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)
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
SJP. THE OLDEST CURRENT TOP FLIGHT GROOND IN THE WORLD!
*Posted ‘high noon bells’ Wedinzday 9th Octobaa 2024
St. James' Park iz currently the oldest top flight football groond in the world, having opened 144 years ago in 1880.
Current Premyaa Leegue clubs who have played at the same grounds since the 19th century
1880 St. James’ Park 1880-1884 Newcastle Rangers, 1886-1892 Newcastle West End, 1892 Newcastle East End, 1892 Newcastle United
1884 Anfield 1884-1892 Everton, 1892 Liverpool)
1884 Portman Road Ipswich Town
1889 Molineux Wolves
1892 Goodison Park Everton
1896 Craven Cottage Fulham
1897 Villa Park Aston Villa
1898 City Ground Nottingham Forest
Footnote: Stamford Bridge (Chelsea) was opened in 1877 as an athletics stadium---Football wasn't played there til 1905 when Chelsea were formed
Monday, 7 October 2024
THE TOFFEE NOSES 0. THE TOON 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2024-2025 (LAST EVER VISIT)
*Posted ‘high noon 🔔 bells’ Munday 7th Octobaa 2024 Updated ‘7:00pm 🛎️s’
“BLANKETY BLANK!”
This woz wor last ever visit to Goodison Park in the Leegue, before The Toffee Noses move to their new abode beside the river Mersey next season!
Anothaa poor game when the finishing touch of puttin the baall into the back of the net didn’t happen despite numerous chances from various players! (We counted 8 shots in the 2nd half that were not on target!)
The unluckiest shot though, woz Bruno’s shot in the first half, which woz cleared off the line by an Evaatin defender!
In the 35th minute we were awarded a penalty when Tonali woz fouled in the box by Tarkowski. (Alang VAR check resulted in the ref pointing to the spot!)
Anthony Gordon the man Evertonians love to hate took it against Pickford the man Toon fans love to hate!
Unfortunately Gordon shot to the right with a weak effort which woz saved by the SMB which brought a huge roar from the home fans az we held wor heads in wor hands!
Apart from that, in the 2nd half, shots by Joelinton, Gordon and Murphy went wide and the game petered oot into a goalless draw!
(Everton had then missed an open goal near the end)
We are definitely missing Isak and Wilson who both would have surely won the game for us!
That’s 7 Premyaa Leegue games played and 6 of them have been poor! Despite this we are still in 7th place in the table with 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat! (Includin the Leegue Cup we have lost just ONE oot of NINE!---)
There iz now anothaa International break before we we play wor next game v Brightin a week on Saturday at SJP!
Hopefully both Isak and Wilson are in contention by then!? 🙏🏻
Attendance: 39,265. (3,000 Toon fans)
PUB CRAWL REPORT:
Just 3 boozers this time!
We stopped in a hotel on the outskirts of Manchester (az it woz much cheaper) and got to the match from there!
UPDATED ‘7:00pm 🔔s’
The late news iz that Man City have won their case against The Premyaa Leegue for unfair competition rules!— This shud be good news for the PIF and NUFC to compete with the best! 🤪👍🏁
Saturday, 5 October 2024
THE TOFFEE NOSES V THE TOON *** SATURDAY EVENIN’ @ ‘5:30 🛎️ BELLS’
*Posted ‘6:00am 🛎️ bells’ Saturday 5th Octobaa 2024
🎼THIS COULD BE THE LAST TIME!🎼
We heed for Merseyside for the first time this season and it will probably be the last time we will ever play at Goodison Park!
Their brand spankin’ new groond 2 miles away on the banks of the Mersey iz near completion and will be open for the start of next season!
Like NUFC, who we ‘Fink’? will move from SJP in the near future, it’s inevitable that new stadiums with at least 20,000 corporate fans ARE the future! (Sadly!)
I first went to see The Toon play at ‘The Grand Old Lady’ (Az Evertonians affectionately caall it) 53 years ago and apart from The Park End the rest of the groond looks exactly the same today! A relic of the orly 20th century!
Anyway! enough of that!—Wor team line up today iz expected to be missin Isak, who iz still recover in’ from a toe injury, while both Pope and Schar are expected to feature!
Joelinton iz one bookin away from a one game suspension!
Because the trains are fcuked up again, we will be travellin’ doon in mee ‘canny tranny’ (The last train back from Livaapool Lime Street will now anly gan az far az York—and if yoo miss the connection from the last London train, yoo will be stranded!)🥶
A full ‘Geordie Times’ match and booze report will appear here on Munday—So yoo can catch up on the game ‘second hand, first!’
Friday, 4 October 2024
THE ANLY 3 OPTIONS FOR NUFC STADIUM
*Posted ‘1:00am 🛎️ bells’ Friday 4th Octobaa 2024
“TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION!”
The club’s feezability study and once in a generation investment for the revamp or relocation of NUFC,will be made in orly 2025!
Az far az we are concerned there are anly 3 options!
👆
OPTION 1: Stay at iconic SJP and make it az big az possible!
*It will be 144 years this month since futbaall woz first played at SJP by Newcastle Rangers (16th Octobaa 1880)
*NUFC have played there for 132 years, since we were formed in 1892!
We have never played anywhere else!
OPTION 2: Build a new stadium ‘next door’ in Leazes Park next to Barrack Road! 👇
OPTION 3: Build and new stadium on the Arena site next to the Redheugh bridge! 👇
‘Oot of Toon’ options like a stadium near Toon Airport would be a disaster for fans and businesses alike!
