TELLY TIMES FROM 1st DECEMBER TO NEW YEARS DAY???

Posted '4:35pm bells' Munday 14th October 2019
Updated '3:33pm bells' Wedinzday

FIVE DAYS LATE!!---and the fixtures for live transmition for December and New Years Day have still not been announced! (again!)
They were supposed to be released last Friday, but we are still waitin' on Wedinzday???

The Toon's fixtures for December and News Years Day may well be changed when The Premyaa Leegue finally gives 'the nod' for the TV companies to tell us, so that we can book time off work, trains, etc! 
(The nearer the game--the more it wi££ cost!)

Currently theeze are the dates below----some of which are sure to be moved!!!???

Tuesday 3rd December: Sheff U away, live on Amazon
Saturday 7th December: Sooothampton home
Saturday 14th December: Bornley away
Saturday 21st December: Palliss home
Thorsday 26th December: Moan U away, live on Amazon
Saturday 28th December: Evaatin home
Wedinzday 1st January: Lestaa home

*The Geordie Times will of course bring yoo, wor loyal subjects, news of the changes, when they can be bothered to tell us---like!? 

PS: We can't for the life of us, understand just why they tell us when the fixtures will be announced---and then don't tell us!?

PS: The Premyaa Leegue said on Wedinzday afternoon that 

"Selections would defiantly arrive by the end of the week!"

Withoot specifyin' "WHICH WEEK!"???? (This week, next week, last week???)

FROM 'THE DAILY MAIL ONLINE'

BAD BLUE BOYS 3 OSSETT TOON 2 *** FA TROHPHY

Posted '11:39am bells' Sunday 13th October 2019

It woz 'non leegue day' throughout the north east (and beyond) because of the International break and so we heeded once again to the Dunston clubhoose for wor Saturday 'fix' and then onward to the groond itself where Dunston were taking on Ossett in an FA Trophy tie!

The Bad Blue Boys of Dunston started off well and took the lead in the third minute from a simple tap in by Scott Heslop.
It wasnt long for the equaliser though az Ossett fought back through number 2 Vann with a soft shot

The 2nd half started and it woz soon 2-1 to the home side when
Fitzpatrick heeded home! 
their number 7 shot past Harrison in the Dunston goal!

Ossett then levelled again with a fine shot by Guest not lang after! 

Dunston then won the game through a disputed penalty by Fitzpatrick, who made nee misstayk from the spot! A fine effort into the corner of the net, sendin their keeper the wrang way, which in turn, sent most of the 300 plus crowd into raptures!
(Ossett had aboot 30 fans)

There woz nee more scorin and Dunston gan into the hat on Munday for the next roond!
Ossett's manager woz enraged by the penalty and confronted the ref at the end----the ref told him to come back, but he ignored him and left the pitch (ramifications for him, for certain!)

*Attendance: 315

IT'S NON LEEGUE DAY TODAY!

Posted '12:40pm bells' Saturday 12th October 2019

ACTION AT DUNSTON LAST SATURDAY

"WE SUPPORT WOR LOCAL TEAMS!"

With yet anothaa International break, wor thoughts torn to local non leegue futbaall today and there are quite a few games in the Tyneside and Northumberland area!

Gatesheed are takin' on Gloucester City in The National Leegue North at Gatesheed Stadium

The Bad Blue Boys of Dunston are playin' Ossett Toon in The FA Trophy

Morpeth take on Bashford in The Northern Premyaa Leegue

In The Northern Leegue there are games at Heaton Stannington, Newcasil Benfield, Whickham and Birtley and Jarrow are in action in The FA Vase

Plus there are quite a few games in The Northern Alliance!

Dunston az per usual, iz my 'Port o call', or The Dunston clubhoose forst, to be more precise! 

"THIS IZ RIDUCKULOUS!"

Posted '2:35pm bells' Friday 11th October 2019

THE NOW FAMOUS 'RICHARD BURTON' DUCKPOND IN BISHOP BURTON!

"IT'S QWACKERS!"

We were in 'The Bodega Bar' on Wesgate Road before wor game v Moan U last Sunday, where 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' discussed wor U23s away game v Hull U23s ,which woz played last Friday, where The Toon won 1-0

'Dave from York' told us that he had went oot of hiz way to travel through a place caalled Bishop Burton in Yorkshire to get to the game, because it had a very nice duckpond in the centre of the village! (A DUCKPOND???---It's very sad!---isn't it just!)

"QWACK!--QWACK!"

He woz mercilessly ridiculed durin' that game for gannin oot of hiz way to see the 'said' duckpond and the conversation in 'The Bodega' quickly moved onto something else!

