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Should do a flag to raise awareness of this tbh.

I sit in the corner and I'm pretty sure there's nee puffs sat around where I sit but Ian reckons there's 5k of them at every match so he must have got that figure from somewhere. I don't think i ever had to tell the club of my sexual preferences when i got my season ticket mind. He was making an estimate based on the % of the population man. If you don't think there's an issue of homophobia in football, you're deluded. How many out players are there, for example? I've heard it myself loads at games and when playing as a kid. And I'm pretty f***ing sure Newcastle is not a special enlightened exception. Also, "pretty sure there's nee puffs around me"... And if people don't give a s*** about all that, fair enough. But I fail to see how a Newcastle flag that also represents LGBT pride is something to get annoyed about. I have my problems with 'modern football', an nufc/pride flag would certainly not be one of those. I'm not annoyed in the slightest about it. I just don't see the point in it.

I sit in the corner and I'm pretty sure there's nee puffs sat around where I sit but Ian reckons there's 5k of them at every match so he must have got that figure from somewhere. I don't think i ever had to tell the club of my sexual preferences when i got my season ticket mind.

Why do they need their own flag? Maybe they should do one for the 47k straight people as well whilst they're at it. Football is getting way too sanitised now with things like this, minutes silences/applauses and the like at every match. Most of it is just people trying to make themselves look good. Please think about that statement, because it shouldn't need to be explained. No need to. As has been said there's around 5k gay people attend every match. That's a pretty high percentage which would suggest that gay people already feel comfortable attending matches and that homophobia certainly isn't a problem at SJP (which it isn't). Don't see the point in making a flag for them. It's going ahead anyway as they've already beaten the total they needed to fund it.

Why do they need their own flag? Maybe they should do one for the 47k straight people as well whilst they're at it. Football is getting way too sanitised now with things like this, minutes silences/applauses and the like at every match. Most of it is just people trying to make themselves look good.

It's a daft idea. What's it got to do with football? Well it's got a Newcastle badge on it. And homophobia is a huge problem in football. I like it - inclusive for fans and players. Honestly can't remember the last time I heard any homophobic abuse inside SJP. Football is far too sanitised in this country now.

It's a daft idea. What's it got to do with football?

Those heady days of 17th place finishes feel like a lifetime away now.

Where has Ashley said this? He hasn't. It's just media reports.

Desperately under qualified for the job he's in is the main problem here. I cringe when I think of him representing NUFC at home or abroad in transfer negotiations. They'd be better off letting Rafa take care of all that until pre season training starts.

I've always thought (whether I'm correct or not, I'm not sure) it was 5% of capacity maximum, or 3000 if 5% is more than that. eg 5% of 75000 = 3750, so it'd be 3000 there, but in a 25000 stadium it'd be 1250 max 10% of capacity or a minimum of 3k seats for stadiums with a capacity exceeding 30k. I think 3k is about the maximum allocation you get anywhere these days in the PL give or take a couple of hundred. source? Me. I remember we only used to allocate away fans 2,800 seats and Arsenal put in a complaint to the Premier League and from 2011/12 we had to hand over an extra block of tickets to away fans because we had been in breach of the minimum 10% or 3k seats rule.

I've always thought (whether I'm correct or not, I'm not sure) it was 5% of capacity maximum, or 3000 if 5% is more than that. eg 5% of 75000 = 3750, so it'd be 3000 there, but in a 25000 stadium it'd be 1250 max 10% of capacity or a minimum of 3k seats for stadiums with a capacity exceeding 30k. I think 3k is about the maximum allocation you get anywhere these days in the PL give or take a couple of hundred.

Wasn't that not the game we were drawing 1-1 and Pardew brought Gouffran on and he scored the winner? The Everton game I think you are referring to would have been a couple of weeks later. Pretty sure it was on Monday night Football. We were 3-0 down at half time but managed to get back to 3-2 although that scoreline really flattered us.

https://twitter.com/CSadler1877/status/877261320441257985

Cheers. That's what I was trying to do!

Not got a link to said tweet?

Someone has just put a screenshot of the stadium plan up on twitter and there's hardly any availability left now. Even areas that have traditionally been difficult to sell in the past few seasons like the Leazes directly underneath the away fans are coloured red now and showing low availability. Anyone still wanting one would be well advised to get in quick.

Yeah I'd agree with that. Being in the upper tier noise should take hold of the rest of the stand better than if it was at the front for example. Also towards the end of last season when the atmosphere went up a few notches a relatively small amount of singers right at the back of the Gallowgate (200 or so) made a decent amount of noise so with a couple of thousand more hopefully joining them they should be able to make quite a din.

Thanks for trying to answer. Think they should've started with the Strawberry corner then slowly block by block expand it across the Gallowgate. Regardless I hope it takes off as I'd reverse my predominately away games attendance for more home games if it does. Strawberry Corner is probably 99% season ticket holders as is the middle tier, whereas Gallowgate Upper is probably only 50-60%. Far easier to implement it where there's a far smaller % of season ticket holders.

Ideally you need to sell to someone you can trust which is why places like this are probably better than twitter. Tbf I've sold tickets in the past on here and social media without any problems but you always run the risk of selling to someone who might try it on. In saying that your season ticket is worthless to anyone else other than yourself so someone not returning it isn't your problem. Just always make sure you get the cash! Like I said I'll buy it off you for any games you can't make if you manage to get one in the Gallowgate.

They'll be expecting to sell out season tickets, especially if the scramble today is anything to go by, which would mean only around 5k tickets making members sale and all the so called big games not even making general sale. If you have the money sitting there I'd advise on getting one and for any games you can't make selling it on places like here, Twitter or Facebook with you living outside the area. In fact if you buy in the Gallowgate I'll buy your ticket of you for any games to can't make for the bairn!

Is it going to be spread right across all 5 blocks of the upper tier or concentrated on 1 or 2 blocks initially? Can't decide whether to move up there or stay where I am as the atmosphere is canny there anyway.

No you'd need to print off and sign a Direct Debit mandate. I got my plan last week and it's £65 a month for 8 months in the Gallowgate, first payment is 3rd July and last one is February.

All seats that weren't sold last season go on general sale at 10am tomorrow and any seats not renewed after the deadline go on sale a week tomorrow.

Sh*t title tbh.