A WOR ZONE OR A WAR ZONE?

Written on 15/11/2025
the geordie times online (newcastle united archive fanzine)

 Posted ‘high noon ? bells ?’ Saturday 15th Novembaa 2025

“STAB POOOF VESTS AT THE READY!”

NUFC have issued warnings to Toon fans who are travelling to Marseille a week next Tuezday, NOT to gan to certain places and warnin that any fans planning to gan to the NUFC U19s game, which kicks off at ‘2.30 bells ?’ in Martiguas 22 miles (45km) from The Orange Velodrome in Marseille, that this is impossible to do! (NOT good news for ‘The NUFC mad-sad groundhoppers’ who planned to dee both games!)

NUFC have said this on their website: ⬇️

Supporters are unable to attend the youth league fixture due to the requirements that fans MUST be at the meeting point no later than 16.30!— with a warning that any fans who torn up after the 4.30pm ? bells’ deadline, will NOT be allowed to attend the game! (That’s 4 and a half hours before the game kicks off at 9.00 bells ?’)

We will then be herded like sheep ? onto a Metro train ? straight to the groond some 15 minutes later!

Absolutely ridiculous to be forced to gan to this groond that lang before the start!⬇️

Below iz a list of items that will not be allowed into the stadium, includin, guns, long bladed swords/machetes, hammers, crash helmets (for protection against flyin missiles!)—- plus, on top of that, you cannit take your Alsatian dogs with you! (Az if we would!) ⬇️

Then after the game we are told that we will be hearded back into the Metro trains in groups of 500 after bein’ locked in for at least an hour!— by the time the last of the 3,000 Toon Travellers eventually get onto the Metro, it will be 2 HOURS after the first batch, back to the meeting point! (According to the NUFC website!)
It makes you wonder if aall this unnecessary ridiculous hassle iz worth it!?— It’s supposed to be a futbaall match!—-not a fcukin war zone! ??????⚔️

PS: We hear that ‘NUFC mad-sad groundhopper’ ‘Glennn from Ashington’ IZ planning to dee both games—he will get to the meeting point (22 miles(45km) in a taxi!?€€€) well after the deadline and ‘gamble’ that the local ‘dibble’ ?‍♂️ will let him through!
A massive gamble ? that the rest of us arnt willing to to take!
Best of luck Glennn! ?? 

The last time we were here 21 years ago the very nice Marseille Ultras set a stand on fire ? to keep the Toon fans warm in the fenced in area beside them, on a chilly neet in southern France!—Very nice of them to be so kind and friendly! ⬇️