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Thursday, 7 February 2019
1st PICTURE OF WOR £21 MILLION RECORD SIGNING!
Posted '4:30pm bells' Thorsday 7th February 2019
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Wednesday, 6 February 2019
THE NORTHUMBERLAND SENIOR/RESORVE CUP!
Posted '1:55pm bells' Wedinzday 6th February 2019
Last neet wor resorves beat The Spartans of Blyth 7-2 in The Northumberland Senior Cup to progress to the semi-finals!
The scoreline looks impressive BUT Blyth opted to play their resorve team az well!---which just gans to show that this competition iz of low priority, just like the FA Cup iz to Premyaa Leegue sides!
For the record the goalscorers were az follows: Both Yannick Toure and Kelland Watts scored hat-tricks with Juan Cumbreras gettin' the othaa for The Toon.
While Bradley Fewster scored both Blyth goals in front of a 282 'crowd' at 'Blue Flames' Benton! (aka Whitley Park)
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Last neet wor resorves beat The Spartans of Blyth 7-2 in The Northumberland Senior Cup to progress to the semi-finals!
The scoreline looks impressive BUT Blyth opted to play their resorve team az well!---which just gans to show that this competition iz of low priority, just like the FA Cup iz to Premyaa Leegue sides!
For the record the goalscorers were az follows: Both Yannick Toure and Kelland Watts scored hat-tricks with Juan Cumbreras gettin' the othaa for The Toon.
While Bradley Fewster scored both Blyth goals in front of a 282 'crowd' at 'Blue Flames' Benton! (aka Whitley Park)
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
'H' BOMB!
Posted '2:22pm bells' Tuesday 5th February 2019 😨
On this day 47 years ago the worst day in wor history happened when an 'H' BOMB woz dropped from a great height on NUFC near the Welsh border!
(If yoo are of a nervous disposition DIVVINT read this archive match report below!)
On this day 47 years ago the worst day in wor history happened when an 'H' BOMB woz dropped from a great height on NUFC near the Welsh border!
(If yoo are of a nervous disposition DIVVINT read this archive match report below!)
021 edgar street hereford
Date of
First Visit: 5th FEBRUARY 1972
EDGAR STREET, HEREFORD
EDGAR STREET, HEREFORD
HEREFORD
UNITED 2
NEWCASTLE
UNITED 1 (MacDonald)
F.A. CUP
THIRD ROUND, REPLAY
ATTENDANCE
14,313 (1,000 or so disbelievin' Toon fans!)
"WIH
NOT GANNIN TIH HERTFORD!, MAAN!!"---"WIH GANNIN TIH HEREFORD!!!"
What canna
say aboot this game?, the ultimate nightmare, and mee worst EVER! game watchin'
the Toon!.
Me and '
Punter the Hunter'! <("He comes from Lobley Hill!") decided tih hitch hike doon for the
replay, after non league Hereford's shock two's each draa in the forst game at
St. James'.
It was
f***** freezin' as wih set off for the Welsh border country. Ah had a foldy road map tih
keep wih 'on the reet track' and after aboot five hours and a dozen lifts later, wih hit
lucky, as the car driver said he was gannin tih Hereford.
F*****
brill!, wih thought!. We were 'cream crackered' and fell asleep exausted in the
back of his 'jam jar aalmost straight
away.ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Hereford!,
Hereford!---here we come!"
.---Er'---well!---not
exactly!.
After aboot
two hours he woke wih up.
"We're
here lads!", he shouted az he stopped at a road junction.
Ah looked
oot the window and saw a sign for London---
Bloody
LONDON!!???.
"Where
the hell are wih---like?", ah said, wipin' the sleep from mee 'mincers'!
Driver:
"HERTFORD, MATE!".
"Wih
not gannin tih HERTFORD!, MAAN!!"---"Wih gannin tih
HEREFORD!!!", ah shouted at him! az 'Punter the Hunter' looked ready tih strangle
him!
"Sorry
mate, thought you said Hertford!".
'SHIT!'----We
were ower a hundred and fifty f***** miles from wor destination, and time was
gettin' on!.