Welsh actor Richard BURTON somehow came into the conversation and Dave's son Phil, quickly 'googled' hiz life story on hiz phone!
"He woz married 5 times to 3 different women and woz the 12th of 13 children!", he excitedly told us!
'Grumpy Stumpy' butted in: "He woz stayin' at The Savoy Hotel in London when I woz workin' there!----he had a 'bad turn' and woz rushed to hospital!----He died soon after!", Stumpy added az he supped hiz scrumpy cider!---(Yes that's reet! 'Grumpy Stumpy' woz on 'The Scrumpy'!

RICHARD BURTON AND ONE OF HIZ 3 WIVES!

The question iz!---how did a daft conversation aboot a duckpond in Yorkshire move on to a famous film actor from Wales????
Now that's wot yoo call a riDUCKulous conversation!!!!
"QWACK!---BLOODY QWACK!"

THE TOON 1 MOAN U 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2019-2020

Posted '12:16pm bells' Munday 7th October 2019

MATTY'S GOAL, WATCHED BY OLDER 'BRUVVA' SEAN

"CAALL MY BLUFF!"

A totally unexpected display from NUFC yesterday put a smile back on wor faces az we beat Moan U with a Matty Longstaff drive from a great pass by Jetro Willems halfway through the 2nd half!
It woz Matty's forst team debut and one he will nevaa evaa forget!

Before the match wor heed coach 'Broken Nose Bruce' said that we were gannin to play very defensively and "park the bus!", az he felt that that woz the anly way to get results following wor 0-5 horror show at Lestaa last week!

HOWEVER!--exactly the opposite happened when we went on the offensive and tore into their defence time and time again!
The stars of the show were the Longstaff 'bruvvaz' and Saint-Maximun who ran rings around the Moan U defenders!
'Cunning' Bruce had fooled everybody and caalled their bluff and they certainly didn't expect an attackin' display from NUFC!

He fooled The Geordie Times az well, hence the black n white bus in wor heedline yesterday!!! (parkin' the bus)

Futbaall iz amazin' isn't it---after last weeks 'low' we are now on a 'high' az we climbed to the dizzy heights of 'cloud 16' in The Premyaa Leegue and just ONE point behind wor opponents!

If there were any Moan U fans in the home sections az expected, then they kept a low profile az their team woz abysmal----the worst Manc team I have evaa seen--and that includes wor 5-0 thrashin' of them in the 1990s!---By the end, half of them had left from the away section anyway----back to where they belong, in London, Plymouth and Outer Mongolia, etc, nee doubt!

The most pleezin' thing aboot the result iz that it shut up the Moan U fans, who az usual sang the anti Shearer song throughoot the match and slagged 'us' off!
"Sad Geordie B******S" etc----but they were the SAD ONES in the end!--"HA!--HA!"

This woz 'Broken Nose Bruce's 23rd attempt at beatin' the Mancs az a manager/heed coach and hiz 'jinx' woz finally over!

There's anothaa International break now, with wor next game away to Chelski in London a week on Saturday!---lets hope we can keep the momentum and 'feel good' factor gannin til then!

Footnote: Me 'finx' that Matty Longstaff iz the forst Toon players who woz born this century to score in The Premyaa Leegue (Birthdate: 21st March 2000)

VERY HAPPY TOON FANS AFTER THE MATCH!

Toon team: Dubravka, Yedlin, Lascelles, Schar, Clark, Willems, Saint Maximun (Atsu 82), Matty Longstaff, Sean Longstaff, Almiron (Krafth 90), Joelinton (Carroll 56)

Attendance: 51,198 (3,100 Manc fans)
There were 3 empty seats beside me and empty seats scattered around the groond---so wor estimated actual attendance iz 45,000

*PS: Aalthough there iz an International break, there are still resorve games to gan tee---and tomorrow mornin' we are off to Shrewsbury to see wor U21s play Shrewsbury's forst team in 'The EFL Trophy' at 'The New Meadow'---anothaa NEW groond for 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers'!
A match report and pix of that game will appear here on Wedinzday---sometime!

THE TOON v MOAN U *** PREMYAA LEEGUE THIS AFTERNOOON!

Posted 'high noon bells' Sunday 6th October 2019

"DEFEND!, DEFEND!----DEFEND!, DEFEND!, DEFEND!"

STEVE BRUCE QUOTE: "CAN WE GET ONE OF THESE THROUGH THE SIDE ENTRANCE PLEEZE!"

