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If you’re reading .com you surely know already not to take them. That said, it can never hurt to get the message out as much as possible. Wonder if the Chronicle would print something?

Jesus Christ. We haven’t lost at home in the league for nearly four months.

The Star…

When you consider where we’ve been as a club in recent times, looking at that list of strikers and not viewing it as absolute fantasy feels outrageous ?

Last day of the Championship? Although all those games ko at 12:30 so not sure why they would feel the need for no PL games later that day?

I don’t think it does actually have any ‘value’ as such. Apart from potentially psychological value to the owner. Perhaps if it really takes off there’s potential for them to become collectors items somehow that would give them a greater value to other collectors (if it’s even possible to transfer ownership in the event of a sale?) But they should absolutely not be seen as a financial investment, and I think clubs will be very careful with their marketing strategies so they can’t be accused of promoting them as such.

It is a true, and prior to ‘6-in-a-row’, they’d won 1 of the previous 16 against us. But obviously we don’t talk about that…

Indeed. In situations like this the best you can hope for is that problems get acknowledged and rectified. That (at least on the face of it) seems to have been what’s happened here.

Interesting. A good move if true. Not sure it’ll make that much difference like, probably a couple of hundred tickets per game at most, but better than nothing.

Only if you can link to more than one ST/Membership

Selling at a similar pace to Wolves, so you’d assume unlikely it goes to general sale. However think there’s a reasonable chance Leicester don’t sell their full allocation given they’re at PSV the Thursday before and then Everton the Wednesday after, so might get an additional block or two going on sale in due course.

The Newcastle United Supporters Trust has been working closely with Leeds United in the weeks following the 1-0 victory at Elland Roadon the 22nd January 2022. Following these discussions, a report has been published regarding the incidents that took place outside, and inside the away section. The final report can be found on our website here. After receiving approximately 125 reports in the days after the game, there was clear distress highlighted by those who were caught outside the away turnstiles in the build-up to, and after kick-off. Leeds United contacted us on the Monday following the game after being alerted to the serious concerns Newcastle United fans had for their health and safety. From these reports, Trust Vice Chair Thomas Concannon was able to provide Leeds with a detailed view of Newcastle fans in attendance that day and provided Leeds United with 10 of the most detailed reports for them to analyse. Two meetings were held with Leeds United, with one meeting taking place with representation from the West Yorkshire Police and the Football Supporters’ Association. The Trust was able to ask questions about the incident that took place outside the turnstiles and was able to establish an understanding of what led to Newcastle fans being involved in a very crowded situation outside the away turnstiles, and then subsequently inside the away section. We raised concerns around the operation of the turnstiles, which were the main cause of what was to follow, citing many fans informing us that tickets were not being read by the barcode reader. There were also reports of the barcode being ripped from the ticket due to the perforation line on the ticket, which Leeds acknowledged was a contributing factor to the incident. Leeds has acted on this immediately by removing the perforation line on the ticket to prevent the barcode from being separated from the main ticket. We will also be making the recommendation to Newcastle United that any future tickets with perforation lines should not be folded at the perforation line in order to fit them into the envelope before sending them out to supporters. We raised concerns around communication with supporters, with supporters claiming very little information was given to them as to why the queues weren’t progressing and no prior warning that the gate would be opened to allow fans to access the stadium, which in itself caused problems. Supporter reports expressed a lot of disappointment at the communication from both Leeds United and the West Yorkshire Police. We are satisfied they have acknowledged these complaints and are seeking to improve this going forward. Concerns with the layout of the queuing system, as well as the layout of the stadium inside, were also raised, and whilst immediately amending the stadium inside is an unreasonable ask, we are pleased Leeds United has acted immediately to improve the queuing system outside the away turnstiles. We also questioned the lack of response from stewarding teams and police, with what many Newcastle fans have described as poor reaction times and struggling to make the situation any safer for fans involved. We urge that Leeds United, and clubs around the Premier League and beyond, plan for such eventualities and provide the correct training to stewards to handle difficult situations like this. From the very first meeting, we praise Leeds United for taking this situation very seriously and are satisfied that steps are being taken to prevent any incidents like this from happening again to any set of supporters attending Elland Road. We are pleased to learn that following this game, Leeds United took immediate steps to prevent this from happening outside the away section again and that further fixtures with Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, and Norwich lead to no further such incidents. We are also pleased the West Yorkshire Police have committed to improving their communication with supporters going forward, and will seek to prevent a build-up directly outside the turnstiles should any incident like this occur again. We would like to place on record our thanks to Leeds United for treating Newcastle United fans with the respect they deserve following this incident and appreciate the seriousness in which they handled gathering evidence to create this report for your consumption. We are also happy to hear they have sought to liaise with supporter organisations of teams due to travel to Elland Road. Newcastle fans were faced with a very difficult situation that caused a lot of stress and anger from those involved. Those in attendance were amongst our most hardcore away followers, with a lot of experience following Newcastle United away from home, both domestically and abroad. The feeling that this was one of the worst experiences to have come across was a common theme across many of the reports sent in. We would like to thank Newcastle fans who sent reports in, especially in such detail which helped us form our presentation to Leeds United and the West Yorkshire Police. We can only hope going forward that an incident like this doesn’t occur again, and that lessons are learned, and continue to be learned to ensure the safety of supporters

Yep, will be a two game ban as it’s second red this season

Yeah, I believe so, unless they’ve changed it, but I think it’s just a case of it being poorly worded on the site.

It’s still two. ST holders and members are effectively the same when it comes to buying home tickets.

I think that was more to do with Liverpool fans buying memberships in an effort to get tickets as there was a possibility that game could have been when they won the league. They’ve stopped selling memberships now so you’ll be fine. Just make sure you know the day tickets go on sale!

Guess it was just another advantage to encourage people to get/keep a ST. If you’ve got mates who can only get to a limited amount of games, you can always get them a ticket. That kind of thing. Never really been an issue in the past (apart from the odd game). Things have changed dramatically now though, so probably needs looked at.

Tbh, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the situation next season. If we assume they’ll sell somewhere in the region of 40k ST’s, take away fans and corporates off, and you’ll have something like 8k (or less) tickets available for every match. That number sells out straight away with anything like current demand, so no tickets would ever be available to the ‘general public’. If you were selling memberships, you’d probably have to cap the number anyway, so might be best just to scrap them and have a general sale free for all for every game. That’s spoken from a ST holder’s perspective mind. If I were a current (non-ST) member I could well feel a bit different as that would probably be hindering my chances of obtaining tickets.

Presumably just some kind of pressure tactic to try and get some concessions out of the government in terms of being allowed to sell tickets. Absolutely horrific look for them though.

Tbh, I’m not sure what they’ll be doing in relation to memberships next season. They said they would be looking to revamp the ticketing system (or words to that effect) going forward, so might be something new in place for next season. That’s guesswork on my part mind, I don’t actually know anything, and I haven’t seen any substantive rumours about what, if anything, they’ll do.

Yeah, if memberships are still a thing next season I think it would be advisable to get one. If the team continues to improve like we all think/hope, demand is only going to increase and there’ll probably be less and less tickets reaching general sale.

….we were 3-0 up at home to Charlton and lost 3-4 with a last minute own goal.

Interesting way for them to become our feeder club

Sounds quite promising. And exciting!

Do the club seem receptive to the pulley idea (assuming it’s logistically possible)?