Wih said
wor farewells (cursin' him under wor breath!) ,waved him off, (two fingers
style!) and started PANICKIN'!!!.
We looked
at the map and decided that the best course of action waz tih 'hitch' across
country, via Oxford.
The next
lift (sometime later!) waz from a 'Yank' in a big flash 'jam jar', who, in a
broad American accent said he waz heedin' for some univorsity IN Oxford.
(GREAT!)
Wih jumped
in the back seats and he asked us which 'highway' we wanted? '
Quick az a
flash', ah said that ah would'nt mind 'Stevie Highway' (who played for
Liverpool!)
(Az yih
might expect----he DID'NT! get the joke, az he looked like one of them American
basebaall fans who did'nt have a clue aboot the 'worlds greatest game'!----so
ah did'nt elaborate!)
"ER!---Just
keep gannin' this way mate!", ah said pointin' towards the road aheed.
He gave iz
one of those: 'I CAN'T UNDERSTAND A F****** WORD YOU'RE SAYING'---looks!, and
carried on in the direction of mee index finger!
"Are
yoo heading for some kind of 'pop festival"?, he then asked curiously? ,
lookin' at wor 'barnets' in the process through hiz rear view mirrah! (wih both
had lang hair at that time!, az it waz aall the rage in the orly seventies!)
('T' Rex'---'Slade'---'Led Zep' and aall that!)
"Not
exactly man!"---"not exactly!",said 'Punter',puttin' on a 'hippy
style American accent'!
He did'nt
ask us anymore questions and dropped us off on the ootskirts of Oxford.
"Cheers
Buddy!", said 'Punter', salutin' him az he drove off intih the distance!
Wih had tih
wait aboot half an hour for wor next lift, but we were in luck, as the gadgie
was gannin 'wor way'! and after a couple of more lifts, we eventually arrived
in Hereford, EIGHTEEN HOURS! and SIXTEEN LIFTS! from Tyneside!.
(Aye---wih
coonted them!)
'Punter'
asked the local 'Officer Dibble' ,who waz deein’ ‘the roonds’ on hiz push bike
where the groond was?
"AARRRR!---IT'S
BESOYD YONDER CATTLE MARKET!", he said as he pointed us in the reet
direction.
"YOU'RRR
NOT FROM NEWCASTLE BOIY ANY CHANCE ARE YOO?", he enquired with a puzzled
look on his face!. (Obviously a 'Sherlock Holmes' in the makin', az 'Punter'
waz wearin' a black 'n' white bobble hat with the Newcastle crest on the front
of it!)
"WHEY
AYE, MAN---COURSE WIH ARE!", ah said.
"AINT
YOO 'EARD?"---he replied, in a voice that sent ‘shivvvers doon mee
spine’!,
“IT’S BEEN
CALLED OFF AGAIN!!!”
“WE’RE
DOOOMED!!!!”
mee face! az it felt az though a’d been telt that a close family member had just ‘snuffed it’!
(Aaltogether,
the match had been postponed aboot ten times because of a frozen pitch!)
WIH
COULD’NT BELIEVE IT!---we were SHATTERED!---FROZEN! ---STARVIN'!---THIRSTY!---DOG
TIRED!---AND!---F*****’ TOTALLY PISSED
OFF!.
AAL THIS
F*****’ WAY AND THE F*****’ GAME’S OFF!!!.
Wih heeded
for a local 'greasy spoon' cafe for a hot drink and some 'Desperate Dan', but
aall that was left tih eat were some chocolate f***** biscuits! and what looked
like a stale 'stottie cake'!.
It DID'NT!
look 'ower clever', so wih opted for the
'biccys' instead!.
"FOWER
OFF THEM BISCUITS, PAL!", ah said tih the aad 'gadgie' with the 'handlebar
moustache' behind the coontaa!, pointin' towards the 'said' 'biccys'.
"AAARRRRR!---FORRRR WOYFORRRZ!", he
said az he hoyed them on a plate.
(Translation:
"AAARRRRR!---FOUR WAFERS!")
Wih just
burst oot laffin', at his 'Worzel Gummage' style accent!.
(Wih had
tih laff!---or wih would'iv F***** CRIED!)
