THE 100 AWAY PUB CRAWL CHALLENGE IZ DONE AND DUSTED! **** (125 FINAL TOTAL!)

Updated periodically az away pubs are added to list!
Last updated Wedinzday 15th May 2019 on wor last trip of the season to Fulim

TOON FANS ENJOY A FEW 'GARGELS' IN BAR GUNDELESE, 

WHICH OFFERS SPECTACULAR VIEWS OWER PORTO

(BAR NUMBER 024)

                     "100 NOT OOT!"---WE'VE DONE IT!"

Six years ago, durin' the 2012-2013 season, we did a '100 PUB CRAWL CHALLENGE' for NUFC home games! 
We had ne idea just how many drinkin dens there were within the 'NE1' poscode area and if it woz possible to de it!  

To wor amazement we actually did 102 pubs/clubs ower the season!---and there were still loads we hadn't done!
Aall the bars/clubs were within 20 minutes waalkin distance of St James' Park!
We had decided (against wor better judgement!) to try and de at least 100 pubs/clubs etc for AWAY games this season!

 In pre season we visited 38 'liquid lubrication locations' on wor travels to Barrow in Furness, Ireland, Cornwall and Portugal! (Theeze included airport bars and a butchers shop in Porto that sold beer!) (17 bars/butchers visited in Porto in total!)
Wor forst away game in The Premyaa Leegue sent us to Cardiff, where we did 9 bars in 2 days at various locations!.
We indexed aall the drinkin dens az we did them---the anly rule bein' that we COULDN'T  include the same bar twice, even on different visits to say London, for example!

 Amazingly!--we have created history and done well ower 100, the 100 woz done on Saturday 2nd March at precisely '9:33pm bells' when we visited The Oxford Arms in Camden Town, London!!!
(West Ham game)
The last pub crawl of the season took us to Fulim in west London when we did 5 more pubs ---bringin' the grand total to 125 bars/clubs etc
This woz wor 28th away game, watchin wor 1st team, U23/Resorve team and U18/Junior team!

We are very surprized that we had 'done it' so quickly! 
When we went to Lestaa a week gone Friday, for example, we went to 'The Regent Club' and stopped there for 'the duration'!--(ie: just ONE bar az mentioned)
At Nottingham Forest in the Leegue Cup last year we anly managed to de ONE drinkin' den because of delays--- and at Man City we did 3, but one of them woz a bar we had been te on the way to Cardiff in between trains---so we couldn't include it again (The Whiskey Jar)
Just one new bar v Liverpool az well (we did Barlow Arms again but can't include that eethaa) 

London woz wor best bet to 'de it', and of course we HAVE, az there are a multitude of bars at various locations! (44 different London bars in 12 away trips!)


Those "Go Sober in October!" and "Dry January!" campaigners had better watch oot! ---az The Geordie Times iz 'fightin' back' and haz broken the 100 boozer barrier!
"Go high OCTane in OCTober!"
"Lets gan on a bender in November and December!"
"Lets gan on 'the bevvy' in Janu-ery!"---"and Febu-ery!"

Theeze are excitin' times for 'The Geordie Times entourage'! <(we naa aall the BIG words!)  

THE 100 AWAY PUB CRAWL CHALLENGE IZ DONE!
---125 'liquid lubrication locations'!
("We're there!---we're there!"---"GET THE DRINKS IN!")

                         Bars 01 to 03: Barrow v NUFC U23s

001 THE FURNESS RAILWAY, BARROW

002 BARROW FC  CLUBHOOSE, BARROW

003 TRADITIONS, BARROW

Bars 03 to 06: St. Patricks Athletic v NUFC

004 TOM TAVEY, DUBLIN

005 COFFEY'S, DUBLIN

006 CONFESSION BOX, DUBLIN

Bars 07 to 15: Mousehole Tournament,

Mousehole, Cornwall

NUFC U18s v Bolton U18s

007 THE LONGBOAT, PENZANCE

008 LAMP & WHISTLE, PENZANCE

009 THE TREMENHEERE, PENZANCE

010 MOUSEHOLE FC CLUBHOOSE, MOUSEHOLE

011 KINGS ARMS, MOUSEHOLE

012 THE TREWAVAS, MOUSEHOLE

013 THE SHIP INN, MOUSEHOLE

014 THE FISHERMANS ARMS, NEWLYN

015 THE RED LION, NEWLYN

Bars 16 to 38: On the way to-- 

and on the way back from Porto,

includin' bars in London where we caught

wor flights to and from Porto.

