THE TOON v THE NEW YORK YORKIES *** EFL 2016-2017

Posted '10:24am bells' Saturday 21st January 2017

SOMEWHERE IN NEW YORK (ROTHERHAM!)

Today we face the bottom side in the division in the shape of  The men from the New York Stadium in Rotherham

An easy 3 points yoo might say az they look certainties for relegation---BUT! this IZ NUFC of course and anythin' can happen!?

It's their 'cup final' and 'The New York Yorkies' <(wot else could we call them?) have sold their entire allocation of 3,200 tickets for level 7 of The Leazes End!
We here through the grapevine that anly odd seats are left in the home sections of the ground----so a 52,000 iz likely!---against ROTHERHAM? <(are we mad?)

Brighton won last neet to gan back to the top of the table so a victory iz vital!

A full Geordie Times match report will appear here tomorrow sometime---as per usual "watch this space!"

"BRIGHTON BOMBSHELL!"

Posted '1:17pm bells'  Friday 20th January 2017

"AMEX,AMEX HERE WE COME!---BUT WHEN!?"

News that wor away game at 'Ne Where Near Brighton' haz been rescheduled to Tuesday 28th February haz reached us!
HOWEVER!--shud eethaa 'us' or Brighton progress to the 5th roond of the FA Cup AND need a replay,then that game will be moved at very short notice for the THORD time!

The Toon had asked for a date later in the season that wouldn't clash with replays
But the EFL and SKY said: "NO! you will play when we tell you!"
(Brighton aalso objected to wor request!)
This meeenz we are left in limbo once again az we cant book any trains or hotels for fear of it bein' re-rescheduled!!!

The Brentfaad game last week for example waz moved from last Munday to last Saturday at very short notice as we had a cup replay with Bormingham on Wednesday neet!
It cost me £88 on the train WITH a railcard---it would have been £122 withoot! (had aa been able to book well in advance it would have cost less than £50!)

The Saturday after Brighton we are away to 'uddersfield and then anothaa away game against 'The Biscuitmen'of Reading on a Tuesday neet!---that's THREE away games in SEVEN days!

They couldn't give a S**T! aboot 'us' ---could they!

THE TOON 3 THE BLUE NOSES OF BORMINGHAM 1 *** FA CUP 3rd ROOND REPLAY

Posted '11:50am bells' Thorsday 19th January 2017

MATT RICHIE SCORES FROM THE SPOT AT THE LEAZES END!
(Get your binoculars oot!)

Yet anothaa under par performance from us with albeit a changed team from the one at Brentfaad last Saturday, but a victory ne less, to propel us into the 'dizzy heights' of the 4th roond!

The sequence of events were az follows:
10th minute: "GOAL!": After dominatin' the forst few minutes we earn a penalty when a through pass from Shelvey finds Gouffran who iz hacked doon in the box at The Leazes End!
Matt Richie elects to tek the penalty and he blasts the baall doon the middle to put us 1-0 up! (see top pic!)

MILBURN STAND

32nd minute: 'Goofy' attempts a flick at the far post and hiz effort hits the woodwork, but the baall rebounds oot to safety!

35th minute: "GOAL!": Shelvey hammers a kick into the area and 'Goofy' Gouffran (with hiz back to the goal) torns and fires home past the hapless Legzdins in the Bormingham goal--we are cruisin'!

EAST STAND

42nd minute: We hit the post again!--this time through Richie, but again Bormingham get lucky and the baall gans oot of play!
HT 2-0 to 'us'!

72nd minute: "goal!": Typical Toon! We let the 'Blue Noses' back into the game when Cotterill shoots through wor crowded defence!---It's finger nail bitin' time folks!

PICTURE OF THE LEAZES END BY JAMIE AGED 7

92nd minute: "GOAL!": Bormingham have pressed for an equaliser and the dreaded extra time and penalties looked on the cards--BUT!
Jonjo Shelvey runs doon the right wing and crosses for Matt Richie who toe pokes the baall in to the back of the net to win the game!
3-1 final score!

THE TOON ATTACK THE GALLOWGATE GOAL

The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' now face a 'mooth waaterin' trip to a new groond in the next roond, when we will play!--- (wait for it!)-- 'The Oxo Gravy Granules Mob' of Oxfaad <(it had to be!) at the Kassam Stadium a week on Saturday"!