After a few
'dodgy looks', he served iz, and wih sat doon tih wor tea 'n'
woyforrrz!---(sorry!---wafers!)
Wih then
headed for the local 'drinkin' establishments' tih drown (and 'down'!) wor
sorrows!.
Scrumpy
cider was on the 'menu' at EIGHT PENCE A PINT! (At last!---some GOOD! news!?)
(That's
reet!---EIGHT F***** PENCE!) so---(as yih dee!) wih got totally 'rat-arsed'!
alang with some other Toon fans who'd aalso made the wasted journey doon by the
supporters club, and at 'chuckin' oot time', they managed tih sneak us onto
their coach for the lang trip yem!.
(Wih hid
behind the seats at the back of the bus!)
"THE
ULTIMATE! DISASTER!"
When the
game was eventually played, wih both headed back tih Herefordshire, prayin' that the
match would be on!.
(This time
on the supporters bus!---which took seven hours!)
Anly tih
witness the most televised goal in 'futbaall history'!----scored (on a ploughed
field!) by---yee naa who!
(and then
prayed, that the ref would abandon the match, tih put wih oot of wor misery!)
(nee such luck!)
Of course
in the orly seventies there waz nee such thing az aall seater stadiums and the
vast majority of the crowd waz 'shoehorned' intih every available space!
(perimiter waalls, roofs, floodlight pylons, anything!)
The
thoosand or so Toon fans who were unfortunate enough tih be there!, were behind
one of the goals. At the front some wooden beer crates had been placed behind
the goal line az improvized seats so that the youngins' amongst the crowd could
get a better view of the proccedins' on the shallow terraces, and they
stretched from corner flag tih corner flag!
(That's
REET! F***** BEER CRATES!)
The anly
problem waz---that fans behind THEM!could'nt see a thing!, because the 'little
brats' at the front were STANDIN' on them! for a better view! (Taylor
Report!----divvint mek iz laugh!)
Soon, the
crowd behind pushed them ontih the runnin' track and that's where they ended up
sittin' az the game kicked off!
Look!---a'm
writin' this some forty three years after that 'fateful day' and it STILL!
HAUNTS IZ!--- SO!--- aall give yiz a (very) brief match report!---that's aall
yih gannih get!
The game
waz crap until 'Supermac' gave wih the lead late on in the second half and we'd aall thought wi'd won---UNTIL!---
(horror upon horrors!) a 'last gasp' equaliser which haz become the most televised goal in futbaall history, forced the game intih extra
time!
Oot of
frustration, 'Punter the Hunter' picked one of the beer crates up and hoyed it ower the
top of the crowd!
It hit a
'Dibble' who waz waalkin' aroond the pitch, smack on hiz bonce, knockin' hiz
helmet off and knockin' HIM! clean oot!
The 2nd most
televised goal ever! from the non leegue side, then followed in extra time----followed by hundreds of
'anoraks' runnin' across the clarty 'pitch'!---FULL STOP!*
(That iz
mee last recollection of the match!)
Tih cap it aall!---WIH PLAYED IN A F*****’
AALL RED! STRIP IZ WELL!
DISASTER
DAYS!???----
THIS ONE
WAS THE ULTIMATE DISASTER!---
NEE
KIDDIN'!!!.
©FINK™ (The Mad-Sad Gr☺undh☻pper!)
www.groundhoppers@hotmail.com
Sunday, 3 February 2019
SPORZ 1 THE TOON 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2018-2019
Posted '11:25am bells' Sunday 3rd February 2019
"IT'S JUST LIKE BEIN' ON A ROLLER COASTER!"
The day started at the ungodly hour of '3:45am bells' when aa dragged mee lifeless body oot of mee 'scratcher' (bed!), got a wash n brush up, before heedin for 'The Central' (station) in a taxi!
One kid on the train had obviously been drinkin aall neet in The Toon in some night club and woz completly 'cattle trucked' (F**ked!) with the drink!
The ticket inspector couldnt wake him up until we were near Doncaster!
He couldnt remember where he woz supposed to get off, except that the station began with the letter 'D'
This left 3 options! Durham, Darlington or Doncaster!
