THE TOON U19s 1. BORUSSIAAA DORTMUND U19s 2 —- UEFA YOUTH LEEGUE

 Posted ‘6:35pm bells’ Wedinzday 24th Octobaa 2023

Brief match report

The Toon young guns took on Dortmund you find at Gatesheed Stadium this afternoon and lost 2-1 to a strong Dortmund team in heavy drizzle!

It woz 1-0 to the Jawman’s by half time and they increased their lead idly in the 2nd period!

We pulled one back with a glorious effort from number 88 Sean Neave who had came on from the subs bench!

Unfortunately  we couldn’t find an equaliser and so we suffered wor 3rd defeat in a row in the UEFA Youth Leegue for U19s teams in the Champions Leegue!

Attendance: 800ish (quite a few Dortmund fans in the far corner of the picture below!

Main match report for the big boys at SJP sometime tomorrow!

THE TOON v BORUSSIAAA DORTMUND **** TOMORROW NEET!

 Posted '12:40pm bells' Tuezday 24th Octobaa 2023

We gan into this Champions Leegue group stage game, 8 games undefeated in 3 competitions, after yet anothaa great performance on Saturday, when we beat The Paliss 4-0 at SJP

News awaits of Sandro Tonali's fate for gamblin on games and we fear that he will be oot of action til at the very least the start of next season! (The Geordie Times will bring yoo news of that here, az soon az we find oot)

It shud be anothaa great occasion tomorrow in wor 3rd Champions Leegue game so far!

We top the group of course and a win would virtually qualify us for the knockoot stage in 2024! It's a complete sell oot of course with Dortmund takin their full allocation of 3,000 tickets! (NUFC fans have been given 3,900 for the retorn game in 2 weeks, in a stadium that holds ower 81,000!)

Before that game, wor U19s are in action at Gatesheed Stadium v Dortmund's U19s, a game that kicks off at '3:00 bells' in the European Youth Leegue---game 3 (we lost the previous 2 v AC Milan and PSG!)

A match report on both games will appear here in due course!

THE TOON 4 THE PALISS 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2023-2024

 Posted from 'high noon bells' onwardsSunday 21st Octobaa 2023

"THE IRONY OF IT AALL!"

Freya waves a ‘Wor Flag’ before kick off! (Wor Flags are magic!)👏

Before kick off the Paliss fans unveiled banners at The Leazes End, condemin the Saudi takeower, but ignorin the fact that one of their own club sponsers were from Saudi Arabia az well! (Irony of the highest order!)

The advertising’ boards from last season at Selhurst Park above!

And below the banners in the Paliss end which says: ‘Mask has slipped.  PIF .Saudi state. EPL take action’

Anothaa fabulous performance from The Toon, who blew away Paliss and their bitter and twisted fans at St. James' Park yesterday afternooon!

The goal sequences were az follows:

4th minute: Kieron Tripper send in a pinpoint pass to Jacob Murphy who curls the baall ower the Paliss defence and into the far corner of the net!---A VAR check for offside gans in wor favour and so we are 1-0 up!

44th minute: Anthony Gordon finally gets on the score sheet after hittin the woodwork orlier on, when he struck a fabulous shot across the Gallowgate goal to double wor lead!

45+2: It woz soon 3-0 when Sean Longstaff raced doon the pitch to hit a screamer past Johnstone in the visitors goal and soon after the ref blew hiz whistle for the half time break!

A breathless performance from The Toon!

Before aall this sub Tonali woz warmin up on the side of the pitch to huge applause from the NUFC fans, who sang hiz name! (He of course faces a lenghty ban for bettin on games!)

Az he woz warmin up the advertisin boards aroond the pitch were showin adverts for bettin firms, encouragin' people to gamble!

The irony of it aall! (Take 2!)

66th minute: The 2nd half wasnt az good az the forst half, az we sat back a little and let Paliss come at us a bit more!-----It did then nee good however az Callum Wilson raced doon the pitch clear of defenders from a Murphy threw baall, to plant the baall into the Leazes End net, to put the game to bed!

