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Haven't read the previous 46 pages but Gerrard wasn't charged for his deliberate elbow on Welbeck, Huddlestone for his two footed stamp or Neville for his disgraceful challenge against Stoke. Then you have De Jong who could have ended Ben Arfa's career, again no action. One rule for some and one for the others. No wonder i've all but given up on watching Premier League football and take in local Non league games nowadays instead.

I honestly could not believe the reaction to Tiote on Wednesday. Yes he made a mistake which cost us a goal and that seemed to affect him for the rest of the game but up until that point he had arguably been our best player of the season. When he was substituted I stood up to give him a standing ovation, not for his performance in that match but for his contribution since he signed. Nearly everyone else around me stayed seated whilst some people actually booed and the bloke behind me shouted for him to eff off straight down the tunnel. I turned around, swore at him a couple of times and walked out of the ground. I doubt i'll be back again this season.

Exactly! we're not in Europe and have fielded a reserve team for the 3 Carling Cup games we've played so the majority of our first team have played 11 matches since mid August (some of them even less). I really can't see how a fit sportsman who trains most days should be needing a rest yet.

Went up to get a couple of extra tickets after i'd finished work yesterday and was having a chat with the lass behind the counter and she was saying they were suprised at the lack of interest in this match after the recent performances and that only "around 37,000" tickets had been sold (as of 4.30pm yesterday). The problem that we have now is that there's 20,000 tickets for each match on sale to members/general sale so when we have 2 home games in a week a lot of people will only be able to afford to go to one of them and a Saturday game is going to be more popular than the midweek one. If we can get a good result tomorrow there'll be 47,000+ there against Fulham.

You're missing the point again. This isn't an ordinary team in an ordinary season. Some of these players aren't good enough for the PL but they're playing above themselves and as a result, are putting more energy and workrate into performances. They'll burn out alot easier than a Robson team or us in the Championship etc. Just out of interest, who in the current starting 11 isnt good enough for the Premier League? Not necessarily not good enough, but i think Nolan, Simpson, Barton and Ameobi in particular are playing above themselves atm. How exactly can you play above yourself?

NUFC.com reporting that there's still tickets left for Leazes Corner and are advising supporters to contact the ticket office. Will be a crime if because of the clubs stupidity the section closest to the scum won't be full.

Heading down to the Powder Monkey in a few minutes to watch it. Not too hopeful to be honest. Would be happy with a point but i'm not expecting much.

Definately Man Utd and Arsenal and probably Man City as well I would have thought although come the end of the season I wouldn't be suprised if we've taken over Man City because we haven't played any of the top teams at home yest whereas they've already had Liverpool and Chelsea at home.

My knickers arent in a twist mate, i still go to games and wouldnt let such a minor, petty excuse get in my way. I fully grasp the point by the way as insignifigant as it is but hey you can continue to cry over it all you want while i enjoy my matchdays. Good for you. Would you like a medal? I still enjoy my matchdays as well thankyou very much only nowadays mine consists of sitting in the club with my mates and a few pints watching it on whichever Foreign channel is showing it (unless it's on either Sky or ESPN). The thing is now that they've put the restrictions on the noisiest part of the ground I probably get a better atmosphere in the club.

Don't know if people are aware of this or if it's been posted further up the thread but season ticket holders are also allowed to buy 2 extra tickets during the members sales period in any section of the stadium so I am able to make my 1st appearance in Leazes Corner this season (£37 up there).

tbh- im sure they are even bigger than the avarage for the 90s..... Its only the 2000s in my lifetime that has seen the avarage of 50k over a decade- think SBR takes a lot of that credit. The most the stadium held in the 1990's was 36,500.

That's true and it makes a bit of a mockery of the heading at the top of this thread. "disappointing attendances". We're averaging over 45,000 with 2 of our 3 home games being televised on a Sunday dinner time and only 1 of the 3 away clubs has brought a decent support up.

