oot a 2-0 victory and the anly highlight of the forst half waz an absolutlee sublime <(we reeely DE na aall the posh words!) effort from 'Gooffy' Gouffran in the 20th minute to put The Toon in front at Pride Park in wot waz a dour game, to say the least! (The anly shot on target we can remember in the forst period!)
Darbee reely are a 'ramshackle mob' <(excuse the pun!) and the fact that they had anly scored ONE solitary goal aall season proved to be their downfall!
The 2nd half wasn't much better az we attacked the end in front of 'us' and again, just one shot on goal waz forthcomin' before Yedin sealed the victory in the very last minute of the game with a scrambled effort az the home fans made for the exits like 'droves of sheep' <(sic!)
Before the game we made for some boozers near the train station which had 'welcoming' signs on the windows sayin' 'HOME FANS ONLY'!
But az iz the case with us, we 'sniffed' oot a boozer alang the road caalled 'The Alexandra' which let away fans in!---and so (az yi de!) we stopped there for 'the duration' until it waz time to heed for the game which kicked off at '5:30 bells' (for live telly of course!)
The win takes us up to 'altitude sickness level' in 2nd place with wor FIFTH win on the spin and aall the talk from the sceptics of relegation after wor forst 2 games ended in defeat, iz surely banished forever!
Next up iz a trip to "west Landan" on Tuesday neet when we take on 'The Rag and Bone Men' of Shepherd's Bush' at Loftus Road.
The train will again 'take the strain' az we heed southwards on the East Coast Line yet again!
Toon team: Sels, Anita, Dummett, Colback, Mbemba, Lascelles, Shelvey, Diame (Hayden 88), Richie, Gouffran (Yedin 73), Gayle (Perez 76)
Attendance: 30,405 (3,200 happy Toon fans!) *
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| JUST MOMENTS AFTER THIS CROSS, YEDIN SEALS THE VICTORY! (TOON IN WOR 'BUMBLE BEE' STRIP!) |
"RAM RAIDERS!"
NUFC ground oot a 2-0 victory and the anly highlight of the forst half waz an absolutlee sublime <(we reeely DE na aall the posh words!) effort from 'Gooffy' Gouffran in the 20th minute to put The Toon in front at Pride Park in wot waz a dour game, to say the least! (The anly shot on target we can remember in the forst period!)
Darbee reely are a 'ramshackle mob' <(excuse the pun!) and the fact that they had anly scored ONE solitary goal aall season proved to be their downfall!
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| 1st HALF ACTION AZ WE ATTACK THE FAR END |
The 2nd half wasn't much better az we attacked the end in front of 'us' and again, just one shot on goal waz forthcomin' before Yedin sealed the victory in the very last minute of the game with a scrambled effort az the home fans made for the exits like 'droves of sheep' <(sic!)
Before the game we made for some boozers near the train station which had 'welcoming' signs on the windows sayin' 'HOME FANS ONLY'!
But az iz the case with us, we 'sniffed' oot a boozer alang the road caalled 'The Alexandra' which let away fans in!---and so (az yi de!) we stopped there for 'the duration' until it waz time to heed for the game which kicked off at '5:30 bells' (for live telly of course!)
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"WILL THEY LET US IN?---YES THEY WILL!" |
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| THE 'SCENIC' ROUTE TO THE GROOND (A 25 MINUTE WAALK FROM 'THE ALEX') |
The win takes us up to 'altitude sickness level' in 2nd place with wor FIFTH win on the spin and aall the talk from the sceptics of relegation after wor forst 2 games ended in defeat, iz surely banished forever!
Next up iz a trip to "west Landan" on Tuesday neet when we take on 'The Rag and Bone Men' of Shepherd's Bush' at Loftus Road.
The train will again 'take the strain' az we heed southwards on the East Coast Line yet again!
Toon team: Sels, Anita, Dummett, Colback, Mbemba, Lascelles, Shelvey, Diame (Hayden 88), Richie, Gouffran (Yedin 73), Gayle (Perez 76)
Attendance: 30,405 (3,200 happy Toon fans!) *
Thursday, 8 September 2016
DARBEE COONTY v THE TOON **** SATURDAY TEATIME!
