AL-HILAL 0 THE TOON 5 *** FRIENDLY

Posted 1:01pm bells' Friday 9th Decembaa 2022

A TEAM PHOTO FROM THE 1890s TAKEN IN LEAZES PARK, NEXT TO SJP

"HAPPY BORTHDAY TO 'US'!"

Forst of aall!---On this day 130 years ago NUFC were formed with the amalgamation of Nawcasil East End FC and Newcasil West End FC to UNITE az one!

And from the match in Saudi Arabia on Thorzday!

NUFC won this totally one sided game by 5-0 in Riyadh against Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal yesterday

The goals were az follows, curtesy of Colonel Gadaffi on NUFC TV (The one from Bracknell in Berkshire NOT the one from Tripoli in Libya!)

And from The Geordie Times intrepid paparazzi reporter in Saudi, 'Paul the Englishman', with some Toon flags and the 30 or so 'NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' who had made the jorney at great expense!

The stadium entrance

Team sheet

Some of the Toon fans

Stadium entrance again!

Get the flags oot for the lads!

Loyal supporters--fanatics everyone!

TYNESIDE UNITED! Nee North and South divide here!  For those of yoo who divvint naa, North Sheeeldz iz on the north back of the River Tyne and Soooth Sheeelz iz on the soooth bank----beleeeve it or not!?

AL-HILAL V THE TOON TODAY AT 5:00 🔔 BELLS'

 Posted 'high noon 🔔 bells' Thorzday 8th Decembaa 2022

TOON PLAYERS, MANAGER AND FANS POSE FOR A PRE MATCH PHOTO!---ie: "WE ARE AALL IN THIS PROJECT TOGETHER!"

The forst of the NUFC 'mini friendlies' takes place in 5 hours time in Riyadh against Saudi Arabia side Al-Hilal!

The game iz live on nufc.co.uk and iz FREE!

'The Geordie Times' will publish the outcome az soon az the match iz over!--or maybeez a couple of hours later! (This IZ 'The Geordie Times'--wot did yoo expect?

Match pix will be sent by wor paparazzi Saudi Arabia reporter Paul, who iz in Riyadh alang with a few othaa 'NUFC Mad-Sad Groundhoppers'!

Az per usual "Watch this space below!!!"

Updated 4:59pm onwards with pix from Paul

And from nufc.co.uk TV

Joelinton heeds 1st goal!

HT 2-0 UP!

FT won 5-0!

AL-HILAL v THE TOON *** TOMORROW EVENIN'

 Posted '1:00pm bells' Wedinzday 7th Decembaa 2022

"WE NAA THE GUY ON THE RIGHT, BUT WHO'S THAT LASSIE ON THE LEFT?"

The Toon are playin a friendly tomorrow in Saudi Arabia and some of 'The NUFC Mad-Sad Groundhoppers' will be there!----Aboot a dozen of them!

One of them caalled Paul haz sent 'The Geordie Times' some photos of their time in Riyadh so far and will send  us some photos from the game tomorrow!

"SHEIKH RATTLE AND ROLL!"

"WHERE'S THE CHIPS---LIKE?"

"WHO'S THE GUY ON THE RIGHT!????"

In total contrast to the above photos, aa woz in unglamourous Grantham last neet to watch Dunston in freeeezin conditions, while Paul and the crew were baskin in 80 plus degree temperatures in Riyadh! 

  The Dunston game woz terrible and ended 0-0 and there are some pix of that game below!

MINUS 3 DEGREES IN THE FREEZIN FOG!

THE GRANTHAM CLUBHOOSE-----CAALLED 'THE GINGERBREAD' (THEIR NICKNAME IZ 'THE GINGERBREADS' FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON?)

Meeenwhile doon in south London NUFC U18s progressed to the 4th roond of the FA Youth Cup with and excellent 3-2 win at The Valley v Charlton!-----Hopefully they will play on a new groond next time! 

Aa didnt gan there coz av been to The Valley many times before, with wor forst team, whereaz Grantham woz a new groond for me----Number 68 watchin The Dunston Bad Blue Boys! (who played in their red away strip while Grantham played in black n white stripes!!!!

ING-ER-LAND EXPECTS! (PART 4)

 Posted '6:03pm bells' Sunday 4th Decembaa 2022

Updated Munday

With less than an hour to gan to see Ing-er-land take on Senegal in the World Cup, 'The Geordie Times' will watch the game in the Dunston FC clubhoose az wor original choice of 'The Leazes End Companions Club' behind SJP iz SHUT????

"HOWAY ING-ER-LAND!"

Updated Munday

A 3-0 win puts us in the qwaataa final against 'lost in' France--  'The Geordie Times' will make sure that 'The Leazes End Companions Club' iz open this time next Saturday for the '7:00 bells' kick off!

View of the game last neet from the Dunston FC clubhoose

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BAD BLUE BOYS OF DUNSTON 3 CLEEETHORPES TOON 2 *** NORTHERN PREMYAA LEEGUE EAST

 Posted '1:00pm bells' Sunday 4th Decembaa 2022

"JUSTICE WOZ FINALLY DONE!"

Blatent time wastin' by the Cleeethorpes goalie cost them the game at the UTS Stadium in Dunston yesterday afternooon!

By half an hour of the game and against the run of play the visitors were 2-0 up and crusin to victory!

Straight after their 2nd goal Dunston pulled one back through Finnigan and thats the way it stayed til half time!

