bobbydazzla

What's the point in competing if genuine fans across all levels of society can't even go and see us compete. Supporting Newcastle in the flesh becomes the sole activity of people who had season tickets pre-2021, or the descendants of people who had season tickets pre-2021 ? Anyone outside of that magic 35,000 is getting fucked up the arse with no lube by a club that's chasing financials at all costs. Unless they're wealthy enough to afford ridiculously priced tickets, or have connections to sponsors. NUFC can suck my plums.

Well given that people with queue positions of 400ish arrived on the site to see the ground sold out I think it's safe to say one of two things happened: a) hardly any tickets were put on sale. 1000ish would be a sensible estimate. b) the allocation was as per usual, but the first 400 people bought several thousand tickets.

I've had a 2nd response. Demand was high, a low queue position doesn't guarantee a ticket, we can't reveal specifics about how tickets were distributed, understand your disappointment etc. Saying something without saying anything.Yadda yadda yadda. If NUFC gave several thousand tickets to sponsors rather than members, so there was a massively reduced allocation for the general sales, then just be fucking honest about it. Stop treating us like mugs.

It's so tragic that I've even contacted NUFC to ask if I've been blackballed. They insist I haven't.

44 x ballot entries since Aug 2024 2 x wins FUCKING BRADFORD and Brentford Beat that if you can.

I didn't

Simple question about derby tickets. If the club followed usual protocol and put thousands in the general sale, how come they were all gone by position 400 in the queue ? Have we got a tech-savvy fan base who can ensure very low queue positions, then hoover up thousands of tickets via a few hundred accounts within a couple of minutes. Personally, I'm not pissed off that I didn't get a ticket for the derby if I know that all tickets went to genuine fans. If genuine fans can game the system so that 400 accounts get thousands of tickets then fair play to them, they're smarter than the smartest system gamers on N-O. But if touts are getting thousands of tickets and punting them out at £500 a pop, then I'm pissed off. Because NUFC could be doing a lot more to stop touts.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if we had more tout members than real members right now. As soon as you play some high demand games that neutrals as well as NUFC fans want to attend; Barca in the CL, makems at home, Man City numerous times a season, then it gives the touts even more of an incentive to sign up and make some dolla, dolla bills y'all. And NUFC can say all they want about banning touts if they find them. As long as we have unlimited, unvetted memberships, all season long for £40 then if they get banned they just sign straight back up again. No point putting a Ring doorbell on the front door, if you leave you back door open at all times.

Price elasticity will dictate how much they can charge for tickets. The unsold £720 tickets for the derby are a real life illustration of that happening right now. It's GCSE level Business Studies.

People buying memberships in their droves to experience the "famous St James' Park atmosphere" then entering a ballot and if they do get lucky they pay through the nose to go to a game to sit in silence or listen to someone whinge or chat about anything other than football for 90 mins. So they won't be in a hurry to go back again because it doesn't represent value for money. And that membership becomes a one off purchase that they never repeat, because they just wanted to experience a game and the experience turned out to be shit.

I think a small number of ST’s being released in summer 2022 that sold out within 10 mins isn’t worth commenting on when we’ve got 35,000 that are from pre-2021. I’d ban people from transferring tickets to a new name if someone passes away or stops going. And if any new season tickets come up because people pass away or stop going then I’d allocate to 18-25’s as a first port of call. I’d also ringfence a % of away tickets and allow 18-25 members to apply for away games and build up points. And I’d do a rolling 3-5 year away points window. People shouldn’t be allowed to horde points from over 10 years ago if they’ve stopped going to away games. Pissing in the sea, but it’s better than nowt.

Because it destroys any loyalty they had from their existing customers. Who now find themselves unable to use the product they've historically paid for and therefore walk away, which in turn reduces demand for the product and therefore overall revenue.

Only if you're the owner of a season ticket pre-2021. Anyone else is locked out. You can't build points if you don't have a season ticket.

Yeah, 100% the parent taking kids is more common than inheriting a ticket. But it's still ridiculous that we've frozen out a generation of young people, who can only get on the ladder if they had elders who have also been taking them home and away since pre-2021. We've created a nepotism fan base. People are locked out unless their families are also match going fans.

How can coked-up young lads have accumulated any points at all when there's been no season tickets sold for 5 years ? Either their elders bought them a kids season ticket and took them to away games pre-2021 and now they're young lads with points who can go and get coked-up. Or they've inherited a season ticket with points. If you're a young lad who wants to go and get coked-up at away games, but your elders aren't into football, you've got zero chance of going.

So grandson could have access to any away game he wants because granda went to loads of aways 20 year ago and granda has then bequeathed his ST plus the decades old points to grandson in 2026 ? Seems fair. Wish my granda had gone to the match instead of sitting in his chair on a Satda afternoon with a can of McEwans, tooting on his pipe and checking the pools.

Are loyalty points passed on ?

Just to give some context on your experience. There’s been many, many, many worse games than that. Count yourself very lucky if that’s the worst game you’ve ever attended. The atmosphere you’ve described is the same for the vast majority of games these days. And funeral home is an apt description, the demographic of match goers is largely middle to old age people. You also sat in a stand that’s notorious for being full of people who do exactly what you’ve described. The lack of vocal support is endemic around most of the ground but the East Stand is known to be the worst spot for people who turn up season after season to chat to their pals or sit in silence because it means they get a couple of hours away from the wife. The football game being played on the pitch is inconsequential. And you’re quite right that the ticket prices are ridiculous. It’s the reason why I wasn’t there last night.

I’m slagging off that apostrophe

I’d be a happy dog. Can lick your own wriggler then do a shit on the pavement without getting arrested.

What happened to Inter is that Bodo twatted them, over two legs in the knockouts.

I’m freeeeeee to be whatever I, Whatever I choose and I’ll say it’s Giggs if I want

What sort of serious questions ? Would you rather be an unhappy human or a happy dog? That’s my personal favourite when it comes to philosophical debate.

Well one of them is from Cullercoats. And three of them have the surname Taylor, but aren’t related.

Knowing me Knowing you Giggggs