Posted '1:41pm bells' Thorsday 8th September 2016
We heed for Pride Park on Saturday evenin', where we take on 'The Ramshakle Mob', now managed by formaa Lestaa manager Nigel Pearson.
Pearson waz credited with buildin' 'that side', which of course went on to win the Leegue last May aftaa he'd left!
However!--- Hiz current side have scored just ONE goal in 5 games so far this season and we will nevaa have a better opportunity to win wor 4th Leegue game in a row.
We sold oot wor 3,200 allocation of tickets 'lang ago' in wot will be wor forst visit here for ower 6 years, when we lost 3-0! <("We want revenge!")
Pride Park <(its original name!) iz a 'Lego clone' of Stoke and 'The Smoggies' new stadiums, (with different coloured seats!) and iz on the trunk road oot of Darbee, with hardly any boozers nearby (just like Stoke and Boro!)
We are on the '11:40am bells' train (me finks?) from 'The Central' and shud arrive in deepest Derbyshire around aboot the '2:30 bells' mark! ('5:30 bells' ko)
A full Geordie Times match report will follow sometime on Sunday az per usual---watch this space!
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We heed for Pride Park on Saturday evenin', where we take on 'The Ramshakle Mob', now managed by formaa Lestaa manager Nigel Pearson.
Pearson waz credited with buildin' 'that side', which of course went on to win the Leegue last May aftaa he'd left!
However!--- Hiz current side have scored just ONE goal in 5 games so far this season and we will nevaa have a better opportunity to win wor 4th Leegue game in a row.
We sold oot wor 3,200 allocation of tickets 'lang ago' in wot will be wor forst visit here for ower 6 years, when we lost 3-0! <("We want revenge!")
Pride Park <(its original name!) iz a 'Lego clone' of Stoke and 'The Smoggies' new stadiums, (with different coloured seats!) and iz on the trunk road oot of Darbee, with hardly any boozers nearby (just like Stoke and Boro!)
We are on the '11:40am bells' train (me finks?) from 'The Central' and shud arrive in deepest Derbyshire around aboot the '2:30 bells' mark! ('5:30 bells' ko)
A full Geordie Times match report will follow sometime on Sunday az per usual---watch this space!
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
WOLVES TICKETS ANLY A TENNER!
Posted '1:03pm bells' Tuesday 6th September 2016
Tickets for wor EFL Cup tie against Wolverhampton Wanabeez later this month are nuw on sale to season ticket holders!
At just a TENNER for big kids and THREE QUID for sprogs there shud be a bigger than usual crowd than wot we expected!
30,000 plus we reckon because of the price reduction!
(We paid £15 and £5 for the last roond against Cheltenham!)
Tickets for wor EFL Cup tie against Wolverhampton Wanabeez later this month are nuw on sale to season ticket holders!
At just a TENNER for big kids and THREE QUID for sprogs there shud be a bigger than usual crowd than wot we expected!
30,000 plus we reckon because of the price reduction!
(We paid £15 and £5 for the last roond against Cheltenham!)
Sunday, 4 September 2016
BAD BLUE BOYS of DUNSTON 2 SKELMERSDALE UNITED 2 *** FA CUP 1st QUALIFYIN' ROOND
Posted '11:11am bells' Sunday 4th September 2016
"WEMBLEY, WEMBLEY HERE WE COME!"
With a blank weekend coz of the Internationals (see article below!) it waz decided to heed for mee fave non leegue club for their FA Cup tie v Skelmersdale near Scouseland!
Heavy rain kept the crowd doon, but the traffic on their way to the Metro Centre, half a mile from the groond waz heavin' <(it's indoors yoo see!)
The clubhoose waz half empty/full! when I arrived but it soon filled up with approx. 15 Skelmersdale fans/officials amongst the throng to shelter from the rain <(THAT, I may add iz the ANLY reason 'I' went into the clubhoose!!!!)
Toon season ticket holder 'Shaz the Postie' then torned up and we had discussions aboot the 12 players we have signed in 'the window' and those who have departed!
The doonpour had eased off az the teams ran oot and for some reason the game kicked off 5 mins late at '3:05 bells'?
It took 'The Bad Blue Boys' barely 2 mins to open the scorin' when 'Scrappy' (Liam Thear) put the baall into the net at 'The Dunston Rocketless End' <(Explanation: there used to be a tower block behind this end which looked like a space rocket!--now demolished!)