We gan into today's game in need of a victory to drag us oot of the bottom 3 in the table!
Moan U are on a bad run az well, havin made their worst start to a season in many a year!
So something must give az we attempt to win wor forst home game for SIX months! (But wor beleaguered heed coach haz othaa ideas!) >'Broken Nose Bruce' haz said that he iz to change hiz tactics from tryin' to attack the opposition to, "lets park the bus!" defendin', to try and get some borin' goalless draws on board! (no doubt!) 

Aallso, in the space of a few days he haz said that, "The flack stops with me!" , to  blamin' the players by sayin' that, "They can no longer hide behind me!"---Mixed messages indeed!
Wots the odds on a nil-nil draw today in the pourin' rain (It's p*ssin' doon az I speak!)
Bruce haz nevaa won a game az a manager/heed coach against Moan U in 21 attempts!

The attendance iz likely to be above 50k for the forst time this season, mainly due to NUFC puttin' tickets on general sale and offerin' local organisations and universities cheap tickets for their students in a desperate attemps to get the attendance above the 'magical'? 50,000 mark! (The heavy rain will stop quite a few from attendin' for sure) (They can aalways watch it on the telly of course!)

North east based Moan U fans are boond to be in the home sections az well, after the 'general sale' and this will cause massive problems shud wor visitors manage to score!

Irresponsibility and hypocrisy of the highest order and double standards by NUFC, who told fans NOT to sell home tickets to Liverpoool fans on the last day of last season, or else they would be banned for life!

The cheapest adult tickets for this game are £41 and £22 to £26 for children, yet students can sit in the same seats for £10!----Hardly fair--iz it?

A match (and estimated actual attendance) report will appear here tomorrow!

BAD BLUE BOYS 2 COLNE FC 3 *** FA CUP 3rd PRELIMINARY ROOND

Posted '11:36am bells' Sunday 6th October 2019

DUNSTON (IN BLUE) ATTACK THE TEA-HUT END! (1st half)

Az 'The Toon' wornt playin til Sunday, we decided to heed for Federation Park in Dunston where 'The Bad Blue Boys' were playin Colne from Lancashire in an attractive FA Cup tie---the anly tie in the north east!

The clubhoose woz packed an hour before the kick off, with mostly noisy Colne fans dressed in their red n white garb and singin' 'The Blaydon Races' to their own words!

THE COLNE FANS INVADE THE CLUBHOOSE!

Colne started off well and took the lead in the 5th minute when Dunston's Craig Scott deflected the baall into hiz own net!

The Bad Blue Boys then went on the offensive and equalised in the 16th minute when a back pass from a Colne defender to their keeper woz intercepted by Liam Brookes and he made nee mistake and slotted the baall home to the delight of the Dunston fans!

Just before te break Dunston took the lead when Dan Halliday stroked the baall past their stranded keeper and into the goal!
2-1 to 'The Bad Blue Boys' at HT

The 2nd half woz dominated by the visitors and they equalised when a tame shot woz fumbled by Dryden in the Duston goal and Colne's Hughes had the easy task of tappin the baall into the net for the equaliser!
It got worse for the home side when Gonzalez heeded past Dryden to break Dunston hearts!

THE COLNE FANS INVADE THE COVERED TERRACE

They held on for the victory with the majority of the 586 crowd downbeat, while the large Colne support of aroond aboot 100, celebrated wildly at the final whistle!
The Wembley dream iz ower---for anothaa year at least!  

PS: THE CROWD OF 586 WOZ 222 HIGHER THAN NUFC GOT

FOR A RESORVE GAME AT ST. JAMES' PARK LAST MUNDAY!

343 roy west centre hull (v hull u23s)

Ground number 343
Date of First Visit: 4th October 2019
Roy West Centre, Kingston Upon Hull

Hull City U23s 0
Newcastle United U23s 1 (Luke Charman) (pen)

Premier League Cup group stage
Attendance: between 95 and 138 (The mad-sad groundhoppers couldn't agree---so we have put the highest and lowest estimates!)
(7 mad-sad groundhoppers plus a dad and hiz young lad decked oot in black n white!)

"A 'CHARM'ING DAY OOT IN HULL!"

LUKE CHARMAN'S PENALTY

WHICH WON THE GAME!

It woz my torn to drive, so I heeded for 'The White House' in Chester-Le-Street to pick 'Blondie Alan the Morris Dancer' up from there! (It iz indeed a 'white house', but not az big az the one in Americaa!)
Blondie actually lives in Langley Park (where Booby Robson comes from) but parked hiz car in Chester coz hiz village iz a bit oot the way for a lift!