Toon team: Sels, Yedlin (Hayden 74), Hanley, Findlay, Lazaar, Richie, Shelvey, Tiote (Colback 81), Barlaser, El Mhanni (Perez 69), Gouffran

Attendance: 34, 896 (700 Blue Noses)
The attendance waz double the next hghest in the replays (Plymouth  17,000) 
*   

"THE GEORDIE TIMES IZ BACK!!!!!!!"

Posted 'high noon bells' Tuesday 17th January 2017

After an absence of two and a half months the original 'Geordie Times' iz now back online thanx to 'Alex the Website Wizard' who haz somehow managed to get mee old stuff back from oblivion!
Aaltogether there were ower 1,700 posts plus a canny few pages which would have taken 'forever' to transfor from the old site to the new one!

The new address for the time being iz!
www.geordietimes.blogspot.com and aa hope to get 'geordietimes.com' back in the next few weeks!

If it wasnt' for 'Alex, hiz daddy 'Alex of St George' and 'Dave from York' persuadin' me 'not to give up' before the Brentfaad game on Saturday I would have probably abandoned the attempt to try and renew the old site, which Google/Go Daddy/G Suite made virtually impossible to do so!

They said eetha mee password/user name /pin number waz incorrect and wouldn't let me renew, even though I've used aall 3 off them in the past!---Subsequently the website 'went doon' on 4th November last year and anly now haz it been recovered!

Once again special thanx to 'Alex the Website Wizard', hiz 'daddy' and Dave!

"The drinkx are on mee!---the next time aa see yee!"

THE TOON v THE BLUE NOSES OF BORMINGHAM *** FA CUP 3rd ROOND REPLAY *** TOONEET!

Posted 'high noon bells' Wednesday 18th January 2017


"A BORMINGHAM FAN SPOTTED IN 'THE TOON' THIS MORNIN'!"
("GOD HELP US AALL!")

Tooneet we face Bormingham with a depleted team in this 3rd roond replay at HQ--kick off '7:45 bells'

The followin' players will NOT be available!
Diame, Mbemba and Atsu----aall on international duty!

while Mitrovic, Aarons, Gamez, Hayden, Anita and Gayle---are aall oot due to injuries!

Sammy Ameobi and Jamie Sterry are cup tied and some members of wor development squad have been drafted into the fray!

Shelvey iz available after suspension--but will we risk him?
Ower 30,000 tickets have been sold for the game so far and a crowd of 35,000-40,000 iz predicted by 'us'

THE 'CROWD' AT ST ANDREWS FOR THE 1st GAME! (1-1 DRAW)

A full Geordie Times match report will appear here for the forst time in two and a half months (see above!) sometime tomorrow!

We beat the 'Blue Noses' 4-0 orlier this season at SJP, so lets hope it iz 'US' heedin' for the Kassam Stadium in Oxfaad on Saturday week for the 4th roond tie and not 'them'!?

108 revisited 2017 griffin park brentford

Ground number 108 (revisited 2017)
Date of this Visit: 14th January 2017
Griffin Park, Brentford, London

Brentford 1
Newcastle United 2 (Gayle, Murphy)

EFL Championship
Attendance: 11,435 (1,633 Toon fans)

"DESPICABLE DEEDS IN 'THE GLOBE'!"

A TOON FAN DRINKS FROM A 'mackem' GLASS!!!! ---WORDS FAIL US!!!!

Diary of a Trucker/Toon fan:
Friday afternoon started off for me with mee usual 'night trunk' to Redditch in deepest Worcestershire in mee truck.----A 430 mile roond trip and a got yem at '2 bells' on the Saturday mornin'--just in time for 4 hours shut eye "ZZZZzzzz!!!!"--before gettin' up again to catch the '7:22 bells' train to King's Cross for wor game v Brentfaad in "west Landan"---(another 300 miles travellin' to get there!)

After the 45 minute tube ride from KX to South Ealing (near where Brentfaad play) we heeded for 'The Plough' which iz approx. a mile waalk to the ground (I actually 'nodded off' for a while on the tube az aa waz that tired!)

After a couple of 'gargels'  in 'The Plough' (at up to £5.75 a pint!) it waz 'onward' to 'The Globe' which waz half a mile doon the road--A Brentfaad fans bar for certain az the plastic pint glasses had a Brenfaad player in their red n white striped garb on the side of the glasses!

