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Knew that was going to be a good night when the Leazes End were constantly barracking Ronaldo during the pre match warm up There were some excellent atmospheres that season.

Think people remember the pre all seater days with rose tinted spectacles mind. It was shite more often that not. 14k of us rattling around the place most weeks in 90/91 was pretty grim and it was only the rare occasion for a big game when it was really good. An FA Cup game v Man Utd in 1990, a League Cup game v Forest also stands out, obviously any games v the Mackems. West Ham was usually lively after the petrol bomb incident as well. Keegan coming in 92 changed things and the atmosphere improved 10 fold culminating in the final game of that season v Portsmouth which is still my favourite ever SJP atmosphere and it wasn't full either. Just under 26k there but it was absolutely electric. Remember David Kelly in his post match interview saying one of the Portsmouth players had gone up to him during the game and said he couldn't believe the noise inside the place! The start of the following season was also excellent but died off a bit when they decided to make every match all ticket after 7k were locked out v Tranmere.

Aye Leazes was excellent in 93/94. My ST was in the Upper tier (L4U) and it was brilliant in there. You had the East Corner which would be bouncing then at the other side you had the Leazes Section of the Milburn Stand which was superb back then and the Leazes would always join in with them. The following season they shifted all the vocal fans from the NE Corner and shoved the away fans in there which killed it a lot and to compound things they fucked the other side of the stand up as well as they kicked all the vocal fans out of the Leazes Wing of the Milburn Stand to introduce the Platinum Club. Then in 2000 the extension happened and that killed the noise completely. I persevered with it for 5 more years but then switched to the Gallowgate which was better but not a patch on the Leazes when it was first built. Agree that mirroring the Gallowgate with the Leazes will be the end of what atmosphere there is left.

Her twitter account.

She's a Chelsea fan who switched cos they stopped winning and we look like we might at some point. No reason why any fan who's been following this club through thin and thinner should have any respect at all for her opinion on anything NUFC related. She'll jump ship to another club before long anyway.

Unbelievable

That's a pisstake surely That can't be genuine.

The novelty factor will see it full if nowt else. The mackems only sold out Roker Park 3 times in its final season before they moved to the SoL (one of those against us obviously and another for the last ever game) and it only held 22k. The following season they were getting 35/40k every week as they doubled their crowds from one season to the next. That's why I call them the 1997ers, cos around 50% of their fans never bothered watching them prior to moving to their new stadium.

Not sure about that. One thing that was very noticeable walking down Wembley way was that Man Utd had a lot more groups of boisterous lads in their 20s, 30s, 40s than we did. Not sure how their ticketing system works but I'm very familiar with Chelsea's and they allocate all tickets for away games and neutral venues 60/40 ST holders/members and for the bigger games, semi finals and finals it goes on loyalty points which reset every season so members can build up points in the same way ST holders can. They probably have a worse supply/demand problem than we do given their 40k capacity. Now I haven't got any data to back myself up here but I'd be 99% confident that the average age of your typical NUFC member will be far lower than the average age of your typical ST holder. One thing I would do if we ever moved stadium or increased capacity is for any extra tickets give priority to people in the Under 25s age group. Sure Liverpool did something similar when they put the extra tier on their main stand. Priority for those with a Liverpool postcode and something like 8 quid ticket prices for Juniors up there. As you mentioned they have a bigger problem than we do with am ageing ST holder base.

I'm not even sure it was that. I think it's more down to the demographic of our season ticket holders as it was them who made up 99% of our crowd in the Cup final. Our average ST holder is probably around 50 years old these days and it was obvious walking along Wembley way that our support was going to be mainly made up of people of a certain age. This was confirmed once I got inside the concourse where excitement levels appeared low and the atmosphere subdued. It didn't improve once we took our seats. Far more elderly people than I'd seen at my previous 4 Wembley visits, plus Cardiff and the 2 Old Trafford Semis. Back in the 90s, 2000 when we got there the make up of our support was much different. Groups of mainly young lads. Typically they're the people who generate the atmosphere whilst those in their 50s, 60s, 70s more inclined to sit back and watch the match. As poor as we were at Wembley I was more disappointed at how easily the Man Utd fans outsung us. I mean they weren't even that good themselves but our end was abysmal.

Derbies/grudge matches I've attended; Newcastle v sunderland (no introduction needed) Rangers v Celtic (underwhelming) Rangers v Aberdeen (Strong hatred more from the Aberdeen side) Dundee Utd v Dundee (fans drinking together before and after) PSV v Ajax (pure vitriol) PSV v Feyenoord (they don't mind each other tbh) Darlington v Hartlepool (both grounds, pretty nasty) Hartlepool v Carlisle (was taken aback by how much they hated each other)

Aye that's hats the error I was getting.

I did. Took my phone off the house WiFi and used 5g and it worked straight away.

Think Pink sold out there as well.

For this who've missed out there'll be loads on resale for this one so if there's still a good chance of getting a ticket.

Success! That's 1/3 for me this season now.

Nottm Forest owner talking about expanding the City ground from its current 30k capacity up to 50k. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cz7jq159x47o

Neither did we tbf. Remember sitting in sparse crowds for early League Cup games v Cheltenham and Northampton. Think we had less than 20k v Spurs as well. Like you say interest in going to watch live football, especially at the top of the ladder, is through the roof these days and even early round LC games are more or less guaranteed sell outs for the big clubs. NUFC need to consider this when it comes to the stadium plans. Going to 60k won't be enough to future proof us. Think that Man Utd game was where fans of both teams stayed away in protest at the ticket prices. Weren't they something daft like £45?

Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool would. Spurs possibly. Chelsea v Barrow sold out tonight but Stamford Bridge only holds 40k.

Well it was either that or we get a bye into the next round. I'm sure they would have been delighted with that outcome as well. In saying that they were knocked out of this competition in Round 1 so it doesn't really have anything to do with them. Same reason why I wouldn't get worked up about anything Championship related.

Forget Ashley. I'm just saying that we've been left behind over the last 10/15 years on the stadium front. We all know the reasons why. I'm just saying that it's an indisputable fact that it's happened. 3 years after Ashley leaving I was sort of hoping we'd have some news on how we're going to catch back up again. Chelsea's owners have been there less time than ours have and they're in talks about a move to Earls Court if it proves too difficult to redevelop Stamford Bridge and 49ers Enterprises have only had full control of Leeds since last year and plans are now in place to go to 53k. Tbh my frustration is mainly down to the fact that I can't get in to watch them anymore as the ground is far too small but I'd love a bit of hope to come out the club soon, even if it's just a hint into some of the options that they're exploring so that more of us can get in to watch the team.

It isn't but look at other Countries and the biggest, well supported clubs tend to have the biggest capacities to satisfy the demands of their fanbase. England; Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool Germany; Dortmund, Bayern Spain; Barcelona, the Madrid clubs Italy; Milan clubs, Roma Scotland; Celtic, Rangers Holland; Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV Portugal; Benfica, Porto, Sporting Historically we are the 5th best supported team in the Country and will soon have the 9th biggest stadium. Plus I'm pissed off that I'm as good as locked out of it these days!!

Whoever was the owner is besides the point though. We used to have the 2nd largest stadium and we'll start next season with the 9th largest. We have been overtaken and left behind.

We are if you think that 20 years ago we had the 2nd largest stadium in the Country. Next season we'll have the 9th largest and once Leeds is done we're 10th.

Unfortunately I expect most women's teams run at a loss, if not all of them. Certainly the money it costs to run NUFC women will be far smaller than the revenue the team generates. They need to look at ways of generating more money in the womens game and in turn passing it down to the players and staff.