JOYOUS NEWS FOR ‘THE NUFC MAD-SAD GROUNDHOPPERS!”

 *Posted ‘7:24pm bells’ Tuezday 15th Octobaa 2024

"NEW GROOND!---NEW GROOND!"

News that wor Premyaa Leegue home game v The Liverbirds will stay at its original date of Wedinzday 4th Decembaa for live telly on Amazon Prime haz been conformed and iz joyous news az it meenz that the game doesnt clash with wor U21s game at Boston United the day before!

A groond we have never seen The Toon play on! (This will actually be wor 2nd groond visited in Boston!)

The othaa fixtures for live telly have aalso been released (a day late!) for Decembaa and January and this will be a crazy time for 'The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers'

Wor new hectic itinerary iz below: (Deep breath!) 

(Premyaa Leegue games unless stated)

OCTOBAA:

Sat 19  3:00  Nee Where Near Brightin  H  nee telly

Sun 27  2:00 The Chelsee Pensioners  A  Sky

Wed 30  7:45  The Chelsee Pensioners (Leegue Cup)  H  Sky

NOVEMBAA:

Sat 2 12:30  The Arse  H  TNT

Tue 5  7:45  Tamworth v U21s in National Leegue Cup  nee telly

Sun 10  2:00  The Friar Tuck Mob of Nottingham  A  Sky

Mun 25  8:00  The Jellied Eels Mob of West Ham  H  Sky

Sat 30  3:00  The Cristil Paliss Prats  A  nee telly

DECEMBAA

Tue 3  7:30  Boston United v U21s in National Leegue Cup  nee telly

Wed 4  7:30  The Liverbirds  H  Amazon Prime

Sat 7  3:00  The Brentfaad Beez Kneez  A  nee telly

Sat 14  3:00 The Basil Brush Brigade of Lestaa  H  nee telly

Sat 21  3:00  Ipswich Toon  A  nee telly

Thu 26  3:00  The Hazbeenz and Villians  H   Amazon Prime

Mun 30th  8:00  Moan U  A  Sky

JANUARY 2025:

Sat 4  12:30  Sporzz  A  TNT

Sat 11-Sun 12  FA CUP 3rd roond  ????

Wed 15  7:30  Wolverhampton Wanabeez  H  TNT

Sat 18  12:30  The Cherry Pickers of Bournemoooth  H  TNT

Sat 25  3:00   The Simon Templar Mob of Sooothampton  A  nee telly 

 

A DIP INTO THE GEORDIE TIMES ARCHIVES. GROUND NUMBER 15

 *Posted ‘high noon bells 🔔’ Tuesday 15th Octobaa 2024

The Premyaa Leegue fixture changes for Decembaa and January were supposed to come oot yesterday—-but DIDN’T!

So to fill a bit of time in av downloaded a game from 1971 at Blackpool, which woz missin from mee archive match reports from 53 years ago! (See below!)👇 

015 bloomfield road, blackpool

 

THE BLACKPOOL KOP AND TOWER AZ IT LOOKED IN 1971

SJP. THE OLDEST CURRENT TOP FLIGHT GROOND IN THE WORLD!

 *Posted ‘high noon bells’ Wedinzday 9th Octobaa 2024

THE OLD WEST STAND (NOW THE MILBURN STAND) IN 1901 (NUFC WON 1-0 IN FRONT OF A 20,000 CROWD)

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

THE NUFC MAGICAL MYSTERY PUB CRAWL TOUR 2024-2025

 Posted periodically (az we tick the away groonds off on wor travels), from August 2024 onwards

The NUFC away pub crawl tour iz underway and so far we have visited 22 different drinkin dens at 7 away games! (5 first team games and 2 U21s games) 

Premyaa Leegue games, unless stated.

001 tams bar, south shields (south shields v nufc u21s)

002 1st cloud arena chilled beer bar (south shields v nufc u21s)

003 friend at hand, london (bmouth game)

004 marquis of cornwall, london (bmouth game)

005 lord john russell, london (bmouth game)

006 norfolk arms, london (bmouth game)

007 brewhouse and kitchen, pokesdown (bmouth game)

008 the way outback, pokesdown (bmouth game)

009 waterloo tap, london (bmouth game)

010 vat and fiddle, nottingham (forest, leegue cup game)

011 the remarkable hare, matlock (derby u21s v nufc u21s game)

012 matlock sports and social club, matlock (derby u21s v nufc u21s game)

013 the picturehouse, stafford (wolves game)

014 the yard, stafford (wolves game)

015 the yard, stafford (wolves game)

016 east putney tavern, london (fulham game)

017 spotted horse, london (fulham game)

018 the vault (below putney pies), london (fulham game)

019 craft beer co., london (fulham game)

020 the mill bar and kitchen, manchester (everton game)

021 the barlow arms, liverpool (everton game)

022 the north western, liverpool (everton game)

THE TOFFEE NOSES 0. THE TOON 0 *** PREMYAA LEEGUE 2024-2025

 *Posted ‘high noon 🔔 bells’ Munday 7th Octobaa 2024 Updated ‘7:00pm 🛎️s’

NUFC IN THE WHITE AND GREEN AWAY STRIP

“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!

MANCHESTER PICCADILLY

LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL LIME STREET

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! 🤪👍🏁

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!’

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

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!

ground number 16. goodison park everton