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Don’t forget that there is a store in Fenwick, also JD are selling them online, so their Northumberland Street store might have some in.

Thailand.

I’d just fund someone local, give them a load of money, call them a local businessman, then get them to sponsor the club. The Saudi ambassador to the U.K. is married to a Geordie, get one of her family members to do it.

Yeah, and I think if we are going for an 80k capacity stadium, we need to be giving about 5k minimum to worthy causes, be it schools, food banks, sheltered accommodation, children homes etc.

Sheffield United’s attendance was worse than Sunderland’s on Thursday. Why a 3rd round cup game is on a Thursday is beyond me in anyway, but still you would expect more to turn up, and they are above Sunderland in the league table. Man City had gaps in their ground, despite the team they played against being owned by the class of 92. I think a lot of it comes down to price, I even think £30 four our game is a bit much, but obviously we are riding a different set of waves as a club at the moment. The FA Cup ticketing pricing is probably where the most impact on protests over ticket prices can be seen, or should be seen.

In all fairness, the first ones should be automatic in anyway. Most clubs have a cup scheme plan for season ticket holders. I think the only unrealistic things there is the 50% off voucher for the club store, and free pie & pint. Maybe a voucher for 50% off food and drink at the match before KO.

At this point, they are probably sending tickets to the email spam folder of a primary school in Derby.

I think each team gets 45% of ticket sales, with the FA getting the other 10%.

I’m not trying to say people won’t, I’m trying to say the logistics of getting people out via public transport is more difficult due to bus time tables, and the fact that only 1 Metro station would be used instead of the 5 that are currently used.

A walk from the arena site to Haymarket. A 27 minute walk is no good for late KO’s though.

Google maps has it down as a 27 minute walk to Haymarket, compared with a 7 minute walk from SJP. Castle Leazes (next to the uni buildings) is a 14 minute walk. Considering a lot of busses stop at say 20 past, or half 10 at night (some might run after that but stop short of the usual route), you are not giving fans much chance of getting to the bus stations for example in that time. On top of that, all the fans will be going to Central station Metro station, meaning you would probably have to go to Gateshead to catch it before it fills up. Currently fans spread out to the different Metro stations after the match. If money really isn’t an issue, then they could easily enlarge the Metro station at SJP to have say 3 or 4 platforms, that would allow for more fans to use the the trains and have an increased service just after matches. You aren’t going to be able to do that at Central station.

From a public transport point of view, unless you are coming in via Central station, it would be fucking shit. SJP is just around the corner from the 2 major bus stations in Newcastle, it is also within walking distance to all the city centre Metro stations, and Jesmond Metro station. The Arena is a bit much of a walk, and if we have a late KO or a midweek match, you aren’t making it to Haymarket or Eldon Square bus station in time for the last busses if you leave at full time. I do think that area of Newcastle needs something to regenerate it, and a new arena would work well, or even a smaller stadium for the Falcons, but for NUFC, it would be the lesser of any city centre options really.

Really think Brown Ale would sell better with more marketing to be honest. Seems to become lesser and lesser known as time goes on.

No stoppage time like?

Salfords kit is the same template as our training kit.

We kicked off about it when they were giving a bye into the next round of the EFL Cup by not being allowed to play each other.

Bromley fans were considering going to it as well.

Kicked off when we did that in the EFL Cup mate.

They have snipped their thread about expanding the SOL to 84k.

The whole Salford takeover has been about the lads taking over them rather than anything about the club. Why change it on their biggest day?

Well I for one am raging that they have signed someone on loan who I’d never heard of, had to google that his name wasn’t made up, and has flopped at an average Roma side. Also, going to be gutted tomorrow when I go to the Bromley match and our attendance is absolutely nowhere what their attendance is today.

Homes England have taken ownership, but they usually do things like take out top soil that is contaminated, and put in access roads, then sell the land onto developers. Homes England would sell up straight away if they were able to gain a profit without having to do any of that, and also had some land available elsewhere in the region to offset it. Until they start works, they will be open to offers.

Yeah, they are working with people who were involved in the Everton stadium, but that doesn’t mean they will be going to the waters edge, it could be for anything. They are also working with people who did the Sofi stadium, and the Mercedes Benz stadium.

The arena site is raised by a considerable amount. To think about it, it is about the level of the rest of the city centre, but the road beneath it is alongside the river bank. If that floods, then the whole of Newcastle would be in danger.

Moyes is a sideways step, and on a 2 year deal. It shows you exactly where the new owners want to be, just in the Premier League raking in £100m every season.