AMAZING HYPOCRISY FROM NUFC!

Posted 'high noon bells' Munday 5th May 2019

FROM TODAY'S 'RONNY GILL'!

"YI COULDN'T MAKE IT UP!" 

Not only woz the kick off time of 7:45 bells' on a Saturday neet a recipe for disaster, (az fans had been drinkin' aall day), but away fans in the home section forthaa fuelled the 'fire' that woz to follow!

For weeks and weeks NUFC fans had been warned NOT to sell tickets to Liverpoool fans, desperate to gain admission to see them possibly win The Premyaa Leegue for the forst time!

Az it torned oot this wasn't possible, but there were pockets of away fans aall ower the groond, with many of them in The Platinum Club and corporate areas of The Milburn Stand!

It torns oot that NUFC KNOWINGLY sold a block of 200 tickets to Liverpoool fans in one corporate area, statin' that this woz normal procedure for away fans in corporate seats! 

AMAZING HYPOCRISY if yoo ask us---to sell tickets, knowin' that this would undoubtedly cause trouble shud wor visitors score---which they did 3 times!---but the forst 2 goals were not celebrated by them for fear of bein' ejected!
But they couldn't help themselves when the 3rd goal went in with just 4 minutes left on the clock and celebrated wildly!----This resulted in a huge fight below us! (We were in the upper tier of The Milburn Stand)

After the final whistle, fuelled up Toon fans fought with their fans az they attempted to board their coaches home!
22 fans of both clubs were arrested!

"NO!"--- '7:45 bells' kick off times on a Saturday neet are not recommended --- but there will be many many more next season in the new arrangements for live telly, resultin in more disorder around the country, for certain!

TODAY'S RONNY GILL'!

NUFC shud hang their heads in shame for allowin' Liverpoool fans into the corporate areas, while tellin' Toon fans that they would face heavy fines for ticket toutin' and lose their season tickets, if THEY sold them to away fans!

NUFC CLUB STATEMENT!

"HYPOCRISY OF THE HIGHEST ORDER!"

THE TOON 2 THE LIVERBIRDS 3 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2018-2019

Posted '10:57am bells' Sunday 5th May 2019

THE BIGGEST FLAG IN FUTBAALL IZ UNFURLED

AT THE GALLOWGATE END !

'THE INJUSTICE OF IT AALL!" 

If yoo were a neutral fan then yoo would have had a great days entertainment az both teams went hammer and tongs from the 'off'!
Forst blood woz to wor visitors who took the lead at The Gallowgate End in the 13th minute when an unmarked Van Dijk heeded past Dubravka in the Toon goal to give them the lead.

We fought back and equalised in the 20th minute when Atsu fired home from close range at The Leazes End after Rondon had had hiz shot stopped on the line by the hand of Alexander Arnold!
An instant dismissal shud have followed but because Atsu had scored the rebound the ref took no action against him?---The injustice of it aall!

The Mickey Mousers retook the lead through Salah 8 minutes later with a shot from inside the box!---HT 2-1 to them!

We came oot with 'aall guns blazin' in the 2nd half and equalised again in the 54th minute trough Rondon who hit a sweet left footer past Alisson in The Liverbirds goal to send the crowd into raptures!

This 'end to end game' ended with a dive from Liverpoool's Fabinho az Ritchie shadowed him!---Richie protested loudly to the linesman who woz close by, but the free kick woz given anyway!
The resultin' free kick 4 mins from time woz heeded in by Origi at The Leazes End---the injustice of it aall!

There woz then fightin' below us in the corporate areas of The Milburn Stand az Liverpoool fans had managed to get tickets for those areas and who celebrated their winnin goal!

8 minutes of stoppage time (Salah woz stretchered off) meant a nailbitin' time for the 3,200 Scousers in level 7 of The Leazes End, (and elsewhere!) before the ref finally blew for full time!

