*Posted ‘2:08pm 🔔 bells’ Saturday 7th September 2024
“WHO ARE YOU?”
With nee Toon games ower this weekend coz of the International break, aa got mee ‘fix’ at Emley in deeepest Yorkshire to watch mee fave non leegue club, Dunston in the FA Trophy (for non leegue clubs) on the Team coach! (Committee at the front, players at the back and supporters in the middle of the coach!) A 225 mile roond trip!
The game woz played on a Friday neet coz Emley share their groond with a cricket club and the Dunston hierarchy were non too pleeezed to have to dee a roond trip to the sooth Yorkshire dales on a Friday neet, instead of Saturday afternooon!
Anyway! the traffic woz heavy az we got onto the notorious A1 near ‘the monstrosity of the north’ ( The Gatesheed Angel!) but after gettin stuck in the queue we eventually got to Washington sorvices to pick some more players and supporters up!
The coach woz rammed and this bloke who I didn’t naa sat beside me!
We got taakin and he told me his son Scott woz playin for Dunston and that’s why he woz gannin!
Later on he said he had played for Newcasil in the orly 1980s but hadn’t made it into the NUFC 1st team due to injury!
“Who are you?” I asked and he replied “Justin Robson”!
The name ‘rang a 🛎️’ and I said that I had probably seen him in wor resorve side aall those years ago! (Fink aboot it🤔—-an old Toon player woz sittin next to me and I didn’t naa who he woz!—the 😳 shame!)
Anyway! We arrived in Emley deep into the countryside and there woz this massive telly transmission mast in the distance on top of a hill!
Taller than both the Eiffel Tower in France and The Shard in London, I woz told!— So that makes it the tallest structure in the UK!
(NO! It’s not ‘The Leanin Tower of Emley’—-The tower doesn’t lean—it’s me takin the photo! Memo: Must drink fewer liquid lubrications! “hic!)😵💫
“THE SKY’Z THE LIMIT!”
Dunston diehards Davy the Silver Fox and his sidekick Barbara had made their own way there by trains and (expensive!) taxis! It had been a total disaster trip for them, az numerous trains were cancelled and they went to the wrang hotel in Huddersfeeeld, where they were stayin! (🙈)
More’disasters’followed az the game kicked off az ‘The Bad Blue Boys’ (playin aall RED!) just didn’t get oot of the blocks and were 2-0 doon lang before half time! (6th and 35th minute goals!)?In total Dunston had just 1 shot on target in this half
The 2nd half woz a bit better, but the linesman on the far side from us kept puttin his flag up for offsides against Dunston, when the players were ‘on side’—-The ref woz useless az well and booked at least 8 players from both sides! (probably more—I lost coont!)
Emley players fained injuries near the end to waste time and they held oot til the final whistle to progress to the next rooond!
Attendance: 410 (including the committee, aboot 25 Dunston fans)
This woz mee 72nd groond watchin The Bad Blue Boys of Dunston!
Not bad for a part time supporter!?ehh!
PS: Justin Robson iz the brother of Bryan Robson who won numerous honours with Moan U!
I trawled through the NUFC record books and found that Justin had scored one goal for wor resorves—a 3-1 win at Leeds 41 years ago in May 1983! (Nee wonder I didn’t recognise him after aall this time!)
He aalso played for West Brom and Gatesheed!
The ‘gargles’ took place here!
The White HorseSpot the telly transmitter mast!?
The Emley clubhoose
NOT
THAT FANTASTIC AZ THERE WOZ A CRICKET PITCH ON THE FAR SIDE OF THIS 3 SIDED GROOND!