He then remembered that it woz Durham (a station we had passed half an hour beforehand!) and he woz hoyed off the train at Doncaster (well, at least he got the 1st letter right!), where he dropped hiz phone and a bottle of waataa on the platform, before collapsin in a heap on a seat in the station! "ZZZzzz!!!"
It woz then onward to KX (King's Cross', London) and then onward to Marylebone near central London for the customary pre match gargels!
After several 'liquid lubrications' it woz time to heed for Wembley for the '12:30 bells' kick off for live telly!
Once inside we could see that the top deck woz completely empty to wor left and beyond the far goal, with just a smatterin' of Sporz fans to wor right in that section! A sub 50,000 crowd for certain, which included 3,200 Toon fans in the visitors end!
From the start we had to endure an onslaught from Sporz az they attacked the far end from us!
NUFC somehow managed to hold oot til half time, with the 'home' side aalso hittin' the post! (We played in wor blue n maroon hooped kit)
We, on the othaa hand hardly ventured into their half az we attacked the goal nearest to us, with just a couple of chances 'gannin abeggin'!
The 2nd half started off a bit better, and Rondon heeded against the post in the 52nd minute, but the baall boonced oot and the chance woz gone!
The onslaught from Sporz continued az the huge clock at the far end ticked doon and we managed to survive-----until the 82nd minute!, when a shot by Son seemed to gan through Dubravka in The Toon goal to put 'The Sporz' 1-0 up!
*The 'highlights' of the game, wernt from wor players, but from the large pieces of ice faallin from the roof of the stadium onto the pitch, az the thaw set in, missin' the players below by inches in some cases!
We then heeded back to Marylebone to drown wor sorrows before catchin' the '5:30 bells' train back to Tyneside!
The news wasn't good from sooth Wales however az Cardiff won 2-0 to send us back to within 2 points of the relegation places!
After wor woeful performance against Wotfaad in the FA Cup a week before and wor totally unexpected 'high' with the brilliant win against Man City in midweek, this woz anothaa 'downer' in the 'roller coaster ride' which we aalways seem to be on!
That's EIGHT times in a row that we have been to Wembley in competitive games and LOST! (a record!)---and 'yours truly' haz seen EVERY ONE!---("HELP!")
The jorney back woz noisy to say the least, with some very drunken Toon fans of 'the brain dead variety', singin' out of tune cr*p songs for the whole 3 hour jorney, which just added to wor misery! (Wet, Wet, Wet and Pet Shop Boys songs and othaa garbage!)
It made me wonder, just how they managed to find their way to Wembley from KX, usin the complicated tube/train system?
Toon team: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Ritchie (Barecca 86--1 of wor new signins), Perez, Longstaff, Hayden, Atsu (Kenedy 82), Rondon
Attendance: just 41,219, includin' wor 'beloved owner'? 'The Fat Controller' (who got stick!) and MD 'Penfold' in the posh seats! (3,200 Toon fans in the 'bog seats'!)
*Pub crawl pix from St. Pancras & Marylebone, near central London
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"TOP DECK, TOP DECK, GIVE US A SONG!"
VIEW FROM ROW 33, SEAT 60 OF THE AWAY END
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"IT'S JUST LIKE BEIN' ON A ROLLER COASTER!"
The day started at the ungodly hour of '3:45am bells' when aa dragged mee lifeless body oot of mee 'scratcher' (bed!), got a wash n brush up, before heedin for 'The Central' (station) in a taxi!
One kid on the train had obviously been drinkin aall neet in The Toon in some night club and woz completly 'cattle trucked' (F**ked!) with the drink!
The ticket inspector couldnt wake him up until we were near Doncaster!
He couldnt remember where he woz supposed to get off, except that the station began with the letter 'D'
This left 3 options! Durham, Darlington or Doncaster!
He then remembered that it woz Durham (a station we had passed half an hour beforehand!) and he woz hoyed off the train at Doncaster (well, at least he got the 1st letter right!), where he dropped hiz phone and a bottle of waataa on the platform, before collapsin in a heap on a seat in the station! "ZZZzzz!!!"
