Full time lost 3 1 (Gayle)
The post match drowin of the sorrows took place here! Match report tomorrow!
*
This website iz dedecated to the Newcastle United groundhoppers who follow the fortunes of the team aroond the world (and beyond!) The ground totals include competitive and friendly forst team, resorve team, junior team and Newcastle United X1 games that 'the mad-sad groundhopper' has attended, aall for Newcastle United games only, in the last SEVEN decades*** cheers!***'Fink' (the mad-sad groundhopper!)***last count 379 (380 inc Motspur Park outside)
Friday, 1 December 2017
"LETS GAN ON A BENDER IN DECEMBER BEFORE THE CHELSKI GAME!" LIVE STREAM!
Posted 'very late' bells' Friday 1st December and Saturday 2nd December 2017
*
*
CHELSKI v THE TOON *** SATURDAY DINNAATIME!
Posted 'just after high noon bells' Friday 1st December 2017
We gan into Saturday's game away to Chelski havin' 'stopped the rot' of 4 successive defeats on Tuesday at West Brom (2-2)
There IZ a 'slight chink of light' when we gan there, az Chelski struggled to beat 2nd bottom Swanzee 1-0, so (hopefully!) a 'cricket score' will not materialise, cum the '12:30 bells' kick off time!
Az it stands we sit 12th in the table and 5 points above the 'drop zone' and lookin' at the table 12 teams are 'in the mix' from 9th place doonwards!
Again, we have sold wor entire allocation of 3,000 tickets despite the kick off time, which of course meenz that anybody travellin' by coach or drivin', will have to leave at 3 to 4 bells in the mornin' to make the start!
'The Geordie Times' iz takin' the sensible option and we are travellin' doon later this afternoon and stoppin' in a hotel in Fulham (which iz 'next door' to Chelsea!)
The £30 match ticket price iz £25 cheaper than the last time we were here (aye! 55 quid!) thanx to the Premyaa Leegues new maximum price cap, although the train iz very expensive at £81:50 (and that's with a railcard givin' us 33% off!)
A full match report and 'Lets gan on a bender in DECEMBER' pub crawl crusade will appear on theeze pages sometime on Sunday!
PS: Az the kick off time iz so orly, we will probably anly have time to de just ONE bar before the match!
(See 'Bender' article below)
Again, we have sold wor entire allocation of 3,000 tickets despite the kick off time, which of course meenz that anybody travellin' by coach or drivin', will have to leave at 3 to 4 bells in the mornin' to make the start!
'The Geordie Times' iz takin' the sensible option and we are travellin' doon later this afternoon and stoppin' in a hotel in Fulham (which iz 'next door' to Chelsea!)
The £30 match ticket price iz £25 cheaper than the last time we were here (aye! 55 quid!) thanx to the Premyaa Leegues new maximum price cap, although the train iz very expensive at £81:50 (and that's with a railcard givin' us 33% off!)
A full match report and 'Lets gan on a bender in DECEMBER' pub crawl crusade will appear on theeze pages sometime on Sunday!
PS: Az the kick off time iz so orly, we will probably anly have time to de just ONE bar before the match!
(See 'Bender' article below)
"LETS GAN ON A BENDER IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER!" CAMPAIGN!
Posted '11 20am bells' Sunday 5th November 2017
Updated Friday December 1st
Updated Friday December 1st
We at 'The Geordie Times' are sick to death of hearin 'do gooders' tryin to stop us havin a 'gargle or 10' in their 'Dry January' and 'Go sober in October' campaigns--SO! 'The Geordie Times iz 'fightin back' with wor 'LETS GAN ON A BENDER IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER!' campaign and we had many Toon fans support us az they joined in wor defiant fight against the non drinkers!
On average 21 boozers are shuttin' each week and more worryingly a staggerin' 30,000 of them have closed their door for the last time since the 1970's when there were more than 75,000 pubs!---Now there are fewer than 47,000!
"The British pub iz unique, rooted in wor history, datin' from Roman and Saxon times!"
(Quote from 'The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
On average 21 boozers are shuttin' each week and more worryingly a staggerin' 30,000 of them have closed their door for the last time since the 1970's when there were more than 75,000 pubs!---Now there are fewer than 47,000!
"The British pub iz unique, rooted in wor history, datin' from Roman and Saxon times!"
(Quote from 'The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA)
The photos of these 'defiant drinkers' are from The Bodega, The Black Bull and Tilleys Bar before and after the Bournemoooth home game
"POWER TO THE PLONKIES!"