Porto v NUFC

016 THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRIA,

CANNING TOWN , LONDON

017 TRAVELODGE BAR, NEAR

LONDON CITY AIRPORT, LONDON

018 LONDON CITY AIRPORT BAR, LONDON

019 FLOR DE BENTO, PORTO

020 A TAVERNA, PORTO

021 N'O MERCADO, PORTO

022 XAM LAURA, PORTO

 

023 BEARIA VAGA, PORTO

024 GUINALESE, PORTO

025 CAFE ALIANCA, PORTO

026 OSTERIAPORTO, PORTO

027 BOAS FESTAS PORK BUTCHERS!, PORTO

028 TAMISA, PORTO

029 BACKSON'S, PORTO

030 SELECCAO 1927, PORTO

031 SHIS BAR, PORTO

032 BRASA DOS LEOES, PORTO

033 ADEGA DO QUIM, PORTO

034 CAL, PORTO

035 PRANCESINHO, PORTO AIRPORT BAR

036 THE BETJEMAN ARMS, ST PANCRAS, LONDON

037 LORD JOHN RUSSELL, EUSTON, LONDON

038 THE BOOT, NEAR KING'S CROSS, LONDON 

Bars 39 to 47

On the way to and back from Cardiff

Cardiff v NUFC

039 PICCADILLY TAP, MANCHESTER

(ON WAY TO CARDIFF VIA NEWPORT)

040 THE WHISKEY JAR, MANCHESTER

041 VITTORIA, NEWPORT, SOOTH WALES

(OWERNEET STAY ON WAY TO CARDIFF) 

042 THE CROSS KEYS, NEWPORT

043 TINY REBEL, NEWPORT

044 THE QUEENS HOTEL, NEWPORT

045 THE GREAT WESTERN, CARDIFF

046 THE QUEENS VAULTS, CARDIFF

047 THE CAMBRIAN TAP, CARDIFF

Bar 48

Forest v NUFC

048 BREWHOUSE & KITCHEN, NOTTINGHAM

Bars 49 & 50

Man C v NUFC

("Half way there!")

049 THE CROWN & ANCHOR, MANCHESTER

050 THE PEN & PENCIL, MANCHESTER

(Aalso visited The Whiskey Jar again--Bar 040)

Bars 51 to 53

 Palace v NUFC

051 THE PORTLAND ARMS, SELHURST, LONDON

052 EUSTON TAP (EAST LODGE), EUSTON, LONDON

053 EUSTON TAP (WEST LODGE), EUSTON, LONDON

(These are separate bars opposite each other)

(aalso visited v Wotfaad)

Bars 54 to 57

Man U v NUFC

("Lets gan high OCTane in OCTober!")

054 ENGLISH LOUNGE, MANCHESTER

055 THE BEER HOUSE, MANCHESTER

056 THE DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER

057 CASK, MANCHESTER

Bars 58 to 62

Sooothampton v NUFC

058 GIDDY BRIDGE, SOOTHAMPTON

059 SADLERS, SOOTHAMPTON

060 THE ALEX, SOOTHAMPTON

061 LORD WARGRAVE, EDGWARE, LONDON

(after game)

062 THE DUKE, EDGWARE, LONDON

Bars 63 & 64

Bornley v NUFC

("Let's gan on a bender in November

AND December!")

063 THE TALBOT, BORNLEY

064 THE SWAN, BORNLEY

Bars 65 to 69

Everton v NUFC

065 EXCELSIOR, LIVERPOOL

066 SHIP & MITRE, LIVERPOOL

067 THE BARLOW ARMS, LIVERPOOL

068 MA EGERTON'S, LIVERPOOL

069 THE FALL WELL, LIVERPOOL

Bars 70 to 73

Huddersfeeeld v NUFC

070 KING'S HEED, HUDDERSFEEELD

(before and after the match)

071 THE JULES VERNE, HUDDERSFEEELD

072 YORK TAP, YORK

(On way back from Huddersfeeeld)

073 THE CORNER PIN, YORK

(On way back from Huddersfeeeld)

Bar 74

Liverpool v NUFC

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074 ELM TREE, LIVERPOOL

067 (revisited) BARLOW ARMS, LIVERPOOL

(Can't include same bar twice---also visted 

v Everton)

Bars 75 to 79
Wotfaad v NUFC

075 THE FLAG, WOTFAAD

(3 qwaataaz of the way there!

get the FLAGS oot!)

