THE TOON v THE HELLAS ANGELS of VERONA

Posted 'high noon bells' Saturday 5th August 2017

"KEEP THE FAITH!"
N.U.F.C.

Wor 1st teams 6th and final pre season friendly takes place tomorrow @ St James' Park when we take on Hellas Verona of Italy @ '3 bells'
Wor 'live stream' from wor match v Mainz  in Jawmany last weekend when 'The Geordie Times' published pub photos online az we did them, woz a great success and we got loads of pageviews, so we will try it again tomorrow afternooon!

See 'live stream' photos in 'The Bodega' of Grumpy Stumpy' 'on the scrumpy' and 'Scott of the Antarctic' givin' the lager some 'stick'! ('Scotty' lives in the frozen wilderness of Windy Nook, high up in the moontains of Gatesheed!)
Aalso live stream photos at half and full time at the match

These are exciting times for 'The Geordie Times' and we intend to de the same at away games!

Watch this space tomorrow from 'high noon bells' onwards!

USA AALL THE WAY!

Posted 'high noon bells' Friday 4th August 2017

ONE OF THE GEORDIE TIMES'Z REEEDERS,
SEEN HERE ON THE TOP OF
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IN NEW YORK!

When the Geordie Times 'crashed' last December we lost a load of wor reeders from across the 7 seas includin many of those from the USA
Thankfully quite a few have come back and we have had 780 hits from 'across the pond' in the last month, which iz very pleeezin!

Indeed thanx to everyone else for loggin in

TOP 10 LIST
1 UK  125,006
2 USA 36,965
3 Ukraine 19,884
4 Jawmany 17,265
5 Israel 11,373
6 Rushaa 7,906
7 France 5,661
8 Mee old China 4,211
9 The Guinness Republic 2,183
10 Spain 1,716

WOLFSBURG 1 THE TOON 3 FRIENDLY

Posted '6 55pm bells' Wednesday 2nd August 2017

NUFC won their penultimate friendly in Jawmany with a much better display than Saurdays Mainz
Goals from Mitrovic and Richie put us 2-0 up against Wolfsburg at the break

The Wolves of Jawmany pulled 1 back but Atsu sealed wor victory  from a Shelvey through baall

The Geordie Times'z intrepid reporter 'Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer' haz sent us some exclusive pix from the game which woz witnessed by 3,011 spectators inc 250 Toon fans
In all we used 20 players

More pix from Blondie!

THE PIT YAAKERS OF ASHINGTON 2 THE TOON U23s 4

Posted 'high noon bells' Wednesday 2nd August 2017

                               Action from last neet at Woodhorn Lane---The Toon are in blue

Wor U23s were in action again last neet, this time at Woodhorn Lane, Ashington where we won 4-2 with 2 goals from Owen Bailey and 1 apiece from Adam Wilson and Lewis McNall
690 watched on az The Toon took a 4 goal lead before The Pit Yaakers hit back with 2 late goals

Tooneet wor 1st team (consistin of 22 players!) take on Wolfsburg in Jawmany at '4 bells' this afternooon
Wor intrepid reporter 'Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer' haz promised to send us a report and pix viz carrier pigeon and they shud be online by tooneet! (wor pigeon iz deed fast now!)

Carnt gan meesel---see eřxplanation below!

THE 'RONNY GILL' GETS IT WRANG AGAIN!

Posted  '11 40 pm bells' Tuesday 1st August 2017

THE INSIDE BACK PAGE OF TODAYS CHRONICLE
WOLFSBURG MAIN STADIUM
BUT NUFC ARE NOT PLAYIN HERE!

Accordin to wor local 'rag' we are playin in Wolfsburg's main 30,000 capacity stadium tomorrow neet
We ARNT!  We are playin in their resorve, junior and womens groond next door which haz the same capacity az Blyth Spartans!

Unfotunately I wont be there az I would have needed nearly a weeks holiday from work to de both games in Jawmany and would have run oot of holidays before the end of the year (I DID  gan to Mainz last Saturday)
1st team competitve games are my main priority and I will need aall mee hols to de them!

Aa havent missed a competitive 1st team game so far this century and dont intend to miss any next season
(800 + games!)

Last season woz a nightmare az we had more than 20 midweek games in The Championship and aa had to take 5 days unpaid leave az I ran out of holidays, which in effect woz a weeks wages lost!
Luckily for me my gaffers are Toon fans az well and they were ok aboot givin me the extra time off!

With daft kick off times to come at the likes of Swanzee (4 bells on a Sunday)  and Brighton (aalso 4 bells on a  Sunday) it meenz aa have take extra time off graft to de the games!

Az mentioned previousleee its NOT EASY bein a Toon fan!

PIT YAAKERS AND WOLFSBUG UP NEXT!

Posted 1:20pm bells' Tuesday 1st August 2017

Tooneet at 7:30 bells' wor U23s are in action again when they travel to Northern Leegue Ashington aftertheir success in The Whitby Challenge Cup (see below)

Meenwhile wor forst team are in action in Jawmany again where they travel to Wolfsurg tomorrow in a '4 bells' kick off

Unfortunatleee I wont be at eetha coz of work commitments but we have some of wor 'mad-sad groundhoppers' there to send us match reports from both games
Az per usual watch this space!

326 opel arena mainz germany

Posted '6 50 bells'Jawman time 27th July 2017
Updated Sunday and Munday!

Ground number 326
Date of First Visit 29th July 2017
Opel Arena, Mainz, Germany

FSV Mainz 2
Newcastle United 1 (Gamez)

Friendly
Attendance 6,470 (400 Toon fans)

"THE HEAT IZ ON!'

A totally forgettable performance woz witnessed in the 30% heat and it woz more like a trainin session az the players sauntered aroond the pitch!

With hardly an effort on goal in the forst half we actually went behind after just 4 mins with a terrible defensive mix up!
It woz SO hot the players took a 'water break' after 25 minutes play!

We equalised in the  65th minute when Jesus scored!
(Jesus Gamez!) with a scrambled effort fron 1 yard oot! in front of the 400 Toon faithful present behind that goal!

However we couldnt hang on and a late winner from the home side sealed wor fate!
 Yet again we used 22 players!
Im in a bar near Mainz station writing this az we speeek!---- (6.30 bells)   Much more to follow later az I am in urgent need of some liquid refreshment!

Sunday update

The neet before we had been 'on the hoy" in Dusseldorf some 140 to the north of Mainz and had got the train from there the next mornin at '9 bells' which took 2 hour through the picturesque Rhine Valley where huge barges and pleasure cruisers past by on the river Rhine

It woz then an afternoon session in Mainz toon centre before heedin to some farmland on the ootskirts of Mainz where the 30,000 capacity brand new stadium woz located between fields of hay bails and crops of beetroot!

After watchin the match it woz then back to the toon centre to drown wor sorrows before catchin the train back to Dussedorf where wor hotel woz for somemore 'gargels' and finally 'beddy-byes'   "ZZZzzzz!!!"

It woz an orly 'get up' the next day to catch the mornin flight back to The Toon from Dusseldorf airport and I felt I'd been dragged backwards through a hedge 37 times after the previous days drinkin sessions!
Its 'aall go' when you're a Toon fan!!!

PUBCRAWL PIX FROM DUSSELDORF AND MAINZ

W

who put the lights oot?
"Chuckin oot time' in the orly hours of Sunday mornin!
BUT we DID manage to find anothaa bar open@

LIVE STREAM FROM DUSSELDORF, JAWMANY!

Posted midneet bells Saturday 28th July 2017

LIVE STREAM FROM MAINZ FROM HIGH NOON BELLS ONWARD!