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Belfast Airport bar fan count via identifiable clothing (including me): NUFC 3-0 MUFC

Belfast Airport a lot quieter than Newcastle. Although the bar here does have a little robot that brings your food to the table.

Not sure if this is true but worth finding out

Nice buzz at the airport. Various bar staff wearing NUFC gear. Genuinely feels like a big occasion

You wonder how people think they are gonna get away with stuff when doing it on that kind of scale? If you’re still going down, you never know what you might come across in terms of tickets. Appreciate it’ll be near impossible for you to have any optimism on that score at the minute.

Sure you’re already on it but still worth getting as many of the 23 as possible to report it here: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/

#Rattled

Not so sure about Fernandes mind…

*Wembo

Suspect it’s the first and last time she ever tweets anything football related…

That would be a very strange thing to post if he was fine, having just beaten Barcelona. And he did come off for treatment just before he got subbed…

If you’ve got their details pass on all your communications to Club Wembley. See how much better the offer they have is then…

Looking forward to more of this over the next couple of days. Let the black n white migration commence!

Anyone started their travels yet?

It’s advisory only. They just do it to try and reduces queues, particularly after the debacle of the Euros final

They actually said it would be paid for by the end of next year. Covid might have knocked that back a bit like.

Yeah, I think the official site has a cap on what can be charged.

It’s obviously incredibly shite for anyone that’s purchased one. Hopefully there’s some way to recoup their outlay. However, this kind of thing has to be done to stamp out touting. We’re all seeing these sites putting tickets up for £2k+, thinking ‘that’s a disgrace’, but if no-one does anything it’s never going to change. How these sites are allowed to operate in the first place when it’s supposed to be illegal to resell a football ticket above FV, is another question entirely.

Consett lost the Vase final there. But I guess they’ll not be classed as “Tyneside and Northumberland”. Think West Auckland did too, but same probably applies. Gateshead lost the playoff final too didn’t they (think that was new Wembley?). But that’s probably not a “cup final”. So, you can probably argue your stat is correct, although there’s a load of caveats.

Without looking into it, that sounds very questionable…

100% This is it. This week is why we bother. We follow football for the buzz, the excitement. We’re playing in a major cup final Wembley. Recent results might not have been what we wanted, but worry about losing if and when it happens. This week, the build up, every interview, is there to be soaked up and enjoyed. If you’re under 30, you’ve never experienced this before. We think and hope we’ll be experiencing it far more regularly in future, but who knows, enjoy the here and now. When people talked about Mike Ashley destroying things for a generation of fans, this week was what he was destroying. The hope of something genuinely exciting. Newcastle United are back this week. Enjoy it.

No. Howe said there’s a chance he makes it

Think it’s ticket only