David Icke - Son of God Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 There was a 20,000 waiting list in the mid-90s when our prices weren't that much different to other clubs....we are cheaper to watch now, but the waiting list has gone. Offer peanuts, get monkeys.... The capacity of the stadium has increased by almost 20,000 in that time. Anyone complaining about low ticket prices can go suck a dick as far as I'm concerned. Football is overpriced as it is and the economy is fucked. The club have done a great job of making it accessible to all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCW1983 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 There was a 20,000 waiting list in the mid-90s when our prices weren't that much different to other clubs....we are cheaper to watch now, but the waiting list has gone. Offer peanuts, get monkeys.... The capacity of the stadium has increased by almost 20,000 in that time. Anyone complaining about low ticket prices can go suck a dick as far as I'm concerned. Football is overpriced as it is and the economy is fucked. The club have done a great job of making it accessible to all. I got my season ticket 8 years ago and was waiting for 2 years to get one and that was post expansion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Icke - Son of God Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 There was a 20,000 waiting list in the mid-90s when our prices weren't that much different to other clubs....we are cheaper to watch now, but the waiting list has gone. Offer peanuts, get monkeys.... The capacity of the stadium has increased by almost 20,000 in that time. Anyone complaining about low ticket prices can go suck a dick as far as I'm concerned. Football is overpriced as it is and the economy is fucked. The club have done a great job of making it accessible to all. I got my season ticket 8 years ago and was waiting for 2 years to get one and that was post expansion. The economy wasn't in the toilet then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 However, they've done the sensible thing with the debts. That was forced onto Ashley due to his thickness of not doing due diligence. It was forced on Ashley due to the state and level of the debt, if he'd done due diligence he would have done a runner IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 There was a 20,000 waiting list in the mid-90s when our prices weren't that much different to other clubs....we are cheaper to watch now, but the waiting list has gone. Offer peanuts, get monkeys.... The capacity of the stadium has increased by almost 20,000 in that time. Anyone complaining about low ticket prices can go suck a dick as far as I'm concerned. Football is overpriced as it is and the economy is f***ed. The club have done a great job of making it accessible to all. I think the ticket prices is a good thing, my point was that its reactionary to the relative poor performance of the club as a whole. Ticket prices are set ahead of time and thus by definition can't be reactionary, if they were reactionary they'd have gone up significantly after finishing 5th. Attendances will rise/fall in line with performance on the park (same as any club) although we have always tended to get better crowds than most even when we're crap. That continues to be the case. It's a miniscule minority who won't go because of "off the pitch" antics rather than on the pitch stuff. That's borne out by the numbers we get through the gates. My lads are getting 3 ST's between them this year because they can now afford them, they couldn't give two hoots about anything other than going to the game. Oh aye, they talk about the Ashley stuff, but it doesn't register in the slightest when deciding to attend the match or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 IMO it's a brilliant thing that so many people are just concerned with enjoying match days. Being a football fan is so much more fun when that's the case. As you say, the crowds are just a simple reaction to supply/demand when the stuff on the pitch gets better or worse. That's inevitable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 IMO it's a brilliant thing that so many people are just concerned with enjoying match days. Being a football fan is so much more fun when that's the case. As you say, the crowds are just a simple reaction to supply/demand when the stuff on the pitch gets better or worse. That's inevitable. Couldn't agree more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Some facebell has just linked Mordashov with us again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Dismissing it all on his own daft news site now. http://www.sportsdirectnews.com/sports-business/27124-newcastle-play-down-for-sale-speculation.php Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 What a waste of pixels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 That article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 6 mins ago Mike Ashley will consider any realistic offers for Newcastle Last Updated: June 26, 2013 12:10pm http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11678/8793434/Mike-Ashley-will-consider-any-realistic-offers-for-Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 6 mins ago Mike Ashley will consider any realistic offers for Newcastle Last Updated: June 26, 2013 12:10pm http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11678/8793434/Mike-Ashley-will-consider-any-realistic-offers-for-Newcastle Im sure any owner of any club in any league would consider a realistic offer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 why do we have to go through this shit all the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 why do we have to go through this shit all the time Nothing has