Guest ElCid Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 They're really enjoying the season though, so much so that 8200 bothered to turn up for an FA Cup match. I personally wouldn’t belittle their support, especially in games like this. In jest maybe, but nothing more. They are a well supported club and like our own club, don’t quite deserve such a following or haven’t exactly done anything to justify such a following. I’ve never been one for belittling the free tickets thing either, although I’m pretty sure it wasnt some altruistic act of charity by the club to reach out to the wider community in the way cheaper season tickets or price freezes at our own club wasn’t either. What I do think the free ticket thing and their attendance figures do show, however, is the sol’s capacity is far too large for the kind of club Sunderland are and their fanbase where full houses are conditional and based on so many factors. Our full houses is pretty much unconditional, although I think if the roles were reversed, we’d do well to get 30k gates as well. They should have capped it at a max of 40k. Their attendances shouldn’t be mocked and we shouldn’t compare our own against theirs or anyone else’s really. If anything both clubs’ large followings have been as much of a curse as a blessing. 50k averages every home game in the top-flight of the championship has made life much easier for the likes of Mike Ashley. Clubs whose attendances should be mocked are Man City and Chelsea. Wigan/Bolton generally get mocked for having so many empty seats or used to even when they were a PL club, but some clubs will never be able to pull in a huge following ever home game or even away and while bigger capacities help clubs to grow and for more and more people to attend, every club will have a hardcore unconditional following and it’s that following who will always follow their club no matter what. I was at Brisbane Road a few weeks back to watch Gateshead, over 4000 home fans and 30 or so Heed fans. The away part of the South stand was empty, but Gateshead aren’t going to take a thousand or so fans away from home and Orient arent going to suddenly grow an extra 1,000 followers just to watch them play Gateshead in the conference. Why should a club’s true following/support be judged like that? Fair enough at City or Chelsea whose success if enjoyed at NUFC or Sunderland would fill tens of thousands of more seats where as if they swapped places with our clubs there would be even more empty seats. 8k for a Tuesday 2nd Round FA Cup match given where Sunderland are at right now shouldn’t be mocked, I bet most of those fans were kids and families and not regulars. Our own cup attendances have always been boosted by non regulars who without we would see similar figures as regular match day going fans decide to give such games a miss. Why anyone would want to go to watch any of our clubs right now boggles the mind like, especially our games. Thing is though when they were giving their 000s of free tickets they were all lapping it up about how massive and wonderful their crowds were. This season they are all saying how wonderful this year is, best football in years and much better than struggling in the Premier. Fuck them thst attendance tonight was pathetic and nobody can try and make excuses for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 They're really enjoying the season though, so much so that 8200 bothered to turn up for an FA Cup match. I personally wouldn’t belittle their support, especially in games like this. In jest maybe, but nothing more. They are a well supported club and like our own club, don’t quite deserve such a following or haven’t exactly done anything to justify such a following. I’ve never been one for belittling the free tickets thing either, although I’m pretty sure it wasnt some altruistic act of charity by the club to reach out to the wider community in the way cheaper season tickets or price freezes at our own club wasn’t either. What I do think the free ticket thing and their attendance figures do show, however, is the sol’s capacity is far too large for the kind of club Sunderland are and their fanbase where full houses are conditional and based on so many factors. Our full houses is pretty much unconditional, although I think if the roles were reversed, we’d do well to get 30k gates as well. They should have capped it at a max of 40k. Their attendances shouldn’t be mocked and we shouldn’t compare our own against theirs or anyone else’s really. If anything both clubs’ large followings have been as much of a curse as a blessing. 50k averages every home game in the top-flight of the championship has made life much easier for the likes of Mike Ashley. Clubs whose attendances should be mocked are Man City and Chelsea. Wigan/Bolton generally get mocked for having so many empty seats or used to even when they were a PL club, but some clubs will never be able to pull in a huge following ever home game or even away and while bigger capacities help clubs to grow and for more and more people to attend, every club will have a hardcore unconditional following and it’s that following who will always follow their club no matter what. I was at Brisbane Road a few weeks back to watch Gateshead, over 4000 home fans and 30 or so Heed fans. The away part of the South stand was empty, but Gateshead aren’t going to take a thousand or so fans away from home and Orient arent going to suddenly grow an extra 1,000 followers just to watch them play Gateshead in the conference. Why should a club’s true following/support be judged like that? Fair enough at City or Chelsea whose success if enjoyed at NUFC or Sunderland would fill tens of thousands of more seats where as if they swapped places with our clubs there would be even more empty seats. 