The result and results elsewhere meeenz that NUFC can finish ne higher than 13th and ne lower than 15th with 1 game left away to Fulim next Sunday. (we are currently 14th)
Liverpoool move 2 points clear at the top, with just 1 game to gan---but of course if Man City win their 2 remain' games then they will be champions again!

Toon team: Dubravka, Manquillo, Lascelles, Schar (Muto 90), Dummett, Ritchie, Hayden, Ki, Atsu, Perez, Rondon

Attendance: 52,206 (3,200 Mickey Mousers in Leazes End plus a couple of hundred more in the home sections!)

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"ANOTHAA FINE MESSI !"

Updated'2:43pm bells' Friday 3rd May 2019

"THE PRESSURE IZ ON THEM, NOT US!"

The Liverbirds 3-0 hammerin' in The Champions Leegue at the hand of Barcelona on Wedinzday neet---and Lionel MESSI in particular (who scored hiz 599th and 600th goals for Barca!), must have put a massive dent in their confidence and belief that they are virtually invincible!

This iz good news for NUFC in wor bid to beat them for the 2nd time in 3 days!
The crowd will be 'up for it' az the late Saturday kick off time will meen that fans will have been drinkin' aall day, which aalways makes for a better atmosphere than say a '12:30 bells' kick off, with little chance of a pint (or 10!) before the match! 

Klopp wanted the late kick off time to aid hiz teams recovery time, and this could well backfire on the Jawman manager!
Liverpoool haven't won on Tyneside in their last 4 visits---and just once in their last 7 visits to SJP: (a 0-6 win! 7 years ago! "Ouch!") (In the last 7 visits NUFC have won 4, drawn 2, lost 1)

Aalso, Liverpoool CANNIT win the leegue at 'wor place' and so the demand for tickets from their fans will be nee way az high az woz envisaged!
Ayoze Perez iz expected to retorn after gannin off injured at Brightin, az iz Lascelles who woz unwell for that game.
A draw or a defeat for them, will aalmost certainly hand the Premyaa Leegue title to Man City once more---who divvint play till Munday!

ie: The pressure iz definatly on them and not us, az we have nothin' to play for, apart from leegue position and we will finish the season between 11th and 16th---dependant on othaa results!

Fans have aalso been urged by Alan Shearer to sign a petition in 'The Ronny-Gill' newspaper to keep Rafa at the club!---We can anly hope that this will be successful OR a downward spiral will surely follow if yet anothaa 'yes man' iz appointed az manager!
To sign the petition gan to: bit.ly/rafanufc

We at The Geordie Times just don't know wot will happen at this crazy comedy club!

A Geordie Times match report will appear here on Sunday az per usual!


"TOON! TOON! BLACK N WHITE ARMY!"

News that the othaa Tyneside 'black n whites', Gatesheed FC, are to change their name to Gateshead Town, after fans voted to form a new club in protest at the runnin' doon of their club by Cala, their far east owner!
They will play at eethaa The International Stadium in Gatesheed OR Kingston Park in Newcasil! (the home of Newcasil Falcons Rugby Club)

We wish them well in their new adventure!

GOOD OLD JOEY BARTON!😅😆😂

Posted '10:00pm bells' Tuesday 30th April 2019

Full time from Highbury Stadium
home of 'The Cod Army'!
Fleetwood Town 2
SMBs 1
Fleetwood's winnin' goal woz scored in the 95th minute!😄

FTM (Fleetwood Town Marra!😊)

'NE WHERE NEAR' BRIGHTIN 1 THE TOON 1 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2018-2019

Posted from '9:10am bells' Sunday 28th April 2019 on train back from King's Cross in London
For an update on Munday April 29th, scroll doon the page!

!st HALF ACTION AZ THE TOON ATTACK THE FAR GOAL

Due to the fact that this train iz chocker there will anly be a brief match report az I can hardly move!