Jesus Christ its a free(nay better than free) card that takes no effort to get. Get over your self man, all this nostalgic bullshit over nowt! Making out you are better than those currently attending because you are too daft to accept it would benefit you? In reality it's clear that it's actually you who needs to get over yourself. I'm not saying i'm better or worse than anyone else and if people want to buy up this membership that's up to them although evidently not many people have bothered. I don't want to become a 12th man member and that's my decision. Just get over it. It's no big deal. I'm happy to watch the games on the foreign channels instead. Calling other fans 'spineless' and suggest they arent 'proper fans' says you do think you are better. I dont need to get over myself mate i am not the one inventing issues where there are none. Where have I suggested anyone isn't a proper fan? All i said was that our support of years ago (of which i'm presuming you weren't part of because of your age) wouldn't have put up with all this rubbish of only being allowed in certain parts of the ground unless you buy up a membership in advance or having the name of our stadium changed to Sports Direct.com@St James' Park or whatever he's decided to call it at the minute. Open your eyes and take a look for gods sake. People don't want to be forced into buying a membership just so they can go into a certain part of the ground, that's why that part of the stadium is empty this season, and for you to say it's cheaper to do that is a total load of tosh. For example I have 4 friends from Arbroath who like to come down to watch Newcastle 2 or 3 times a season and for the past couple of seasons they were able to join me in Leazes Corner to watch the match and thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere up there. It isn't cheaper for them to buy a membership is it? PS. You're not Derek Llambias in disguise are you? 1. How old do you think i am? Not that i care what you think. 2. I guess you are going to be pedantic of the words 'fan' and people' its the same thing in the context you used. But please feel free to sneak out of it. 3. You should know that 2 memberships can buy 4 tickets, your 4 friends can use those 2 memberships and remain in pocket, easy really isnt it? In any case for you to start crying over £5 when they are travelling from Arbroath? You want me to open my eyes? f***ing hell!! 4. Of course i am not Llambias, for a man allegedly over 40 its worrying your childish digs show an IQ of similar number. Grow up! All your excuses over a 2 minute process which WILL NOT cost you money yet which has stopped you attending games. Pathetic, simply patheitc! Stop getting your knickers in such a twist man! You are clearly in the minority with your views, hence the reason why so few memberships have been sold. You have been unable to grasp the point so many times I feel it's impossible to continue this debate with you as you will never grasp it and it will end up just ruining the thread so i'll just leave it at that.

Jesus Christ its a free(nay better than free) card that takes no effort to get. Get over your self man, all this nostalgic bullshit over nowt! Making out you are better than those currently attending because you are too daft to accept it would benefit you? In reality it's clear that it's actually you who needs to get over yourself. I'm not saying i'm better or worse than anyone else and if people want to buy up this membership that's up to them although evidently not many people have bothered. I don't want to become a 12th man member and that's my decision. Just get over it. It's no big deal. I'm happy to watch the games on the foreign channels instead. Calling other fans 'spineless' and suggest they arent 'proper fans' says you do think you are better. I dont need to get over myself mate i am not the one inventing issues where there are none. Where have I suggested anyone isn't a proper fan? All i said was that our support of years ago (of which i'm presuming you weren't part of because of your age) wouldn't have put up with all this rubbish of only being allowed in certain parts of the ground unless you buy up a membership in advance or having the name of our stadium changed to Sports Direct.com@St James' Park or whatever he's decided to call it at the minute. Open your eyes and take a look for gods sake. People don't want to be forced into buying a membership just so they can go into a certain part of the ground, that's why that part of the stadium is empty this season, and for you to say it's cheaper to do that is a total load of tosh. For example I have 4 friends from Arbroath who like to come down to watch Newcastle 2 or 3 times a season and for the past couple of seasons they were able to join me in Leazes Corner to watch the match and thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere up there. It isn't cheaper for them to buy a membership is it? PS. You're not Derek Llambias in disguise are you?

I think that is a ridiculous statement like - how much you support your football club isn't about far into your pockets you dig. I see Otters point. I agree, I went from 'hardore' supporter to a fan. I still love nufc, but I no longer go without to attend football matches. Snap!