"POWER TO THE PLONKIES!"
Wednesday, 29 November 2017
THE BAGGIE TROOSERS 2 THE TOON 2 PREMYAA LEEGUE 2017 2018
Posted 10:00am bells onwards, Wednesday 29th November 2017 on the train yem!
"THE GREAT ESCAPE!"
Yet anothaa 'faall asleep game' woz endured by the Toon faithful!
Yet again we conceded in forst half stoppage time which meant that went in behind at the break!
It woz soon 2 0 to WBA in the 50th minute when they scored due to slack markin by us and aall looked lost!
However! Just 3 mins later we got 1 back when Clark heeded in a Richie corner to half the defecit!
Then Richie torned provider again from a free kick on the edge of the box which woz sliced into the net by a West Brom player to level things with just 8 mins left---to send the 2,600 Toon fans into extaseee!
'The great escape' had happened and we came away with a precious point which saw us climb to 12th position in the table--- for the time being at least!
Toon Team: Darlow Yedlin Lejeune Clark Mbemba Hayden(Shelvey 79) Merino Murphy(Aarons 63) Perez Richie Joselu(Mitrovic 73)
Attendance: 25,534 (2,600 very relieved Toon fans!)
"THE GREAT ESCAPE!"
Yet anothaa 'faall asleep game' woz endured by the Toon faithful!
Yet again we conceded in forst half stoppage time which meant that went in behind at the break!
It woz soon 2 0 to WBA in the 50th minute when they scored due to slack markin by us and aall looked lost!
However! Just 3 mins later we got 1 back when Clark heeded in a Richie corner to half the defecit!
Then Richie torned provider again from a free kick on the edge of the box which woz sliced into the net by a West Brom player to level things with just 8 mins left---to send the 2,600 Toon fans into extaseee!
Matt Richie free kick which lead to equaliser
'The great escape' had happened and we came away with a precious point which saw us climb to 12th position in the table--- for the time being at least!
Toon Team: Darlow Yedlin Lejeune Clark Mbemba Hayden(Shelvey 79) Merino Murphy(Aarons 63) Perez Richie Joselu(Mitrovic 73)
Attendance: 25,534 (2,600 very relieved Toon fans!)
 |
| VIEW FROM ROW 'AA' |
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
Monday, 27 November 2017
THE BAGGIE TROOSERS v THE TOON **** TOON0EET!
Posted 'just before high noon bells' Munday 27th November 2017
Updated '10:00am bells' Tuesday 28th November 2017
Updated '10:00am bells' Tuesday 28th November 2017
Followin' Saturday's disastrous showin against Wotfaad, we must pick worsels up for anothaa 'six pointer' when we travel to the Midlands to take on a West Brom side that are 3 places below us in the leegue in 17th place and just 3 points behind us!
We understand that Gary Megson WILL still be in charge of them by the '8 bells' kick off time!
We reeely MUST get sommik oot of this game or else we are in serious trouble with visits to Chelski on Saturday and games against The Arse and Man C to follow later on in December!
4 defeats in a row with just 1 goal scored and 9 conceded, iz very worryin' indeed, az we gan into the hectic Xmas period with 7 games to play in 28 days!
We are on wor travels once again at dinnaatime az we heed for Bormingham New Street on the 'choo choo' train---and then onward to The Hawthorns from there!
We have sold aall wor away alloction of 2,600 tickets for The Smethwick End!
A full Geordie Times match and 'bender' report will follow sometime on Wednesday when we get time!
4 defeats in a row with just 1 goal scored and 9 conceded, iz very worryin' indeed, az we gan into the hectic Xmas period with 7 games to play in 28 days!
We are on wor travels once again at dinnaatime az we heed for Bormingham New Street on the 'choo choo' train---and then onward to The Hawthorns from there!
We have sold aall wor away alloction of 2,600 tickets for The Smethwick End!
A full Geordie Times match and 'bender' report will follow sometime on Wednesday when we get time!
Sunday, 26 November 2017
THE TOON 0 WOTFAAD 3 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2017-2018
Posted '11:03am bells' Sunday 26th November 2017
"WOTFAAD GAP!" (7 points!)
The Geordie Times reeely hates writin reports like this, but write them we must!
Without doubt this woz wor worst performance for a lang, lang time az we pressed the 'self destruct button'!
It wasnt that Wotfaad were that good, but they were far too good for us, az we played with ne shape and ne defence in this one sided game.