It woz then onward to KX (King's Cross', London) and then onward to Marylebone near central London for the customary pre match gargels!
After several 'liquid lubrications' it woz time to heed for Wembley for the '12:30 bells' kick off for live telly!
Once inside we could see that the top deck woz completely empty to wor left and beyond the far goal, with just a smatterin' of Sporz fans to wor right in that section! A sub 50,000 crowd for certain, which included 3,200 Toon fans in the visitors end!
From the start we had to endure an onslaught from Sporz az they attacked the far end from us!
NUFC somehow managed to hold oot til half time, with the 'home' side aalso hittin' the post! (We played in wor blue n maroon hooped kit)
We, on the othaa hand hardly ventured into their half az we attacked the goal nearest to us, with just a couple of chances 'gannin abeggin'!
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| A RARE TOON CORNER, TAKEN BY MATT RITCHIE |
The 2nd half started off a bit better, and Rondon heeded against the post in the 52nd minute, but the baall boonced oot and the chance woz gone!
The onslaught from Sporz continued az the huge clock at the far end ticked doon and we managed to survive-----until the 82nd minute!, when a shot by Son seemed to gan through Dubravka in The Toon goal to put 'The Sporz' 1-0 up!
*The 'highlights' of the game, wernt from wor players, but from the large pieces of ice faallin from the roof of the stadium onto the pitch, az the thaw set in, missin' the players below by inches in some cases!
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NARROW ESCAPE! A LARGE LUMP OF ICE JUST MISSES
TOON GOALIE MARTIN DUBRAVKA'S HEED IN THE WARM UP!
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We then heeded back to Marylebone to drown wor sorrows before catchin' the '5:30 bells' train back to Tyneside!
The news wasn't good from sooth Wales however az Cardiff won 2-0 to send us back to within 2 points of the relegation places!
After wor woeful performance against Wotfaad in the FA Cup a week before and wor totally unexpected 'high' with the brilliant win against Man City in midweek, this woz anothaa 'downer' in the 'roller coaster ride' which we aalways seem to be on!
That's EIGHT times in a row that we have been to Wembley in competitive games and LOST! (a record!)---and 'yours truly' haz seen EVERY ONE!---("HELP!")
The jorney back woz noisy to say the least, with some very drunken Toon fans of 'the brain dead variety', singin' out of tune cr*p songs for the whole 3 hour jorney, which just added to wor misery! (Wet, Wet, Wet and Pet Shop Boys songs and othaa garbage!)
It made me wonder, just how they managed to find their way to Wembley from KX, usin the complicated tube/train system?
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| LONDON TUBE MAP |
Toon team: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Ritchie (Barecca 86--1 of wor new signins), Perez, Longstaff, Hayden, Atsu (Kenedy 82), Rondon
Attendance: just 41,219, includin' wor 'beloved owner'? 'The Fat Controller' (who got stick!) and MD 'Penfold' in the posh seats! (3,200 Toon fans in the 'bog seats'!)
*Pub crawl pix from St. Pancras & Marylebone, near central London
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Friday, 1 February 2019
SPORZ V THE TOON *** TOMORROW DINNAATIME!
Posted '2:40pm bells' Friday 1st February 2019
We travel to 'the smoke' (London) yet again at the ungodly hour of '5:26 bells' in the mornin for the '12:30 bells' kick off at Wembley v Sporz!
Wor record £21 million signin Miguel Almiron and on loan defender Antonio Barrica will NOT play az they are awaitin work pormits!
KANE AND UNABLE!
After wor great win against Man City we face anothaa tough game and the good news for us---iz!---Harry Kane and Dele Alli will not be available for Sporz due to injury, az we attempt to win at Wembley for the forst time since 1955 (wor last FA Cup win!)
The 'magic' of playin at Wembley for 2 years haz not went doon well with Sporz fans, who had a 29,000 crowd v Wotfaad through the week---that's more than 60,000 empty seats, which must be some kind of a record---certainly in the Premyaa Leegue era, anyway!
The Toon fans, on the othaa hand quickly snapped up the 3,200 tickets available in the away end!