Ayoze Perez hit a sweet right footed shot into the net in the 18th minute after Rondon had chested the baall doon to give The Toon the lead!
We were on the rampage in this half and shud have had at least 2 more goals, but couldnt add to Perez'z strike!
(Perez woz taken off injured in the 32nd minute which changed wor approach to the game in the 2nd period)

2nd HALF ACTION AZ WE ATTACK THE GOAL IN FRONT OF THE TOON FANS

(THE TOON ARE IN BLUE AND MAROON CHANGE STRIP)

The 2nd half woz a different story az we took wor foot off the gas and let Brightin back into the game!

They equalised in the 75th minute when Gross had a free header az wor defence woz in disarray!

Attendance:30,687 (2,500 Toon fans)

Thats it for now folks!--- az there's hardly room to swing a black cat by the tail!

A full match report will follow sometime tomorrow!

Updated 'high noon bells' Munday 29th April

The Saturday had started off with mee finishin' my nightly truck run to Manchester!---I got to bed at '3:00am bells' "ZZZzzz!!!"---and got up again at '7:00am bells' to catch the 8:58 bells' train to King's Cross (London)

It woz then onward to Lewes in Sussex where we had wor customary pre math gargels in the numerous pubs near the train station! (just 3, actually!) (see pix below)
The reason we went to Lewes and not Brightin, woz because it iz easier to get to The AMEX Stadium in Falmer from there, than it iz from  Brightin train station (and aboot the same distance, 7 miles)
(Now yi naa why we call them 'Ne Where Near' Brightin!)

It woz then onward to Falmer where the train woz mostly full of Toon fans!
Orlier we'd hord that the SMBs had drawn with Portsmoooth and that Barnsleee had won which meant that the mackems would aalmost certainly miss oot on automatic promotion and settle for the lottery of the Leegue 1 play-offs
This had the Toon fans in buoyant mood and az we reached the groond the Brightin fans were aalso in a buoyant mood az they hord that Cardiff had lost at Fulim, which meeenz that they were virtually safe from relegation! (not quite, actually!)

The brief match report above iz not worth addin' tee, except we shud have had at least one penalty but the ref Toon fans love to hate, Mike Dean waved protest from Toon players away!

A 1-1 draw woz probably a fair result in the end, but it shud reeely have been 'aall 3' to 'us', after wor 1st half showin'!

Toon team: Debravka, Manquillo, Schar, Fernandez, Dummett, Ritchie, Hayden, Shelvey (Ki 73), Atsu (Muto 80), Perez (Kenedy 32), Rondon


"ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY---THAT'S MORE THAN PLENTY!"

116 THE LANSDOWN ARMS, LEWES (Pre match

(Packed with Toon fans!)

117 THE BREWERS ARMS, LEWES

118 THE RIGHTS OF MAN, LEWES

After the match we heeded back to London where the post match drinks were consumed in 2 boozers near near Lords cricket groond in 'St Johns Wood, 

119 DUKE OF YORK, ST JOHNS WOOD, LONDON (Post match)

(This boozer wouldn't take cash!---credit cards only!)

120 ELGIN, ST JOHNS WOOD, LONDON

bringin' wor seasons total (so far) to 120 different away boozers visited throughout the season!--- we then heeded back to wor hotel near Euston (London) for a good neets kip
"ZZZZZzzzzz!!!!!" before catchin' the '9:00am bells' train back from King's Cross the next mornin'!

The brief match report woz then done on the train yesterday!
The train woz packed, az the previous train to wors woz cancelled and everybody off the cancelled train had to catch wors, which meant severe overcrowdin' for the jorney back to Tyneside!

NE WHERE NEAR BRIGHTIN V THE TOON *** SATURDAY TEATIME

Posted '3:10pm bells' Friday 26th April 2019

"RELAX AND CHILL OOT!"

Tomorrow we heed for The AMEX Stadium in Falmer in Sussex, which iz 'ne where near' Brightin (hence wor name for them!) where the home side will be full of jitters in their bid to escape the drop, which iz now between 3 clubs to avoid the last relegation place, namely, Sooothampton, Cardiff and Brightin

NUFC of course are now safe from relegation, so we can relax and chill oot, while Brightin fans bite their fingernails and pull their hair oot ', hopin against hope that Cardiff in particular don't gain ground on them with just 3 point between the sides!