They started off well az they attacked the Gallowgate goal az 'we' couldn't get oot of forst gear!
They went 1-0 up in the 19th minute when Hughes shot into the corner of the net!
They had othaa gilt edged chances to increase their lead az wor 'powder puff' attack of Joselu and Gayle failed to dent the Wotfaad defence, despite at least 3 good chances! (If anly we had De Bruyne or Lukaku in wor team!)
And then the 'killer goal' bang on half time (just like at Moan U last week!) when Yedlin deflected the baall into hiz own net from a cross shot!
We couldn't see anyway back after this and so it proved in the 62nd minute when Gray added a 3rd at The Leazes End in front of their 2,000 plus travellin support high up in 'the gods'!
The introduction of Merino and 'Mitro' in the 69th minute made ne difference az this woz too little too late!
10 minutes from the end Toon fans started to leave in their droves az the Wotfaad fans celebrated their FOURTH win in a row ower us and inflicted 'wor' FOURTH defeat in a row az we dropped to 13th place in the table az Wotfaad moved 7 points clear of us in 8th place!
(We WILL slip even forthaa doon the table az 2 teams below us play each othaa this afternoon, no matter the score! (Sooothamptin v Evaatin)
We are nuw just FOUR points above the drop zone with some very tough games comin' up in December!
Meeenwhile, we are off to The Baggie Troosers of West Brom on Tuesday neet for yet anothaa 'must win game' against this (so far!)managerless team, after 'The Tramp in a Tracksuit' (Tony Pulis) got the 'bullet' last week! (they are a point above the drop zone!)
(PS: For the benefit of those of yoo who are readin this from overseas, wor headline, 'Wotfaad Gap' (Watford Gap) iz a motorway service area on the way to London on the M1)
Toon team: Elliot, Yedlin, Clark, Lejeune, Manquillo, Diame (Merino 69), Shelvey, Ritchie, Murphy (Perez 77), Joselu (Mitrovic 69), Gayle
Attendance: 52,188 (2,200 happy traveller from Hertfordshire!)
The "Lets gan on a bender!" campaign continued az these Toon fans below defied the "Lets go sober!" brigade in the packed Leazes End Club and Bodega!
 |
| THE TOON ATTACK THE LEAZES GOAL (1st half) |
"WOTFAAD GAP!" (7 points!)
The Geordie Times reeely hates writin reports like this, but write them we must!
Without doubt this woz wor worst performance for a lang, lang time az we pressed the 'self destruct button'!
It wasnt that Wotfaad were that good, but they were far too good for us, az we played with ne shape and ne defence in this one sided game.
They started off well az they attacked the Gallowgate goal az 'we' couldn't get oot of forst gear!
They went 1-0 up in the 19th minute when Hughes shot into the corner of the net!
They had othaa gilt edged chances to increase their lead az wor 'powder puff' attack of Joselu and Gayle failed to dent the Wotfaad defence, despite at least 3 good chances! (If anly we had De Bruyne or Lukaku in wor team!)
And then the 'killer goal' bang on half time (just like at Moan U last week!) when Yedlin deflected the baall into hiz own net from a cross shot!
We couldn't see anyway back after this and so it proved in the 62nd minute when Gray added a 3rd at The Leazes End in front of their 2,000 plus travellin support high up in 'the gods'!
 |
| 'BLURRED ACTION' AZ WE ATTACK THE GALLOWGATE GOAL! |
The introduction of Merino and 'Mitro' in the 69th minute made ne difference az this woz too little too late!
10 minutes from the end Toon fans started to leave in their droves az the Wotfaad fans celebrated their FOURTH win in a row ower us and inflicted 'wor' FOURTH defeat in a row az we dropped to 13th place in the table az Wotfaad moved 7 points clear of us in 8th place!
(We WILL slip even forthaa doon the table az 2 teams below us play each othaa this afternoon, no matter the score! (Sooothamptin v Evaatin)
We are nuw just FOUR points above the drop zone with some very tough games comin' up in December!
Meeenwhile, we are off to The Baggie Troosers of West Brom on Tuesday neet for yet anothaa 'must win game' against this (so far!)managerless team, after 'The Tramp in a Tracksuit' (Tony Pulis) got the 'bullet' last week! (they are a point above the drop zone!)
(PS: For the benefit of those of yoo who are readin this from overseas, wor headline, 'Wotfaad Gap' (Watford Gap) iz a motorway service area on the way to London on the M1)Toon team: Elliot, Yedlin, Clark, Lejeune, Manquillo, Diame (Merino 69), Shelvey, Ritchie, Murphy (Perez 77), Joselu (Mitrovic 69), Gayle
Attendance: 52,188 (2,200 happy traveller from Hertfordshire!)
