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Well the club has changed it's stance from not planning to "we'll look into relocating the singing section in another part of the stadium", so things are looking good. I'm doing my very best to get a petition, maximum online, regional and maybe national coverage to push the idea of a singing section. As yet, we don't know where it will be, but have proposed Level 4 of Leazes, or somewhere in the Gallowgate ... Here's the petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43076.html Starting to sound quite promising now. If you guys can get the club to endorse a singing section that's a massive step forward. I signed the petition yesterday.

Would you like Simon Esland's email address mate? That would be great if you could send me it mate. And keep up the good work mate. There's an awful lot of people appreciate what you and the others are doing. Cheers mate. Also, check your messages. Thanks mate. Got it. I'll send him an e-mail this afternoon. Really hope they put similar offers on for new season ticket holders. Just in the group of people that I go to the match with it would increse ST numbers between us from 4 to 9 if they could spread the cost.

Would you like Simon Esland's email address mate? That would be great if you could send me it mate. And keep up the good work mate. There's an awful lot of people appreciate what you and the others are doing.

Does anyone know if the dirct debit options will be made available to new season ticket holders? A few of my mates who have had season tickets in the past are looking at getting them again so hopefully 8 or 9 of us can be sat together but only if they can pay monthly as they haven't got the wedge to fork out £558 in one go. Reading the website it seems that existing ST holders can get 12 months interest free if they sign up before the end of Feb or 10 months if they sign up before the end of April but apparently new ST holders won't be able to apply until May. Really hope they keep the DD and price freeze option open to new ST holders because, just speaking to people I know, they would get a load of extra season ticket holders for next season if they did.

Ask them if they can increase the compulsary membership fee that they have added onto the season ticket price or if it's also fixed for 10 years and also ask why the deadline for the 12 months interest free is only available until 28th Feb meaning that any new season ticket holder can't take advantage of it. Cheers.

Nice to see NUFC.com giving publicity to the move from Level 7 to Level 4.

Great to hear Jordan. Hopefully the club can work together with the fans to make sure all those from Leazes Corner are kept together, wherever that may be.

Wouldn't happen. Firstly, can I just thank you for taking the trouble to arrange to meet up with the relevant parties to make sure that the good work of the last 3 years isn't destroyed and that we can hopefully make sure these fans who not only give the team tremendous vocal backing but also the future of the club are kept together. Supporters like you are crucial to the club and in making sure we maintain the atmosphere that has built over the last few years. However, I disagree with you when you say having thousands standing and making a racket at the back of the Gallowgate wouldn't happen. 4 years ago I never thought I would see a section of over 3,000 NUFC fans singing/standing together at St James' Park but I have. Personally, I think the Gallowgate Upper is the obvious choice. Not many ST holders up there but i've also noticed that a fair few who are already in that section stand up all match anyway, certainly the majority in the back 4-5 rows and I think that the people already there would be far more comfortable with those from L7 coming in with them than those who are currently in Leazes Level 4 corner as the fans there seem slightly more reserved in their support to the team and would probably have to end up giving up their own seats to sit in a section with fans who they are more comfortable with. We already have those in the Gallowgate Corner who give the team great backing and I think that getting 3,000 vocal supporters in the back of the Gallowgate would do wonders for the atmosphere and would even get those in front more involved and would make the Gallowgate a very intimidating end, plus it's already the favoured end that the players like to attack. Anyway good luck with what you are doing and I hope you achieve a result that has everyone happy.

The Gallowgate corner isn't really an option as it has quite a high percentage of season ticket holders already and to be honest the atmosphere there is already pretty good and isn't really in need of being improved. The Gallowgate Upper tier I would say is the best option by far, not only beacuse it's the best designed stand for atmosphere but also the noise from up there would get fans in the middle/lower tiers going as well and would end up creating a full 'end' of noise rather than just a corner. In time more and more of the noiser fans would also end up coming across to the Gallowgate and to be fair it does reate quite a din from there when everyone is up for it, like on Saturday.

That's it cause at the minute you can't even hear the singing section so if they were say somewhere like that you could hear them again. Exctly mate. I was in the singing section last season and when you are up there it sounds amazing. However this season i've been paying match by match and always go in the Gallowgate Corner and from there you can hardly really hear them. They would be much more effective in the Gallowgate.

Can't believe i'm actually going to say this but well done Ashley! Didn't renew my season ticket this year but had one last year in the Championship (will have to check if I qualify for the discount) but after hearing this I will more than likely be getting a season ticket again next season. £46.50 a month for the Gallowgate (even if they don't give me the discount) fits in nicely with my budget as opposed to having to pay it all up front which would have been difficult, and the idea of a 10 year price freeze is incredible. In fact the more I think about it I will definately be getting a season ticket again next season. I've been paying match by match this season. My Arsenal ticket was £35 and Bolton will be £25 when I get round to buying it meaning £60 in the month of February for match tickets. A steady £46.50 a month, with your own guaranteed seat, away match priority and membership thrown in seems like a far better option. The only downside is the breaking up of the Leazes Corner. However, why don't the fans up there use this to their advantage? The Gallowgate Upper Tier is very short on season ticket holders these days and it would be superb if we could move them to there. A better view (in my opinion) and the low roof means the atmosphere would be terrific. I know it costs more there but they are giving you 12 months interest free and the chance to be paying the same amount for the next decade.

Same here. Also like to see the banter betwwen the Leazes Corner and the away fans which you can't see from there. The Gallowgate Upper tier is always one of the last places to sell out these days.

Gallowgate corner (East) would be my recommendation. Great view and atmosphere there. Was superb on Saturday.

28 goals in a season and a half from a central midfielder is phenominal. Could end up as a Toon cult hero I think.

"Around" 36,000 sold when I went in to pick up 2 at 11am this morning. Hopefully we'll break the 40,000 barrier but people are skint right now. Most of my mates who usually go and pay match by match are having to give this one a miss.

Can't wait for this one. Man City are a club I despise more than any other excluding Sunderland and what happened down there earlier in the season just made my hate them even more. Hate their fans, hate their owners, hate De Jong, Given the judas.....just despise everything about them. Sadly I think they might beat us but if another 50,000+ crowd get behind the team like against Liverpool then we are in with a chance. COME ON!!!

He will recieve more abuse from me than any other opposition player ever has before. My dream scenario is for someone to snap his leg, the ref plays on and we go on to score the only goal in a 1-0 win. He is then stretchered off to a load more abuse from the crowd. Absolutely despise the bloke.

Pardew didn't only benefit from Hughton going, he helped the process along and has been twiddling his thumbs for at least a month just waiting for Hughton to be sacked. He's getting no support from me and that will never change. This.

If we lose tomorrow he's finished as far as i'm concerned.

Brazilian Bob is a knob.

Can't see him being paraded in front of the fans on Saturday.

I've just phoned the ticket office to get my Gallowgate End season ticket upgraded to the Milburn Paddock right behind the home dugout and plan to boo him from the moment he comes out the tunnel until the day he is sacked.

I might try to force my way into the directors box and punch him in the face. Maybe he will sell up then.

I do this anyway and have never bought anything iside the ground since the Keegan carry on. The fact is that the players need the crowds support so i'm not one for boycotting matches, plus why should people allow that horrible, fat, c%^t Ashley stop them going to watch the team they've supported all their life?

Very disappointing and deeply worrying. Too many players who are clearly not Premier League class representing us on the pitch at the moment. We need Nolan, Barton, Collocini & probably Williamson going off the performance of our 2 centre halves today playing to stand any chance of staying up.