With the game a dinnaatime kick off for live telly (SKY) we expect anothaa low tornoot from the Sporz fans! (Tottenham iz on the othaa side of London and aboot an hour to an hour and a half's travel to Wembley from there!)
Hopefully we can reward 'the faithful' with anothaa 'gutsy' performance like last Tuesday's and pick up at least a point---wishful 'fink'in perhaps, but who ever thought that we could beat champions Man City after givin then a one goal start after 24 seconds!???
Rafa had warned wor very rich owner that failure to sign quality players in the transfor window would put wor safety in jepody and at last 'The Fat Controller' haz listened and put hiz hand in hiz pocket!
*A full Geordie Times match and pub crawl report will appear here on Sunday!
We travel to 'the smoke' (London) yet again at the ungodly hour of '5:26 bells' in the mornin for the '12:30 bells' kick off at Wembley v Sporz!
Wor record £21 million signin Miguel Almiron and on loan defender Antonio Barrica will NOT play az they are awaitin work pormits!
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THE FRONT PAGE OF TODAY'S
'RONNY GILL'
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After wor great win against Man City we face anothaa tough game and the good news for us---iz!---Harry Kane and Dele Alli will not be available for Sporz due to injury, az we attempt to win at Wembley for the forst time since 1955 (wor last FA Cup win!)
The 'magic' of playin at Wembley for 2 years haz not went doon well with Sporz fans, who had a 29,000 crowd v Wotfaad through the week---that's more than 60,000 empty seats, which must be some kind of a record---certainly in the Premyaa Leegue era, anyway!
The Toon fans, on the othaa hand quickly snapped up the 3,200 tickets available in the away end!
With the game a dinnaatime kick off for live telly (SKY) we expect anothaa low tornoot from the Sporz fans! (Tottenham iz on the othaa side of London and aboot an hour to an hour and a half's travel to Wembley from there!)
Hopefully we can reward 'the faithful' with anothaa 'gutsy' performance like last Tuesday's and pick up at least a point---wishful 'fink'in perhaps, but who ever thought that we could beat champions Man City after givin then a one goal start after 24 seconds!???
Rafa had warned wor very rich owner that failure to sign quality players in the transfor window would put wor safety in jepody and at last 'The Fat Controller' haz listened and put hiz hand in hiz pocket!
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| RAFA'S STARK MESSAGE TO WOR OWNER! |
*A full Geordie Times match and pub crawl report will appear here on Sunday!
Thursday, 31 January 2019
D DAY DEAL DONE AND DUSTED!
Posted '2:40pm bells' Thorsday 31st January 2019
(Will be updated az more pix come in!)
(Will be updated az more pix come in!)
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| "HE'S THE ONE OF THE RIGHT!" |
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| "SAY NO MORE!" |
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| '3:03 PM BELLS' "HAPPY, HAPPY DAYS!" 😁😁 |
D DAY DEALS *** LATEST NEWS FROM TYNESIDE!
Posted '1:07pm bells' Thorsday 31st January 2019
Updated throughout the day!
News that both Migueal Almiron and Antonio Barreca on on Tyneside havin medicals az we speak at wor trainin groond in Benton (3 miles north east of city centre)
STOP PRESS! Almiron signs for The Toon!
It iz reported that striker Almiron will cost £21 million, which of course will break wor transfor record, while left back Barreca haz agreed a season lang loan from Monaco!
STOP PRESS! Barreca haz just signed!
With an option for a pormanent deal at the end of the season!
It iz aalso reported that Salamon Rondon will be signed on a pormanent deal from Chelski az well!
Othaa names hae been bandied aboot and we will let yiz naa of any developments az they happen!
Az per usual---"Watch this space for forthaa news!"
Updated throughout the day!
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| Almiron flies in by helicopter yesterday |
News that both Migueal Almiron and Antonio Barreca on on Tyneside havin medicals az we speak at wor trainin groond in Benton (3 miles north east of city centre)
STOP PRESS! Almiron signs for The Toon!
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| "HE'S THE ONE ON THE RIGHT!" |
It iz reported that striker Almiron will cost £21 million, which of course will break wor transfor record, while left back Barreca haz agreed a season lang loan from Monaco!
STOP PRESS! Barreca haz just signed!
