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Last trip to Wembley for me was the semi-final against Chelsea in 2000 and we drank outside some bar at Baker Street. Got a bit lairy with us on one side of the road and Chelsea fans on the other side. Cant remember at all the name of the pub though.

As someone who grew up on the Gallowgate corner, I always wished that the Gallowgate had a roof back then. Like you say, the noise it could make even without a roof was fantastic. With a roof it would have been unreal. It's the one thing I really envied the Mackems for back then, with the roof that they had over the Fulwell.

Really? I would have been at that game and have no memory of that happening. I'm not saying that it could never go quiet but I don't remember it being so consistently silent like it is these days. And you can guarantee that 90s SJP would have been rocking last night. In the 2nd half the crowd would have picked up on the team struggling to find their rhythm and roared them on to give them a lift. Last night in that half the crowd sat like nervous sheep and waited for something to happen. We can probably put last night down to nerves but it's not an isolated incident to witness such a poor atmosphere, so something has got to change.

You don't have to go back to the days of the terraces for when the atmosphere at games was great. The first 6 years of our time in the PL SJP was a bearpit, the best atmosphere in the country by a long way, and never went quiet in the way it does now. The expansion spoiled that to a degree but even for another 10 years it was still a lot better than what we witness now. The desertion of the 10k a few years ago has really damaged the SJP atmosphere as its clear that the 10k included a lot of the more vocal supporters. And now we have all of this manufactured music dirge making things even worse.

If we aren't careful then people are going to start turning up at every game to witness an atmosphere rather than creating one. The atmosphere at home games is simply becoming too manufactured. The pre and post match music needs to go and there needs to be a drastic reshuffle of seats to make the entire existing Gallowgate a safe-standing section.

Lovely message that. On a footballing level I'm not sad to see him go but hope the remaining years of his career are really good ones.

Wilson looks very frustrated with his own performances at the moment. When subbed he looks seriously pissed off. Would be nice to for him to make up for these sub-par performances in the Liverpool & Cup Final games.

The occasion got to everyone in the 2nd half I think, players & fans alike. It will be a good learning experience for the team on how to manage the psychological aspect of a huge occasion like that and, hopefully, will help them deal with the final better.

It did a bit actually. I can't stand the cunt and the fucking blaring music. It's fucking awful.

Thought he was magnificent in the first 30 mins and he has definitely been more aggressive in recent games. Last night was a lesson to just reign that aggression in a tiny bit.

That just sums up how ridiculously loud the song was played and therefore drowned out the actual supporters singing. The f'cking DJ has got to be given the boot. There is far too much music played at SJP anyway but this idiot was on another level for that last night. Is it the same bloke who is in control of music and makes match announcements etc?

Got the 27th off work now. One way or another I'm going to be in a complete state and in no way fit for work. I've got a mate who is a ST holder and isn't planning on going to Wembley so I might actually be able to get his ticket. He only went to last night's game though so not sure if he will even get a Wembley ticket?

That’s because the home atmosphere at most PL grounds is shit too. But that doesn’t mean we should accept it. I have a strong feeling that a SJP expansion is going to be announced soon. And we need to make sure that a major reorganisation of fans is done while it happens because once all fans are in place after the expansion it will be impossible to shift them. The idiot who is in charge of the PA needs to get the chop too. Drop all the music and let an actual football atmosphere build & climax naturally. The fucking idiot even spoiled the final whistle atmosphere by playing que sera at 1 million decibels. I swear he would play music throughout the entire game if he could, the prick.

Is this Sabitzer any good? Last thing we need is Man U being even stronger for the final FFS.

Completely true. And there is going to need to be a big rethink by the club on how to turn this around. If they expand the Gallowgate to Level 7 then there has to be a big resuffle of season ticket holders and the entire existing Gallowgate below Level 7 to be made into a safe-standing singing end. As a fanbase our songbook is dreadful at home and a newly created Kop end can help remedy that.

Jesus, what a wretched 2nd half, the occasion totally got to them in that half. Need to learn how to handle pressure situations like that better as the final will be even more intense. First 25 mins was magnificent though and thats what they need to focus on...play like they did for the remaining 65 mins against Man U though and it will be curtains.

This is really encouraging news and hopefully the beginning of getting the whole thing thrown out.

Forest fans....."No thanks, don't want him" https://www.forestforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/jonjo-shelvey.51034/page-3 Sorry lads n lasses, seems like your getting him. Delighted to see the back of him, personally.

Punching, somewhat

The fleece would be fine. It’s the Air Max 95s he needs to get in the sea for.

We definitely need to take Rigg off them, but then should loan him back out. But we need to get him now or we will be giving them £30m+ for him in 3 years time.

Aye we need to get him bought. Him and his Dad are NUFC fans but his brother supports Sunlun. Interesting dynamic.

It's one of the biggest and most active football forums on the internet. Why would it not be an accurate representation of SAFC's support?

1) Seeing a young Paul Gascoigne run rings around seasoned midfield pros like Paul McGrath - 1987. Gazza in his fearless young pomp was an incredible sight to see. 2) David Kelly SJP goal v Portsmouth - 1992. On of the most important goals scored in NUFC’s entire history. 3) David Kelly away goal v Grimsby - 1993. Sealing promotion to the PL with about 10000 Geordies down there. 4) Andy Cole SJP hat-trick v Leicester -1993. All of SJP singing the Andy Cole song. 5) 3-1 away win v Oldham - 1993. Sky Sports officially crown us as “The Entertainers”. 6) Andy Cole SJP hat-trick v Liverpool - 1993. Running the Scousers ragged and further cementing our new-found status as the team to watch in the PL. 7) 2-0 away win at Liverpool - 1994. The last ever game in front of the old Kop….and humbling them in it. 8) 5-0 away win at Antwerp - 1994. Back in Europe for the first time in decades and doing it in style. 9) Seeing David Ginola terrorize defences in his first half-season of the PL - 1995. Still the most exciting player I have seen at NUFC when at his peak. 10) Phillipe Albert goal in the 5-0 against Man U - 1996. Almost the peak moment of 90s NUFC. 11) Tino Asprilla hat-trick v Barcelona - 1997. THE peak moment of 90s NUFC. 12) 4-3 SJP win v Man U - 2001. Keane sent off and his phoney “punch’ of Shearer.

It's numpties like this that we, as a collective fanbase, are going to need to keep in their box. Because these fuckwits are the ones who will call radio shows etc and give us a bad name. It's going to be a real challenge going forward to stop the fuckwit element of our support sullying the club's good name.