Aa bought a pint of 'London Pride' not realisin' this, but az soon az a saw 'the horror show' on the glass aa asked the barman for a plain plastic glass, az aa point blank refused to drink from it!
He asked me why? and aa telt him in ne uncertain terms that aa wouldn't drink oot of a 'mackem glass'
He didn't have a clue wot aa waz 'on aboot', but gave me a half pint plain glass az requested and aa poured the broon stuff into it! 

^ ^ ^ "THERE'S 'NE WAY' A'M DRINKIN' OOT OF THAT!"

It shud be noted that loads of Toon fans were drinkin' from the 'said' 'mackem containers'----a despicable act from those of the black n white persuasion! <(don't yoo 'fink'?)

I took a photo of one of 'the culprits'  but haven't dared to show hiz face az he might be recognised and get hiz hoose 'fire-bombed' az a result by angry Toon fans!







"LADY LUCK---AND AALL THAT!"

1st HALF ACTION AT 'WOR END'!-(THE TOON ARE IN BLACK & GOLD)

Anyway!---it waz soon time to heed for the tornstiles where chaotic scenes greeted us az we entered the away section---it woz 'chocker' and we had to fight wor way to wor seats up a flight of stairs!

The view from row 'A' at the front waz brilliant and for some reason 'unbeknown to man nor beast' the game kicked off 7 minutes late at '3:07 bells'?

We went on the attack straight away az we kicked towards wor own fans behind the goal (havin lost the toss!) and within 20 mins we were in front when Dwight Gayle fired a fantastic shot from the far edge of the box from us into the corner of the net to send the 1,600 plus Toon fans in the tiny stands wild with delight! (hiz 20th goal of the season!)
Gayle then suffered a hamstring injury soon after and had to come off!

The goal sprung the home side into 'wake up call' az they went for the equaliser, but we managed to haad on til half time with wor 'precious' one goal lead!

Of course this IZ NUFC and within 7 minutes of the restart Brentfaad levelled things with a scrambled goal and they then went for the winner!
They nearly got it not lang after when they hit the post and the baall ran agonisingly alang the goal line before it waz cleared and aa thought for a second that the ref waz gannin to signal that the baall HAD crossed the line, but wor luck waz defiantly in and he DIDNT!

Then Hayden suffered an injury and waz replaced by Anita, but he lasted just 10 minutes after he waz clattered by a Brentfaad player and waz 'stretchered off' after a 5 minute delay!

And then after the home side were denied 2 penalties and against the run of play we got the winner in the 79th minute when Perez crossed for Daryl Murphy and heeded a fab effort past the Brentfaad keeper! (Murphy had replaced 1st goalscorer Gayle!)

THE TOON ATTACK THE FAR GOAL (2nd half)

Sustained attacks from the home side were thwarted by Karl Darlow in the Toon goal and he waz defiantly wor 'man of the match' az he made several great saves---the last one in the NINTH minute of stoppage time due to Anita's injury! (where DID they get NINE minutes from?)

"A THOOSAND MILES FOR ONE OF YOUR SMILES!"

Anyway!--the ref finally blew hiz whistle at TEN PAST FIVE? (it shud have finished 20 mins orlier, had the game kicked of on time!) and the 3 points were wors!
News that both Brighton (and 'uddersfield) had lost, meant that we were back at the top of the pile--for the time bein' at least!
This brought a smile to wor faces and the 1,000 plus miles travelled endued by me in a day and a half by truck (430 miles) and by train (600 miles roond trip) just to see this game HAD been worth it!---me 'finx'!

"WE WOZ THERE!"

Toon team: Darlow, Yedlin, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett, Hayden (Anita 62---Hanley 72), Colback, Richie, Perez, Gouffran, Gayle (Murphy 28) 

*The post match 'gargels' took place here!"

   

NEAR WARREN STREET TUBE STATION--LONDON

BRENTFAAD MATCH REPORT WILL APPEAR HERE SOMETIME TOMORROW!

JOYOUS NEWS FOR THE NUFC GROUNDHOPPERS! **** IF ?

Posted '12:43pm bells' Tuesday 10th January 2017

 

"WILL WE BE GETTIN' THE GRAVY TRAIN TO OXFAAD?"

 

"SOMEWHERE IN OXFAAD!"

