Az there are ne games til a week on Saturday due to the International break---and because we have nowt else better to de!
In which famous pub 'tool-shed'
in the Toon does this bog seat belong?
Aall will be revealed 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)
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
GEORDIE TIMES PHOTO QUIZ***** WHERE IN THE TOON?
Posted 12 45pm bells Wednesday 21st March 2018
Az there are ne games til a week on Saturday due to the International break---and because we have nowt else better to de!
Az there are ne games til a week on Saturday due to the International break---and because we have nowt else better to de!
Monday, 19 March 2018
ROYAL ANTWERP 1 THE TOON XXII 1 *** FRIENDLY FIXTURE IN SPAIN
Posted 'high noon bells' Munday 19th March 2018
Trip report from 'NUFC mad-sad groundhopper' 'Dave from York'
I got bus from mee hotel at 8 20 bells to the airport to pick up hire car. (Mee wife Lesley woz still in bed!----"ZZZZzzzz!!!!")
The car woz black n white! (Of course!)
We drove 50 miles to the groond with guidence from 'Biffa the beer'!
We met non flyer 'Glennn from Ashington' who had travelled 2 days by bus az he iz terrified of flyin'! (He eethaa desoves a medal the size of a dustbin lid--- OR a straight jacket'!)
Tickets were bought at the gate for €5 and we went into the bar (az yi de!)
The place woz filled with Geordie ex pats, many wearin Toon tops from years gone by!
Amazingly, hardly anyone drank beer, but the place DID run oot of coffee cups!
We then foond a bar ootside that WOZ sellin beer only and it woz dein a roarin trade!
Eventually we went into the groond to brave the elements and there woz a strong cold wind blowin in wor faces and we were freeezin! (Wot! in Spain?)
Approx 1,300 were in attendance to watch the 3, 45min halves!
It woz a competitive game and worth seein'!
Matt Ritchie scored for us and Dwight Gayle missed a penalty and the game finished 1-1 (eventually!) 4 bookings sums it up!
In total 22 of the 27 players who travelled got some game time. (Slimani didnt feature---again!)
'Dave from York' writin for The Geordie Times!
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| IT FINISHED 1-1 ! |
Trip report from 'NUFC mad-sad groundhopper' 'Dave from York'
I got bus from mee hotel at 8 20 bells to the airport to pick up hire car. (Mee wife Lesley woz still in bed!----"ZZZZzzzz!!!!")
The car woz black n white! (Of course!)
We drove 50 miles to the groond with guidence from 'Biffa the beer'!
We met non flyer 'Glennn from Ashington' who had travelled 2 days by bus az he iz terrified of flyin'! (He eethaa desoves a medal the size of a dustbin lid--- OR a straight jacket'!)
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| IN COMPLETE CONTRAST, THE TEAM BUS WOZ RED N WHITE! |
Tickets were bought at the gate for €5 and we went into the bar (az yi de!)
The place woz filled with Geordie ex pats, many wearin Toon tops from years gone by!
Amazingly, hardly anyone drank beer, but the place DID run oot of coffee cups!
We then foond a bar ootside that WOZ sellin beer only and it woz dein a roarin trade!
Eventually we went into the groond to brave the elements and there woz a strong cold wind blowin in wor faces and we were freeezin! (Wot! in Spain?)
Approx 1,300 were in attendance to watch the 3, 45min halves!
It woz a competitive game and worth seein'!
Matt Ritchie scored for us and Dwight Gayle missed a penalty and the game finished 1-1 (eventually!) 4 bookings sums it up!
In total 22 of the 27 players who travelled got some game time. (Slimani didnt feature---again!)
'Dave from York' writin for The Geordie Times!
Sunday, 18 March 2018
ROYAL ANTWERP v THE TOON XXV **** HIGH NOON BELLS TODAY!
Posted '10:10am bells' Sunday 18th March 2018
In less than 2 hours time The Toon will be in action in sunny Spain when we take on Antwerp of Belgium in a 'stop-gap' friendly in a place caalled Pinatar!
Can't be there myself , this time, but wor intrepid 'NUFC mad sad groundhopper' 'Dave from York' will be sendin' us a brief report and some match/bar pix (if he doesnt forget!?)
