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Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Away
Sun 25 Oct
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Kickoff, Tyneside
14:00 GMT
Kickoff, Las Vegas
07:00 PDT
Alarm set. Coffee, not a pint. Probably.
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The Botman rollercoaster.
Eight hours behind. Five thousand miles away. Up at dawn on a Saturday for a club I had no business falling for. A Las Vegas degenerate, becoming a Geordie one week at a time.
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Hoy a sausage roll. Build a Toon Army. Get hyem.
Anyone in the wrong shirt comes with ye. Twenty-four Geordie words on the way, one lad from down the road at the gates. Biggest army at full time goes on the table.
The table · October 2026See the table1st Eli Crenshaw, Alexandria · army 101 · 4:24Homework
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Lessons learned
9 tasks waitingfrom 14 Geordies8 places
I will never be a full Geordie. Nobody from Vegas gets to say that. But every task a Geordie sets me, I do, with a note, a photo, or a video, and I keep count.
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drink a broon ale
Something else— dave
Learned, week 1 · photo
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Go out drinking in The Bigg Market in winter when it’s -2 wearing nothing but a t-shirt, jeans and trainers - true Geordies NEVER wear a coat.
A rule— Lisa B, JesmondUp next
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Watch all of 206 of Alan Shearer’s goals for Newcastle and pick your top 5 with reactions, we’ll tell you if you’re on the money
Something else— Liam, Dad’s from Pont, lifelong fan now in London
Learned, week 4 · reel
The gap
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The league, one cell a match
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