HEATON STAN 1. DUNSTON BAD BLUE BOYS 0 *** NORTHERN PREMYAA LEEGUE EAST DIVISION

 Posted ‘high noon 🔔 bells’ Thorzday 13th February 2025

STAN IN BLACK N WHITE STRIPES. DUNSTON IN AALL RED STRIP

“THE ‘HEAT’ IZ ON!”

This game woz played last Friday between The Stan and The Bad Blue Boys who’s groonds are 4 miles apart separated by the river Tyne! (Been SO busy with Toon stuff that aa havvint had time tih dee the match report til now!)

Dunston were flying high and Heaton were flying low in the Leegue table!

Played in absolutely freeezin conditions at Grounsell Park, High Heaton, in the east end of The Toon!---We had doubts wether the match would be on coz off the freezin conditions!

But! fear not!--- 'The HEAT woz on!' ("sic!")

A large crowd estimated by me to be in the high hundreds were in attendance for this ‘River Tyne derby’

Az you will probably naa if your a regular reeder of the daft website, I follow Dunston when NUFC arnt playin and this game woz sandwiched between wor Leegue Cup semi final win v The Arseholes and wor FA Cup win v Bormingham!

A’d been here before to watch NUFC U21s, but never to see Dunston, so as just had to gan!

It wasn’t a very good game and Stan won it in the dying moments of the 2nd half to the delight of their supporters in their fight against relegation, while this put a dent in Dunston’s play off hopes!

The sequence of events happened like this:

13th minute: Stan hit the post but the baall boonces to safety

19th minute: Big chance for The Bad Blue Boys (Playin in aall RED) but number 9 'Sado' misses the target!

The rest of the half woz mundane to say the least and the teams went in 0-0 at the half time interval!

48th minute: O'Donnell shoots for Dunston from inside the box but his shot iz saved by Brass in The Stan goal!

76th minute: Two huge blocks and a massive save from  in the visitors goal from Dan Lowson , keeps the score goalless!

78th minute: Another huge save from Lowson!

88th minute: Devitt hits the post for Dunston with a close range heeder! --still 0-0!

89th minute: Play swings to the other side of the pitch and Errington scores from close in to win the contest for Heaton Stan!---Tough on Dunston! 

The happy Stan fans sing: "We are stayin' up!---We are stayin' up!

AA NEVAA REALISED THAT DUNSTON HAD CHANGED THEIR NAME TO PONTEFRACT COLLIERIES?🤔

The attendance woz given az 513---looked aboot 800 to me!

Not a bad crowd, for a game played on a freeezin caad Friday neet with infequent rain comin’ doon!

PS: This woz me 74th different groond watchin’ The Dunston 'Bad Blue Boys'!🤪👍🏟

THE PRE MATCH PUB CRAWL!

THE JUNCTION, IN THE HAYMARKET, IN THE TOON

THE MILLSTONE, SOOTH GOSFORTH

THE VICTORY, SOOTH GOSFORTH

THE BRANDLING VILLA, SOOTH GOSFORTH

DEER IN THE DENE HIGH HEATON

NATIONAL LEEGUE CUP *** POSSIBLE NEW GROONDS FOR 'THE NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS'!?

 Posted '7:00pm bells' Wedinzday 12th February 2025 

THE RECREATION GROOND, ALDERSHOT ***                                                                            A FORMER FUTBAALL LEEGUE GROOND

The National Leegue Cup group stage haz now concluded!

NUFC U21s topped wor group and gan into the knockoot stage alang with Moan U U21s, Brightin U21s, Leedz U21s, Aldershot, Braintree, Altrincham and Sutton United!

The U21 teams cannit play each other, so that meeenz that we can anly play The National Leegue sides in the knockoot roonds at THEIR groonds!

We've been to Altrincham before (to watch wor resorves play Moan U resorves), but have NEVER been to Aldershot, Braintree or Sutton!

Neebody seemz to naa if the draw iz regionalised, OR what happens if AALL the U21 sides gan through to the semi-finals--OR even naa where the final itself will be played???