With an option for a pormanent deal at the end of the season!
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| Barreca in a Monaco strip |
It iz aalso reported that Salamon Rondon will be signed on a pormanent deal from Chelski az well!
Othaa names hae been bandied aboot and we will let yiz naa of any developments az they happen!
Az per usual---"Watch this space for forthaa news!"
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
THE TOON 2 THE BLUE MOONIES 1 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2018-2019
Posted '11:44am bells' Wedinzday 30th January 2019
"WOT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!"
Yesterday, before the match it woz aall 'doom and gloom' with the threat of 'a good hidin' from the current champions and the threat that Rafa woz on the verge of quittin due to lack of signins in the transfor window!
And then 'a glimmer of light' az we drank in The Bodega pre match, when SKY telly told us that THREE singins were imminent and that NUFC were aboot to break wor transfor record by signin Paraguayan international from Atlanta United for £20 million quid!
Aalso in the offin woz the predicted loan signins of Andreas Samaris from Benfica and Antonio Barreca from Monaco!
This lifted the gloom in the bar which woz full of Toon and Man City fans, givin us hope that at last wor beloved owner? 'The Fat Controller' had 'seen the light' and woz puttin hiz hand in hiz pocket and that Rafa wouldnt 'waalk'!
However! That 'hope' woz dashed after just 24 seconds of the match startin when Aguero scored at The Gallowgate End with wor defence 'asleep' to put Man City 1-0 up after a scramble in the box!
At this point we feared 'a cricket score' but to wor credit we 'knuckled down' and somehow got to half time with just the one goal conceded!
The 2nd half iz wot dreams are made of az we fought back and battled on and an unlikely equaliser came through Soloman Rondon who got hiz foot to the baall from a cross and toe poked it into the net to level things on the hour mark!
Could we hang on for the precious point we thought, but NUFC had better ideas and we got a penalty not lang after, when Longstaff woz pushed ower in the box in the 77th minute!
Matt Ritchie would take it, but The Blue Moonies adopted delayin tactics az Edison their goalie 'fained injury' to try and put Ritchie off az he waited 3 lang minutes to take the spot kick!
It worked a treat FOR US az he hammered the baall to the right on the goal to put us 2-1 up az the roof woz lifted off the groond!
5 mins stoppage time woz played az we pulled wor hair oot by the roots and bit wor finger nails to the bone, but finally the ref blew for full time az the crowd went ballisic!
This woz the forst time we had beaten Man City in 23 attempts and the totally unexpected win propelled us up to 14th in the table, 5 points above the relegation places!
Happy days to replace the miserable ones at last!
Toon team: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Richie, Perez (90 Manquillo), Hayden, Longstaff, Atsu (Kenedy 87), Rondon.
Attendance:50,861 (3,000 Blue Moonies who took the p*ss at the start when they scored, but were completely silent by the end!)
For the benefit of Toon fans from ootside the north east and owerseas!
*Updated '3:20pm bells'
Miguel Almiron arrives at The Toon heliport on the banks of the Tyne
"WOT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!"
Yesterday, before the match it woz aall 'doom and gloom' with the threat of 'a good hidin' from the current champions and the threat that Rafa woz on the verge of quittin due to lack of signins in the transfor window!
And then 'a glimmer of light' az we drank in The Bodega pre match, when SKY telly told us that THREE singins were imminent and that NUFC were aboot to break wor transfor record by signin Paraguayan international from Atlanta United for £20 million quid!
Aalso in the offin woz the predicted loan signins of Andreas Samaris from Benfica and Antonio Barreca from Monaco!
This lifted the gloom in the bar which woz full of Toon and Man City fans, givin us hope that at last wor beloved owner? 'The Fat Controller' had 'seen the light' and woz puttin hiz hand in hiz pocket and that Rafa wouldnt 'waalk'!
However! That 'hope' woz dashed after just 24 seconds of the match startin when Aguero scored at The Gallowgate End with wor defence 'asleep' to put Man City 1-0 up after a scramble in the box!
At this point we feared 'a cricket score' but to wor credit we 'knuckled down' and somehow got to half time with just the one goal conceded!
