bobbydazzla

It'd be the perfect answer, if The Freemen weren't so selfish and shan

If only we had 1,000 acres of barely utilised empty space around 10 mins walk from the city centre We've got long grass and piles of cow shite when we could have the Sven Adult Books Magpie Megadome

100% We need the next generation coming through on their own two feet That’s why I was a bit surprised when the OAP I was talking to recently said he’d inherited his ST this year from his OAP pal who’d passed away. Tickets should should be making their way into the hands of the yoot generation, not being passed along from pensioner to pensioner

People have said there’s late teens and early 20’s in L7 who’ve had season tickets up there with their parents since they were bairns and just been able to keep going even though they’re not a bairn anymore.

A parent taking a kid in on someone else’s ticket under the current draconian ticket check regime is running a big risk. Taking little Radgie Toonfan Jnr all the way there with a chance the ticket goes red at the gate and neither Fatha Toonfan or little Radgie get to watch the game. Be tantrums at the turnstiles

Derailing thread slightly, but all the young kids at away games, the ones who aren’t even teens yet. How are they getting tickets ? Off of the corporate or staff allocation ? I think it’s good that they we’ve got kids getting access to away games, but they’ve definitely not been around long enough to stack their own away points.

I know, I was a yoot then and only got to games a couple of times per season when my mates sister who had an ST didn’t want to go. My parents had zero interest in football so I’d never been to a match until I was old enough to go with a pal and then shortly after I’d been and loved it, the door got closed on me immediately by the lockout. That’s why I think it’s vital to have a way for yoots to get on the ladder at all times. Not just getting home tickets, but to go away, build points etc. A bairn in Oct 21 is a yoot now and they’ve been lumbered with all the same ticket hassles as an adult has. Which isn’t fair on them.

Must be shit trying to watch NUFC as a yoot given the cost involved, the difficulty getting tickets and the inability to sit with pals etc. And for yoots lucky enough to have ST’s they’ve got the problem of away game ticket dominance by older folk who’ve had loyalty points stacked up forever. No way at all for yoots to get on the ladder.

They should go into the hands of young fans. Let them all go to the longest serving members under the age of 25, or however else you can think of to fairly distribute them. Last thing we need is another 150 codgers getting their hands on those tickets.

Since Aug 2022 I've spent £3,830 on home tickets. I usually go solo, usually in the cheap seats. Think I've taken my youngin to 5 games at £20 a pop. Canny galling to see all the £30-35 transactions going out, whereas now they're all £47-60 transactions. There'll also be my Oct 21-May 22 spends, but a mate bought those tickets for me on his ST and I paid him back. Conclusion: My crack habit is less expensive and at least my dealer gives me some positive recognition for all the money I spend with him.

The entire football side of the forum is fuelled by people being wound up and getting involved in speculation relating to things that are unlikely to happen

Is that what's actually happening ? And if so, how are they creating the tiers ? And will they do a "try the seat before you buy" offer ? There's some seats I've been in recently where the neighbours are so unbearable that I'd rather chop my own knob off with a blunt rusty spoon than ever spend any time near those people again.

I do find it symptomatic of our fan base that when presented with an opportunity to do something new or different (stadium or otherwise) the response from many is to seek out negative comparable examples and assume / insist that's what we'll end up with, rather than looking for the best in class examples and thinking that we could possibly try and emulate or exceed it.

It's completely understandable that some people like the current St James' Park. I don't disagree with that, or dispute that. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Personally, I don't like the building. I think it's badly dated, it's had very little maintenance or modernisation in 25 years and even when the newest bits were new it was a weird and cobbled together layout. I think the location is iconic. I'd rather not move if we could avoid it. But I don't think it's possible to have a new stadium and stay where we are. So if the decision is a) stay where we are in the current stadium for decades or b) move 10 mins walk away to a new stadium. Then I'm new stadium every single time.

You are genuinely saying you'd see no point in supporting Newcastle United any longer, or going to watch Newcastle United play, if we moved 10 mins walk up the road ? I think most people would prefer we stay at a redeveloped St James' Park. But we all know why that's very difficult because of the massive challenges of expanding on the current site.

Bigger capacity, modern facilities, better acoustics to help the atmosphere, a balanced layout rather than 2 massive stands and two smaller stands, to be able to see all parts of the ground from most seats in the ground, A tannoy system (Partridge) that actually works properly. Large screens are necessary these days so having one or more that can be seen by the entire stadium. Massive swathes of safe standing in at least 2 x single tier stands. When it's not being used for football, a world class stadium that could be used to host music events and not require the compromises we have to make currently in terms of sound and layout. Even just having enough female toilets so thousands of lasses didn't have to squat over a urinal trough at gigs would be a nice touch. And that's just off the top of my head.

I've seen some of his other videos and they're nonsense. Am not giving him money by clicking on his shite.

Good point. The club should probably put out some comms to say we're definitely going for a new stadium, but the East Stand regulars don't need to worry themselves about it.

Let's just keep the current St James' Park exactly how it is until you stop going to the match then. And for what it's worth I usually don't go for a piss between kick off and full time. So pissability in a new stadium is low down on my list of priorities.

I've got no idea what the locals would think. That's what a planning consultation process is for.

How do tens of thousands of people get to the gigs and festivals that they have on the moor. But because you're building a new stadium you assess the infrastructure and make some improvements to the access routes as part of the construction project.

Nonsense. Our stadium building is a lopsided hodge podge of various eras, some of which is from the early 70's and none of it has been modernized in 25 years and it was left to rot for most of the last 20 years. People love it because of how unusual it looks. Or they love the emotion and history attached to the site. When it comes to the actual concrete and steel, it's not the best building to watch football in England. For starters, there's lots of areas where you can't even see the entire stadium. If you're at the back of the Gallowgate then tens of thousands of fellow fans in L7 Leazes and Milburn aren't even visible and vice versa.

Says a lot about the demographic of our match going fans if walking from central Newcastle to the south end of the town moor is considered too long, or difficult. I'm not advocating moving to the Town Moor, but it's hardly a massive slog from the city centre. I walk Northumberland Street to south end of moor most days, it takes me 10 mins and I've got a gammy knee.

I'd argue it's relatively easy to relocate some landscaped green space to somewhere nearby. Certainly much easier than relocating a large scale Grade 1 listed occupied residential terrace.