the geordie times online (newcastle united archive fanzine)

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 381 (382 inc Motspur Park outside)

Friday, 19 February 2021

WHERE THERE'S THE CENTRE FOR LIFE, THERE'S HOPE!!

Posted '12:49pm bells' Friday 19th February 2021

"I'M IMMUNE!, I'M INVINCIBLE!, I FEEL LIKE IRON MAN!"

(See bottom of post!)

Today, 3 hours ago, 'yours truly' had mee forst Covid vaccine jab at 'The Centre for Life' in Newcasil city centre! (next to 'The Central' (station)

There were nee queues and aa woz in and oot in minutes! (Er!--A'm givin' mee age away, now!)

Hopefully we aall will be vaccinated before the start of next season and will be able to retorn to SJP and away groonds by then!

Rumour has it that 'vaccine passports' will allow those who have had the vaccine to retorn to the boozers, which have been shut since the beginning of November!

I can't wait to get back to live futbaall, (and 'live' drinkin'!) whatever division (or boozer!) we find worsels in next season!

Let's hope it's still trips to Liverpoool, Manchester and Arsenal and not Lincoln, Peterboro and Millwaall!

Fink (the mad-sad groundhopper!)

Thursday, 18 February 2021

MIND GAMES!

Posted 3:00pm bells' Thorsday 18th February 2021

EX TOON PLAYER AND FULIM MANAGER PLAYS MIND GAMES WITH BRUCE!

BAD NEWS! WE WILL BE FORCED TO WATCH ON TIL THE SEASON ENDS!

Seriously, wor futbaall is horrible to watch, especially away from home--and who will score the goals to keep us up?

ARNT YOO PLEASED THAT NUFC WONT BE IN THE FINAL AZ ONLY LOCALS FROM TURKEY WILL BE ALLOWED IN!

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

SENSATIONAL SIGNING SEALED!

Posted '11:00am bells Wedinzday 17th February 2021

The Geordie Times can excluuusivley reveal that under fire manager Steve Bruce haz made a last minute signing to boost wor attack! She hails from the Buck Hoose area of London town!

Bornley drawing 1-1 with Fulim tooneet iz the best result we could hope for az both drop 2 points!

Haz it really come to this! Praying that Fulim don't win at Bornley!?

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

CHELSKI 2 THE TOON 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2020-2021

Posted 'high noon bells' Tuesday 16th February 2021

"THE BIG SLEEP!"

The game at Stamford Bridge last neet seemed like a trainin session to the Toon players and predicably the hosts were in complete control!

2-0 doon at half time, when it shud have been 4 or 5, tells it's own sorry tale of wor season so far!

Aye, we played a bit better in the 2nd period, but Chelski had took the foot off the gas by then, az they realised that there woz nee way back for NUFC and the 3 points were secure!

Wor manager smiled in the post match interview and even said that, "We were excellent in the 2nd half!" (????) Totally oblivious to the predicament we find worsels in! He aalso bizarrly said that, "The players were enjoying it!" (WOT! enjoyin' gettin' beat again!??)

The reality is that we are sleepwalkin towards the cliff edge, az Fulim edge closer and close to us and away from it!!!!

The players az well, dont seem to realise that a cliff edge fall izn't far away! "ZZZZzzzz!!!!"

Footnote:

In July Bruce said this:

"Our aim is for a top 10 finish!"

In January Bruce said this:

"We are NOT in a relegation battle!"

And yesterday he said this:

In other words, we ARE in a relegation battle!

Wot the papers say!

Monday, 15 February 2021

CHELSKI v THE TOON *** TOONEET AT '8:00 BELLS'

Posted 'high noon bells' Munday 15th February 2021

THE LAST TIME WE WERE THERE ---A 1-0 DEFEAT IN OCTOBER 2019

(VIEW FROM THE AWAY END AT STAMFORD BRIDGE)

IN THE DAYS WHEN WE COULD ACTUALLY GAN TO A MATCH!

NUFC gan into tooneets game points just 7 above the relegation places, after Fulim's unexpected win at Evaatin last neet--- and if past visits to this part of west London are to gan by, then we will be very grateful indeed to come away with a precious point!

We have lost here 7 times in a row in the Leegue and have won just once in 25 attempts durin the Premyaa Leegue era!---NOT a happy huntin groond for sure!

With injuries aplenty, we will send oot a patched up squad and 'hope for the best'!

A full Geordie Times match report will appear here sometime on Tuesday!---Az per usual watch this space!

Sunday, 14 February 2021

HAPPY VALENTINE'S BORTHDAY KING KEV!

Posted '12:30pm bells' Valentine's Day 2021

Today the greatest manager in my lifetime az a Toon fan iz 70 years young!

He earned us the title 'The Entertainers' for wor swashbuckling futbaall in the 1990s and will forever be in wor hearts!

A VERY HAPPY 70th BORTHDAY KING KEV!

PS: Today would aalso have been the 70th borthday of NUFCs greatest ever fan and a good friend of mine, John Alder, known as 'The Undertaker', who woz tragically killed alang with Liam Sweeney in the MH17 aircraft which woz shot doon in July 2014, on their way to New Zealand to watch us in pre season friendlies!

'The Undertaker' had been to 1,684 NUFC competitive games in a row--a record which surely will never ever be beaten!

PPS: My own personal record is 1,201 consecutive games, until Covid struck!🦇

Fink (the mad-sad groundhopper)

Saturday, 13 February 2021

IT'S SNOW JOKE!

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!)