Jesus Christ its a free(nay better than free) card that takes no effort to get. Get over your self man, all this nostalgic bullshit over nowt! Making out you are better than those currently attending because you are too daft to accept it would benefit you? In reality it's clear that it's actually you who needs to get over yourself. I'm not saying i'm better or worse than anyone else and if people want to buy up this membership that's up to them although evidently not many people have bothered. I don't want to become a 12th man member and that's my decision. Just get over it. It's no big deal. I'm happy to watch the games on the foreign channels instead.

Imagine in the 1960's and early 70's the board saying fans could only stand in the Leazes End if they bought up a membership in advance or them introducing the scheme for the Gallowgate Corner and Scoreboard sections in the 1980's/early 90's. There would have been uproar and rightly so and it wouldn't have been allowed to happen. Sadly nowadays we have too many spineless people following the club who just go along with whatever they are told and is one of the reasons SJP is missing that spark that it had yesteryear and sadly I think that's gone for good now. I'm not just referring to NUFC here but football fans in general these days. I'm just glad i'm old enough to have witnessed the better times when I could stand shoulder to shoulder with proper people who certainly wouldn't be pushed around.

money / work / not being that arsed any more..... That's the real problem, the membership thing is just a convenient excuse. If anyone actually wanted to go to a game they would, as simple as that. So you honestly think LC would have been empty this season if it hadn't been members only? Don't talk daft. People don't want to become members and hardly anyone has. Look at the stadium plan for sunderland. thousands of tickets will go on general sale despite it being 2 per membership because there are so few members.

I think most people realise what this 12th man rubbish is all about but people are not interested in all that. They just want to buy their ticket and watch the match in the section they like best like they've always been able to do. Even if the club had came out and said their reasons for doing this it would be a start but they couldn't even be bothered to do that. A decision that will probably end up costing them in excess of £750,000 over the course of the season.

£47 tickets are for the East Stand and Milburn Paddocks. Leazes and Gallowgate are £42. A disgrace really for a 90 minute football match live on TV.

Then it costs you £10, not really the end of the world if L7 is more important than simply going to a couple of games if you ask me. Or am sure if you have any mates there will be a use for it over the course of a season........ We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one because it could go for ever although judging by how empty Leazes Corner is this season a lot more people agree with me.

Would this be the card that many people ordered before the season started but still haven't recieved yet? And this priority scheme is a great idea when there's 10,000 empty seats! Can't believe people aren't falling over themselves to part with the £21. Anyway the proof is in the pudding and Leazes Corner has gone from being sold out for just about every Championship game last season to being about a third full in the Premier League. Is that true? I paid for mine about a week before the Blackpool game, and got it before that match. I know of 2 lads who ordered them before the Blackpool match and have been told they'll recieve their packs in early November and will get paper tickets for the sunderland match on October 31st.

Would this be the card that many people ordered before the season started but still haven't recieved yet? And this priority scheme is a great idea when there's 10,000 empty seats! Can't believe people aren't falling over themselves to part with the £21. Anyway the proof is in the pudding and Leazes Corner has gone from being sold out for just about every Championship game last season to being about a third full in the Premier League.

Sadly you've completely missed the point.

You would lose the loyalty points. I was on 107 points when I gave my season ticket up back in 2008 and I know that in 2005 I was in the top 500 season ticket holders for loyalty points after I had a bit of a carry on with the ticket office when they wrongly refused me a ticket for Heerenveen away (fair play as they sorted it in the end) but for the last couple of years I found that the fear of losing my points was bigger than the fear of not getting to every match and that was why I was renewing when in reality I had far more important financial commitments that should have taken priority. In 2008 I finally decided not to renew my season ticket after 17 years and went to a pay as you go type supporter which I was quite enjoying until the club decided to make leazes Corner 12th man membership only. Seriously you would think that in this day and age with crowds around the country on the decline they would be making it easier for people to gain access to matches, not more difficult. Sign of modern day football I suppose though which is sad.