A total farce if yoo ask us, az attendances have been terrible!---With every one of the 3 National Leegue sides we have played v Tamworth, Boston and even the Tyne Bridge derby v Gatesheed attractin under 500 spectators!(386, 387 and 470 resptively=1,243 in total, for an poltry average gate of  just 414.33!)

GONE TO POT!

 Posted ‘high noon bells’ 🔔 Wedinzday 12th February 2025

WEMBLEY 2023---VIEW FROM MEE SEAT!---GET THE FLAGS OOT FOR THE LADS!

NUFC have been allocated just ower 32,000 tickets for the Leegue Cup final and will occupy the west end of the stadium az we did in 2023 v Moan U

The Liverbirds have the same allocation!

E mails were sent oot to fans who are in the forst 3 pots who can apply for tickets this week! (Season ticket holders anly!)

Pot 1 criteria: Wembley tickets are now on sale to season ticket holders who signed up for the cup schemes and have been to 5 of the 6 Leegue Cup ties we have played this season!

Pot 2: Tomorrow at ‘high noon bells’ 🔔 those who have been to 4 of the 6 ties!

Pot 3: 3 of the 6 on Friday etc etc!

Pots 4,5,6: Will gan into the ballot on Saturday!  ( Best of luck! )🤞 

THE ORIGINAL GEORDIE TIMES *** RIP MALLA! (LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN)

Reposted '6:00pm bells' Tuezday 11th February 2025               (1st published in 2011)

RIP MALLA🪦---THE ORIGINAL GEORDIE TIMES EDITOR!

THE GEORDIE TIMES (an explanation) (1st published in 2011)

< Many many moons ago a group of intrepid Geordies heeded for ‘The Smoke’ (London) in search of graft

They consisted of painters, decorators, plumbers, brickies and plonkies! and they based themsels in the Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith area’s of west London

One of their number, namely, ‘Malla’ (wheeze keys Clayton) had a ‘brainwave’ one day (or should that be ‘brainWARP’?) and decided tih de a twice fortnightly newspaper (as opposed to once a week!) aboot the ‘exploits’ of this incandesant clan (whatever that meeenz?) in cartoon form and caalled it ‘The Geordie Times’

NOT exactly in the ‘Auf Wiedersehen Pet!’ mould, of Jimmy Nail and Dennis, they were more like the, ‘Auf To ‘The Smoke’ Pet!’ ‘mould’ of Laurel and Hardy!

In total ten issues were published on a clapped oot photo copier and it carried on until they eventually got homesick and came back ‘yem’ to work and sadly this scurrilous publication ceased production.---

UNTIL!----

In 1995 aa decided to de a fanzine of the same name and two issues were published before ‘time was caalled’ as it was too much hassle sellin’ them and (more importantlee!) it wasted valuable drinkin’ time in the process!

HOWEVER!---

Aa was asked by Newcastle United programme editor, one ‘Jethro’ Tully to de the fan page in the match programme for season 2005-2006 which was caalled ‘FINK THE FAN’.

It was a great success but unfortunately because of ‘budget cuts’ the fan page was axed and replaced by a page of adverts!?

Many fans have commented just how much they liked and enjoyed the stories so a’ve decided to rezzarect ‘The Geordie Times’ for a thord time and publish mee aan away match reports from the past and the present, as in the programme

Frequency of  'The Geordie Times Online'
1: Visit to a new ground (compulsary!)
2: When sommik gans competleee wrang (quite often!)
3: When 'The Toon' win a 'major'? trophy (very rarely!)

At least ONE story per new groond will be included and as a’v been to ower 270 groonds to watch The Toon it will tek iz quite a lang time to ‘de them aall’ (Now 372 groonds in 2025)

<(Many many moons infact!)

No stone will be left untorned (I repeat!) No! stone! will be left untorned in our quest to give our huge and loyal reeedership the quality production that they dizorve (aall ten of you!)

(Now 500 plus per day on average)

‘The Geordie Times’ has been re-born yet again and the rest (as they say!) is historeeee!

Cheers!

©Fink™ (the mad-sad gr☺undh☺pper!) 

We have just foond oot that Malla sadly died 2 weeks ago and he will be greatly missed by aall who knew him! 