The game consists bizzarly of 3, 45 minute 'halves' to give aall the 25 players (that's reet TWENTY FIVE!) who have travelled over, some game time!
This meeenz that the team that ends the game will be completely different to the one that starts!
Dave haz sent 'The Geordie Times' a photo of the match tickets to make me jelious, az he sits in a nice waam seafront boozer az the rest of us freeeeze to death in sub zero temperatures back home az heavy snow engulfs Tyneside!
Watch this space from this afternoon onwards!
Upate '220pm bells'
Drew 1-1 Matt Richie scored, Dwight Gayle missed a penalty!
In less than 2 hours time The Toon will be in action in sunny Spain when we take on Antwerp of Belgium in a 'stop-gap' friendly in a place caalled Pinatar!
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| THE PINATAR 'ARENA' WHERE THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED |
Can't be there myself , this time, but wor intrepid 'NUFC mad sad groundhopper' 'Dave from York' will be sendin' us a brief report and some match/bar pix (if he doesnt forget!?)
The game consists bizzarly of 3, 45 minute 'halves' to give aall the 25 players (that's reet TWENTY FIVE!) who have travelled over, some game time!
This meeenz that the team that ends the game will be completely different to the one that starts!
Dave haz sent 'The Geordie Times' a photo of the match tickets to make me jelious, az he sits in a nice waam seafront boozer az the rest of us freeeeze to death in sub zero temperatures back home az heavy snow engulfs Tyneside!
"Any chance of comin' in?"
It's freeeeezin' oot here!"
Watch this space from this afternoon onwards!
Upate '220pm bells'
Drew 1-1 Matt Richie scored, Dwight Gayle missed a penalty!
"SPRING IZ HERE!?"
Posted '9:57am bells' Sunday 18th March 2018
"I'm not sayin' it's cold on
Tyneside today---BUT!
Saturday, 17 March 2018
WEATHAA SCUPPERS GEORDIE TIMES PLANS!
Posted '2:00pm bells' Saturday 17th March 2017
Because aa woz unable to gan to Spain for tomorrows friendly v Antwerp, aa decided to 'groundhop' to a new venue on Morseyside instead!
Wor U18s were due to play Everton's equivelent at their Finch Farm trainin complex in the Halewood district of Liverpool, but because of the severe wethaa warnings for the Pennines, it woz reluctantly decided to abandon the trip for fear of bein stranded on the M62---the highest motorway in Ing-er-land!
Aalso there woz the fear of the game not bein played at all and with ne way of findin oot on mee 'canny tranny's radio (Radio 5 Live and Talk Sport dont give info on such games!) this woz anothaa reason not to gan! (at the time writin aa STILL divvint naa if the game started at '1:00 bells'?)
Mee fave non leegue side 'The Bad Blue Boys' of Dunston were due to play Newcastle Benfield in a Northern Leegue encoontaa, but this game woz postponed due to a waaterlogged pitch
at Benfield's groond in the east end of the Toon! (it will be 'snow bound' az we speak!)
This haz left me with ne alternative but to 'gan on the hoy' in various locations in the Toon, az the results come through on the bars tellys!
Hopefully results will gan wor way in the Premyaa Leegue games that are bein played today! (PS: 'We' arnt playin coz wor intended opponents, Sporz, are playin' in the FA Cup at Swanzee!)
Update
Wor U18s DID make it toFinch Farm, but were hammered 7-0 ! Good job aa didnt make it---EH!😨
Because aa woz unable to gan to Spain for tomorrows friendly v Antwerp, aa decided to 'groundhop' to a new venue on Morseyside instead!
Wor U18s were due to play Everton's equivelent at their Finch Farm trainin complex in the Halewood district of Liverpool, but because of the severe wethaa warnings for the Pennines, it woz reluctantly decided to abandon the trip for fear of bein stranded on the M62---the highest motorway in Ing-er-land!
Aalso there woz the fear of the game not bein played at all and with ne way of findin oot on mee 'canny tranny's radio (Radio 5 Live and Talk Sport dont give info on such games!) this woz anothaa reason not to gan! (at the time writin aa STILL divvint naa if the game started at '1:00 bells'?)
Mee fave non leegue side 'The Bad Blue Boys' of Dunston were due to play Newcastle Benfield in a Northern Leegue encoontaa, but this game woz postponed due to a waaterlogged pitch
at Benfield's groond in the east end of the Toon! (it will be 'snow bound' az we speak!)