076 WELLINGTON ARMS, WOTFAAD

077 GOLDEN LION, WOTFAAD

078 ESTCOURT TAVERN, WOTFAAD

079 THE ROCKET, EUSTON, LONDON

(after game)

Bars 80 & 81

SMBs v NUFC U21s

We actually did 6 bars before the game.

2 in Gatesheed and 4 in The Toon

but we cannit include 

  'Toon' bars in away games (Geordie Times rule 57X)

(There woz 'nee way' that we were gannin to gan 

to mackemland for a drink!)

080 NAGS HEED, GATESHEED

081 STATION EAST, GATESHEED

AALSO VISITED IN THE TOON

(Which we cannit include)

THE BRIDGE HOTEL

ROSE AND CROWN

NEWCASTLE ARMS

BAR LOCO

Bars 82 to 85

Chelsea v NUFC

(Chelsea play within the Fulham boundary)

082 WELLINGTON, FULHAM, LONDON

083 GIANLUCCA, FULHAM, LONDON

084 DUKE ON THE GREEN,

PARSONS GREEN, FULHAM, LONDON

085 THE GOOSE, FULHAM, LONDON

Bar 86

Blackborn v NUFC

086 MILL HILL WMC, MILL HILL, BLACKBORN

Bars 87 to 92

Sporz v NUFC

087 THE BARREL VAULTS, ST. PANCRAS, LONDON

088 SPORTS BAR & GRILL, MARYLEBONE, LONDON

089 VICTORIA & ALBERT, MARYLEBONE, LONDON

090 SIR JOHN BALCOMBE, MARYLEBONE, LONDON

091 THE BEEHIVE, MARYLEBONE, LONDON

092 THE MASONS ARMS, MARYLEBONE, LONDON

Bars 93 & 94

Wolves v NUFC

093 GREAT WESTERN, WOLVERHAMPTON

094 TRAVELODGE BAR, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER

(We aalso revisited  bar 039 Piccadilly Tap, Manchester)

UNION ROOMS, IN THE TOON

BEFORE COMMENCIN' WOR JORNEY

TO WOLVES(cant include bars in The Toon

for away games--Geordie Times rule 57X)

Bars 95 & 96

Leeedz U23s v NUFC U23s

at Guiseley

095 WHITE CROSS, GUISELEY

096 HEDLEY'S BAR, GUISELEY CLUBHOOSE

Bars 97 to 100

West Ham v NUFC

097 BEER MERCHANTS TAP, HACKNEY WICK, LONDON

098 BUCKS HEAD, CAMDEN TOWN, LONDON

099 THE ELEPHANTS HEED, CAMDEN TOWN, LONDON

100!---THE OXFORD ARMS, CAMDEN TOWN, LONDON!

Bars 101 to 103

Reading U23s v NUFC U23s 

at Woking

101 THE POUND, WOKING

102 McGlynn's, near KING'S CROSS, LONDON

103 THE DOLPHIN, near KING'S CROSS, LONDON

Bars 104 to 108

Bournemoooth v NUFC

104 BREWHOUSE & KITCHEN, BOURNEMOOOTH

105 THE WAY OUTBACK, BOURNEMOOOTH

106 THE BELL INN, BOURNEMOOOTH

107 WATERLOO TAP, WATERLOO, LONDON

108 LYCEUM TAVERN, THE STRAND, LONDON

Bars 109 to 114

The Arse v NUFC

109 EXMOUTH ARMS, FARRINGDON, LONDON

110 EATONS, FARRINGDON, LONDON

111 THE SHAKESPEARE, HOLBURN, LONDON (twice!)

112 THE ENKEL ARMS, ISLINGTON, LONDON

113 TOMMY FLYNN'S, ISLINGTON, LONDON

114 ARKSTAR, ISLINGTON, LONDON

Bar 115 Lestaa v NUFC

115 REGENT CLUB, LESTAA

Bars 116 to 120

Brightin v NUFC

116 LANSDOWN ARMS, LEWES

117 THE BREWERS ARMS, LEWES

118 RIGHTS OF MAN, LEWES

119 DUKE OF YORK, ST JOHNS WOOD, LONDON

120 ELGIN, ST JOHNS WOOD, LONDON

Bars 121 to 125

Fulham v NUFC

121 EAST PUTNEY TAVERN, PUTNEY, LONDON

122 DUKE OF CORNWALL, HAMMERSMITH, LONDON

123 THE WILTON ARMS, BELGRAVIA, LONDON

124 THE NAGS HEAD, BELGRAVIA, LONDON

"AND FINALLY!"

