TheGuv

Gotcha. Mackems sing it plenty tbf to them!

Auld Lang Syne or the other version? (Both are criminally underused)

Yeah absolutely no chance I’m sorry to say your mate didn’t think that one through. You’re not even allowed time for for a wedding midweek unless it’s for a close family member (E.g sibling). So when it’s for a football cup final you’re going to be laughed out of the room. And now he has no room to pull a sickie or another excuse. When I was teaching my Grandad must have died 4 times. Weirdly enough he also happened to live in Kent - which meant I needed a day off for travel and a day off for the funeral.

I hate the over-awed excuse. 9000 Whitley Bay fans weren’t over-awed by Wembley in the FA Vase 2009. The whole Whitley Bay end was constantly singing - including a few rousing renditions of “One Johnny Decker” - a tramp who danced for cigarettes There always seems to be an excuse for our fans. “Oh a 12:30 kick off is just too early” ”Oh 3pm kick offs are always bad for atmosphere” ”We were nervous with what was happening on the pitch” Maybe the majority of our fan base are there to spectate and couldn’t give a fuck about singing. As long as they can wave a flag they think they’ve done their bit.

My email request was specifically in regards to NUFC members and asking for a form of hierarchy and loyalty to be provided moving forwards. The reply seems to suggest to me that they are speaking to the club specifically in regards to memberships and not ST holders.

I have asked in my reply that the Trust holds an open forum for Trust members to put forward their ideas to the Club. Hopefully this happens.

Received this from the Trust 👍🏻 Good morning and thank you for your email Chris, it's much appreciated. We all understand the frustrations of members, and we have a board meeting on Monday where we have an agenda item to discuss a forum for NUFC members. We believe it's a great opportunity for members to discuss frustrations and come up with some potential solutions that we can take back to the club. Please do watch this space. Kind regards, Paul Karter

It’s like a Hereditary Peerage. I know of a lad whose grandad had died, he said his mate was his grandson (he wasn’t…) and spoke with the club who allowed him to transfer his ticket and points off him. That was within the last 2-3 seasons.

I have emailed the Trust, requesting them to hold an open forum, in person, for Trust members to air their views on the Club’s current membership system. Ive raised this previously at a Trust AGM but nothing happened. I’m putting it in writing this time, and as a lifetime Trust member, I’m hoping it can be the beginning of a discussion point and then through the proper channels, to lobby the Club to create a hierarchical membership system.

Why was it stupid?

This, this, this. @Gregi know you’re not on the Trust board anymore but do you think they’d even entertain the notion of what Bobby, I and others have been saying for 3 years?

Not sure I’ve got any sympathy for a ST holder that hasn’t entered the cup scheme. Surely you should know the risks by now? Saying that, the Club really need to get a handle on the whole ticketing situation full stop imo.

Interesting that a Club that has reached dozens of finals over the years have a totally different model to ourselves.

3 years into memberships under the current regime and I’m yet to see them even attempt to bring in a hierarchical process for members like other clubs. It’s basically a lottery with no way of being rewarded for loyalty, yearly membership renewals etc etc. That just HAS to change

Pots 4, 5 and 6 are ballots as opposed to guaranteed seat selection. Perhaps there is 33,000 St holders but only 25,000 in Pots 1,2 and 3?