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I work with a ST who openly admits he's not bothered about going. He goes because it gets him out the house and is the only chance he gets to meet up with the one mate he's got in the Labour Club. He didn't bother getting the Cup package so wasn't there tonight so can't apportion any of the blame on him for the atmosphere tonight. We first got our season tickets at the start of the 91/92 season and I remember that at the time we had around 4,000 season ticket holders.

A ridiculously high % of our ST holders are right miserable, moaning old bastards. That's the reason our atmosphere down at Wembley was so pathetic as it was 95% ST holders in our end.

Was very noticeable on TV tonight. Not sure what the purpose of it is. Sounds pathetic and hardly encourages the players to try different things.

That's the problem with randomly allocated seating. A friend of ours was put in the Strawberry Corner for tonight with her 10 year old son and 6 year old daughter. It was literally the last place she wanted to be!

Sounded absolutely shite on TV. Even the commentators were saying they were surprised at how quiet it was. Could only really here the Dortmund fans, except for in odd spells. Moans and groans seemed louder than any actual positive support inside the ground.

2-0 Dortmund now. We look awful

Well to give you an idea of how much interest they have in our match tonight, the NUFC v PSG match thread on there was 92 pages strong until it was hidden away in the parsnip section. They'll all be glued to our game tonight, however much they protest otherwise.

Still find it hard to believe that this time 2 years ago we were nailed on to be relegated to the Championship and here we are now, sat top of a Champions League group containing AC Milan, PSG, and Borussia Dortmund. I still struggle to take it all in if I'm being totally honest.

You'll find that was West Ham.

Almost. They had 1 season in 61/62 where they averaged under 35k (33,491). They do have the biggest fanbase in the Country by a mile though and the figures back that up. Nobody really comes close. Newcastle hold the Premier League record of never having played a home game in front of under 30k.

We've got season tickets at PSV so even though we only get to 5/6 games a season and sell our tickets on for the rest we always make sure Ajax is one of them as it's always a feisty affair as there's no love lost! PSV fans are in a frenzy over this as there is a chance to put Ajax bottom of the league by beating them. Volendam can go above them if they win and both matches kick off at the same time.

The SoL is a generic new build bowl, with a further generic bowl added to half of it. Bigger version of the Riverside and Pride Park, all built within a few years of each other as was the style of new builds back then.

Met him at a Charity do in the late 90s, and as the old adage goes, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything nasty so I'll leave it there. A lot of people seem to have good things to say about him so maybe he was just having a bad day. Also met his brother Jackie in Inventions (now the Crows Nest) on Percy Street and a nicer bloke you'd struggle to meet. I'll admit I was gutted when he died 3 years ago.

It's absolutely hilarious on there at the minute. 2 NUFC fans (Olive Grove and Angus) who I've never come across before are running them ragged. The fewm is off the scale, even by their standards They'll get banned soon though because it's become embarrassing for the same half dozen mackems who frequent that thread. Just a shame it's all hidden away in the parsnip section really.

Been to Anfield more times than I care to remember, including when the Kop was still a proper terrace and our atmosphere pisses all over it, and I agree ours isn't the best.

Any time KO tends to be like this at Anfield.

The Anfield atmosphere must be the biggest myth in football.

Dortmund just about to Kick off live on Sky Sport Mix for anyone wanting to see what we'll be up against on Wednesday.

Perfectly fair first reply to them.

Mate was there. He's a season ticket holder but had to pay 8 quid to get in. Everywhere else was between £3 and £6. Its not even 8 quid for the final! Said it was grim. Announced the crowd as 155. Said it looked less.

We are a far bigger club than Sunderland like. I think any neutral would agree with that. Whether it's trophy count, fanbase, club stature, amount of time spent in top division, we've never been in Div 3, record in Europe....basically whatever road you want to go down we are bigger. Their historical place is probably more or less exactly where they sit now.

Leeds are bigger and spent 16 years outside the top flight. Sheff Wed probably a similar size to Sunderland and they've been outside the PL for near enough 25 years. Size of club means fuck all anyway. Luton beat them in the Play offs to the PL. Bournemouth are Premier League when traditionally they were always a division 3/4 club, same for Brentford. Getting 40k crowds because it's pennies to get in guarantees nothing as it doesn't generate much income. As a double whammy they are hopeless at home so the crowd clearly doesn’t help them. They lost their manager to a fellow Championship club last season and their best player to a Championship club this season because they have a far smaller budget than the top spending clubs even in that league.

A couple of thousand of those would have been from the Netherlands as well. Staggering with a place in th QFs up for grabs! In saying that, just a few years previous we were struggling to get 40k for some CL matches so it probably didn't even raise an eyebrow.

Anyone know when Willock's meant to be fit?

2nd leg in Alkmaar was an absolute disgrace. Beginning of the end for Roeder.