Spot the difference

Dunston player (top)

Cleeethorpes keeper (below)

In the 2nd half their goalie, who woz wearin an aall blue kit similar to Dunston's???? took ages to take goal kicks to waste time---much to the annoyance of Dunston fans and players alike!

With the score still 2-1 to Cleeethorpes they got a penalty in the 89th minute----score this and they game woz ower!----HOWEVER! The Dunston goalie saved brilliantly to keep them in the game!

Then az stoppage time approached their goalie woz booked for more blatant time wastin' (at last!)---and deep into added time The Bad Blue Boys equalised through Sado, who rose above the Cleeethorpes defence to heed home!----But it wasnt ower yet az Liam Thear (Scrappy)  toe poked the baall home in the 7th minute of stoppage time to win the game for Dunston, az the home crowd and players celebrated wildly!!

If their goalie hadn't wasted time, they would have won 2-1!

JUSTICE WOZ FINALLY DONE!

Attendance: 207 (5 or 6 from Cleeethorpes)

Footnote: The officials came into the Dunston clubhoose for their post match food and drinks.

We asked the ref why woz the Cleeethorpes keeper allowed to wear the same colours of Dunston?

He said that az he wore a lighter blue kit it woz OK to do so! (Daft leegue rules if yoo ask us!)

THE BAD BLUE BOYS OF DUNSTON v CLEEETHORPES TOON **** NORTHERN PREMYAA LEEGUE EAST

 Posted '1:00pm bells' Saturday 3rd Decembaa 2022

THE LASTIME WE WERE HERE----DUNSTON 1  CARLTON 3

With yet anothaa blank weekend coz of The World Cup we are off to Dunston again for a Leegue game v Cleeethorpes from deepest Lincolnshire!

Its a 3'bells' kick off and a 'crowd' of 250 iz predicted by The Geordie Times.

A breeef match report will appear here sometime on Sunday, which just happens to be the same day az Ing-land play Senigal in the 'round of 16' knockoot stage!

There are 2 options to watch the game-----The Dunston clubhoose or The Leazes End Companions Club behind SJP!----We will make wor minds up later, but yoo can guarantee that we WON'T be hoyin beer ower each othaa shud Ing-land score! (Unlike many fanzones will dee?) Beer iz expensive now and for drinkin'---beleeeve it or not! 

800,000 THANKYOOZ TO AALL WOR REEEDERS!

 Posted '5:40pm 'bells' Thorzday 1st Decembaa 2022

"TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER!---WHEY AYE MAAN!"

The Geordie Times haz reached anothaa major milestone (or shud that be millstone?) az we have just received wor 800,000th pageview today!

We thank each and every one of yoo for viewin this daft website with NEE advorts to distract your attention! 

Aaltogether 162 countries, territories and planets (Mars!) have now logged in ower the last few years!

Once again thankyoo 800,000 times!

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK

THE CELEBRATIONS BEGIN ACROSS THE UNIVERSE! 

DEVASTATIN' NEWS FOR THE NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS!"

 Posted 'high noon bells' Thorzday 1st Decembaa 2022

NUFC U18s were drawn against Charlton U18s in the FA Youth Cup 3rd roond and the tie will be played next Tuezday 6th Decembaa!

In the previous 2 roonds Charlton played their U18s games at Dartford Town FC and so (az yi dee!) aa booked a days holiday from work for that day and had planned to travel doon!---

HOWEVER! Charlton have now moved the game at short notice to their main Valley Groond (The b*stards!)----a groond 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' forst visited in 1978 for an (old) 2nd Division game and have been to many times since!

Because of this, a'v binned the trip and by a slice of good fortune 'The Bad Blue Boys' of Dunston are playin away at Grantham next Tuezday az well---and so a'm gannin to cadge a lift on the team bus, az aa cannit change mee holiday, az an agency driver haz aalready been booked to cover mee shift (Aa drive a truck for a livin' in case yi didnt naa!) 

'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' rules are simple----If its a forst team competitive away game, we MUST attempt to gan to the game!

If its a resorve or junior game on a groond we have previously visited, then we can give it a 'miss'! (A'v actually been to well ower 100 groonds to watch the resorves and juniors oot of the 359 visited in total!)

So Grantham it iz!----a new groond for a Dunston game for me (Mee fave non leegue team)  

Fink (the mad-sad groundhopper!)

ING-ER-LAND EXPECTS! (PART 3)

 Posted '6:00pm bells' Tuezday 29th Novembaa 2022

Updated 'high noon bells' Wedinzday

Ing-er-land's 3rd game of the World Cup takes place in an hours time v Wales in Qatar!

'The Geordie Times' will be listenin intentleee on on mee truck radio az av got to gan to graft!----Qualification to the group stage iz guaranteed, provided we divvint lose by 4 clear goals!

Kieran Trippier will start, but will Callum Wilson get a chance to shine?----'The Pope' of course iz the resorve keeper and won't take part unless 'little arms' Pickford gets injured!

Wor prediction iz a narrow win for us!  

"HOWAY  ING-ER-LAND!"

Updated Wedinzday at 'high noon bells'

The narrow win predicted torned oot to be anything but az we won 3-0 with goals from Rashford (2) and Foden----Both Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippier came on az 2nd half subs

The next game iz v Senegal on Sunday at '7:00 bells' in the qwaataa final knockoot stage!---