The 4th goal celebrations!🤪👍⚽️

10 year old randdaughter Freya who woz attendin hor forst competitive Toon game and woz 'lovin it' —-and when in the 70th minute Tonali made an appearance from the subs bench, they woz more huge applause from the crowd who were reet behind wor Italian star! (see video below!)

Tonali’s brilliant reception from the Toon fans!👏

Freya thought the applause woz for the end of the match, but I told hor that there woz still 20 minutes to gan, and she said that she didnt want the match to end! (She woz indeed 'lovin it'!)

Attendance: 52,189 (Just 1,700 bitter and twisted Paliss fans who went to the trouble of makin the anti Saudi banners!) ("Get a life maan!") 

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THE TOON v THE PALISS *** TOMORROW AFTERNOOON!

 Posted '4:50pm bells' Friday 20th Octobaa 2023

Cannit read Italian, but we can guess wot it says!

Storm Badet iz the main news on the telly today, with a yellow warnin for the north east of Ingerland, while on main sports channels (and papers), aall this week haz been aboot Sandro Tonali's bettin' addiction!----With a probable 1 year ban for wor £55 million summer acquisition!

The question IZ? will manager 'Steady Eddie' give him some game time tomorrow against Palliss, az this could be hiz last game til Octobaa 2024!?

The club are stickin' by him and (hopefully?) so will the Toon fans, but wethaa he will play iz anothaa question?

This iz the forst of 7 games in 22 days, followin the 2 week International break!---Its crazy when yoo Fink aboot it---nee games for 14 days and then 7 games in a short space of time, includin, Premyaa Leegue, Champions Leegue and Leegue Cup games! 

(This happened in the previous International break az well, with 7 games (undefeated!) in a short space of time, after a 2 week break!)

Storm Badet iz gatherin pace az aa write this and hopefully the rain and wind will die doon before kick off time at '3:00 bells'?

A full Geordie Times match report will appear here sometime on Sunday!---Az per usual--"Watch this space!"

BORUSSIAAA DORTMUND AWAY TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

 Posted '12:51pm bells' Thorzday 12th Octobaa 2023

Updated Saturday

"FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK WAALL!"

Tickets for wor Champions Leegue game in Jawmany v Dortmund are now on sale to supporters with 80 loyalty points or more for the fixture on Tuezday Novembaa the 7th! (Points drop every day until they are sold!)

This iz one of the groonds aa want for mee 'bucket list' and aa cannit wait to gan and see the 'Yellow Waall', which iz one of the huge ends behind the goal at the Signal Induna Park, which haz a capacity of 81,365!

'The Geordie Times' understands that NUFC have been allocated 3,900 tickets and have asked for more!

PS: Just got a Dortmund ticket online!---but wot a carry on tryin to buy one!---Took half an hour before it let me buy a seat! (The NUFC ticket website iz crap!)

Saturday update:  The Geordie Times understands that there are 500 tickets left in the standin' area---Nee seat tickets left!

THE JELLIED EELS MOB OF WEST HAM 2 THE TOON 2 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2023-2024

 Posted 'high noon bells' Munday 9th Octobaa 2023

London Stadium iz indeed a happy huntin groond az far az we are concerned, with 4 wins, 2 draws and anly one defeat in the 7 times we have been to their new London Stadium abode----and the anly disappointment woz the fact that we gave a goal away in the 89th minute and had to settle for a draw!

The forst goal woz scored by West Ham when The Pope moved away from his goal line and Sousak had the simple task of slottin the baall into the net in the 8th minute!

It woz a boilin hot day in east London and aa had to carry mee coat in a carrier bag az the temperature woz in the high 20s---the hottest aa can ever 'fink' of for a game in Octobaa!

We simply wornt at the races and the home side were faster onto the loose baalls in the forst half and we went in 1-0 doon at the break!

At this point because of wor lack luster performance aa would have been happy with a draw!