The 2nd half iz wot dreams are made of az we fought back and battled on and an unlikely equaliser came through Soloman Rondon who got hiz foot to the baall from a cross and toe poked it into the net to level things on the hour mark!
Could we hang on for the precious point we thought, but NUFC had better ideas and we got a penalty not lang after, when Longstaff woz pushed ower in the box in the 77th minute!
Matt Ritchie would take it, but The Blue Moonies adopted delayin tactics az Edison their goalie 'fained injury' to try and put Ritchie off az he waited 3 lang minutes to take the spot kick!
It worked a treat FOR US az he hammered the baall to the right on the goal to put us 2-1 up az the roof woz lifted off the groond!
5 mins stoppage time woz played az we pulled wor hair oot by the roots and bit wor finger nails to the bone, but finally the ref blew for full time az the crowd went ballisic!
This woz the forst time we had beaten Man City in 23 attempts and the totally unexpected win propelled us up to 14th in the table, 5 points above the relegation places!
Happy days to replace the miserable ones at last!
Toon team: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Richie, Perez (90 Manquillo), Hayden, Longstaff, Atsu (Kenedy 87), Rondon.
Attendance:50,861 (3,000 Blue Moonies who took the p*ss at the start when they scored, but were completely silent by the end!)
For the benefit of Toon fans from ootside the north east and owerseas!
FROM TODAY'S LOCAL RAG
'THE RONNY GILL'
*Updated '3:20pm bells'
Miguel Almiron arrives at The Toon heliport on the banks of the Tyne
Tuesday, 29 January 2019
MELTDOWN???
Posted '4:00pm bells' Tuesday 29th January 2019
"HERE WE GAN AGAIN!"
News that 'Rafa the Gaffer' iz understandably frustrated to such an extent in the never endin' NUFC transfor saga, that we 'fink' that he will quit after the January transfor window closes, IF ne new faces (loan or permanent) arrive by the Thorsday neet deadline!
The Geordie Times prediction iz that Rafa will hold an unannoonced press conference on Friday and quit hiz post az he haz 'had enough'---and who can blame him?
The £6 million clause in hiz contract iz now invalid and he can 'waalk away' withoot any penalty!
We sincerely hope that we are WRANG and that he will stay, but we very much doubt it if ne progress iz made!
NUFC are a complete shambles and yet again we are in peril of losin' anothaa great manager because of inactivity in the transfor market, with just TWO days left to get some 'bodies ower the line'!
Apparently the club had asked Rafa to advice fans to renew their season tickets before the deadline, but he haz REFUSED the opportunity to do so, az he says that's "Not his business!" and that it isn't HIZ job to tell us wot to do!
Ohhh! and there's the little matter of a home game against Man City tooneet, where fan protests will ne doubt reach a crescendo!
Anothaa 'meltdown' chapter in the life of a shambolically run futbaall club!
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| WILL THERE BE SHOCK 'WAVES' ON FRIDAY? |
"HERE WE GAN AGAIN!"
News that 'Rafa the Gaffer' iz understandably frustrated to such an extent in the never endin' NUFC transfor saga, that we 'fink' that he will quit after the January transfor window closes, IF ne new faces (loan or permanent) arrive by the Thorsday neet deadline!
The Geordie Times prediction iz that Rafa will hold an unannoonced press conference on Friday and quit hiz post az he haz 'had enough'---and who can blame him?
The £6 million clause in hiz contract iz now invalid and he can 'waalk away' withoot any penalty!
We sincerely hope that we are WRANG and that he will stay, but we very much doubt it if ne progress iz made!
NUFC are a complete shambles and yet again we are in peril of losin' anothaa great manager because of inactivity in the transfor market, with just TWO days left to get some 'bodies ower the line'!
Apparently the club had asked Rafa to advice fans to renew their season tickets before the deadline, but he haz REFUSED the opportunity to do so, az he says that's "Not his business!" and that it isn't HIZ job to tell us wot to do!
Ohhh! and there's the little matter of a home game against Man City tooneet, where fan protests will ne doubt reach a crescendo!
Anothaa 'meltdown' chapter in the life of a shambolically run futbaall club!
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