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I keep an eye out for them because half my family live there. A large amount of Newcastle fans there as well.

I have family in Doncaster, and my brother’s mate, who is also his boss has a transport company there which a couple of years ago took on the Sports Direct contract. As such my brother has met people like Mike Ashley’s son in law, who comes from Doncaster. As it happens his father owns a load of nightclubs and property in Doncaster, and him and his other associates are the ones who bought the Strawberry land off Ashley, before then selling it on to the developers, who then sold it to our new owners. Anyway, long story short, Ashley is fairly interested in Doncaster Rovers if he’s not successful in his attempts to get Reading. He’s already helping fund a local non-league team that has been set up by agent Willie McKay.

Best Super Sunday ever for Sky, Man Utd 2-0 up within 7 minutes, what more could they want?

Fuck off Neville man, as if he meant that.

The American major networks are merging their sports channels together into 1 streaming package. Meanwhile here in the U.K., we can’t see a 3pm KO, The FA are selling the FA Cup rights to TNT Sports, taking it off free to air TV, and Sky pay the Scottish league less than what the Dutch league get.

Well that’s that game over then.

Don’t know if it would interest anyone, but YouGov give out gift cards if you fill in surveys. One of the gift cards is a £50 Adidas voucher. By the time you register and do the surveys, it works out at like just under 100 surveys, but they can be done in like 5 minutes. Might be worth it for some people to try and do a survey a day, and might end up with £50 off for when the new kits come out.

Forest women have equalised. Their game is 10 minutes behind ours.

Looks like Flash scores now do the live scores of our lasses league, it used to just be a score at full time.

I got a ballet ticket yesterday and stayed the entire match, even applauded the players afterwards. The guy behind me who I was speaking to was a season ticket holder, fucked off in the 83rd minute. On top of this, I have had 2 periods of having a season ticket (both other multiple seasons), one of which I was actually changed location because I was no longer a student, so couldn’t sit up in level 7. Anyway it was a problem then as much as it is now. My first season ticket was in the Gallowgate next to the access point, the Adidas advertising board in front of me. People who left early would come, watch the end of the match in front of us, blocking our view, every single game.

8 against Sheffield United, a Premier League record.

Whilst making Bambi’s mam watch.

I’ll refrain from the ballot, and let other have the privilege of paying £55 to see that.

And? Are you going to wait minimum of 12 months like? When you need to rebuild your stadium, rebuilt your training facilities, rebuild your squad, get a new manager. Delaying your big rebuild for a year, or 2/3 could make us leapfrog you and put some distance in.

He’s in hospital. Imagine sacking him when he’s in hospital man.

Shhhh man, fucking hell.

Played his last game for us then.

Yeah, up until foundations etc all go in, everything is up for grabs. If homes England own it then don’t expect anything to quickly happen. On major projects the government like to make multiple announcements, it makes them look good. The land will effectively be for sale in anyway, they will be selling to developers, homes England don’t do the building themselves, they only put in roads and such via subcontractors. They are doing exactly just that at a development on the Northern edge of Morpeth right now. If we wanted the site and paid enough they would sell to us, although we may either have to give them land on in return to build houses, or compo them a bit on top to buy new land. That job will already have been earmarked for someone, or someone has already been working on it and are waiting to be given a transfer of title etc, but they legally have to let people apply for it. Even Homes England have owned the land for a while, but this announcement is just there to give Sunak’s pledge to build houses in urban areas some credence, like I was saying before, multiple announcements.

Yeah, the old railway bridge would have been used as a pedestrian access, and would have brought you direct to Central Station. There were plans some years back for an arena rebuild with travellators running along it. The downsides travel wise would have been that it’s a bit further out from the main local bus stations, and all the Metro passengers would have been lumped into 1 station instead of spread out between all the city centre stations, and Jesmond station.

I’m a firm believer that we need more homes in built up areas to reduce the need for commuting etc, however with that site I’m not so sure. Irregardless of us ever using that as a location for a Newcastle United stadium, I have long thought that they should use that site for various, and multiple sporting facilities. Maybe a replacement for Kingston Park, maybe a cycling velodrome, or an ice rink so we can bring back an Ice Hockey team to the city. Also think maybe we could built a small athletic stadium to replace the Gateshead International stadium.

The FA went half arsed with developing St George's Park. 25 years behind France developing regional academies so they could win the World Cup, and England half arse it so a select few kids from schools in Derbyshire could have a day trip there. I’d do what France did, develop regional or even county academies. Complete with a school for kids, both male & female so both sides of the game are developed. Most kids may never make it at the top level, but so long as their attitude is right and they want to continue with football, give them the coaching to do so. They may not be Premier League players, but they might bring up the standard of League 1, League 2, or even non-league football. At the same time, some kids might not be good at playing, but they might have the right attributes to become a referee, linesman, or a coach/manager. Why keep letting club academies bring in, and kick out players all the time? On top of this, make coaching courses and referee’s courses all free for people. Open the academy facilities up to others outside of the normal day. Football can bring people together, it can give people purpose, it can make them healthier, it can put a smile on their face, utilise it.

I like the 3pm blackout being lifted, however I’d still be tempted by having all Premier League games on Sundays in anyway. I like the idea of club/league chartered transport for away fans. Rent the busses/trains directly, give the fans it at cost price, make sure they get home etc. I like the idea that was mooted a few years ago where bigger clubs could own say a 10 stake in a local lesser club. This would encourage infrastructure development, shared academies etc. Imagine Newcastle owning 10% of Gateshead and Gateshead having a brilliant stadium, that can also be used for NUFC’s academy and women’s teams? Newcastle academy players on loan there. This would also coincide with the National League being adopted by the EFL, and the National League, and League Two being split along the North/South divide on an equal level. Lots of good ideas in here, and lots of ideas that I have always had that I’ll have to throw in when I get a better chance to type them up.

Taxi driver comes across as sound as owt. I remember them showing the Brexit march in a previous season, and him saying he doesn’t agree with it etc. Just a bloke who wants to go and see his team play and try. It can often be overlooked that there is plenty similar people about, all hidden by the likes of RTG, social media, and those who live to wind others up, or antagonise.

In terms of historic success maybe. 15 years ago no one was picking Man City over Man Utd. Now look at them, who the fuck is picking Man Utd over Man City? Their stadium is falling down. The rich Sheikh who wanted to buy them actually didn’t have the money to do so. The guy buying them who is the U.K. richest person, who resides in Monaco, and is a self confessed Man Utd fan couldn’t even be fucking arsed to support them as he has a Chelsea season ticket. Look at his other clubs and sporting organisations, hardly the big fucking success. He was supposed to be funding a new stadium for them, he’s not even handed the cheque over and he’s already half arsing it, weaselling his way out of it by begging the government/FA money for a Wembley of the North. Their club legend publicly slammed the training facilities, nothing has even been mentioned about improving them. Anyone who thinks they are on their way back is fucking moron, the Glazers, and Radcliffe will milk as much out of them for as long as they can. Irregardless of any of this, they are a rival at the moment for our way up, and we should stay clear of doing any business with them, they will either want the best parts of us, or want to sell us the worst parts of them. Fuck them, and fuck Ashworth if he goes there.

Man Utd are possibly the weakest club in the current top 6, who do you think are dropping out if we move into it? Long term the ambition will be to win the league etc. We’ll be aiming to leave them behind.