RIP OLD MATE!🪦



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"COME IN NUMBER 9!"

 Posted ‘7:00pm 🛎️bells’ Munday 10th February 2025

The draw for the FA Cup 5th roond tex place in just a few minutes on The ‘One Show’ on BBC1!

NUFC are baall number 9 and the best case synario iz a HOME draw against a lower Leegue side-- and the worst case synario iz an away game at Plymith, Brightin, Bournemooth, Exeter or yet anothaa London away day!

The anly place left where 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers' have never seen wor 1st team play iz Millwaall's New Den, although we HAVE seen wor youth team play there before!

Keep your fingers🤞 (and toes!🦶crossed for a game at SJP!

The Geordie Times will publish wor opponents az soon az we find oot in a few minutes time!

"Watch this space!👇---Watch this space!👇

NUFC ARE AT HOME TO BRIGHTIN!🤪👍🏁

HALLELUJAH! JOHN TUDOR! JOHN TUDOR! RIP🪦

 Posted ‘high noon bells’ 🔔 Munday 10th February 2025

For the 3rd time in just a couple of weeks another former NUFC star player haz passed away! (Alang with Alan Shoulder and Gordon Marshall)

This time it’s prolific striker John Tudor who famously partnered Supermac back in the 1970s!

In total he made 220 appearances and scored 73 goals! It should have been 74 but hiz spectacular divin heeder v Forest in the infamous FA Cup tie in 1974 woz expunged from the record books because of the riot which stopped the game! (See top photo)

NUFC won 4-3 but the FA ordered that the game should be replayed because of the ‘said’ riot!

RIP 🪦 John. Lost but not forgotten!

THE BRUMMIE BLUE NOSES 2. THE TOON 3 *** FA CUP 4th ROOND

 Posted ‘high noon 🛎️ bells’ Sunday 9th February 2025 ( on the train back!)

THE RUSSIAN LINESMAN MARK 2!

There woz total chaos az we tried to get to the tornstiles az the 5,000 Toon fans were forced to gan through 2 narrow entrances to get searched!

We eventually got in to witness a crap 💩 light show where they switch the lights off and on like in a neet club disco, firework 🧨 display which went doon like a damp squid, flame 🔥throwers and some absolutely terrible hip hop ‘none music’ played at full blast ower the loudspeakers! And I thought I woz gannin to a futbaall match!???

‘Steady Eddie’ had made 9 changes from the team that beat The Arseholes 2-0 through the week and we paid a heavy price for that within a minute of the kick off!

The Brummie fans were really up for it az they created a ‘bear pit’ atmosphere! We hardly had time to draw breath before the forst goal woz scored after aboot 45 seconds, when a terrible mix up in the Toon  defence let in Laird, who tapped the baall ower the line to put the Leegue 1 side 1-0 up from a corner kick!—Great start!

Bormingham had a chance not lang after to double their lead, but fluffed their lines when a gappin goal chance went abeggin!

And then in the 22nd minute az we attacked the far goal from us, controversy unfolded when a Joe Willock shot went close and az the game continued the linesman on the right hand side of the pitch told the ref that Willock’s shot HAD crossed the goal line!—and the goal woz given to the astonishment of the Toon fans who then celebrated wildly after a brief silence!

Az the still picture below shows the baall defiantly DIDN’T cross the line and we had ‘got oot of jail’! (Shades of the Russians linesman in the 1966 World Cup final, for Geoff Hurst’s 3rd goal, which hit the bar and bounced off the goal line!)

THIER GOALIE WOZ BEHIND THE LINE BUT THE BAALL WASZZINT!

5minutes later and NUFC went 2-1 up when a Livramento cross eventually foond Callum Wilson and stroked the baall into the net!

Not to be outdone The Blue Noses equalised in the 40th minute when Iwata hit an unstoppable shot past The Pope in the Toinvgial from 25 yards oot! HT 2-2!

After a few scares in 2nd period and after a lang wait while a Brummie player woz stretched off with a bad leg injury, we finally made the final breakthrough when it looked like the game would gan to dreaded extra time!