This haz left me with ne alternative but to 'gan on the hoy' in various locations in the Toon, az the results come through on the bars tellys!
Hopefully results will gan wor way in the Premyaa Leegue games that are bein played today! (PS: 'We' arnt playin coz wor intended opponents, Sporz, are playin' in the FA Cup at Swanzee!)
Update
Wor U18s DID make it toFinch Farm, but were hammered 7-0 ! Good job aa didnt make it---EH!😨
Thursday, 15 March 2018
HOW TO PUNISH YOUR CHILD IF HE/SHE HAZ BEEN NAUGHTY!
A GAME OF THREE HALFS!
Posted '12:30pm bells' Thorsday 14th March 2018
Because of the 3 week break between games, wor squad iz away to southern Spain for a few days trainin at a place caalled Pinatar
A friendly game (of sorts) haz been arranged against Royal Antwerp of Belgium in Pinatar next Sunday dinnatime, which will comprise bizzarly of 3, 45 minute 'halfs' to give aall the squad some game time!
That meenz that 23 or 24 players will be put through their paces in wot iz in effect a glorified trainin session!
For that reason and the fact it iz a logistical nightmare to get there and back in 2 days (we need to get back for various reasons) ,we have decided to give it 'a miss', especially az its not bein played on a propaa groond anyway, and who's ever hord of a game of 3 halfs with 24 players a side?
This iz not a decision we have taken lightly! (IF it woz a propaa European competition game we would be there, for certain!)
The game of 135 minutes will be played at the Pinatar Arena, which by lookin at the pics iz in a trainin complex with 6 rows of seats on each side of the pitch! ('Arena' it iz NOT!)
We have been told that the players are under strict instructions NOT to nick any taxis like some West Brom players did in Barcelona, or gettin a sun tan like West Ham players are now doin in Florida (or wherever they are?)
I am still gannin to watch Newcasil ower the weekend however!---That's Newcastle Benfield v Dunston Bad Blue Boys in a Noorthern Leegue encoontaa in the east end of the Toon!
PS there ARE some NUFC mad sad groundhoppers gannin!
Namely Biffa the beer, Glennn from Ashington and Dave from York and hiz 'better half' Lesley!
Because of the 3 week break between games, wor squad iz away to southern Spain for a few days trainin at a place caalled Pinatar
A friendly game (of sorts) haz been arranged against Royal Antwerp of Belgium in Pinatar next Sunday dinnatime, which will comprise bizzarly of 3, 45 minute 'halfs' to give aall the squad some game time!
That meenz that 23 or 24 players will be put through their paces in wot iz in effect a glorified trainin session!
For that reason and the fact it iz a logistical nightmare to get there and back in 2 days (we need to get back for various reasons) ,we have decided to give it 'a miss', especially az its not bein played on a propaa groond anyway, and who's ever hord of a game of 3 halfs with 24 players a side?
This iz not a decision we have taken lightly! (IF it woz a propaa European competition game we would be there, for certain!)
The game of 135 minutes will be played at the Pinatar Arena, which by lookin at the pics iz in a trainin complex with 6 rows of seats on each side of the pitch! ('Arena' it iz NOT!)
We have been told that the players are under strict instructions NOT to nick any taxis like some West Brom players did in Barcelona, or gettin a sun tan like West Ham players are now doin in Florida (or wherever they are?)
I am still gannin to watch Newcasil ower the weekend however!---That's Newcastle Benfield v Dunston Bad Blue Boys in a Noorthern Leegue encoontaa in the east end of the Toon!
PS there ARE some NUFC mad sad groundhoppers gannin!
Namely Biffa the beer, Glennn from Ashington and Dave from York and hiz 'better half' Lesley!
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
"ONE MORE SEAT THAN NEWCASTLE!"
Posted '12:25pm bells' Tuesday 13th March 2018
It's just after half time at the SOS and Villa are leadin' 2-0
Former sund'lind 'supremo' bob murray once said that he wanted "One more seat than Newcastle!", when their new stadium woz built in 1997, claimin that they had more fans than us!
He aalso copied Benfica and gave it it's ridiculous name, after concludin that az it woz built on an old colliery pit site, which of course woz in darkness, it should be caalled the exact opposite!?
