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On the subject of postponements. Am i right to think new stadiums all have undersoil heating? Surely they have? I'm just wondering if forthcoming trips i'm planning to Leicester and Swansea could be affected. Swansea's on FA cup 5th round day, so could be off for that reason also, i suppose.

Exactly.  How many fans did Sunderland take on their last visit to the San Siro?

 

Probably an unfair comparison that though, I don't think planes had been invented then.

 

Sunderland's biggest ever following in Europe was when they played Swansea away one season.

Last time they played in Europe, there was trouble on one of the ferrys. Someone threw one of the cannons overboard.

Fixtures have been out since June, and they wait til now, after some fans will have paid good money for travel/accomodation on the Saturday, and will now have to pay extra to come on the Friday.  As usual, no thought or consideration given to travelling fans.

Their sponsorship runs out in the middle of a home shirt two-year? Which clever numpty agreed that - oh great, another shirt to buy in the summer.

This is what annoys me most, only getting one years value out of a home shirt instead of the usual two.

Did anyone get that s**** train back to leeds? took about an hour

Aye, hellish journey that was. I was expecting to be on for about 20 mins, how wrong i was. Pulled into Castleford then reversed out to chants of "we're going back to Barnsley". Was supposed to be on the 18:35 from Leeds but missed it as a result.

Surely even Ashley can see that promotion makes us more attractive to potential buyers, and increases the value of the club. He has to make sure we go up,....doesn't he?

Adam Johnson might be out for the mutants, struggling with an apparent hamstring injury

haven't heard any details of the boro/cardiff game other than the result. That's good news if he is out, as is the case with st ledger.

Any win will do. Don't like the thought of them spoiling our unbeaten home record.

Looks like sky have announced their games for January, but anything could happen in Feb. I think the safest games to plan are the ones that have already been moved for TV, so BBC might have us kicking a home game off at 5:15 one sat in Feb. I haven't heard which games beeb are showing yet in the new year, but they seem to stick to Sat/Sunday, although they had Cardiff v Forest kicking off at a crazy 5pm one Sunday. Best keep an eye on Sky/BBC websites until their schedules are updated i suppose.

I feel very proud every time we get a 40,000 + crowd. Exceptional under the circumstances. 

Me too. very proud of the defiance of our fans in difficult times. It seems it's us against the world at times. They can criticise NUFC for many things, but the fans derserve credit.

I was proud of the "Proud to be a geordie. We'll support you ever more" banner seen at the end of the Villa match.

http://www.nufc.com/images/sjp70s-1.jpg

 

1971

:smitten:

 

 

this is how the ground was when i first went.

my first ever game was the opening of the east stand.

my dad took me in the Leazes, east corner when i was a kid.

 

 

can remember seeing the floodlights on from home as well when there was night games on.

 

look at how small the west stand was, it always seemed massive from inside the ground.

Fantastic photo. Those floodlight pylons were great. Sounding really old now, but that's when grounds had carachter, and weren't the souless, identikit things they are nowadys. Now, where's me pipe and slippers?

I hate it when Man Utd are referred to as simply "UNITED", like they're the only United in the world. Also hate so called fans who claim to follow the "big" clubs purely because of their success, even though they live 300 miles away from that city.

I was talking to a Man U fan, from Amble would you believe? When asked how many times he'd been to old trafford, he claimed to have went to every game when they were relegated in 1977. Only then did i point out that they were actually relegated in 1974, and that i know their history better than him.

early 80s,...more 70s, white butchers coats with writing, drawings on them, wtf was that about?

Aye, people with white butchers coats, with the suited magpie drawn on in black marker, wearing Dr Martens. The people that is, not the magpies. 

 

 

Didnt trelford get banned from St James for his own safety?

 

He probably did, was he the ref against Brighton in the cup?

 

That game against Brighton when we were robbed, was it a midweek cup replay in the early 1980's? If so I remember standing in the Gallowgate for that and when they scored there was complete silence apart from the comical sight of about 8 Brighton fans jumping around in the away part of the Leazes!

