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Well said TCD  :thup: articulated it well. It's a different kind of animal London, but the similarities with the football clubs are there.

 

Don't focus too much on London anyway. That same feeling is prevalent in other cities in England. I love Newcastle with every bone in my body but from my experience it's not the only town/city in ol' Blighty where people get wrapped up so much in the goings on at their local club.

 

It's not, but its certainly different in say Birmgham where there are two clubs. You dont get the same feeling and the amount of people talking about it imo

 

Absolutely agree with that in general. But if you'd seen a Villa win and headed into Aston, Perry Barr, Witton, Longbridge etc then the feeling would be the same as NUFC and the Toon...perhaps with slightly less obvious/advertised passion (guess that comes from the Brummie style) but that's about it.

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Well said TCD  :thup: articulated it well. It's a different kind of animal London, but the similarities with the football clubs are there.

 

Don't focus too much on London anyway. That same feeling is prevalent in other cities in England. I love Newcastle with every bone in my body but from my experience it's not the only town/city in ol' Blighty where people get wrapped up so much in the goings on at their local club.

 

It's not, but its certainly different in say Birmgham where there are two clubs. You dont get the same feeling and the amount of people talking about it imo

 

Absolutely agree with that in general. But if you'd seen a Villa win and headed into Aston, Perry Barr, Witton, Longbridge etc then the feeling would be the same as NUFC and the Toon...perhaps with slightly less obvious/advertised passion (guess that comes from the Brummie style) but that's about it.

 

Yeah true, but the support is so widespread there, like amongst the lads I know, its WBA/Villa/Blues/WBA/Wolves and thats only in our group.

 

Same here. I did my post grad in Birmingham and out of the people I met who were local to Birmingham, all those clubs you mentioned plus Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea were represented.

 

I don't even know what point I'm trying to make anymore. I'll shut up now  :lol:

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I know loads of people who will buy a ticket to the match just because they know they're going out in Newcastle on a Saturday night and it forms part of it. The place is always packed with stag parties bumping the crowd up.

 

Comparisons with Croydon man, howay.

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Whenever I've been to Selhurst to watch us play and granted it's been a while since I did, but I recall a severe lack of boozers in the vicinity of the ground.

There's loads from what I recall en route from Thornton Heath and there's loads around Norwood Junction too.

 

I agree that our gates would drop if we were out of town but I'd still go.

 

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Whenever I've been to Selhurst to watch us play and granted it's been a while since I did, but I recall a severe lack of boozers in the vicinity of the ground.

There's loads from what I recall en route from Thornton Heath and there's loads around Norwood Junction too.

 

I agree that our gates would drop if we were out of town but I'd still go.

 

Is there any amount of negligence from the people running the show that would ever stop you going? Genuine question.

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Whenever I've been to Selhurst to watch us play and granted it's been a while since I did, but I recall a severe lack of boozers in the vicinity of the ground.

There's loads from what I recall en route from Thornton Heath and there's loads around Norwood Junction too.

 

I agree that our gates would drop if we were out of town but I'd still go.

 

Is there any amount of negligence from the people running the show that would ever stop you going? Genuine question.

Nope.

Seen worse and seen better.

I've been going since 1977 and had a season ticket since 1982.

 

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Absolutely no doubt whatsoever in my mind that if the ground was, say, 2 miles out of the centre (like Aston Villa or Everton are) attendances would nosedive. It would instantly be far too much of an inconvenience to watch this fucking dross.

 

Just to add something else. For people who live outside of Tyneside and are without Metro access even getting to SJP can be a bit of a pain in the arse to be fair. I've experience of both sides of the coin but now living in County Durham I find it a right pain in the arse getting to the ground. If Im on the drink its a bus then the train, if I'm not its taking the car and all the shit that comes with that ie gridlocked roads and shite parking. Sometimes I just can't be arsed with it. Loads of our support make these kind of journeys too and an out of town stadium would actually be easier to get to for them.