Fast forward 21 years and we are telt that because of apathy, they are to close the top concourse of their stadium and relocate season ticket holders to ' the lower pink seated bowl' az they cant fill the top one!
Meeenwhile and in total contrast NUFCs next home game v 'uddersfield in just under 3 weeks time iz a complete 52,300 sell oot!
For "one more seat", read "30,000 less seats than Newcastle needed'!"
It's just after half time at the SOS and Villa are leadin' 2-0
"One more seat!---
Your havin a laff!"😅
Former sund'lind 'supremo' bob murray once said that he wanted "One more seat than Newcastle!", when their new stadium woz built in 1997, claimin that they had more fans than us!
He aalso copied Benfica and gave it it's ridiculous name, after concludin that az it woz built on an old colliery pit site, which of course woz in darkness, it should be caalled the exact opposite!?
Fast forward 21 years and we are telt that because of apathy, they are to close the top concourse of their stadium and relocate season ticket holders to ' the lower pink seated bowl' az they cant fill the top one!
Meeenwhile and in total contrast NUFCs next home game v 'uddersfield in just under 3 weeks time iz a complete 52,300 sell oot!
For "one more seat", read "30,000 less seats than Newcastle needed'!"
Monday, 12 March 2018
THE PORFECT WEEKEND! *** SO FAR!
Posted 'high noon bells' Munday 11th March 2018
The Premyaa Leegue results ower the weekend have AALL went in wor favour for a change!
Wot we 'wished for' and actually happened, woz az follows!:
We wanted Everton to beat Brighton and they did!
We wanted Lestaa to beat WBA and they did!
We wanted Bornley to beat WHU and they did!
We wanted Chelski to beat Palace and they did!
We wanted 'uddersfield and Swanzee to draw so they both dropped 2 points---and they did!
And finally we wanted The Toon to beat Sooothampton (beleeeve it or not!) ---and we DID!
Tooneet 'The P*ss Potts' of Stoke are at home to Man C----an away win pleeeze!🙏
Updated 11 40pm bells at Woodall sorvices truck park M1
Aall wor wishes have come true az we wanted Stoke to lose to Man City and they did!!!
The porfect weekend for us!
The Premyaa Leegue results ower the weekend have AALL went in wor favour for a change!
Wot we 'wished for' and actually happened, woz az follows!:
We wanted Everton to beat Brighton and they did!
We wanted Lestaa to beat WBA and they did!
We wanted Bornley to beat WHU and they did!
We wanted Chelski to beat Palace and they did!
We wanted 'uddersfield and Swanzee to draw so they both dropped 2 points---and they did!
And finally we wanted The Toon to beat Sooothampton (beleeeve it or not!) ---and we DID!
Tooneet 'The P*ss Potts' of Stoke are at home to Man C----an away win pleeeze!🙏
Updated 11 40pm bells at Woodall sorvices truck park M1
Aall wor wishes have come true az we wanted Stoke to lose to Man City and they did!!!
The porfect weekend for us!
Sunday, 11 March 2018
THE TOON 3 THE SIMON TEMPLAR MOB 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2017-2018
Posted '10:52am bells' Sunday 11th March 2018
"KENEDY FOR PRESIDENT! --- TRUMP OOT!"
We won the 'must win game' in style at St James' Park yesterday and it shud have been more against a p*ss poor Sooothampton side who had won just 1 game oot of the last 16 before they played us!
Thick fog engulfed Tyneside az the game kicked off and it took us just 66 seconds to open the scorin' when an absolutleee surperb lob from Jonjo Shelvey foond Kenedy who chested the baall doon and torned brilliantly to hit a left footed shot past McCarthy in the Sooothampton goal at The Leazes End!
(A contender for goal of the season for sure!) (See photo below from mee camera phone!) We understand that the roar of the crowd could be hord from the Gatesheed game v Maidenheed across the Tyne at the International Stadium 2 miles away!
(The Heed won 7-1 incidently!---that's GatesHEED!)
A Shelvey run then foond Dwight Gayle just a couple of minutes later, but he shot straight at McCarthy and the chance woz gone!
However! and just on the half hour mark a Perez pass foond Gayle who unselfishly gave to 'President' Kenedy and he had the simple task of sidefootin' the baall into the net to give us a 2 goal cushion!