The 2nd half woz much better az we attacked the goal where we were behind---row 5 at the front wasnt a good view of the action at the far end, but woz excellent az we were near to the goal!

Alexander the Great (Isak) torned oot to be wor savior with 2 goals in quick succession to waken us up in the heat! 

Wor equaliser came in the 57th minute when a Trippier free kick foond the feet of Isak after a deflection and he fired home in front of the 3,000 travellin fans to send us into 'wake up mode'!

Toon fans celebrate Isak’s 1st goal!

Isak's 2nd goal came just 3 minutes later to put us 2-1 up az the Toon fans---who were still celebratin hiz forst goal-- went into meltdoon in the heat, when a Trippier cross foond him unmarked in front of goal and he casually placed the baall into the net!

And just 3 mins later!

Isak then roonded the West Ham keeper, but hiz shot rebounded off the post to safety to deny him hiz hat-trick!

Just when it looked as though we would get the 3 points up stepped at the far end to equalise with an 89th minute shot to break wor hearts!

2-2 the final score----a game we just couldnt get ower the line, but on the bright side (in the sun!) we are unbeaten in 7 games between International breaks in aall competitions, with 5 wins and 2 draws!

We'll settle for that! 

Attendance: 62,473 (3,000 Toon fans)

*”Get the flags oot for the lads!”

Magical Mystery Away Pub Crawl Tour 2023-2024 (Just 2 boozers this time!) runnin total 37

Beer Merchants Tap. Hackney Wick. London

Betjemans Arms. St Pancras . London

Hackney Wick canal. Green river!

Hackney Wick mural 

  

THE JELLIED EELS MOB v THE TOON **** THIS AFTERNOOON!

 Posted from '7:55am bells' on the way to King's Cross, London

“London calling!”

Yet another game in a short space of time—-then another International break for 2 weeks!

And who will ever forget wor game on Wedinzday v PSG in The Champions Leegue?—it’s one of those games that stick in your memory for evermore!

Today it’s back to the grind of the Premyaa Leegue away to West Ham in east London and the train iz chocker block!

Cans at the ready!

A full Geordie Times match report will appear here sometime tomorrow!

Ax per usual—“Watch this space!”

THE TOON 4 PSG FROGGIES 1 *** CHAMPIONS LEEGUE GROUP STAGE 2023-2024

 Posted 'high noon bells' Thorzday 5th Octobaa 2023

"JUST CHAMPION!---WOT A TEAM!---WOT A DREAM!"

We reeeely divvint naa wot to say aboot this stunnin' display, both on and off the pitch!

The build up woz brilliant with the whole groond (apart from the PSG end) covered in black n white and then the famous magpie appeared on a new surfer in the middle of The Gallowgate End az the team came oot to the soond of The Champions Leegue anthem!---Memorable stuff that none of us will forget!⬇️

And then the 'memorable stuff' on the pitch az we slaughtered PSG from start to finish, with their star man Mbappa lookin' confused and contained by non othaa than Jamaal Lascelles!

Miggy Almiron opened the scorin in the 17th minute at The Leazes End after Isak's rebound of a defender foond the feet of 'Miggy' and he made nee misstayk az he blasted the baall into the net to huge roars from the Toon fans! (1-0 to us!)

Almiron goal celebrations!

Then 'The Boy from Blyth' (Dan Burn) heeded in a Bruno cross which went to a very lengthy VAR check, before finally being given az the ref pointed to the centre spot to put us 2-0 up! (at forst we thought the check woz for a 'did it cross the goal line, check' ---but in fact it woz an offside check!) HT 2-0

Dan Burn goal!

The dream continued in the 2nd half az we attacked the Gallowgate goal and it didnt take lang to stretch wor lead to 3-0 (5 mins) when 'local boy' Sean Longstaff hit a sweat shot from the right hand side of the goal from a Trippier pin point pass and hiz effort went in off their keeper to increase the margin!

