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)
Posted '5:00pm bells' Saturday 13th February 2021
We're not sayin its cold on Tyneside today, but even the abominable snowman has got a winter coat on! 👻
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Meeenwhile, lookin at the results comin through this afternoon on the telly, NUFC are doon to 17th place in the Leegue table! (WE play away at Chelski on Munday neet, in case yoo didn't naa!)
Posted '4:44pm bells' Friday 12th February 2021
"TOON FANS TARRED WITH THE SAME BRUSH!"
More depressin' news that wor manager has received hate mail and alleged death threats, via hiz son's Twitter account, reaches us!
If it's TRUE? that anonymous trolls (not fans) hope that he gets Covid, then it's an absolute disgrace!
Aalso, if they are anonymous, then 'some' could be rival fans, pretending to be Toon fans and sending them to discredit us!?
Az yoo know, 'The Geordie Times' doesn't like Bruce's futbaall and never wanted him az manager, but we will never stoop so low az to wish ill of him!
Az for 'US', 'we are sittin on the fence' as we just divvint naa wot to beleeeve anymore??? (Whether the stories are true--or not!)
The tabloids yet again have tarred us aall with the same brush, when genuine Toon fans would never send hate mail like this!
With seemingly half wor team crocked az well, it has been yet another bad week for certain!
And from social media!
Posted 10:50am bells' Thorsday 11th February 2021
Geordie Times breakin' news that we didn't want to bring yoo! Top goalscorer oot for 6 to 8 weeks!
Posted '6:00pm bells' Tuesday 9th February 2021
The Highways Agency have been busy erecting new signposts with directions to futbaall groonds in the north east!🤪👍
Latest futbaall results:
Premyaa Leegue
The Toon 3
Sooothampton 2
Leegue One
TheMighty Shrewsbury 2
sund'lind 1
Posted '10:35am bells' Tuesday 9th February 2021
Just how many points will be needed to avoid relegation iz the big talkin point ower the weekend! Aall the results for team below NUFC were kind to us and we are now 10 points above the drop zone with 15 games to play!
It's fair to say that if we averaged a point a game from now til the end of the season, we would end up with 40 points, which would be more than enough for survival this season!
Indeed if the projected points total of teams below us on their current average, are correct, then anly TWO more points would be needed, az 3rd bottom Fulim are on course to collect 26 points in total, just ONE more than we have now!
Projected points totals after 38 games
17th Bornley are averaging 1.04 points per game so far
If they keep the same average up they will end up with
39/40 points after 38 games
18th Fulim are averaging 0.68 points per game so far
If they keep the same average up they will end up with
26 points after 38 games
19th Fat Sam's WBA are averaging 0.52 points per game so far
If they keep the same average up they will end up with
20 points after 38 games
20th Sheff U are averaging 0.47 points per game so far
If they keep the same average up they will end up with
18 points after 38 games
NUFC, who are in 16th place in the table are averaging 1.08 points per game so far
If we keep the same average up we will end up with
41 points after 38 games (az will Brightin, who are on the same number of points)
Hopefully we will survive and play another season in the top fight with 'new owners' in charge! (PLEEEEZE GOD!🙏)
If we do gan doon, then any takeower deals will more than likely be 'off' and we will be stuck with 'The Fat Controller' once again!---and yet another relegation battle!
It doesnt bear 'finkin' aboot---does it!
Posted '9:00am bells' Munday 8th February 2021
Manquillo aalso suffered a bad ankle injury, while wor top goalscorer Callum Wilson pulled his hamstring and aall 3 took no forthaa part in the game, played in monsoon conditions!
We wish aall of them a speedy recovery in this bizarre and crazy season, az we watch on from wor homes and local pubs! (when they are open, that iz!)
"GET WELL SOON, LADS!"
Posted '6:30pm bells' Sunday 7th February 2021
JUmPiNg tHe gUN!
In the dead of night on Friday ootside St. James' Park, 2 SMBs held a crude home made banner, mockin' us---Az if they could, in their predicament!
They thought we would lose to Sooothampton and slide closer to the relegation zone, but of course we won 3-2 with 9 men, while they dropped 2 points at the mighty MK Don's to slide doon to mid table in the Mickey Mouse Leegue 1 table!
In othaa words their stunt had backfired badly az NUFC moved 10 points clear of Fulim in 3rd bottom place, while the mighty Lincoln City moved 10 points clear of them in the Mickey Mouse Leegue!
They cannot even sppell properly! Higher a lower case letters in BRuCey and an apostrophe in MAKEM'S which should be sppellt MACKEMS with a 'C' in the middle!
Thick as pigs sh*t!🐷
And 'pride of the north' at the bottom of the banner! For God's sake have a look at the Premyaa Leegue table and see if there's a north east team in it, that is 35 place above! Even the Smoggies of Middlesbrough are 24 places higher than them in The Championship!
They must have went to skuwl in pEnNyweLL!
Posted 'midneet bells' Sunday 007 February 2021
He says mee critisism of Steve Bruce iz unfair and that he hasn't stood a chance with the injuries and covid illnesses that have enveloped the club! (ie: He's been made a 'scapegoat' and hung oot to dry!)
Fair enough!---but it's hiz tactics and crazy comments that get me!----not the players inability to carry hiz instructions oot!
He iz---in effect---the club spokesman az well!--- Az wor absent ower and MD seem to have vanished into thin air!
Defend, defend, against bottom club Sheff Utd and lose 1-0, when we should have 'went for the jugular' and attacked them from 'the off'---and the next game, attack, attack, against Arsenal, when we should have defended against an attack minded side---and lost 3-0!