The "Lets gan on a bender!" campaign continued az these Toon fans below defied the "Lets go sober!" brigade in the packed Leazes End Club and Bodega!
Friday, 24 November 2017
THE TOON v WOTFAAD *** TOMORROW AFTERNOOON!
Posted '6:51pm bells' Friday 24th November 2017 @ Trowell sorvices truck park 'M1' (southbound!) Nottinghamshire
 |
A VIEW FROM THE GALLOWGATE END,
LOOKIN' TOWARDS THE LEAZES END
|
We gan into tomorrows game v Wotfaad in wot haz become a vital game where we MUST pick 3 points up az games in December don't bare lookin at! ---Chelski away, The Arse away and The Blue Moonies of Man C at home are just 3 games where zero points and a 'battered' goal difference looks more than likely!
This meenz that we MUST pick sommik up v The Baggie Troosers of West Brom away (next Tuesday) plus games against Lestaa, Evaatin and Brightin at home and wor forst ever visit to The Jellied Eels Mobs new London Stadium abode, just before Xmas!
We are slowly gettin' dragged doon the table, havin slipped 5 places in the last month after 3 defeats in a row, where we have scored just ONE solitary goal (the 4-1 loss @ Moan U last week)
The game v Wotfaad iz a complete selloot with wor visitors sellin 2,200 tickets!
It wont be easy of course, az Wotfaad are playin' well and flyin high, 3 places above us in 8th position!
A full Geordie Times match and 'Lets Gan on a Bender in November!' report will appear here sometime on Sunday!
GROUND NUMBER 285 (NOT!)
Posted '11:41am bells' Friday 24th November 2017
Ground 285 (NOT!)
This afternoon @ '2 bells' wor U23s take on Fulim's equivalent @ Motspur Park, London!
This iz the ANLY groond that aa have had to watch a game from OOTSIDE, (through a barbed wire fence and some trees!), az aa woz unable to gain access, despite assurances to the contrary that aa could get in!
It's ironic, to say the least that todays game iz open to the public!, (£3 big kids and £1 sprogs etc) but aa cannit gan az a'v used aall mee work holidays up for the rest of the year! (WBA away, Chelski away, Colchester away (U23s), Everton home (midweek) and West Ham away)
(The U23s result will be published here sometime later today)
Updated 6:50 bells
Wor U23s lost 3-0 in front of 120 spectators includin 2 NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers, namely Dave from York, Alex of St George and Glennn from Ashington!---plus a handful of exiles!
It's ironic, to say the least that todays game iz open to the public!, (£3 big kids and £1 sprogs etc) but aa cannit gan az a'v used aall mee work holidays up for the rest of the year! (WBA away, Chelski away, Colchester away (U23s), Everton home (midweek) and West Ham away)
(The U23s result will be published here sometime later today)
Updated 6:50 bells
Wor U23s lost 3-0 in front of 120 spectators includin 2 NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers, namely Dave from York, Alex of St George and Glennn from Ashington!---plus a handful of exiles!
Ground 285 (NOT!)
See match report on that game from 2012 in the next article!
FULHAM RESORVES 5 THE TOON RESORVES 0
Updated '2:10pm bells' Wednesday 4th April 2012
(Ground number 285---NOT!)
Date of Attempted Visit: 3rd April 2012
Motspur Park, London
Fulham Reserves 5
Newcastle United Reserves 0
FA Premier Reserve League
Attendance: 100 inside and us daft bu**ers ootside!
"A VIEW TO DIE FOR!" ^ (BUT BEWARE OF THE BARBED WIRE!)
To cut a very lang story short, we were unable to gain admittance to this 'behind closed doors' match @ Motspur Park, despite havin' genuine written authorisation to do so. The reason bein' that we wernt on 'the list'!
(This waz despite valiant efforts from wor contact on Tyneside to get us in!)
"CHEERS MATE!---YOU DID YOUR VERY BEST, AND YOUR EFFORTS TO GET US IN ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!"
We were forced to watch the game through a gap in a barbed wire fence, which we'd noticed on wor way to the groond's main entrance, so it wasn't an entirely wasted jorney after aall, and we were grateful for that at least! (even though it was a canny way from the pitch!)