The Froggies then pulled a goal back through Hernandez 5 mins later az hiz glancin heeder went in past 'The Pope' in the Toon goal to set up a norvy few minutes az PSG went to get a  2nd!

Thankfully that didnt happen and just into stoppage time up stepped 'Fab' Schar to hit a screamer from a Jacob Murphy 'one two' from 20 yards oot to seal a memorable victory!

"OIL TAKE THAT!"

It hard to beleeeve that from the 4 goal scorers, 2 were from the local area and the othaa 2 were here before the takeower in Octobaa 2021!

Oil money won it? ---my arse! 

This result even beats the 3-2 success ower Barcelona in 1997 and woz wor best ever performance in Europe ---game 136! (game 149 if yoo include 13 Anglo-Italian games)

PS: Thiz woz mee 115th consecutive European game home or away (109th excludin Anglo-Italian Cup games (6)

Aalso I am proud to say that I have been to 100% of aall European games at SJP (from Feyenoord in 1968 onwards!) Played 75  Attended 75 (69 not includin Anglo-Italian Cup games)

"F' TROUP!"

Happy days?----yoo bet they are!-----NUFC are TOP of Group 'F' table now, az Dortmund and AC Milan drew 0-0 in Jawmany!

Bring on Borussia Dortmund!

Attendance: 52,009 (2,600 Froggies!)

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*There woz anothaa game last neet 12 miles doon the road!

Bet they didn't have THIS on the front cover of their programme?😂

THE TOON v PSG *** CHAMPIONS LEEGUE GROUP STAGE!

 Posted '1:15 pm bells' Wedinzday 4th Octobaa 2023

Well! The big day iz finally upon us after a 20 year wait!—a Champions Leegue game at 'The Cathedral on the Hill', when we play Paris Saint Germain at '8 bells' tooneet!

Wor Flags have put flags in aall parts of the groond, plus a surfer!🏁 It iz sure to be a grand occasion come kick off time!

The times they certainly are a changin'!

Match report on Thorzday!

TOON TRAVEL IZ BACK! ✈️

After a canny few years absence Toon Travel (2023) are runnin an 189 seater plane to wor away Champions Leegue game in Dortmund!🛫🛬

Its a flight anly deal, flyin from Newcastle 🛫to Dusseldorf 🛬 on Munday Novembaa 6th and retornin on the day after the game (Wedinzday 8th Novembaa)

There iz a direct train to Dortmund from Dusseldorf 🚂which takes aroond an hour with a very regular and cheap service!

Hotel accomodation 🏨 iz doon to the individual and gives the choice of Dusseldorf or Dortmund and aalso the class of hotel!

The price of the return flight iz £345

ATOL cover iz provided by North Star Travel 

ATOL number 11313

£100 deposit secures a place!

Telephone Keith: 07876 80 6662

E mail: kjb8888@outlook.com

PS: The Geordie Times makes absolutleee nee money oot of this info! (£000:00!) ( Indeed, we have made uthaa arrangements!)

We have put this online to help fellow Toon fans who divvint want the 'carry on' we aall had gettin to Milan and back ----in wor case a train to Edinburgh---a flight to Berlin----a flight to Milan---and the same 'carry on' on the way back!

“See yoo in Dortmund!”

Spectacular drone light show ower SJP!

 Posted ‘high noon 🔔s Tuesday 3rd Octobaa 2023

In celebration of wor retorn to The Champions Leegue at SJP this week, after a 20 year absence, a spectacular drone light show could be seen miles away from the groond on Munday neet!

VIEW FROM RIVER TYNE---A MAGPIE ON ONE OF THE ELSWICK TOWER BLOCKS

SJP IZ TO THE RIGHT WHERE THE LIGHT IZ SHINING 

(SPECIAL THANX TO WOR LASS FOR THE PHOTOS (XXXX!)

VIEW FROM THE REDHEUGH BRIDGE 

(SPECIAL THANX TO CRAIG FOR THE PHOTOS)