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Singing Section at SJP - Poll  

219 members have voted

  1. 1. Would you want a large singing/standing section at St James' Park?

    • Yes. I'm an existing season ticket holder and I would want to be a part of it
      33
    • Yes. I'm an existing season ticket holder but wouldn't want to be part of it, but I would move to a seat somewhere else if the singing section was to be where I currently sit....as long as I was happy with the new seat.
      13
    • No. The atmosphere is fine as it is.
      3
    • No. The atmosphere needs to improve but this isn't the answer.
      8
    • Yes. I'm just a member at the moment but would want one in the singing section.
      80
    • Yes. I'm just a member at the moment but would want a season ticket in a non-singing section. But a singing section needs to happen to let people who want to sing be together
      28


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11 hours ago, gbandit said:

Overall though, we helped to intimidate Man U

who were the shittest version of themselves I’ve ever seen against us

I actually thought they were better than they were in the 2-0 game here last season. Although in fairness we had a functioning substitute bench that day.

 

Didn’t feel like there was that nervous lull that often punctuates the ground in a lot of games. Good, consistent noise from start to finish.

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1 hour ago, Wandy said:

On another note, is it just me or does the crowd noise sound louder on the MOTD highlights than when on live on Sky & TNT? Wonder if they muffle the mics for live games?

 

 

 

Wonder no more. The answer is yes. I’ve been saying this for a while. Don’t judge any match atmosphere via TV. They do it to muffle out profanities etc.

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Strawberry corner was relentless as always yesterday. I really hope the club puts a singing /standing area in the opposite corner too. Was constant noise pretty much all the way through, of course it could be louder but it's a good start when songs are being started and spread from different sections. 

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Kept checking the website all day yesterday and at 4pm managed to get a ticket in the back row of the Strawberry Corner. First time I've been in there for a couple of years and it's absolutely brilliant! Just constant singing from start to finish. They never let up!

 

A bigger standing area is a must because the difference it makes to the atmosphere is unbelievable.

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6 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

Kept checking the website all day yesterday and at 4pm managed to get a ticket in the back row of the Strawberry Corner. First time I've been in there for a couple of years and it's absolutely brilliant! Just constant singing from start to finish. They never let up!

 

A bigger standing area is a must because the difference it makes to the atmosphere is unbelievable.

 

Yeah I sit in strawberry corner and I'd never ever swap my seat for anywhere else in the ground. The atmosphere in there is class.

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47 minutes ago, Wallsendmag said:

Kept checking the website all day yesterday and at 4pm managed to get a ticket in the back row of the Strawberry Corner. First time I've been in there for a couple of years and it's absolutely brilliant! Just constant singing from start to finish. They never let up!

 

A bigger standing area is a must because the difference it makes to the atmosphere is unbelievable.


it can often feel like you’ve been at a different game to everyone else 

 

I hate that I can hardly ever get tickets round there this season, anywhere else in the ground just feels dead by comparison 

 

 

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6 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:


it can often feel like you’ve been at a different game to everyone else 

 

I hate that I can hardly ever get tickets round there this season, anywhere else in the ground just feels dead by comparison 

 

 

 

I think this is often the issue with the atmosphere discussion.

 

I’m in the same seat as last year and tbh haven’t really found a great deal of difference to last year, atmosphere-wise (obviously some games are always better than others). Yet others on here, and elsewhere, will say it’s rubbish in comparison.

 

But if you were someone who was used to getting in and around the Strawberry corner, and you’re now in L7 or somewhere, you can fully understand why that person would think it is rubbish in comparison.

 

So that kind of leads me to coming round to the way of thinking that it’s not necessarily the ballot itself that’s the major issue, it’s more the not being able to control where you sit.

 

Not sure there’s a particularly straightforward way of sorting that out, but if they could come up with something it might help massively.

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take the example of the lads on here that were congregating in the Leazes last season and had created a mini singing area

 

they can’t congregate there any more

 

I can’t understand why it’s not possible to allow seat selection, loads of entertainment events have greater demand than supply but you can still choose a seat 

 

 

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Away end looked full on the telly considering the shite with the trains

 

However loads kicking off on twitter about our support in the ground

 

Apparently that Silverstone was there and getting questioned about it

 

 

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1 minute ago, ilikenewcastle said:

Anyone else getting a bit annoyed this season at the superduperfans crying every week that the wrong people are going to games, they're singing the wrong songs, the members are to blame for poor results etc.

Yep. Especially when not much has changed in reality. Apart from the performances and results…

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7 minutes ago, ilikenewcastle said:

Anyone else getting a bit annoyed this season at the superduperfans crying every week that the wrong people are going to games, they're singing the wrong songs, the members are to blame for poor results etc.

 

It's been a while since I went to a game and as someone who isn't from Newcastle I've experienced quite a bit of the soopafan attitude (Ashley era), especially once they've heard my accent. Football fans are weird, entitled cunts in general tbf.

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11 minutes ago, jack j said:

I'm starting to think it's down to the results like

Sheff utd wasn't the best mind

However loads who were at man u said it was one of the best..

My only two domestic away games this season so far. Both were fine but obviously the greater numbers and dare I say surprise of the performance from a 2nd string team over our long standing nemesis probably added to the atmosphere.

 

Ive got Chelsea and Luton remaining this season. Expecting a great atmosphere at Chelsea providing we don’t have a car crash start to the game. Luton I’m intrigued to find out. Not the biggest overall allocation but at least half going have over 160 points. Absolutely awful date for the game mind day after Black Friday and not the cheapest to get to with everyone vacating London etc that weekend for the holidays.

 

 

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Another thing to consider with today is with bowl type/shaped stadiums (such as new WHL, the Etihad etc), the atmosphere will always feel off to some due to how spaced out the away fans are from each other.

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6 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

 

It's been a while since I went to a game and as someone who isn't from Newcastle I've experienced quite a bit of the soopafan attitude (Ashley era), especially once they've heard my accent. Football fans are weird, entitled cunts in general tbf.

Think it might be worse with us tbh. We have some absolute saddos who have no life outside of supporting Newcastle who appoint themselves as 'hardcore' fans. Most of their arguments this season are stupid anyway. They hate the members ballot for reasons I can't understand - the people getting tickets are basically the same as last season when it was first come first serve. The 'poor' atmosphere is blamed on 'tourists' when it was regularly appalling during the Ashley years (when the stadium was full of 'hardcore' fans who stood by the club when times were rough).

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