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    St James' Park

    I can foresee plans coming out to transform SJP like. I don’t think long term it will end up as basic as just whacking L7 on the Gallowgate. I still think the best case scenario would be a temporary stadium built on Exhibition Park (Qatar anyone?) and SJP being flattened and rebuilt from scratch.
  2. Stay. Stay. Stay. And I say this as a member who can rarely get in these days. We should exhaust all options before even considering thinking about leaving. There’s a lot to be said about ‘place’ these days. In many ways as a society, it’s all we have left. I don’t want to remove a distinct ‘place’ for me, and thousands of others. Yes, moving it to the Arena site might sound amazing on paper, but you cannot replace the aura of place. Spurs are the only Club who’ve managed to keep that running thread of place with the way they changed their stadium. Highbury to the Emirates is only 0.3 miles walk - and I am sure the aura of Highbury’s place is is long gone. SJP to the Arena is 0.9 miles. I think of the ever increasing size of the Etihad and the way they have to flog tickets to students to fill the capacity. This too would one day be our fate in a ground anything over 65,000. To be honest, I think within a decade of success, we’d sometimes struggle to fill 55,000 against a Bournemouth or Burnley without gifting tickets away. Sometimes in business, demand can be more beneficial than supply. Build where we are, increase the Gallowgate, tart up the concourses and Corporate areas and we can keep our soul. The good news is, we will be doing that.
  3. Here’s your 24/25 membership package- YOU SPOKE, WE LISTENED! coming soon! Price increase for membership ✅ Price Increase on tickets ✅ Less choice of seats ✅ Unlimited cap on new members ✅ Priority to abroad fans ✅ SJP to be demolished and moved to Longframlington ✅
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    St James' Park

    Great article and photos of the Town Moor racecourse (until 1881) and grandstand. There was also the Newcastle Exhibition (on Exhibition Park in 1927). It would be interesting if the Exhibition Park/Jesmond end could ever be used and a green land transfer is given back for Leazes Terrace. Surely there’s be plenty of the Moor still left (it is massive like!) https://www.northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/sports-archive/4022/town-moor-racecourse
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    Anthony Gordon

    I trained as a physio and have a degree in it. The test he did was completely spot on. You have to move the limb to ‘pain’ to assess where the pain is. Also, as mentioned it’s only a ROM test. Nothing in the clip shows an ACL test.
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    Match Atmosphere

    Given up. It’s all a load of shite. I was a bit of a cunt in mine on zoom like I said the crux of the issue is ticketing and nothing will change until that is sorted.
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    Match Atmosphere

    Table 9: Improve wifi, so people can do quizzes before the game…interactive stuff etc.
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    Match Atmosphere

    Table 7: People to regroup at end of season so can be together. Club to support a dedicated fan group for making noise Half time entertainment - Zorbs… Cut out birthday announcements DJ is shit More screens We like pyro New singing section away from Strawberry Corner Table 8: Specific singing section Members to choose where they can sit and be involved in safe standing 👍🏻 Drums 50:50 split Improve PA system More screens Ability to move ST to go into safe standing Digital ticketing = larger queues Fan Cam…
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    Match Atmosphere

    Main Point from each Table Table 1: Independent sellers to take stuff to your seat so people don’t leave before HT and come in after HT. Table 2: Queueing system outside affecting it. Local kids teams on the pitch to get people in earlier to improve atmosphere… Table 3: Expand safe standing - have four corners (well done that table) Table 4: Having lyrics to chants on the screen 🫠 Family area as dedicated singing area (home and away against each other) Half time - songs updated for DJ. Ask fans what they want… PA system too loud Table 5: Singing section expansion and into different parts of ground (well done that table) Sititng amongst likeminded people Videos with lyrics to chants on the website (what the actual Fuck?! Bad form that table) Table 6: Everything rests on likeminded people into one section and move those who don’t into another part of the stadium 👍🏻 Cheaper tickets next to away fans to spark atmosphere 👍🏻 Friends being able to sit next to each other 👍🏻
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    Match Atmosphere

    Oh my god. People on my call saying pyro after goals would be good for atmosphere…
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    Match Atmosphere

    I got a link. On it now. Weedle weedle pry and needle
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    Match Atmosphere

    https://x.com/hullystephen/status/1763965975802560758?s=46&t=vdsN_AHh11-g3YCkSAx-2g
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    Match Atmosphere

    Was always going to happen. Toon chants tweets has been saying the same thing. Fucking depressing. https://x.com/toonchants/status/1764060742276309259?s=46&t=vdsN_AHh11-g3YCkSAx-2g
  14. With inevitable price rises in future. I called this last summer with the membership ballot shit. Slowly it’ll dawn on more when it happens to ST holders too. They honestly could be undoing a lot of good will moving forward.
  15. It was last season. I think I did a post on it. Basically, loads of people who don’t want to stand. Were happy to have standing as long as it didn’t move them. Overwhelming majority wanted Strawberry Corner. I pushed for multiple sections. Once that view was raised, plenty agreed with it. Club had decided on SC before the meeting (confirmed by someone in private to me)
  16. Great write up. A shame you couldn’t speak to Silverstone - I’d probably have lost my shit with him tbf Did it ‘feel’ like the messages were taken on board? I went to the safe standing workshop and I knew they’d already made their mind up on it. This is obviously slightly different as the ballot just isn’t working.
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    Match Atmosphere

    @HaydnNUFChow did it go?
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    Match Atmosphere

    Nope. I was literally pointing at the bars saying “what do you think they’re here for?!” It was like being in a Roman Coliseum - trying to explain to a baying crowd Utterly pointless and hopeless. There was 3 of us out of the entire block, second row from the front. The taps on the back and the shouting was just ridiculous. And then when we had the penalty - and everyone around us in that block continued to sit down - I was just like - what is the point in this? £44 a ticket man. Close to giving up on it all tbh. Waste of time and money. Not an enjoyable experience at all.
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    Match Atmosphere

    You’ll get an essay from me 😂
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    Match Atmosphere

    Yep. Ended up having loads of abuse so ended up sitting down, as I couldn’t be arsed. I was in an overwhelming minority. Another blunder of the ballot btw. I was really excited to be in safe standing today btw. Turns out plenty of fans don’t agree. They were sat down for the penalty ffs.
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    Match Atmosphere

    Worst I’ve ever experienced today. 30 mins to get in. I was in Level 7 standing section and repeatedly told to sit down. Don’t even recognise the fan base any more.
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    Match Atmosphere

    https://x.com/bnwarmy_/status/1752318166523326781?s=46&t=vdsN_AHh11-g3YCkSAx-2g Sign up if you’re interested 👍🏻
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    Alan Shearer

    Tbf - not sure how Phil Brantingham is getting tickets.
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