It's great to gan to a game and not worry aboot othaa results isn't it?
The away section iz again completely sold oot, despite the '5:30 bells' kick off time and 700 mile roond trip!---This iz the 5th time we have been to 'The Amex'--- and guess wot?--this iz the 5th time that this fixture haz been moved to a daft kick off time for live telly!!!

Miguel Almiron iz oot for the last 3 games with a hamstring injury, so Jonjo Shelvey could well make a retorn to the side!
Florian Lejeune iz aalso unavailable az iz Sean Longstaff of course, while Fabian Schar and Isaac Hayden should be fit!

MEEENWHILE!
Wor home game v The Liverbirds a week tomorrow sold oot within 4 hours of gannin on sale!
Toon fans have been told in no uncertain torms that they should NOT sell their tickets to Liverpoool fans or else they could face huge fines for ticket toutin' and have their season ticket cancelled for the future!

If yoo thought the prices for wor away game v Fulim on the last day of the season were obscene---then "look away now!" at the prices bein' quoted on one 'spivs website' for Liverpoool tickets orlier this week! (Before Man City beat Moan U!)

OWER 'A GRAND' TO SIT IN THE STAND?

"LETS RE-MORTAGE THE HOUSE!"

It shud be noted that The Scousers CANNIT win the title at 'wor place', even if they beat 'uddersfeeeld tooneet (highly probable) and Man City lose at Bornley on Sunday (highly improbable).
Liverpoool would then be 5 points clear if this happened---BUT with 6 points still to play for in the title race it wouldn't be 'done and dusted'! (ie:It's Impossible for them to win the title at SJP)
Which meeenz that demand for the ridiculously priced tickets, will surely 'drop like a stone'!

A full 'Geordie Times' match report from Brightin will appear here on Sunday, az we travel back on the train from London (where we are stayin', coz we cant get back on Saturday, coz of the daft kick off time!)

FULIM FEEEASCO!

Posted '2:31pm bells' Thorsday 25th April 2019

"GET YOUR 'RIP OFF' TICKETS NOW!"

News that Toon fans who have purchased tickets for 'The 'Neutral Section' in The Putney Stand behind the goal at Fulim (next to the away section) have had their tickets CANCELLED if their address haz a north east postcode (NE, DH, TD etc.)
This apparently iz to stop away fans minglin' with 'futbaall tourists' who normally buy these tickets!---SO why did Fulim sell them to NUFC fans in the forst place??? 

Fans will get a full refund---BUT!--- wot if they've booked trains and hotels az well?---will they get a refund from Fulim for that?----Yoo can bet your bottom dollar that they wont!

There's aalso a secondary ticket 'rip-off' website that will sell yoo a 'Neutral End' ticket for 'The Putney End' for up to a mouth waaterin' ---£175!-----a £115 hike on the price of a £60 'neutral' ticket and £145 more than Toon fans who have 'away end tickets' (It's £30 in the away section, az this iz the maximum that they can charge away fans!) 

Will this 'spivs website' refuse your money if yoo have a north east postcode?----Well!-- see the above paragraph aboot 'bottom dollars' for an answer to that!
In othaa words NUFC fans WILL be in 'The Neutral End' come hell or high water! (or sky high prices!)

Once again loyal fans have been ripped off by futbaall owners who simply don't care aboot futbaall fans!
FULIM FC YOO ARE A DISGRACE!---SO PLEEEZED THAT YOO ARE 'GANNIN DOON' TO WHERE YOO BELONG!  

ALMIRON AGONY!

Posted '3:00pm bells' Wedinzday 24th April 2019

A DISTRESSED ALMIRON LEAVES THE PITCH ON SATURDAY

FOLLOWING HIZ HAMSTRING INJURY!