8k for a Tuesday 2nd Round FA Cup match given where Sunderland are at right now shouldn’t be mocked, I bet most of those fans were kids and families and not regulars. Our own cup attendances have always been boosted by non regulars who without we would see similar figures as regular match day going fans decide to give such games a miss. Why anyone would want to go to watch any of our clubs right now boggles the mind like, especially our games. Rubbish. I've never known a group of fans big themselves up anything like what they do. No well supported club gets a crowd 4 figure crowd for an FA Cup game. No doubt the back patting will return when they get 30k+ when they play our junior team and the fact that it'll prove that they've only turned out to watch our U21s instead of their own team will go straight over their heads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 There’ll be no more than 12-15k for that game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Funny in one of their threads someone mentioned they’ll get a much needed break on Jan 5th now they’re out. They’ll actually be playing away to Charlton in a potential promotion 6-pointer that day instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 They're really enjoying the season though, so much so that 8200 bothered to turn up for an FA Cup match. I personally wouldn’t belittle their support, especially in games like this. In jest maybe, but nothing more. They are a well supported club and like our own club, don’t quite deserve such a following or haven’t exactly done anything to justify such a following. I’ve never been one for belittling the free tickets thing either, although I’m pretty sure it wasnt some altruistic act of charity by the club to reach out to the wider community in the way cheaper season tickets or price freezes at our own club wasn’t either. What I do think the free ticket thing and their attendance figures do show, however, is the sol’s capacity is far too large for the kind of club Sunderland are and their fanbase where full houses are conditional and based on so many factors. Our full houses is pretty much unconditional, although I think if the roles were reversed, we’d do well to get 30k gates as well. They should have capped it at a max of 40k. Their attendances shouldn’t be mocked and we shouldn’t compare our own against theirs or anyone else’s really. If anything both clubs’ large followings have been as much of a curse as a blessing. 50k averages every home game in the top-flight of the championship has made life much easier for the likes of Mike Ashley. Clubs whose attendances should be mocked are Man City and Chelsea. Wigan/Bolton generally get mocked for having so many empty seats or used to even when they were a PL club, but some clubs will never be able to pull in a huge following ever home game or even away and while bigger capacities help clubs to grow and for more and more people to attend, every club will have a hardcore unconditional following and it’s that following who will always follow their club no matter what. I was at Brisbane Road a few weeks back to watch Gateshead, over 4000 home fans and 30 or so Heed fans. The away part of the South stand was empty, but Gateshead aren’t going to take a thousand or so fans away from home and Orient arent going to suddenly grow an extra 1,000 followers just to watch them play Gateshead in the conference. Why should a club’s true following/support be judged like that? Fair enough at City or Chelsea whose success if enjoyed at NUFC or Sunderland would fill tens of thousands of more seats where as if they swapped places with our clubs there would be even more empty seats. 8k for a Tuesday 2nd Round FA Cup match given where Sunderland are at right now shouldn’t be mocked, I bet most of those fans were kids and families and not regulars. Our own cup attendances have always been boosted by non regulars who without we would see similar figures as regular match day going fans decide to give such games a miss. Why anyone would want to go to watch any of our clubs right now boggles the mind like, especially our games. Mackem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Knocked out of the FA Cup before the Third Round and knocked out of the FA Cup twice in the same calendar year :lol: That attendance too :lol: Mackems :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 8K attendance is vile like. Deserves mocking for that level of "support". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Class attendance for an [early/late] kickoff on a [insert day] so close to [insert next important date/payday] marra. Our fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 It was high tide tbf so everyone had to hide in the loft. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Funny how they never mention on RTG about the shit attendances they get conveniently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Are they still giving away free tickets? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Are they still giving away free tickets? Not sure - think their tickets are cheap as anything though and they do offers also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 They're really enjoying the season though, so much so that 8200 bothered to turn up for an FA Cup match. I personally wouldn’t belittle their support, especially in games like this. In jest maybe, but nothing more. They are a well supported club and like our own club, don’t quite deserve such a following or haven’t exactly done anything to justify such a following. I’ve never been one for belittling the free tickets thing either, although I’m pretty sure it wasnt some altruistic act of charity by the club to reach out to the wider community in the way cheaper season tickets or price freezes at our own club wasn’t either. What I do think the free ticket thing and their attendance figures do show, however, is the sol’s capacity is far too large for the kind of club Sunderland are and their fanbase where full houses are conditional and based on so many factors. Our full houses is pretty much unconditional, although I think if the roles were reversed, we’d do well to get 30k gates as well. They should have capped it at a max of 40k. Their attendances shouldn’t be mocked and we shouldn’t compare our own against theirs or anyone else’s really. If anything both clubs’ large followings have been as much of a curse as a blessing. 