HawK Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, wormy said: Does anyone have any idea what it does for the women's team's coffers when they get a turn out like this? Must be a cracking boost especially for a team still a few leagues down the ladder. I'd imagine it all comes under the NUFC umbrella now, they'll be getting a hell of a lot more funding regardless of the gate. The real question is, will they ever go on tour to Saudi, and will they be asked to wear clothes appropriate to Saudi culture, or will Saudi just pretend internally that the team doesn't exist... interested to see how it plays out. Bit like a car crash in slow motion I can't see any good outcome but can't help keep watching. Edited November 23, 2022 by HawK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 hour ago, wormy said: Does anyone have any idea what it does for the women's team's coffers when they get a turn out like this? Must be a cracking boost especially for a team still a few leagues down the ladder. Tickets were dirt cheap like. Cost us £7 for me, wor las and the bairn! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 hours ago, JonBez comesock said: No the milburn is open too , they’ve sold lots of hospitality in that area and the lower milburn areas have been sold …. (locked/sold out) I think the higher part of the milburn stand is open to the public (pay on the day) gallowgate - sold out east stand - sold out lower half of the Leazes on the way to being sold out. Just released another 400 seats in the centre of the East Stand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iklgizmo Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 Only problem with cheap tickets, is people get them and then don't bother turning up! It's happened loads in the WSL where they've said games are sold out, then there are blocks of empty seats! Fingers crossed it doesn't happen this time!! Hopefully it's still enough of a novelty thing! Would be good if the men's twitter account could push it a bit over the next couple of days! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) Anyone else find the tickets difficult to get via the site? Doesn't seem to be in the obvious 'ticket' section... I got two like. In the end. Edited November 23, 2022 by Heron Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iklgizmo Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 minutes ago, Heron said: Anyone else find the tickets difficult to get via the site? Doesn't seem to be in the obvious 'ticket' section... I got two like. In the end. Yea I could only find it by going via the link on twitter It's an awful booking system too, hope that gets upgraded at some point! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 21 hours ago, HawK said: and will they be asked to wear clothes appropriate to Saudi culture Women are allowed to wear shorts and football shirts ffs (since MBS took power anyway) . Unless they plan to play in lingerie, they’ll be fine. Whether or not the interest for womens’ football is there is a different question, but that’s not a Saudi-specific problem unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 1 hour ago, McCormick said: Women are allowed to wear shorts and football shirts ffs (since MBS took power anyway) . Unless they plan to play in lingerie, they’ll be fine. Whether or not the interest for womens’ football is there is a different question, but that’s not a Saudi-specific problem unfortunately. You know what I mean :P https://kawa-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/saudi-arab.jpg Even Princess Diana wore headscarves to Mosques and to Muslim countries iirc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Milburn Stand now open for sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Won't be a million miles away from a full lower bowl, then, which is some going considering the level and the timing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Tickets on the website? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, RodneyCisse said: Tickets on the website? https://t.co/Lj20XnzIAP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I know it's £1-3 a ticket, but it's mental that we've already outsold the capacity of Oakwell for a second round Women's FA Cup tie between two third-tier women's teams. We're absolutely fucking massive. Our cousin and his lass are coming up for it (Barnsley ST holders) and I know they'll be absolutely blown away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 I shouldn't be surprised but I honestly didn't expect us to out-sell the last one. Incredible achievement. The standard clearly doesn't mean a thing, btw; I don't think there'd be any more interest if they were two divisions higher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, Yorkie said: I shouldn't be surprised but I honestly didn't expect us to out-sell the last one. Incredible achievement. The standard clearly doesn't mean a thing, btw; I don't think there'd be any more interest if they were two divisions higher. I'm going on Sunday and I'll admit I've never been to a womens match before so I don't know the first thing about the womens team. I'm aware this is the FA Cup but what tier do NUFC actually play at? Obviously I'm aware its not the top league but its not particularly easy to find out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 38 minutes ago, Rich said: https://t.co/Lj20XnzIAP Cheers, might see if the lasses’ mam fancies it because she wasn’t pleased last time she went to a blokes game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paullow Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said: I'm going on Sunday and I'll admit I've never been to a womens match before so I don't know the first thing about the womens team. I'm aware this is the FA Cup but what tier do NUFC actually play at? Obviously I'm aware its not the top league but its not particularly easy to find out. 4th tier. WSL top tier, Sunderland in the 2nd tier, and then one more league between them and Newcastle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlynnherrington Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 23/11/2022 at 21:35, iklgizmo said: Only problem with cheap tickets, is people get them and then don't bother turning up! It's happened loads in the WSL where they've said games are sold out, then there are blocks of empty seats! Fingers crossed it doesn't happen this time!! Hopefully it's still enough of a novelty thing! Would be good if the men's twitter account could push it a bit over the next couple of days! The mackems have used their thousands of ‘no-show’ free tickets to bolster their attendances for years.On Wierdside there’s a huge difference between attendees and attendances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomlynnherrington Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 How much is it on the day for over 65s not attending with both grandparents? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Paullow said: 4th tier. WSL top tier, Sunderland in the 2nd tier, and then one more league between them and Newcastle. Bloody hell I didn't realise the womens game went as far down! Probably shouldn't expect too much standard wise then. A likely 30,000+ crowd for womens football at that level is astonishing! No other word for it really. I've caught glimpses of the highlights of the WSL on SSN and the stadiums look bare, maybe a couple of thousand at best at most games and that's the pinnacle of the womens game in this country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, tomlynnherrington said: The mackems have used their thousands of ‘no-show’ free tickets to bolster their attendances for years.On Wierdside there’s a huge difference between attendees and attendances. 2 of my mates worked for Northumbria Police, one still does, other one is retired and they are given an actual number of people inside the stadium and you are right the disparity and actual numbers they quote are massive. I remember one of them telling me about a game they played against Bolton in the season they were relegated from the Championship to League One. Was a midweek game (Halloween I think) and they announced 26,000 odd at the match but the true number given to Police was under 14,000. Tbf just about all teams quote tickets sold these days though. We had a few 52k crowds under Ashley which were clearly mid to upper 40s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Last year it was just pay on the day (no tickets available online) and 22,000 turned up imagine 10,000 turned up this Sunday could be looking at 37,000 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 6 hours ago, JonBez comesock said: Last year it was just pay on the day (no tickets available online) and 22,000 turned up imagine 10,000 turned up this Sunday could be looking at 37,000 ? Is that why loads of sections aren’t available online? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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