Shock news that wor record signin' Miguel Almiron iz oot for the rest of the season, followin' a hamstring injury durin' the 2nd half of the 3-1 win ower Sooothampton, haz reached The Geordie Times a day late!

It's just az well that we are safe from 'the drop' az he haz been an influential figure in wor successful bid to stay up!

Remember!  The Geordie Times brings yoo the news second hand first! (or iz that 'first hand second'😕?)

"IT'S A KLOPP-OUT FARCE!"

Posted '1:39pm bells' Wedinzday 24th April 2019

News that The Liverbirds manager Jurgen Klopp has influenced the kick off time for their game against NUFC at SJP on Saturday 4th May haz reached The Geordie Times!

Accordin to The Liverpoool Echo, this iz what he said!

It's a kick off time that nee Toon fan wants and it's an absolute joke that he can influence The Premyaa Leegue hierarchy in this way!

THE BREAKING NEWS THAT WASN'T TRUE!

Apparently, Klopp wasn't happy when SKY annoonced last Saturday dinnaatime that the kick off would be at '12:30 bells' on May 4th---and after consultation with The Premyaa Leegue----and by the time wor game had finished last Saturday neet against Sooothampton---the Liverpoool game had been moved yet again to '7:45 bells'!!!

Liverpoool are in action against Barcelona in The Champoins Leegue semi final (1st leg) THREE days before they are due to play us and THREE days after in the 2nd leg!

The game haz now been moved FOWER (4) TIMES!

From '3 bells' on Saturday 4th May to '4:30 bells' on Sunday 5th May----and then back to Saturday 4th May at '12:30 bells'----and then forward to Saturday 4th May at '7:45 bells'!!!!

Many fans like 'Colonel Gadaffi' (the one from Bracknell in Berkshire--and NOT the one from Tripoli in Libya!) booked trains when they forst annoonced the game had been moved to the Sunday for live telly!

He then re-booked on hiz mobile phone straight away, when SKY announced the '12:30 bells' Saturday kick off---so he could gan back on the '6:00pm bells' train to London----anly to find oot after the Sooothampton game that he would miss the Liverpoool game aaltogether if he didn't re-book again!

(Which he haz at great expense!)

Loyal fans shafted again for the whims of SKY, The Premyaa Leegue, and Jurgen Klopp!

MEEENWHILE!

Tickets for the game will belatedly gan on sale on THORSDAY to NUFC MEMBERS ANLY!

Az there iz a small possibility that The Liverbirds could win the title at 'wor place', fans are warned NOT to sell on tickets to Liverpoool fans or else they will LOSE THEIR SEASON TICKETS!  Any away fan foond in the home areas WILL be ejected from the ground!

If that's the case then expect The Toon to be swamped by 20,000 or so Scousers, who, like Toon fans, will have been drinkin aall day, which iz a recipe for disaster! (Lets hope that they CANNIT win the title on May 4th!)

PS: A'm honestly not bothered just who wins the Leegue---az lang az it isn't on that date!

LEEEDZ U23s 0 THE TOON U23s 3 *** FA PREMYAA LEEGUE CUP SEMI FINAL

Posted '10:00pm bells' Tuesday 23rd April 2019

A great win for wor U23s to reach the final.
The goals were scored by Watts from the penalty spot, Roberts and Sorenson!   Aall the goals came in the 2nd half!

Pix from Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer!

The Toon are in wor change maroon and blue hooped shirts

The crowd woz given az 3,051 but apparently these were tickets sold and the attendance looked much less-----nevertheless this iz a record crowd for Nethermoor Park by ower 500

The Toon will meet eethaa Swanzee or Evertin in the final which will be a 'one off' game on one of the finalists home groond.

A draw will take place to determine who hosts the final which will take place sometime in mid/late May

*The Swanzee v Evertin semi final doesn't take place til 4th May

But it WILL be played at The Liberty Stadium and NOT their Landore Trainin' groond