125 THE PARCEL YARD, KING'S CROSS, LONDON

"IT WOZ 50 YEARS AGO TODAY!"---I WENT TO SEE NEWCASIL PLAY!"

Posted '3:50am bells' Tuesday 14th May 2019

Amazingleee!---it woz fifty years ago to the day where meesel and 2 mates hitch-hicked to Glasgow to see The Toon play Rangers in the Inter Cities Fairs Cup semi final 1st leg!

I woz 14 years old at the time and still at skool!

A match report iz printed below of the events that happened that day in 1969!

FULIM 0 THE TOON 4 **** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2018-2019

Posted '8:18pm bells ' Sunday 12th May 2019 on the train back from London
Updated '1:00pm bells' Munday 13th May 2019

"WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN!"

"MESSIN' ABOUT ON THE RIVER!"

The Toon won 4-0, but I've had a canny bit to drink and will de the match report tomorrow!  "Hic!"😨

Update Munday
Forst of aall , apologeeeez for not doin' the match report on the train back yem----I had consumed a rather large amount of 'liquid lubrication' before and after the MAGnificent 4-0 ower Fulim at Craven Cottage yesterday afternoon!

Before the game we heeded for Putney which iz across the Thames from Fulim's groond, which sits on the very edge of the river, where we settled doon in the beer garden of The East Putney Tavern az the 'current bun' shon brightly in the blue sky above!

BAR 121: PUTNEY, LONDON

It woz soon time to heed for 'The Cottage' and az we crossed Putney Bridge to get to the groond a flotilla of 6 boats carryin' 1,300 noisy Toon fans on a 'booze cruise' passed under the bridge!

That woz nearly half wor 2,700 ticket allocation 'messin aboot on the river'!
On enterin' the 'Putney End' of the groond (where else after drinkin' in Putney?) we made for the away section and could see that the 'neutral section' next to us woz full of Toon fans az well!---(so much for tryin' to stop us from buyin tickets there, then!)

A fantastic torn oot for a meaningless last game of the season and with 5,000 fans in this end we made one hell of a racket az the teams ran oot for the start of the game!

Rafa got hiz usual "We want yoo to stay!" message from the fans az he crossed the pitch to the dugoots! (but will he???)

We attacked the far 'Hammersmith End' in the forst half and it took just 9 minutes to break the deadlock when Jonjo Shelvey hit an unstoppable shot into the top right hand side of the net, from a Matt Richie corner to send the 5,000 'faithful' into raptures! It woz soon 2-0 when Prerez scrambled the baall into the goal after an Atsu shot woz blocked---and it stayed that way til half time!

IT'S HALF TIME AND 2 'RAFA'S GAN FOR A BREAK!

Relegated Fulim were second best in aall departments and it woz soon 3-0 when Schar heeded into the net from a Richie corner in front of the Toon fans on the hour mark!---game ower for certain!

MATT RICHIE SENDS IN A CORNER WITH FAB SCHAR 

WAITIN' TO HEED INTO THE NET FOR WOR 3rd GOAL

(Schar iz in the far left of picture in wor away maroon and blue strip)

A 4th goal woz added in stoppage time (to put it beyond doubt!) when Salamon Rondon hit a shot across the box after his original shot rebounded back to him to send 'The Boat People' and the rest of 'The Land Lubbers' into rapturous applause!

This woz wor forst win against a London side this season after 11 failed attempts--and woz wor forst win in the capital since we beat West Ham 3-2 ower a year ago!

NUFC finished the season in 13th place with 45 points!
What happens next season depends on a rather large person sittin' in the Fulim directors box! (ie: wor beloved owner? 'The Fat Controller'!) (who got quite a bit of stick off us ---to say the least!)

