WOTFAAD U23S V THE TOON U23S *** PREMYAA LEEGUE CUP! NEW GROOND----NEW GROOND!

 Posted 'high noon 🔔bells' Munday 6th September 2021

The MAGnificent Victorian main stand at St. Albans!

'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' are off on wor travels again--az we speak!---This time to St Albans in deepest Hertfordshire, where wor U23s play Wotfaad U23s at Clarence Park, home to St Albans City FC since 1894!, in the Premyaa Leegue Cup!

A full Geordie Times match report from the game (and local boozers!) will appear here sometime on Tuesday, when we get back to Tyneside!

Az per usual: "Watch this space!"

BAD BLUE BOYS 1 MARINE 2 *** FA CUP 1st QUILIFYING ROOND

 Posted just after 'high noon bells' Sunday 5th September 2021

"DUNSTON SUNK BY THE MARINERS, WITH STOPPAGE TIME WINNER!"

With nee Premyaa Leegue futbaall ower the weekend coz of the International break, we heeded for Dunston's groond (or shud aa say 'clubhoose!) for some liquid lubrications before kick off in an FA Cup 1st qualifyin' roond game, where Dunston were playin Marine from Liverpoool!

The clubhoose woz canny full, so aa predicted that the crowd would be aroond aboot 350!

Anyway, the game kicked off and Marine went on the attack at The Tea Hut End and nearly scored orly on, az the Dunston goalie made some great stops!

It woz gettin' near half time--and az it woz my roond, aa heeded to the clubhoose to join the queue at the bar with the score still 0-0!

Az aa woz waitin to get sorved a loud roar came from the groond---The Bad Blue Boys had taken the lead against the run of play---and aa missed it!!!!! (Just my luck)

Apparently it woz a great strike from Dunston's Jack Elliott, to give them a 1-0 lead!

The 2nd half started and within a few minutes Marine had equalised at The Dunston Rocketless End through Barrigan (There used to be a tower block that looked like a space rocket not far from this end---now demolished!)

Just when it looked like the game would gan to a replay, disaster struck deep into stoppage time az the visitors from Liverpoool won it with a shot from Wignall, who woz 4 yards oot, to the delight of their dozen or so fans behind the goal!

There woz hardly time to kick off, before the ref blew for full time!---a sickener for The Bad Blue Boys, az the Wembley dream woz ower, for another season at least!

We heeded back to the clubhoose to drown wor sorrows! (any excuse for a few a few more 'gargels'!)

The crowd numbered 361, so mee prediction of 350 woz 11 oot!

But that woz 361 fans more than Marine got against Sporz in the FA Cup last season, az the game woz played behind closed doors of course, coz of the pandemic!

BAD BLUE BOYS V MARINE ***FA CUP THIS AFTERNOOON!

 Posted 'high noon 🔔bells' Saturday 4th September 2021

With the International break this week, we torn wor attention to the FACup 1st qualifying roond, where amongst others, The Bad Blue Boys of Dunston are playin Marine at Federation Park (aka UTS Stadium), Dunston

That's where we will be today!

The last 2 teams to knock Marine oot of the FA Cup are Sporz and ---DUNSTON!

A match report of that game will appear here sometime tomorrow!

Other anly other FACup game on Tyneside this afternoon iz West Allotment Celtic v Bamber Bridge at Whitley Park, Benton---Both games kick off at '3:00 🔔s' 

"Support your local teams on the road to Wembley!"

THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL!

 Posted just after 'high noon 🔔bells' Friday 3rd September 2021

MAY 2007 IN 'THE JAWNIL'

MARCH 2021 IN 'THE RONNY-GILL'

NOW!---IN 'THE ATHLETIC'

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY!

 Posted 'high noon bells' Thorzday 2nd September 2021

NUFC OWNER'S OFFICE!--TRANSFOR DEADLINE DAY!

A HARD DAYS NIGHT!

 Posted 'high noon bells' Wedinzday 1st September 2021

The Toon are the dark top, with yellow shorts and socks

NUFCs U21s were comprehensivly beaten 3-0 at Hillsborough last neet in The Papa John's Trophy by Sheff Weds forst team!

The home side took the lead just before the break through Sow and doubled it 6 mins into the 2nd half through Johnson, with a shot in off the post! Palmer made it 3-0 just after this and wor young guns were very lucky that we didnt concede any more goal az the shots rained in!

In total Wedinzday had 29 shots to wor 2, of which 8 were on target, while we had NONE on target! And the corner coont woz 12-0 to the home side!

This woz wor 8th defeat in a row in the competition in front of a 6,593 crowd, which included 25 NUFC diehards in The Leppings Lane End!

On the transfor front, The Geordie Times can report that there were NEE more forst team players signed when the window closed at '11:00 bells' last neet!  That meeenz that Joe Willock iz wor ANLY permanent signin' and we have recruited a total of ZERO players on  loan deals! (The Choudhury loan deal from Lestaa fell apart, due to disagreement ower hiz wages!)

"All together now!"

🎵 Its been a hard days night and we're gannin to the dogs!

Its been a hard days night and we're headin for a slog!

And with nee signings today, we'll have to hope and pray!

That it will be alright?--in the relegation fight!🎵

WEDINZDAY ON TUESDAY AND WOTFAAD NEXT MUNDAY!

 Posted 'high noon 🔔bells' Tuesday 31st August 2021

THE MAGNIFICENT MAIN STAND AT CLARENCE PARK,                                                  HOME OF ST. ALBANS CITY FC!