NUFC manager haz said that:“Leaving St. James’ Park would feel like betrayal!”
EDDIE HOWE
Thursday, 3 October 2024
ARCHIVE GROUNDS LIST TO BE UPDATED
*Posted ‘7:00pm 🛎️ bells’ Thirzday 3rd Octobaa 2024
I am busy updating’ mee missin groond reports from mee archive list and one of those missin woz mee first ever visit to Goodison Park 53 years ago in 1971
Az this Saturday could well be wor last ever visit to Goodison Park, a now relic of the 20th century! (see the above date on the Bullens Road Stand plaque from 98 years ago!)
When aa first visited Goodison aall those years ago it woz considered one the best stadiums in Britain and they had just built a triple decker stand which looked fantastic at the time!—How times change!
They move to their brand new stadium by the river Mersey next season and unless we draw them in the FA Cup away, this will be wor last ever visit to ‘The Grand Old Lady’ (Wonder if they’ll name their new abode ‘The Brand New Lady’?)
NUFC aalso won wor first ever FA Cup here in 1910 in a 2-0 final replay win ower Barnsley! 🏆
A bit sad really, but the times they are a’changin!
Mee match report from 1971 will appear below this article very soon!
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
NUFC U21s PLAY IN FRONT OF A RECORD LOW CROWD IN NATIONAL LEEGUE CUP!
*Posted ‘11:00pm 🔔 bells’ Wedinzday 2nd Octobaa 2024
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Obviously NUFC fans were at SJP to watch wor first team play AFC Wimbledon instead, az the 2 games clashed!
The competition for Premyaa Leegue and Chamionship U21sides v National Leegue first teams away haz went doon like a lead balloon and the planned boycotts of these games looks like it’s happened aalready!
Quite simply none leegue clubs fans DIVVINT want their clubs to play academy teams from the top 2 divisions and have voted with their feet accordingly!
In other games in NUFCs group ‘C’, Boston got a crowd of 467 v Leeds U21s and Gatesheed got a crowd of 253 v the Smoggies U21s!
It’s a great competition for ‘The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers’ though, az we get to visit at least 2 new groonds at Tamworth and Boston (Luckily we have been to Halifax many moons ago to watch NUFC resorves v Leeds resorves)
Meez got a feelin that this season will be the first and last in that competition!
THE TOON 1. THE WOMBLES 0 *** LEEGUE CUP 3rd ROOND
*Posted ‘1:01pm 🛎️ bells’ Wedinzday 2nd Octobaa 2024
“FAB PUTS US THROUGH IN A NOT SO FAB GAME!”
The Wombles, backed by 1,400 fans high up in the Gods of The Leazes End, put 11 men behind the baall from ‘the off’, which made it very difficult for a much changed Toon side, from the one that drew 1-1 with Man City on Saturday! (See team startin line up below)
The howlin wind didn’t help eethaa, az new boy Osula led the line for us!
The breakthrough didn’t come til first half stoppage time when NUFC were awarded a penalty at The Leazes End!
Fabian Schar scored from the penalty spot after Miggy Almiron woz hacked doon in the box by Pigott with a ‘pig’ 🐷 of a challenge!(sic!)
At first the ref didn’t give it, but the linesman on The East Stand side waved his flag and after a quick discussion between the two of them, the ref pointed to the spot and ‘Fab’ made me misstayk az he side footed the baall into the net!👇
HT 1-0 up
But in reality this woz a terrible lack lustre performance from us, against The Wombles, who’s fan never stopped singin throughout the match!
Az mentioned above, Wimbledon packed 11 players behind the baall and az far az i can remember they didn’t have one shot on goal throughout the match!?
Dubravka in The Toon goal took a bad knock in the first half and woz replaced by Vlachodimos 👈(hope av sppelt that reet?) at the restart!
Wimbledon’s anly answer in the 2nd period woz to lob lang throws into the box and hope for the best!
The ‘best’ didn’t happen and the game petered oot with the penalty the anly difference between us and the Leegue 2 outfit!
It’s Chelseee at SJP in the next roond at the end of this month, who will be much tougher opponents for sure!
Attendance: 51,739 (1,400 Wombles az mentioned above)
A THANKYOU FROM WOMBLES FANS FOR THE HELP WITH THE PITCH REPAIRS TO THEIR STADIUM! AND 45% OF THE GATE RECEIPTS!
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
THE TOON V THE WOMBLES *** LEEGUE CUP 3rd ROOND*** TOONEET!
*Posted ‘high noon 🔔 bells’ Tuesday 1st Octobaa 2024
SOME OF THE 1,500 OR SO WOMBLES WHO WILL BE AT SJP TOONEET!
The much publicised Leegue Cup tie takes place at ‘7:45 🛎️ bells’ at SJP after being moved from Plough Lane because of extensive flooding!
Steady Eddie haz hinted that there will some changes from the line up against Man City on Saturday and we predict that Osula will lead the line!?
If the scores are level after 90 minutes a penalty shootout will decide the winners—-Nee 30 mins extra time! (Thank God!—hate it!)
The reward for the winners iz a home tie against The Chelseee Pensioners (their old nickname)
There will of course be a full Geordie Times match report sometime on Wedinzday
Az per usual “Watch this space!”
PS: NUFC U21s are in action az well tooneet at The Shay in Halifax for a National Leegue Cup game v AFC Halifax!
Luckily this iz a groond ‘The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers’ have been tee to watch The Toon resorves play Leeds resorves many many Moons 🌛ago! 🌝
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