Yesterday's 3-2 win v Sooothampton at SJP, with just 9 men in the torrential rain, woz 'heroic' and I am certain that if this game had taken place in December, we would have lost, az the players confidence then, woz at an aall time low!
Dave (from York) reckons that it woz Bruce who appointed coach Graeme Jones and IF that iz true, (but we have wor doubts!) then it's been an inspired appointment, az he haz been a breath of fresh air since hiz arrival!
Hiz so caalled 'diamond system' haz seen us take 6 points from the 3 games he haz been here---and we have scored 6 goals in the process---more goals than we scored in the previous 11 games!(5)
Diamond (formations!) are forever!----lets hope so!♦️
Cheers!
Fink (the mad-sad groundhopper!) who hasn't 'ground-hopped' to a new groond for a Toon game, for ower a year! (Rochdale, January 2020)
FOOTNOTE:THE NUMBERS GAME
4 the 2nd time in 4 days Sooothampton have been beaten by 9!
When they beat us 2-0 at their place in November they went to the top of the Premyaa Leegue----they are now just 4 points above us!
Posted from '1:11am 'bells' onwards, Saturday 6th February 2021
"LETS KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING!" (Steve Bruce)
Wor beloved? manager/club spokesman 'Broken Nose Bruce' said that comments were completely untrue that new coach Graeme Jones will take ower the reigns if he iz sacked, and that he woz puttin the rumours "to bed", full stop!
Yet anothaa 'must win game' today, against a Sooothampton team who lost 9-0 to Moan U in midweek!
However! Bruce will probably play 5 at the back and hope for a breakaway goal or 2 to win the game!
He said he woz "pleased!" with wor performance on Tuesday?
PLEASED? to lose 2-1 at home to a very mediocre Cristill Palliss team. *Iz he takin the p*ss oot of us, in revenge for posts on social media and in the press??? (Thought he didnt read them, but he's aalways complaining aboot negative Twitter comments etc from fans!
But wot does he expect with dire performances recently? (apart from Evaatin, when new coach Graeme Jones bellowed instructions from the dugoot, while Bruce looked on furious that he had stolen his thunder!)
ONE win in THORTEEN games and THREE losses in succession at home, divvint give yoo confidence for this afternooon!
⬇️THE MOMENTUM?⬇️
Its relegation form for certain and we can anly hope (and pray!)🙏 that Jones isn't banished to the stand, or the back row seats in the dugoot today!(or even his own bed, of course!)
BRUCE'S 'WHITE FLAG' EXCUSES PRE MATCH!
Shud we not win, then Bruce haz aalready got aall hiz ready made excuses in, in his Friday press conference, az he says that 4 to 5 defenders are unavailable!
Aalso in the press conference, he woz asked just who wud fill the 25th slot in the playin squad, as he failed to bring in more players on transfor deadline day! (See Twitter below!)
A full Geordie Times, minute by minute goal or incident reports will appear here live from wor laptop at HQ az they happen!
Watch this space for updates from '2:00 bells' onwards, when the team line ups will be revealed ('3:00 bells' kick off!)
*Like we say, let's hope against hope that we can play like we did at Evaatin and get a good result!🙏The Geordie Times iz praying that we can! (Like we aalways dee!)
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*15th minute GOAL TO TOON!
NEW BOY WILLOCK WITH A SHOT FROM ST MAX CROSS!
25th minute GOAL TO TOON!
DEFLECTED GOAL FROM ALMIRON SHOT!
29th minute goal fo Sooothampton
2-1 to us!
*45 plus 3 GOAL ALMIRON AFTER A MISSTAYK BY THEIR GOALIE 3-1 TO US HALF TIME!
NUFC 32% possession 1st half 4 shots on target 3goals!
This equals wor highest total this season 3 v Bornley!
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*46th minute bad miss by Shelvey with goal gaping!
*47th minute goal for Sooothampton free kick
3-2 to us
49th minute Hendrick sent off 2nd yellow for stupid shirt pull!
Toon doon to 10!
Torrential rain hits Tyneside!
62nd minute ings shot rebounds off post into Darlow's arms!
73rd minute Schar fans doon after disastrous free kick from him. NUFC have used all subs and so we are doon to 9 men!
FT WON 3-2 SOMEHOW!🤪👍 20% possession 2nd half!
We are 11 points above the drop zone---for now!
'The Geordie Times' never doubted SIR Steve for one second! ----HONEST!
Posted '2:28am bells' Friday 5th February 2021
"Oh why am I so stupid?"
FOOL'S GOLD!
NUFC's £40 million pound 'super striker'? Joelinton has been fined £200 for gannin to a barber's in Heaton for hiz haircut, durin the lockdoon---which anly came to light when he stupidly posted a picture on Instagram, of the barber cutting his hair!
Just how he iz able to afford to pay this oot of his £79,000 a week wages, is anybody's guess? Wor hearts bleed for him! (The Geordie Times iz seriously 'finkin' aboot having a whiproond to help him pay his fine!) (NOT!)
Meeenwhile! Wor beloved? manager, Broken Nose Bruce iz on £57,000 a week, not bad for a tactical genius?, who has won just once in wor last 13 games, as we nosedive towards oblivion!
The question is, how could wor reluctant owner 'The Fat Controller', (who iz normally az tight az a fishes arse!), get it SO wrang, to pay SO much for these complete failures on and off the pitch!? (And not for the first time, of course!)
Money doon the drain!--for a 'fool' and a 'pain'!