The FA Cup 4th roond draw haz paired us with 'The Oxo Gravy Mob' IF we can beat Bormingham in the 3rd roond replay a week tomorrow!
The game will be played at their Kassam Stadium on one of  fower days on the last weekend of this month--dependin' on wot the telly picks for live coverage <(yoo can bet they will pick 'us'!)

"BUT WILL WE BE ON IT!?"

Oxfaad were one of anly a handful of teams we have nevaa been te, although we have visited their old Manor Groond in 'Cookoo Lane' before!
(Wor last 2 results there were 4-2 and 5-2 DEFEATS!)

Meeenwhile wor youth team are through to the next roond of the Youth Cup aftaa beatin' Swanzee 3-1 at SJP last neet in front of 1,307---Lewis McNall and Thomas Allen (2) sealin' the win to give us a possible away tie against the SMBs at the SOS

BORMINGHAM BLUE NOSES 1 THE TOON 1 *** FA CUP 3rd ROOND

Posted: '12:15pm bells' Sunday 8th January 2017
Updated: '10:55am bells' Munday

"THE ROMANCE OF THE FA CUP?"

"THEY'RE HERE!--THEY'RE THERE! -- THERE EVERY F***** WHERE!---
EMPTY SEATS!--EMPTY  STANDS!"

The day started off at 'The Central' az usual at '6:55 am bells' and soon we were in New Street (Bormingham station) in time for the forst 'gargels' of the day in 'The Welly' up the hill from the station which iz wor usual 'haunt' when we visit these parts!

 
It waz then onward to the Bordsley Labour Club near the groond for the final 'liquid lubrications' before the kick off!

And did we need those drinks az we put in yet anothaa aaful performance against a very average Bormingham side!

We started off well though and took the lead in the 5th minute when Daryl Murphy toe poked home from a corner kick to send the 4,600 plus Toon fans packed behind that goal into wild celebrations!  Worryingly, Mitrovic waz injured in the penalty box az the goal waz scored and had to be stretched off with a bad gash in hiz leg!

Like aa say the Toon end waz packed to the rafters but the same couldn't be said for the rest of the groond and the Main Stand waz completely empty apart from those in the directors box higher up!
The far end, where the Brummie diehards (allegedleee!) gan, waz nearly empty az well and yoo could even make oot the letters in the seats which read 'THE BLUES'

We couldn't add to wor lead az we huffed and puffed with barely a pass gannin to one of wor players az we struggled to even get ower the halfway line!
And then of course the home side equalised nearly on half time when wor defence failed to to get back in formation and Grounds fired home!

The 2nd half waz dire and aa nearly fell asleep!----We did have chances to win it---but so did Bormingham late on!
A replay a week on Wednesday iz now needed and wor game v Brentford next Munday haz been cancelled and will now be played NEXT Saturday instead!
Brighton won their FA Cup tie and so wor scheduled game against them at their place on 4th roond day will now be played, mid week (presumably!) at some point!

Toon team: Sels, Yedlin, Lascelles, Hanley, Haidera (Richie 69), Anita, Colback, Tiote (Hayden 65), Lazaar, Murphy, Mitrovic (Gouffran 10)

Attendance: 13, 171 (4,671 Toon fans---ower a thord of the crowd!) If we weren't there the 'crowd' would have numbered 8,500 exatleee!


"WE WOZ THERE!"

*The post match gargels took place here!----in 'Donny'

'NUFC GEORDIE TIMES' ARCHIVE MATCH REPORTS

Posted '2:10pm bells' Friday 6th January 2017

I am busy (tryin'!) to transfor mee old archive match reports from 'geordietimes.com' which 'crashed' in November! (through no fault of my own!)

Az there were ower 100 archive reports on that site, it will take quite some time to de it!
It's a 'bit of a palaver' az I have to save the old stuff to 'draft' and then to a 'text document' and then to a 'word document' before puttin' it online.
Pictures need to be transfored individually az well --so pleeeze be patient and aall the 'old stuff' will be put on 'pages' az opposed to 'posts' and these can be foond in the right hand column.

(Recent match reports will be on 'posts')

The latest one a'v transfored to 'pages' iz from 'Ground number 001, St James Park in 2014, when we played Liverpool

It's a classic!---click onto 001 st james park (revisited--liverpool 2014)