Joe Willock latched onto a Longstaff baall and from a tight angle, put hiz shot through their goalie’s legs and into the the net with 8 minutes left on the clock, much to the relief of the Toon faithful and players alike!

Due to the bad injury mentioned 12 minutes added time woz played and after a couple of scares, when Pope made good saves the ref finally blew for full time az we aall celebrated!

Attendance: 27,994 ((5,000 relieved Toon fans!—many who had missed the kick off and the first goal, due to the chaotic entry to the away end!)

The draw for this he 5th roond tex place on ‘The One Show’ at 7:10pm 🛎️s onwards on BBC1 on Munday neet!

PS: This woz wor SIXTH away win in a row in 3 different competitions!

PUB CRAWL PHOTOS! 

4 this time! (Runnin' total for season 58 different drinkin dens)

YORK STATION ON THE WAY TO BIRMINGHAM!

THE WELLY BIRMINGHAM 👆👇

             

One of wor company who shall remain nameless caalled Graham, bought a bottle of Becks in ‘The Welly’ and woz ower the moon that it woz anly £2.50 (Normally £5 a bottle!). ‘Ower the moon’—-until!—one of the lads pointed to the bottom of the label where it said ‘Alcohol free’!  He woz not a ‘happy bunny’ to say the least!😂

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NEWALL STREET TAVERN BIRMINGHAM

QUEENS ARMS BIRMINGHAM 👇👆

THE BRUMMIE BLUE NOSES V THE TOON *** FA CUP 4th ROOND ••• TEATIME TODAY!

 Posted ‘9:00am🔔 bells’ Saturday 8th February 2025

The cup games are comin up thick and fast az we move switch from Leegue Cup on Wedinzday to FA Cup today!

We are on the train to Bormingham where we play The Blue Noses at ‘5:45 🛎️s’ at St Andrews!

Aall 5,000 ticket were snapped up straight away and the game iz a complete selloot! (29,000 me Finx?🤔)

Divvint naa what strength side ‘Steady Eddie’ will play, but it should be strong enough to see off the Leegue 1 side! (Famous last words!)

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

APU “Watch this space!”

10th TIME LUCKY?

 Posted ‘3:00pm 🔔bells’ Friday 7th February 2025

THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE 2 YEARS AGO!

So it’s The Liverbirds who we will meet in The Leegue Cup final on Sunday March 16th at Wembley!

Wembley really iz an unlucky groond for NUFC az we have lost wor last NINE competitive games there since 1974! (This doesn’t include the ridiculous Futbaall Leegue Centenary Tournament in 1988 when we played 20 minutes each way v Livaapool (won) and Tranmere (lost!)

The sorry tales of woe are az follows! ( And The Geordie Times woz at each and every one of them!🥶)

1974 FA Cup final. LOST!

1976 Leegue Cup final. LOST!

1996 Charity Shield. LOST!

1998 FA Cup final. LOST!

1999 FA Cup final. LOST!

2000 FA Cup semi final. LOST!

2023 Leegue Cup final. LOST!

Plus 2 Premyaa Leegue games v Sporz, who played there while their new stadium woz gettin built.   LOST! LOST!

We were underdogs in every one of those games—and guess what?—we will be underdogs again v Livaapoool!

BUT! If we can play like we did against The Arseholes, then there iz nee reason why we cannit break this ‘jinx’ and lift wor forst domestic trophy for 70 years!

KEEP THE FAITH!

HOWAY THE LADS!🤪👍🏁

RIP GORDON AND ROGER! 🪦

 Posted ‘high noon bells 🔔’ Friday 7th February 2025

Former Toon Goalie from the 1960s Gordon Marshall and former NUFC London Supporters Club Chairman Roger Douglass have both passed away!

Gordon woz the forst Toon goalie I saw, when startin’ to gan to games in the 1960s!

I met Roger loads of times at London away games, although I never knew hiz name, he woz very tall and a fanatical Toon fan!

I never saw hiz familiar face this season and wondered why?

Sadly I now hear he had cancer and died a couple of weeks ago!

RIP LADS! 🪦 Lost but not forgotten!