With nee forst team game for a fortnight because of the International break, wor U21s take centre stage tooneet and are in action toonet at Sheff Wedinzday in the Papa John's Trophy--- and next Munday wor U23s play at St Albans, in the Premyaa Leegue Cup, where wor U23s play Wotfaad!

Of course 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' have been to Sheff Wed's Hillsborough groond before, BUT have NEVER been to Clarence Park in St. Albans!

A 'Geordie Times' match report on both games will appear here in due time!

PS: The transfor window shuts at '11:00 bells' tooneet!---But don't hold your breath for any incomin' transfors---or even loan players!

THE TOON 2 THE SIMON TEMPLAR MOB 2 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2021-2022

 Posted 'high noon bells' Sunday 29th August 2021

VIEW FROM THE MILBURN STAND BALCONY

"NAR! NAR!---IT'S DOON TO VAR!" (Again!)

Anothaa inept forst half display had the fans bayin' for wor heed coaches heed, with loud chants of: "We want Brucey out, we want Brucey out!", half way through the half-----We didnt have one shot on target in the whole of the half, while Sooothampton missed a canny few chances at the othaa end, and shud have been at least 2 goals to the good at the break!  HT 0-0

We came oot of the blocks at the start of the 2nd half and within 5 minutes Callum Wilson had put us 1-0 up at The Gallowgate End, with a fine heeder!

The lead lasted 20 minutes when wor visitors equalised after a mad scramble in the box, when Toon goalie parried the baall oot, where Elyounoussi 👈( hope av spelt that reet?) woz waitin' to hit home!

More chants against Bruce were forthcomin' at this point---and they were loud! (It shud be noted that some fans had voted with their feet, az there were huge empty gaps in The Leazes End!)

VIEW FROM THE GALLOWGATE END---NOTE THE EMPTY SEATS IN LEVEL 7 OF THE LEAZES END OPPOSITE! (Special thanx to Steev for the photo)

Just when it looked like it would end 'ones a piece', Saint Maximin raced into the box to hit a rebound from a Ryan Fraser shot, into the net in the 90th minute to send the crowd wild with delight!

It wasn't to be though, az deep into stoppage time, Lascelles woz adjudged to have commited a foul on former Toon player Adam Armstrong in the box---and the big screen at The Leazes End said a possible penalty woz bein reviewed by the VAR people!---The ref then ran ower to the monitor at The East Stand and after a lang look, gave the penalty to Sooothampton!----Ward-Prowse duly scored to send the 950 members of 'The Simon Templar Mob' wild with relief, high up in The Leazes End! 

A sickenin' end to the game, az this penalty woz scored in the 96th minute!----In reality they desorved at least a point, but Brucey az usual disagreed and said that he woz very, very, disappointed with the chantin against him!---But wot does he expect with NEE wins in wor forst fower games! FT 2-2

The draw 'lifts' NUFC to 15th place in the table and oot of the relegation zone! (for the time being at least!)

Attendance: Just 44,017

The Simon Templar Mob---an explanation!

Simon Templar woz a fictional character in the 1960's detective series caalled 'The Saint', played by Roger Moore----Sooothampton's nickname of course iz 'The Saints' 

THE TOON V THE SIMON TEMPLAR MOB *** PREMYAA LEEGUE ** 2021-2022

 Posted 'high noon🔔bells' Saturday 28th August 2021

NUFC fans-- the daydreamers! 

'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' 'dream' of an away Leegue Cup tie against Newport, in the next roond (coz we couldn't gan there durin' lockdoon last season!), lay in tatters, az we lost on penalties to 'The Bornley Hillbillies', while wor opponents today Sooothampton won 8-0 AT NEWPORT!

To say the least, after a result like that, Sooothampton will be 'up for it' at SJP this afternooon, while we are on 'a downer' after 3 succesive defeats against teams who aall play in claret and blue!

Failure to win or even get a draw iz a real possibility and wor next opponents are Moan U, who have just resigned Ronaldo!

NUFC fans can anly dream of signin a 'Ronaldo'---The 'have's and the 'have nots' could not be forthaa apart!

A full Geordie Times match report will appear here sometime on Sunday!

APU "Watch this space!"

THE TOON 0 THE BORNLEY HILLBILLIES 0 (BORMLEY WIN 4-3 ON PENS) LEEGUE CUP 2021-2022

 Posted '12:35am bells' Friday 27th August 2021

Graeme Jones stands in the centre to gee the players up for the penalty shootout, while Brucey stands at the side with arms folded, wondering what hiz wife haz cooked for hiz late supper!

According to wor heed coach 'Broken Nose Bruce' we didn't lose this game, az penalty shootouts are a lottery!--But NOT in wor case, az we have now lost FIVE in a row at SJP in the Leegue Cup since 1979! (A lottery meeenz yoo win some and lose some!)

30,000 were here to witness nee shots on target from 'us' in the forst half az we attacked The Gallowgate goal--and 3 on target in the 2nd period at the Leazes End!

We should have won, but failed to take wor chances and paid the price!

Bornley will gan doon in history az havin nee shots on goal at aall, but still progressed to the 3rd roond of the competition with a 4-3 penalty win at The Leazes End!

Saint Max missed wor forst one and Almiron missed wor 5th one! Joe Willock, Joelinton and Sean Longstaff scored wor pens, in between wor misses!

Attendance: 30,168 includin 350 Hillbillies in the upper tier of The Leazes End, aall on their lonesome, az the rest of the upper tiers remained empty!