TheGuv

Pretty interesting, particularly the first few minutes

They own the plot at the bottom of Pilgrim St where the old Bank of England building was and much of the derelict land around it. Not sure if they own all the way up to the container park. The own The Stack. It is temporary until they finalise plans for the site. The Reubens own a very large area of the City Centre. That area is known as the "East Pilgrim Street (EPS) Development Area" and covers all of the City Centre from Carliol House down to 55 Degrees North, and from Pilgrim Street eastwards to the Central Motorway East (CME). This is the area shown here, within the red line . . . Nice. It could do with being regenerated. Everything east of Monument is a bit meh imo

I hope so. She’s excellent

Yep. We flogged David Kelly after he got us promoted ffs. It’s the same with players and managers of any era

In the words of Oz from Auf Pet you ‘Jammy Arab’. (Can we say that anymore now we have Saudi overlords?)

Shockingly expensive for the shite on show this season

This season’s from ‘The Mag’: Unless you are in the family section (and ignoring Seating Category Three which is just a very small number of seats) the starting price for adult season tickets in the Leazes and Gallowgate (Seating Category Two) is £659 for adults. So much for Newcastle fans low prices compared to most of the rest of the Premier League. That works out at £34.68 per match and that is committing to paying for the full season. As for those in the East Stand (Seatin gCategory One) you are looking at £811, which is £42.68 per match. The 2019/20 season ticket prices (in brackets the 2018/19 prices): Family Area £417 (£397) Adult £340 (£324) Student and Senior Citizen £86 (£82) Under 18s Seating Category Three £600 (£571) Adult £480 (£457) Student and Senior Citizen £174 (£166) Under 18s Seating Category Two £659 (£628) Adult £536 (£510) Student and Senior Citizen £217 (£207) Under 18s Seating Category One £811 (£772) Adult £667 (£635) Student and Senior Citizen £327 (£311) Under 18s

I've spoken to a mate who works in the finance dept. He reckons the 10,000 STs were only for the remainder of the season and they couldn't be reserved as a full ST for next season. So fingers crossed lads

Yep. Just hold your hands up and say it man

Think the idea that pleases me most is the ground potentially looking like that again. Changing the Newcastle United font to match Sports Direct was such a dick move. Totally unnecessary. Yep. It’s a fucking tacky font and clearly done on the cheap. They didn’t even clean it underneath so you can still see the old font ffs. I was working for the club as a coach doing photos and signing kids to the Academy the day it was taken down. I remember putting a post on here and it was meltdown

Is Allegri classed as elite and outrageously good? Or not yet? Aye, he's elite as fuck. He's been learning English for a while and has been waiting for the 'right job' in England since he resigned at Juve. He's won Serie A six times since the 2010-11 season I still want Rafa

f***ing Greg beat me to it. 'last edit by Greg' nice. Damn right. I'm not the idiot off Masterchef nor I am a seller of vegan sausage rolls. Still going on about Masterchef Gregggggg needs to calm down like

Fantastic

How big is the family enclosure these days? Is it still around 5k? I remember when I first got my ST in Leazes L7 as an 8 year old in 2001, the waiting list for the 500 seater family enclosure was years. I was never bothered, I much preferred the 'real thing'. It shows how many supporters have left over the years, by creating cheap seats for families (which is great). However, I do wonder for atmosphere and £ if we should be slowly trying to reduce the family enclosure? Or am I just being harsh...?

Actua Soccer 2. What a belting game. I remember making the whole 01/02 Newcastle squad on it to play with when I was about 8 or 9 I vividly remember how hard it was Get make Bernard’s hair right.

I’m sure if it was knocked down and rebuilt (Leazes/Mliburn glass style) there may be a way of adding in a few more thousand seats at a push. Imagine a fully glass St James’

I’m sure there was a video posted in here years ago about safe standing having more than one fan ‘per seat’. Surely that would increase it?

Very well spoken Greg It was weird hearing arguments clearly made on this forum repeated on national radio

Finally

He’s clueless like

This! So obvious!! Playing for a job methinks. Couldn’t think of owt worse than him being involved tbh

Not surprised. The city was bouncing and you couldn’t get a hotel room as far north as Berwick and as far south as Darlington

The Heineken cup weekend last year was tremendous as well. The city/SJP got a lot of love from the Irish and French lads I got talking to in the Hotspur.

Totally, I can see why they would want in, not why the 80% stakeholders would want them in. I’m genuinely more happy that they’re involved tbh. East Pilgrim Street is in need of being totally revamped - and I fucking hate Stack. Not got a problem with that but that doesn't explain why the majority owner (getting ahead of myself) would let them in. Was there not discussions between Staveley and the Reubens first? Perhaps they then brought in PIF who wanted more control/say/willing to put more money in? Hmm. It’s fun for a bit, I can’t get my head around people who queue to get in mind, when there’s literally hundreds of other drinking holes! Yeah but the money calls the shots and I just wondered why the money would keep the Ruebens in there.......and I wouldn't queue up for Stack as much as I like it, particularly in winter. The Reubens "EPS" plans have barely started yet, Stack is a temporary infil, but there is at least ten years of re-development work to happen in the EPS area of the City Centre. I reckon that will just be "for starters", with the Reubens and Saudis getting actively involved in the City Centre and around the rest of Newcastle. If it means the end of Pearl House and whatever the hell overhangs gets road (next to old Odeon) then that would be amazing!

Totally, I can see why they would want in, not why the 80% stakeholders would want them in. I’m genuinely more happy that they’re involved tbh. East Pilgrim Street is in need of being totally revamped - and I fucking hate Stack. Not got a problem with that but that doesn't explain why the majority owner (getting ahead of myself) would let them in. Was there not discussions between Staveley and the Reubens first? Perhaps they then brought in PIF who wanted more control/say/willing to put more money in? Hmm. It’s fun for a bit, I can’t get my head around people who queue to get in mind, when there’s literally hundreds of other drinking holes!