TomYam

Zero, and rightly so (unless only a tiny incursion). The western section of Castle Leazes would be fully consented by all parties - so long as the northern half of the footprint of St.James's Park is given over to an extended Leazes Park (to mitigate the liss of green space at Castle Leazes).

Nice graphic, but why not just move the stadium 100 metres north north west? Castles Leazes is flat grassland and the new build would barely encroach onto Leazes Park. That way you can preserve (and enhance, once the old stadium site is cleared) Leazes Park and build on an unloved and vacant (save for a few cows) corner of land.

I'd expect Everton to get about 45 points come season end (35 with points deducted), but it's highly unlikely Luton, SheffU or Burnley will accumulate more than 30.

We've had a few recently. I guess that's evidence that we're in the process of making into the 'elite' group of clubs; that's why, of course, Arsenal are so insanely furious - they've expected the majority of decisions to go their way against the likes of us since David Attenborough was a bairn.

True. Didn't look like an elbow, mind. More like the forearm underside. Violently antagonistic, but not meant to hurt.

One advantage of a temporary move to Edinburgh would be developing our supporter base there. In theory we should be the best supported club in the Edinburgh area due to geography and history, although I imagine we're way behind the usual 3/4 clubs.

ManU, Liverpool, Arsenal These 3 clubs have dominated all aspects of the game in this country for 40 years, a symbiotic relationship. Their 'direction' was intended to nullify genuine competition from other ('lesser') clubs. These clubs have extensive reach in the media and beyond. They are 'glamorous', 'legacy', 'huge', 'fabled', 'cultured'. ManCity fans have long claimed these red tops will do all they can to discredit them and put them back in the box, but it's proving difficult as City have been to canny, too brilliant, too rich, too damned strong. Hopefully we (and other clubs) can emulate ManCity but, in the meantime, we can expect ongoing resistance and overarching scrutiny.

With you on ManU but certainly prefer ManC to Liverpool, Everton, Spurs or Chelsea.

Probably sensible as they have no money. Parachute payments and try again for promotion on a slightly stronger position financially.

Palace have a huge catchment area - the largest of the biggest 50 clubs in England. Save for one or two individual years, this is the most successful time in their history. Palace could have never been described as a big club, but the fact that they're in London and have a huge local population with no competition in their backyard means they surely have the potential to be among the biggest clubs in the country.

Both Chapel Park and Kingston Park are good neighbourhoods with decent housing stock. Desirable areas. I wouldn't really describe them as prestigious, though.

Newcastle is sorely lacking in high quality housing and neighbourhoods. Much of Gosforth and Jesmond and....well that's about it, really, within 5 miles of the centre. There are plenty of decent places to live, though, and Newcastle probably has fewer truly rough parts than many comparably sized cities in the UK.

Friends visiting Newcastle often comment on the lack of green spaces, trees, squares in the city. Lovely as Graingertown and the Quayside are, they are quite barren with very few places to linger. As you said, there is only one city centre park and that's peripheral; I'd like to see Leazes Park expanded and improved. Sunderland has a miserable centre and there is little reason why an outsider would wish to visit. Aside from a good central park it can at least compete with Newcastle on the quality of its best suburbs - Ashbrooke, Fulwell and Seaburn deserve a better centre.

I read a report on the potential support base of each of the 92 league clubs. Palacr were way ahead in top position (based on demographics within a certain radius and alternative clubs within said radius). Based on that, Crystal Palace should be the biggest football club in England.

Sir Bobby, Special KK, Wor Jackie and Joe Harvey.

Unless there were two people named James, whom both happened upon the park, and whom both happened to be saints, and the park was named after both of these beatific characters, then the correct written form is surely St.James's Park?

Of course none of us really have any idea of our owners' long term vision for the club. Time will tell. I only hope that they follow the path of ManCity's owners by investing deeply in not only the club but also in the development of its environs.

Except Leazes Terrace is Grade I listed and regarded as one if the finest residential building in the UK. It has the highest possible protection after World Heritage status. All arguments about extending the East Stand and encroaching into Leazes Terrace space and light is a wilful waste of time. Much the same can be said for St James Terrace eveb though it's only Grade II listed. Not only do all those building have Listing protection, but they also sit in a Conservation Area. Together they form Newcastle's finest collection of buildings outside Graingertown and the Tyne bridges. For those that keep mentioning building on Leazes Park, that will not happen either - and nor should it. Leazes Park is the only city centre Park and it is Grade II listed and is part if the Conservation Area that includes the aforementioned buildings in Leazes Village. Nobody would countenance moving outside the city centre so the options are: 1. Stay at St.James's Park and possibly make some (probably modest) increases to the capacity. 2. Move to Castle Leazes or other town moor land (subject to Freemen and council approval) with St.James's being laid out as part of an extended Leazes Park. 3. IF available, relocate to the Arena site. The club could then buy up parcels of land (possibly all the way to NBP) and regenerate that corner of the city extensively. I'd be happy with all 3 options, but would prefer option 3 as it would be a spectacular setting and could have a massively transformational affect on that area of the city.

That's right, basically. In the example I gave, the ball 'just about' crossing the goal line would lead to VAR disallowing a goal. You 'just about' making it out for the start of the second half should lead to an enforced forfeiture of your season ticket.

I hate that football commentators don't know the difference between 'just' and 'just about'. Eg 'the ball just about crept over the line'. For those that have been informed by football English, 'just about' is negative (ie. the ball almost crossed the line, but did not) while 'just' is positive (ie. the ball crossed the line, but almost didn't). As far as I know, only football commentators fail to see the distinction between these terms - in fact the incorrect use of 'just about' is often ised several times in one match. Grrrrr.

We're one of 4 or 5 clubs that are contenders. Should think Wolves and Forest are still favourites.

It's based on the London pronunciation. So Norwich comes before Nuucarsel.

Exactly how I saw it.

Nothing wrong with spending all your hard-earned cash on eywear and hair & beauty products instead of food.