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But then loads of people would be getting the bus into town and then having to get another bus/taxi from town to wherever the stadium is 2 miles away. Then get the bus/taxi back into town after the match.

 

Look at Leeds, it's a big 1 club city also and has supporters from York etc who will get the train into the city centre and then get the bus/taxi to the ground which just seems like a massive fuck on.

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Leeds, their demise still makes me laugh. I'm old enough to remember them as the top club and its still like seeing Manu or Liverpool spending years out of the top flight to me.

I love it.

Pardew out(to keep on topic)

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Whenever I've been to Selhurst to watch us play and granted it's been a while since I did, but I recall a severe lack of boozers in the vicinity of the ground.

There's loads from what I recall en route from Thornton Heath and there's loads around Norwood Junction too.

 

I agree that our gates would drop if we were out of town but I'd still go.

That's all that's in Selhurst and Norwood Junction - pubs, chicken shops & bookies
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Eh? Selhurst Park, according to Google, is a 35 minute walk from Croydon centre, nearly 2 miles. If SJP were 2 miles away, our crowds would have crumbled under Ashley. People still go because it's a minor inconvenience to their day at worst. That's the point I was making.

This is what I mean as you have to experience it. Trust me when I say the people consider that hyper local - that's where most would do their casual run to Zara or whatever.

 

I'm just saying it's not a lot of effort to watch Crystal Palace or any London club and get on with the rest of your day unlike say Old Trafford.

 

 

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I had a dream last night that I came on here and there was a thread saying Tim Sherwood had been announced NUFC manager. The funny part is the club never announced that Pardew had been sacked. I'm pretty sure this means he'll be here forever.

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Whenever I've been to Selhurst to watch us play and granted it's been a while since I did, but I recall a severe lack of boozers in the vicinity of the ground.

There's loads from what I recall en route from Thornton Heath and there's loads around Norwood Junction too.

 

I agree that our gates would drop if we were out of town but I'd still go.

That's all that's in Selhurst and Norwood Junction - pubs, chicken shops & bookies

 

Don't forget the performing arts school for train loads of pretentious teenagers. And Greggs.

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I really want to want us to lose just to get rid of this parasite but i can't, not fully anyway. I know it's probably the same for many on here but some of you seem so genuinely gutted when we win, it makes me question my own commitment ☺. My worry is that if we do go down we'll still be stuck with these wankers and to be honest i'd rather be stuck witj them in the Premier League than the championship. We're just clinging on to blind hope that Ashley sees sense but i'm starting to believe it won't happen.

He's Ashley's loyal little lapdog and as long as he doesn't bite him or shit in his car he's going nowhere

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Leeds, their demise still makes me laugh. I'm old enough to remember them as the top club and its still like seeing Manu or Liverpool spending years out of the top flight to me.

I love it.

Pardew out(to keep on topic)

 

They only really had from about 1998 to 2002 as a relevant Premier League team from what I remember. Or are you talking like from the 70s. :lol:

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Leeds, their demise still makes me laugh. I'm old enough to remember them as the top club and its still like seeing Manu or Liverpool spending years out of the top flight to me.

I love it.

Pardew out(to keep on topic)

 

They only really had from about 1998 to 2002 as a relevant Premier League team from what I remember. Or are you talking like from the 70s. :lol:

 

They did win the title in '92 as well tbf.

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Aye, but at the time even as a kid I considered Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, Spurs, etc as bigger clubs and that was a one off. That was only 2 years after they went up the season we finished 3rd and hammered them opening day.

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Leeds, their demise still makes me laugh. I'm old enough to remember them as the top club and its still like seeing Manu or Liverpool spending years out of the top flight to me.

I love it.

Pardew out(to keep on topic)

 

They only really had from about 1998 to 2002 as a relevant Premier League team from what I remember. Or are you talking like from the 70s. :lol:

Unfortunately I am old enough to remember Don Revies Leeds.

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Unfortunately I am old enough to remember Don Revies Leeds.

 

At least 'horrible Don't Revie sold us Terry Hibbitt cheap, like.

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