50k averages every home game in the top-flight of the championship has made life much easier for the likes of Mike Ashley. Clubs whose attendances should be mocked are Man City and Chelsea. Wigan/Bolton generally get mocked for having so many empty seats or used to even when they were a PL club, but some clubs will never be able to pull in a huge following ever home game or even away and while bigger capacities help clubs to grow and for more and more people to attend, every club will have a hardcore unconditional following and it’s that following who will always follow their club no matter what. I was at Brisbane Road a few weeks back to watch Gateshead, over 4000 home fans and 30 or so Heed fans. The away part of the South stand was empty, but Gateshead aren’t going to take a thousand or so fans away from home and Orient arent going to suddenly grow an extra 1,000 followers just to watch them play Gateshead in the conference. Why should a club’s true following/support be judged like that? Fair enough at City or Chelsea whose success if enjoyed at NUFC or Sunderland would fill tens of thousands of more seats where as if they swapped places with our clubs there would be even more empty seats. 8k for a Tuesday 2nd Round FA Cup match given where Sunderland are at right now shouldn’t be mocked, I bet most of those fans were kids and families and not regulars. Our own cup attendances have always been boosted by non regulars who without we would see similar figures as regular match day going fans decide to give such games a miss. Why anyone would want to go to watch any of our clubs right now boggles the mind like, especially our games. Rubbish. I've never known a group of fans big themselves up anything like what they do. No well supported club gets a crowd 4 figure crowd for an FA Cup game. No doubt the back patting will return when they get 30k+ when they play our junior team and the fact that it'll prove that they've only turned out to watch our U21s instead of their own team will go straight over their heads. yep- they have been wanking themselves for 40 years over a similar sized crowd we had for an end of season dead rubber against Wrexham in the 70s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiesteve710 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Are they still giving away free tickets? Been reliably informed by a sunderland season ticket holder that the new owners binned that policy at the start of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 As they're no longer involved in the proper cup competition I think our junior team should forfeit their EFL match against Sunderland in the spirit of North East friendship and co-operation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 £15?! From .com; Checkatrade Trophy: mackems (a) details Newcastle's U21 side will play their last 16 tie in the Checkatrade Trophy at the stadium of plight on Tuesday January 8th 2019. Kick-off is at 7.45pm and a result must be achieved on the night. If the scores are level after 90 minutes then the tie will go straight to penalties. The tie is all ticket and Newcastle will receive an unspecified allocation of seats. Details of how and when they go on sale are yet to be confirmed. Ticket prices have been confirmed however - and in what looks like an attempt to deter fans from attending, adult admission has been set at £15 (£5 for U16s/ over-65s). That compares unfavourably with their home tie in the last round of same competition less than two weeks ago, when adult admission was just £3. Tickets for their FA Cup defeat by the mackems on Tuesday night meanwhile were £10, tempting just over 8,200 punters. As a top-flight side, United will field their U21s with some scope to include over age players. It's officially a first team game for the third-tier mackems. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Seems fair enough given they’ll have to pay for extra security and policing like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Not that surprising, they're skint and this game will probably draw their biggest crowd of the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 7-in-a-row written all over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 7-in-a-row written all over it. Some of them seriously think that also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Sorensen will be the best player on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 We've already won in the fact they have to play our kids so any result there is a bonus, they would never live a loss down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 “Biggest rivals” - NUFC under 23s :lol: https://twitter.com/stewartdonald3/status/1072907396710846465?s=21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 NUFC have asked for 4,800 tickets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 NUFC have asked for 4,800 tickets. Kenyon starting out with good PR like?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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