Sooothampton and their 1,600 fans were totally demorilised by this time, az we went for a 3rd before the break, but somehow we couldnt find the net again!
(HT 2-0)
We completed the porfect day az the fog drifted ower the ground, when yet anothaa superb pass from Shelvey on the edge of the box fell to Matt Richie, who fired home with hiz left foot at The Gallowgate End!
3-0 and 3 precious points for sure that lifts us 5 points from the drop zone!
In particular both Shelvey and Kenedy had ootstandin' games!
Geordie Times fact file: We've anly lost 2 Leegue games this year v Man C and The Liverbirds away!
Aaltogether now! "THE FOG ON THE TYNE IZ AALL MINE AALL MINE!"
Toon team: Dubravka, Yedlin, Lascelles, Lejeune, Dummett, Ritchie, Shelvey (Merino 83), Diame, Kenedy (Atsu 78), Perez, Gayle (Joselu 69)
Attendance: 52,246 (1,600 Sooothampton fans who made a 320 mile wasted jorney from the south coast!)
'The Simon Templar Mob'---an explanation!
Simon Templar (Roger Moore) played 'The Saint' in the 1960's hit telly programme---Sooothampton of course are nicknamed 'The Saints'
Wor "I'm feelin' a bit parched!---lets gan on the hoy in March!" drinkin ' marathon continued in The Bodega, The Leazes End Club, The Strawberry and The Premyaa Inn before and after the match!
Othaa results went wor way in a 'porfect day' with fans in revolt at West Ham in particular!
"KENEDY FOR PRESIDENT! --- TRUMP OOT!"
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| "KENEDY IN!" |
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| "TRUMP OOT! |
We won the 'must win game' in style at St James' Park yesterday and it shud have been more against a p*ss poor Sooothampton side who had won just 1 game oot of the last 16 before they played us!
Thick fog engulfed Tyneside az the game kicked off and it took us just 66 seconds to open the scorin' when an absolutleee surperb lob from Jonjo Shelvey foond Kenedy who chested the baall doon and torned brilliantly to hit a left footed shot past McCarthy in the Sooothampton goal at The Leazes End!
(A contender for goal of the season for sure!) (See photo below from mee camera phone!) We understand that the roar of the crowd could be hord from the Gatesheed game v Maidenheed across the Tyne at the International Stadium 2 miles away!
(The Heed won 7-1 incidently!---that's GatesHEED!)
However! and just on the half hour mark a Perez pass foond Gayle who unselfishly gave to 'President' Kenedy and he had the simple task of sidefootin' the baall into the net to give us a 2 goal cushion!
Sooothampton and their 1,600 fans were totally demorilised by this time, az we went for a 3rd before the break, but somehow we couldnt find the net again!
(HT 2-0)
We completed the porfect day az the fog drifted ower the ground, when yet anothaa superb pass from Shelvey on the edge of the box fell to Matt Richie, who fired home with hiz left foot at The Gallowgate End!
3-0 and 3 precious points for sure that lifts us 5 points from the drop zone!
In particular both Shelvey and Kenedy had ootstandin' games!
Geordie Times fact file: We've anly lost 2 Leegue games this year v Man C and The Liverbirds away!
Aaltogether now! "THE FOG ON THE TYNE IZ AALL MINE AALL MINE!"
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| ONE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER EVEN COPIED WOR 'PRESIDENT KENEDY' HEADLINE! |
Toon team: Dubravka, Yedlin, Lascelles, Lejeune, Dummett, Ritchie, Shelvey (Merino 83), Diame, Kenedy (Atsu 78), Perez, Gayle (Joselu 69)
Attendance: 52,246 (1,600 Sooothampton fans who made a 320 mile wasted jorney from the south coast!)
'The Simon Templar Mob'---an explanation!
Simon Templar (Roger Moore) played 'The Saint' in the 1960's hit telly programme---Sooothampton of course are nicknamed 'The Saints'
Wor "I'm feelin' a bit parched!---lets gan on the hoy in March!" drinkin ' marathon continued in The Bodega, The Leazes End Club, The Strawberry and The Premyaa Inn before and after the match!
A West Ham pitch invader insists that
they MUST take their corners from the centre spot!
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