PS: When the 'armada' of boats passed the Houses of Parliament, fans on board started singin', "Yoo don't know wot yer doin'!", in reference to the 'Brexit fiasco'!

After the game we heeded for Hammersmith just up the road from the groond where the '100 away pub crawl challenge' continued!

By the time we caught the train from King's Cross we had visited a grand total of 125 drinkin dens since the beginning of the season!

Toon team: Dubravka, Schar, Dummett (Kenedy 81), Lascelles, Hayden (Fernandez 69), Diame, Shelvey, Ritchie, Rondon, Perez, Atsu (Muto 66)

Attendance: 24,979 (5,000 Toon fans, including 1,300 'Boat People'!)  


The post match 'gargels' took place here, bringin' wor final total of away pubs to 125!

122: HAMMERSMITH, LONDON

123: BELGRAVIA, LONDON

124: BELGRAVIA, LONDON

125: KING'S CROSS, LONDON

FULIM v THE TOON **** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2018-2019 *** THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOOON!

Posted '4:39pm bells' Friday 10th May 2019

"THE LAST CHANCE SALOON!"
(The last chance to win a game against a London side!)

We heed for 'the smoke' (London) yet again on Sunday for wor last game of the season, where we take on relegated Fulim at Craven Cottage.

It's been a lang expensive season again with trips to Barrow, Ireland, Cornwall (U18s tournament), Portugal and aall the leegue and cup away games, plus a smatterin' of resorve games!

Wor trip to King's Cross (London) will be wor 13th visit to the capital this season, includin' games at Wotfaad, Sooothampton, Bournemoooth, Brightin, Woking (U23s) where we changed trains, plus we travelled to and back from Portugal through London az well!  (6 games in London---West Ham, Chelski, Arsenal, Sporz, Palace and Fulim!)

In othaa words WE NEED A REST!😴

Many Toon fans were rejected tickets in the Fulim neutral end by their north east poscodes, but we naa that there are quite a few who DID manage to get tickets for that section, who live 'doon the south'!.
We sold aall wor 2,700 tickets for the away end within a day and will have at least a thoosand in othaa parts of the groond on Sunday!

Wor record against London teams this season iz trueleee shockin'!
11 games played home and away and not a single victory!
Wor record iz: played 11, won 0, drawn 2, lost 9, points 2!😨
Fulim will be wor last chance to record a victory ower a London club! (PS: We have beaten Wotfaad, but Wotfaad iz a town in itself and iz NOT in London!)

The trains back are aall 'dry' (ne alcohol) az LNER (London & North Eastern Railways) haz said there woz trouble after the game in February v Sporz at Wembley and have inforced the ban because of this!
But hang on a minute!---since then, we have travelled to London via King's Cross FOWER (4) times since, to West Ham, Bournemoooth, Arsenal and Brightin and alcohol woz freely available! (ie: WHY were these trains not 'dry' az well???) 

I will attempt to de a brief match report on the '8 bells' train back on Sunday neet---A full Geordie Times match report will appear here sometime on Munday!

NUFC U23s IN 2 CUP FINALS!

Posted '3:10pm bells' Tuesday 7th May 2019

GOODISON PARK

Tomorrow neet wor U23 side heed for Morseyside where we will play Evaatin at Goodison Park in The Premyaa Leegue Cup Final!

Updated Thorsday '2:47pm bells'
  
"ONE FOR SORROW!--TWO FOR JOY?"

Unfortunately we lost 1-0 at Evaatin last neet when Morgan Feeney scored the anly goal of the game for the Morseysiders in the 59th minute to lift the cup!


HOWEVER!--next Munday 13th May @ '7:00 bells' wor U23s heed for Sooothampton where they will play at St Mary's Stadium in the play off final for a place in the top flight of The U23s Premyaa Leegue!

ST. MARY'S STADIUM

These are both 'one off' games where a draw woz made to determine where the finals will be played!
Unfortunately we got 'the short straw' on both occasions!

Az both these venues are places we have visited many times before for forst team games, most of 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' will give them a 'miss'!

That meeenz that wor forst team away game v Fulim next Sunday will be the very last game of the season for us!

This meeenz that wor epic away 'pub crawl challenge' will end next Sunday in London!
Wor total so far iz 120 away drinkin' dens and we plan to add at least 5 more to the total by the time we catch the last train back from King's Cross to Tyneside on Sunday neet!