 

I also remember going to Barnsley away in midweek around the same time period and we beat them 5 0, anyone remember that?

Barnsley  was the 1st away win i ever seen. I was straight on the "magpie travel" coach after school.         

I see Gazza was there yesterday, in a pair of shorts and tracksuit top. With him and Peter Beardsley being there, they made up almost a 5th of Englands Italia 90 team. A good win against a Boro side who haven't lost in a while by all accounts. Always freezing and windswept at that place though. I'm sure it would be like that in mid July even.

Free admission for ALL for Tuesdays Res' game v Hartlepool they according to nufc.com. It beats watching eastenders. I think i'll go along.

If everyone would just stop buying their cheap tat at sportsdirect and buy it somewhere else then although it probably wouldn't hurt Ashley that much directly, it would show anyone thinking of sponsoring next season that it might not be the best move for their brand. This is one form of "protest" I would support as it wouldn't have an affect on the team or create a negative atmosphere on matchdays.

 

Or how about we try and fight this another way - take banners to the game relating to whatever brand is competing with the stadium sponser - "I'd rather shop at JJB", "Sportsdirect kill kittens" or something similar.

That's fine if the whole country boycotted his shops, nationwide, but the rest of the country couldn't care less what Ashley does to NUFC. Most of the country probably have a good laugh at the way he treats us. A drop in sales at his Newcastle/metrocentre branch won't break him financially.

A lot of people say "you can only be classed as a big club if you win trophies". I would disagree. Ipswich and Forest won a few things late 70's early 80's. Leicester won the league cup a couple of times fairly recently, i think. I wouldn't say they were big clubs.

The toon are a big, but unsuccessful club IMO.

 

 

 

hey, happy birthday sb82........42, whats it feel like being so old?

 

Cheers cp40. My old ticker can't take any toon related stress for much longer.

A lot of people say "you can only be classed as a big club if you win trophies". I would disagree. Ipswich and Forest won a few things late 70's early 80's. Leicester won the league cup a couple of times fairly recently, i think. I wouldn't say they were big clubs.

The toon are a big, but unsuccessful club IMO.

How many pens did Given save for us?

Could probably count them on one finger.

Currently...

 

Bar Newcastle United, who is your favourite team?

St Mirren. Had a holiday nearby in the 80's. Watched them a few times while i was there and adopted them as my Scottish team.

Which team do you hate the most?

Sunderland, closely followed by Boro.

Who is your favourite player?

Haven't got one.

Which player do you have the most hatred for?

Lee Cattermole.

 

 

 

Was watching my Scottish team, St Mirren, embarassingly lose 2-0 at home to Hamilton yesterday. Was good crack on train back however, got sat with some Hibs fans, from Darlo, if my semi drunken memory serves me right. Also some Toon s/ticket holders from Whitby, who had been to watch East Fife, believe it or not. Takes all sorts eh?

He must surely mean : No no no no no kevin nolan?

Heard that on the train back from Forest on Saturday. Like it.

I hope the mad and whacky scouser responsible for thrwing the beach ball on is pleased with themself.

Forest fans were a joke imo, about as small time as it gets. They celebrated at half time as if they'd just won a cup, nevermind the match itself.

 

As for the match everything has already been said, it was s****.

Agreed, regarding their fans. 1-0 to the famous team eh? I hope we give them a good trouncing at SJP and give them that back, but with a 4 or 5-0. If they are so big and famous, while we're so inferior, why as pointed out, celebrate as if they had won silverware. I suppose we're everyones cup final in this division.

Was there some bother near the away end? Me and the daughter were walking along side that old stand, when a Forest fan suggested taking a detour, as it was going to "blow up" in his words.

Then, on the train between Nottingham and Grantham, there was a suicidal, p***ed up, glory hunter of a Man U fan from Grantham, saying we are s**te and so are our fans. Needless to say he incurred the wrath of the travelling Toon fans, and was lucky to get off in one piece.

Seems the young Irish contingent will be away with their country tomorrow and will miss the u18 game.