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Shouldn't be an issue really. Middlesbrough moved their main camera from their West Stand over to the East a few years ago with no problems re issues with sunlight.

We are living in an era where a bottom 6 West Ham are averaging 63k. Of course NUFC are capable of regular 67k crowds. We could do that right now and clearly our fanbase is going to grow considerably in the coming years.

Watching it on my phone at work and I keep losing track of where the ball is due to all the rubbish blowing around.

I was at Barcelona when they beat us 3-1 and again, thought it was too high up and too far away. You just feel detached from it all I think.

Milburn. Block B. It was so bad we abandoned our seats when Bruno got sent off as we knew the gates would be open and watched the remainder of the match from the Gallowgate.

We were sat 4 rows from the back of L7 for the Southampton match last week and I hated it. Far too high up and far away from the action. Almost felt like I wasn't even there. If that same seat I had on Tuesday was offered for me to buy as a season ticket I'd knock it back and take my chances match by match. Building any higher should be out of the question.

Holds a bit less. As I said they added 1,800 seats to the lower bowl as part of the 2000 expansion which people forget about. Level 7 only holds 14,400 in total I think.

They added extra seats to the lower bowl as well during the L7 redevelopment by adding a Level 4 above the Leazes West Corner Level 2 which added an additional 1,800 seats. Doubt they'll do that to any Gallowgate expansion as there's lucrative corporate facilities in Gallowgate West Corner.

Assuming it mirrors the Leazes End it would give an additional 6,300 seats as the current L7 leazes corner holds 3,500 and the 5 blocks in Leazes L7 hold 2,800.

So mackem logic now stipulates that they should be awarded the League Cup for a final that they lost but any trophies that NUFC win from now on should have an asterisk next to them

Exile, Dangernonce and Roker Mackem are the 3 obvious candidates.

Any idea what his RTG username is?

Outsung by Portsmouth at Wembley as well I recall. Their excuse for that one was that they were all hungover for the match after their night at Trafalger Square but the Pompey fans had kept themselves fresh

Remember their owner Charlie Methven ripping right into them when it became apparent they were going to have to return 6k tickets through lack of interest, reminiscent of an old chairman of theirs, Tom Cowies rant when he said he wished they had Newcastle's support! Completely outnumbered and outsung by Charlton that day. Not one of the MLFs proudest showings.

He must rue the day he ever set eyes on Niall Quinn mind! Cost him an absolute fortune to prop them up and keep them as a going concern.

I was at the rearranged one in 2003. Think you beat us if memory serves me right. Used to keep all my old tickets back then from away games so I'll have a look for it when I get the chance. Got a feeling it'll be in the loft.

Can see it from Battle Hill Drive and the top of the pit heap at the Rising Sun.

98 and 99 Finals was Trafalger Square the night before.

Wouldn't have a clue but I'd assume the nearer to the stadium the better, certainly I'd imagine any touts would be where most the traffic is so Wembley Park Tube station or Wembley Way itself.

Lucky enough to get tickets for both legs of the Semi but unlikely to get one for the final. I've got a ticket for all our other 4 Wembley appearances in my Lifetime (96, 98, 99, 00) so not sure if I could stomach travelling down this time without one. Tempted just to watch it in my local or see what they plan for SJP or the city centre itself. Would probably pay up to £600 off a tout/ticketing agency but I don't even think that would be enough.

It really wasn't. I can remember when we beat Bolton in the January to go 12 points clear and looked like certs for the title and the place was absolutely dead! Worse than last night. We could raise the noise levels when the bigger teams rocked up here mind.

92/93 season was the only season I remember when the atmosphere was amazing all the way through. Been hitty missy for the rest of the time tbh but that was the biggest game at SJP in decades last night and the atmosphere was dreadful. One thing about NUFC fans is that for one off big games we could really raise the roof. Looks lile we're losing that ability now.

It's sad really. If going 2-0 up at home in a League Cup Semi final (3-0 in the tie) can't get people up out their seats making a racket then I'm really not sure what can. Creating an atmosphere pre match ny singing along to the tannoy and then for the last 2 mins when it was already won isn't kuxh good to anyone.

Agree the atmosphere was abysmal last night. Really disapppinted given the magnitude of the game. We were in Level 7 and nobody was singing at all. The crowd up there were really pissing me off tbh. When Bruno got sent off we legged it out the ground and went into the Gallowgate through one of the open gates and just stood in an aisle as eveyone was stood up by then. That was far better admittedly. Not sure what's happened to the crowd at the moment. Tickets so much in demand but unfortunately getting into the wrong hands, ie people who just want to sit back and be entertained is my guess.