Skelmersdale, who are 2 leegues higher than their Tyneside coonterparts equalised soon after with a unstoppable shot from Strickland at 'The Teahut End' <(AYE!---there's a teahut behind the goal!)
And then controversy in 1st half stoppage time when the ref (and linesman on wor side) said the baall had croosed the line (when it clearly hadn't!) to put the visitors 2-1 up!---aall hell then broke loose at the decision az the ref blew for half time!
A 'mad dash' to the clubhouse then ensued (to beat the queues!) and we looked at some of the photos on the wall az we supped wor half time beverages > (Broon ale!)---Skelmersdale are a famous non leegue club who lifted the old Amateur Cup back in the 70's @ Wembley and one of the photos on the wall shows the 1974 FA Cup final between 'The Toon' and 'The Liverbirds', with Steve Highway beatin' Bobby Moncur to the baall (which he crossed to a certain Kevin Keegan who scored!) Highway aalso played for Skelmersdale!
The visitors went hell for leather in the 2nd period and if it wasn't for Dunston's keeper havin' a blinder the game would have been ower lang before the end.
A penalty waz then awarded to 'The Bad Blue Boys' which waz easily convorted by Malcolm Morien!---A home player waz then sent off az 'we' hung on to claim a replay at their place on Tuesday neet!---The Wembley dream lives on!
PS: I estimated the crowd to be 250 and the official attendance waz!---249!
"WE WAZ THERE!"
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| MORIEN SCORES FROM THE SPOT TO ORN 'THE BAD BLUE BOYS' A REPLAY! |
"WEMBLEY, WEMBLEY HERE WE COME!"
With a blank weekend coz of the Internationals (see article below!) it waz decided to heed for mee fave non leegue club for their FA Cup tie v Skelmersdale near Scouseland!
Heavy rain kept the crowd doon, but the traffic on their way to the Metro Centre, half a mile from the groond waz heavin' <(it's indoors yoo see!)
The clubhoose waz half empty/full! when I arrived but it soon filled up with approx. 15 Skelmersdale fans/officials amongst the throng to shelter from the rain <(THAT, I may add iz the ANLY reason 'I' went into the clubhoose!!!!)
Toon season ticket holder 'Shaz the Postie' then torned up and we had discussions aboot the 12 players we have signed in 'the window' and those who have departed!
The doonpour had eased off az the teams ran oot and for some reason the game kicked off 5 mins late at '3:05 bells'?
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| THE GAME KICKS OFF (EVENTUALLY!) |
It took 'The Bad Blue Boys' barely 2 mins to open the scorin' when 'Scrappy' (Liam Thear) put the baall into the net at 'The Dunston Rocketless End' <(Explanation: there used to be a tower block behind this end which looked like a space rocket!--now demolished!)
Skelmersdale, who are 2 leegues higher than their Tyneside coonterparts equalised soon after with a unstoppable shot from Strickland at 'The Teahut End' <(AYE!---there's a teahut behind the goal!)
And then controversy in 1st half stoppage time when the ref (and linesman on wor side) said the baall had croosed the line (when it clearly hadn't!) to put the visitors 2-1 up!---aall hell then broke loose at the decision az the ref blew for half time!
A 'mad dash' to the clubhouse then ensued (to beat the queues!) and we looked at some of the photos on the wall az we supped wor half time beverages > (Broon ale!)---Skelmersdale are a famous non leegue club who lifted the old Amateur Cup back in the 70's @ Wembley and one of the photos on the wall shows the 1974 FA Cup final between 'The Toon' and 'The Liverbirds', with Steve Highway beatin' Bobby Moncur to the baall (which he crossed to a certain Kevin Keegan who scored!) Highway aalso played for Skelmersdale!
The visitors went hell for leather in the 2nd period and if it wasn't for Dunston's keeper havin' a blinder the game would have been ower lang before the end.
A penalty waz then awarded to 'The Bad Blue Boys' which waz easily convorted by Malcolm Morien!---A home player waz then sent off az 'we' hung on to claim a replay at their place on Tuesday neet!---The Wembley dream lives on!
PS: I estimated the crowd to be 250 and the official attendance waz!---249!
"WE WAZ THERE!"
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