happened, stand down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 why do we have to go through this s*** all the time Nothing has happened, stand down. Yeah I know, I mean why do we get the same shit 'stories' every other few months or something, everyone knows he'd sell, IF someone pays over the top. Can't believe it's even made it to skysports Not even worth discussing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Talksport saying its bollocks, although as i type it i wonder why bother mentioning it. Shit source rubbishing even shitter sources Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 It's just the general appalling standard of sports journalism. Especially during the summer when nothing is actually happening. Better just watch Wimbledon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Look if the untrue rumors that he wants to sell sparks some foreign billionaire into making him an offer than good.. I know I know all this better the devil you know shit and out of the frying pan into the fire but its Ashley he is fkn magma not a frying pan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 It's just the general appalling standard of sports journalism. Especially during the summer when nothing is actually happening. Better just watch Wimbledon. I just read that Independent story. The amount of nonsense and obvious mistakes in there beggars belief. It reads like it was written and edited by unpaid interns... as perhaps it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Pricing down the tickets doesn't really affect your ability to sign players that much though, does it? Since gate receipts are actually quite small compared to stuff like TV money and the person wealth of owners. The waiting list has gone because we aren't as successful, obviously. No club can avoid that effect. Its not just that we aren't successful in terms of silverware - the standard of football is dire and we are seen as also-rans ; fans will not want to see rubbish on the field or feel as if we have no chance of even getting near to a FA/Littlewoods Cup Final. Such things would be enough to bring fans back esp if we played attractive football. People are NOT going to stay on a waiting list if they are being viewed with contempt by the clubs management or watching the side lose to Sunderland, Liverpool and Arsenal whilst conceding shed-loads of goals....... Depends what your view of 'success' is..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Pricing down the tickets doesn't really affect your ability to sign players that much though, does it? Since gate receipts are actually quite small compared to stuff like TV money and the person wealth of owners. The waiting list has gone because we aren't as successful, obviously. No club can avoid that effect. Its not just that we aren't successful in terms of silverware - the standard of football is dire and we are seen as also-rans ; fans will not want to see rubbish on the field or feel as if we have no chance of even getting near to a FA/Littlewoods Cup Final. Such things would be enough to bring fans back esp if we played attractive football. People are NOT going to stay on a waiting list if they are being viewed with contempt by the clubs management or watching the side lose to Sunderland, Liverpool and Arsenal whilst conceding shed-loads of goals....... Depends what your view of 'success' is..... NUFC will always get a level of support far outweighing what they should, in relation to any success, it's just the way it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 I'd happily pay 1K to watch an NUFC side as good as KK's or Sir Bobby's trying to actually win things and in a pleasing way too. Given the amount of good money I spend on tat in my life it would be well worth it. To watch what Pardew serves up.... I would pay a tenner a ticket! That said, I reckon lower ticket prices is a good thing and I wouldn't like to see ours rise even if we were playing good stuff and doing well. Our commercial revenue is appalling though. We have a very shitty kit deal, a shitty sponsor deal and we get nowt in advertising around the ground and even what we do get is from local firms meaning pennies. We outsourced our catering and even the club shop and website makes fuck all. The corporate end is dead these days, people just don't want to pay good money to watch a shit team and a toxic brand. When KK was manager big companies and very rich men were fighting to get a box and to get tickets. Same with Sir Bobby's era. Today anyone on here can get a seat in an executive box even against the mackems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewJerseyMag Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Our commercial revenue is appalling though. We have a very shitty kit deal, a shitty sponsor deal and we get nowt in advertising around the ground and even what we do get is from local firms meaning pennies. We outsourced our catering and even the club shop and website makes f*** all. It really is woeful. I find it all the more surprising in that this should be Ashley's area of strength. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Our commercial revenue is appalling though. We have a very shitty kit deal, a shitty sponsor deal and we get nowt in advertising around the ground and even what we do get is from local firms meaning pennies. We outsourced our catering and even the club shop and website makes f*** all. It really is woeful. I find it all the more surprising in that this should be Ashley's area of strength. feels like the club is just dragging its arse to me, there's potential there for self-fulfilling ambition and its just wasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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