However!---a five nil thrashin' waz the order of the day for a Toon team made up mainly of junior players, so mebbeez it was just az well that we wornt inside the groond to see it!
The 'Orangebairns' (we played in wor orange change kit) simply wornt good enough for the much stronger and expierienced home side.
We saw aall the goals bar one, when a groondsmans tractor drove by, blockin' wor view!
"ARMS IN!---IF YI LOVE 'THE TOON'!"
One of wor groundhoppin' number (who shall remain nameless!) said that he waz includin' the groond on his 'list' az he'd actually put hiz arms through 'the gap in the fence', so therefore he waz actually INSIDE the groond. (IF this ISN'T the saddest thing yoov EVER hord, then let me naa!)
From a personal point of view, ("Er!"--despite dein' the same thing for some daft reason???) aa very reluctantleee decided that aa could'nt include it in my list of groonds, even though aa saw the game from afar, az the 'mad-sad groundhoppers rules' clearly state that you 'MUST BE INSIDE THE GROOND' to include it! (not just 'PART' of yoo!)
Memo: MUST! amend the rules to say: "The WHOLE of your body MUST be inside the groond to include it!" (rule 27a amendment 04/04/2012)
On wor retorn to Tyneside late last neet we were 'greeted with sleet, snow and freezin' caad temperatures----The PERFECT WAY to end this day!
Conclusion: It's F*****' CRAZY!---Isn't it!?
Clubs barrin' fans (their lifeblood!) from gannin to games!
We wernt the anly ones 'barred' from this game.
Amongst others, a scout from a Rymans League club waz aalso refused entry coz he wasn't 'on the list' and a Fulham fan who asked if he could watch the match was told in no uncertain terms that he couldn't!
'CRAZY' isn't the word!
(Ground number 285---NOT!)
Date of Attempted Visit: 3rd April 2012
Motspur Park, London
Fulham Reserves 5
Newcastle United Reserves 0
FA Premier Reserve League
Attendance: 100 inside and us daft bu**ers ootside!
"A VIEW TO DIE FOR!" ^ (BUT BEWARE OF THE BARBED WIRE!)
To cut a very lang story short, we were unable to gain admittance to this 'behind closed doors' match @ Motspur Park, despite havin' genuine written authorisation to do so. The reason bein' that we wernt on 'the list'!
(This waz despite valiant efforts from wor contact on Tyneside to get us in!)
"CHEERS MATE!---YOU DID YOUR VERY BEST, AND YOUR EFFORTS TO GET US IN ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!"
We were forced to watch the game through a gap in a barbed wire fence, which we'd noticed on wor way to the groond's main entrance, so it wasn't an entirely wasted jorney after aall, and we were grateful for that at least! (even though it was a canny way from the pitch!)
 |
| "WEEZE TREES ARE THEEZ?" |
However!---a five nil thrashin' waz the order of the day for a Toon team made up mainly of junior players, so mebbeez it was just az well that we wornt inside the groond to see it!
The 'Orangebairns' (we played in wor orange change kit) simply wornt good enough for the much stronger and expierienced home side.
We saw aall the goals bar one, when a groondsmans tractor drove by, blockin' wor view!
"ARMS IN!---IF YI LOVE 'THE TOON'!"
One of wor groundhoppin' number (who shall remain nameless!) said that he waz includin' the groond on his 'list' az he'd actually put hiz arms through 'the gap in the fence', so therefore he waz actually INSIDE the groond. (IF this ISN'T the saddest thing yoov EVER hord, then let me naa!)
From a personal point of view, ("Er!"--despite dein' the same thing for some daft reason???) aa very reluctantleee decided that aa could'nt include it in my list of groonds, even though aa saw the game from afar, az the 'mad-sad groundhoppers rules' clearly state that you 'MUST BE INSIDE THE GROOND' to include it! (not just 'PART' of yoo!)
Memo: MUST! amend the rules to say: "The WHOLE of your body MUST be inside the groond to include it!" (rule 27a amendment 04/04/2012)
On wor retorn to Tyneside late last neet we were 'greeted with sleet, snow and freezin' caad temperatures----The PERFECT WAY to end this day!
Conclusion: It's F*****' CRAZY!---Isn't it!?
Clubs barrin' fans (their lifeblood!) from gannin to games!
We wernt the anly ones 'barred' from this game.
Amongst others, a scout from a Rymans League club waz aalso refused entry coz he wasn't 'on the list' and a Fulham fan who asked if he could watch the match was told in no uncertain terms that he couldn't!
'CRAZY' isn't the word!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)