Aaall went well until we hit the centre of Hull, bang in the middle of the Friday rush hour---and we crawled the final 3 miles to the groond which iz next to Hull Univorsity!

We were still in good time and were given direction to the nearest boozer up the road after we'd parked up----The Spotted Dog!--but we didn't 'spot' any of the mad-sad groundhoppers in there?

It woz soon time to heed for the groond and we were given a nice suprize az it woz 'free admission' to get in! (which we didn't expect!) ---not such a nice suprize woz that they had nee teamsheets and we were told to take to take a photo of one stuck in a window instead!!!

"LOOK THROUGH ANY WINDOW---YEAH!"

The game kicked off az The Toon attacked 'The Dressin' Rooms End', but it woz a dour forst half for sure!

SPOT THE FLOODLIGHTS!

Dave from York woz there and told me that he'd taken a diversion route through a village called Bishop Burton to see a picturesque DUCKPOND??
And he told me excitedly that the ducks were 'qwackin' and paddlin' merrily away in the pond az he passed by!
(Some people have got very sad lives---havvent they just?)

ANYWAY!---like aa say the forst half woz dire and we went in goalless at the interval!

The Toon's youngins played better in the 2nd period and if it wasn't for the Hull goalie we could have been one or two up, az he made some very good saves!

The deadlock woz finally broken in the 83rd minute when Hull's Jacobs brought doon James Sterry in the box!
The ref immediately pointed to the spot and centre forward Luke Charman made nee misstayke az he hit a risin' shot into the net, 
to muted cheers from the travellin' contingent! (see Penalty video at top of page)

We held on to claim the 3 points---a 'Charman' result for the black n whites! (sic!)

It woz the 'homeward bound', but we went anothaa way to avoid Hull city centre this time!

Posted '4:05am bells' Friday 4th October 2019

FANS GATHER FOR THE 2019 EAST RIDING VICE PRESIDENTS CUP FINAL

AT THE ROY WEST CENTRE 

We are takin' a break from the nightmare start to the season by wor forst team and are heedin' for the delights of Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire to watch wor U23s in a Premyaa Leegue Cup tie tooneet at The Roy West Centre v Hull City U23s---A new groond for The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers!

Its a busy few days for sure, az tomorrow we are off to Dunston to watch 'The Bad Blue Boys' (Dunston FC) play Colne in a FA Cup 3rd preliminary rooond tie at Federation Park (aka UTS Stadium)

Then on Sunday afternoon its 'back to the grind' when NUFC take on Moan U at SJP in The Premyaa Leegue!---a game neethaa team can afford to lose!

We've then got Munday off, before heedin for deepest Shropshire on Tuesday neet, where wor U21s are takin on Shrewsbury Toon's forst team in The EFL Cup---anothaa new groond!

The Geordie Times will bring yoo--wor loyal subjects --reports and pix from aall theeze games az they happen (or the day after, az the case may be!)

NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS NEWS ****** TWO NEW GROONDS ON THE MENU!

P😁sted '2:53pm bells' Wedinzday 2nd 😃ct😊ber 2😀19

THE ROY WEST CENTRE, HULL *** 

"NEW GROOND!---NEW GROOND!"

Amongst aall the doom and gloom surroondin' the plight of wor forst team, there's a bit of good news for 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers', az wor U23s resorve game against Hull City U23s on Friday and Shrewsbury's forst team next Tuesday, (when wor U21s are in action), are both bein' played on new groonds that neethaa 'The Toon' or the groundhoppers have ever been tee!

THE NEW MEADOW, SHREWSBURY ***

"NEW GROOND!---NEW GROOND!"

The Hull game iz in The Premyaa Leegue Cup at The Roy West Centre in Hull, which iz the HQ of The East Riding Coonty FA and kicks off at '7:00 bells'---while the game next Tuesday iz in The EFL Trophy, where lower Leegue teams face the resorve sides of higher Leegue clubs!---This game iz bein' played at Shrewsbury's New Meadow ground (aka Montgomery Waters Meadow) and kicks off at '7:30 bells'!
Wor forst team game v Moan U in The Premyaa Leegue at SJP on Sunday (KO '4:30 bells') iz 'sandwiched' in between the 2 resorve games

'The Geordie Times' will of course be at both resorve venues, az well az the Moan U game and we will bring yoo match reports and pix on the 3 games in due course!

Az per usual "WATCH THIS SPACE!"

PS: We will aalso be at a game on Saturday in Dunston, where The Bad Blue Boys take on Colne in the FA Cup 3rd preliminary roond at Federation Park (KO '3:00 bells')