League Cup Trophy Celebration: Saturday 29th March

[thomas]

3 hours ago, GeordieDazzler said:

 

spurs trying to sneak in

 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 17:42 by thomas

[Wallsendmag]

22 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Yes but taking into account a lot of people will be queuing on behalf of others between 2-6 people the numbers aren’t that far off kilter and balance up.

 

For example a family of four one of the parents might queue the once on a couple of devices but want four tickets once at front of queue.

Not as many people as you think use multiple devices.

 

 

I got lucky in pot 6 for Wembley and when I went on I was queue number 8,700 odd. Bear in mind there was only 800-900 tickets up for grabs so only that amount of people could have been trying to buy tickets.

[LFEE]

2 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

 

I got lucky in pot 6 for Wembley and when I went on I was queue number 8,700 odd. Bear in mind there was only 800-900 tickets up for grabs so only that amount of people could have been trying to buy tickets.

People wanting to go with Pot 6 fans from Pot 4&5 or higher would’ve increased the numbers. Also didn’t account for people just queuing to be nosy.

 

Also Pot 6 was probably the biggest multiple device pot as it would’ve been the touts with the multi memberships.

[Tsunami]

I've been speaking to someone involved in the organising of this (not from the club). They’re still working on what is and is not possible. I have been told that it’ll be well worth attending and I wouldn’t rule out some type of bus parade.

 

They wouldn’t give any specifics but this bloke was buzzing, he will have seen what the club are hoping to do. 

[Rafalove]

 

 

 

[Scoreboard82]

7 hours ago, LFEE said:

Who’s not able to attend?

I just think it might be a struggle for the older generation for example  to stand for ages. 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 21:29 by Scoreboard82

[WilliamPS]

Honestly some people are just addicted to misery. Finally win a cup and its terrible as the club are arranging the wrong type of celebration?

 

You don’t have to go if you don’t want to

[Gottlob]

An unmitigated shambles, and I know that people will rightly say that it's not the fault of Howe or the players. But for me in the big list of things it puts the Carabao Cup behind our First Division trophy in 1993, with Howe behind Keegan and Isak probably behind Andy Cole given the latter's fine run-in and his hat-trick against Leicester.

[gdm]

 

[Scoreboard82]

15 minutes ago, WilliamPS said:

Honestly some people are just addicted to misery. Finally win a cup and its terrible as the club are arranging the wrong type of celebration?

 

You don’t have to go if you don’t want to

Some might argue "finally win a cup and I'm not able to go and enjoy this type of celebration". Just wanting any celebration to be the best it can be isn't being addicted to misery. Nor is it saying anyone is dissatisfied with the running of the club. There's just a  strong feeling they've got this one wrong, but aye, in the grand scheme of things it's hardly a massive problem.

[Kid Icarus]

There you go, no need to panic 

[Whitley mag]

1 minute ago, Gottlob said:

An unmitigated shambles, and I know that people will rightly say that it's not the fault of Howe or the players. But for me in the big list of things it puts the Carabao Cup behind our First Division trophy in 1993, with Howe behind Keegan and Isak probably behind Andy Cole given the latter's fine run-in and his hat-trick against Leicester.

What a load of tosh just because they might not get on a bus, I certainly don’t remember the Keegan promotion from standing outside the civic centre, my memories are Grimsby, Barnsley, Notts County, Tranmere and Peterborough away with thousands of proper football lads watching a great team.

 

[Fenham Mag]

I’ve got a feeling many fans will be left feeling a tad sheepish when Sela and the club pull off an amazing show. They’ve not missed yet. 

[Wolfcastle]

Again though in 92/93 people were locked out and didn't get a chance to go to those games.

Nothing more was needed beyond Leicester if you were there and for what its worth I didn't think much of the parade, photos came out dark as hell, but had to be there, would be more so for people who didn't get to go.

[80]

I'm hopeful everything will turn out great, they've generally been good about these things, but there's nothing wrong with people defending the city's interests if there's a sniff someone's trying to ration joy to only those who've bought corporate memberships.

[LFEE]

1 hour ago, Scoreboard82 said:

I just think it might be a struggle for the older generation for example  to stand for ages. 

 

 

 

 

They don’t need to. Just see the Trophy this Sunday at the ladies game or the bus parade before the town moor. Not quite sure what you are expecting?

[Jonas]

13 hours ago, Paully said:

Keith Barrett on FB;

 

Looks like they have rained on the parade, turning a celebratory day into another ‘experience’

The ballot road to enjoyment 

Telling folk how to celebrate the love of their team 

An enjoyment advisory service organised by people who wear suits and false smiles and have never been to Exeter or Shrewsbury 

Strangling self expression and spontaneity of Geordie folk who have have promoted enjoyment in the face of adversity for a football life time, just look in any Newcastle Upon Tyne pub on a match day, despite the result on the pitch, Geordie’s are the masters of enjoyment, we probably bloody invented it, but now, we need to be instructed on how to behave celebrating our teams cup triumph

I dunno about you, but I don’t need to be listening to a DJ to enthuse me, telling me ‘to make some noise’ I don’t need modern day ‘tunes’ to fire up my vocal chords, I just need my fellow Geordies to be as one, a few choruses of The Blaydon Races, sang at a proper speed, I need smiles and appreciation of the teams achievement

Just a natural reaction 
Just be normal 

I don’t want to see Darren Eales cheesy grin pretending he’s been waiting a life time for this day, telling us this is only the beginning 
Promising global domination and support from all over the world 

It’s now, that’s what it is, and if we never win another trophy again let us enjoy this one, this time, our time, now

Let the Geordie people line the streets with bed sheets and flags and songs, local songs that lift the Geordie heart in celebration of our team, the kids, the not so wealthy, the Grannies and Grandads that can no longer get into the match let alone get their hands on a Wembley ticket, just let the people say thanks to the team that have given us at long last something that we all just dreamed of

The only stage needed is an open top bus rolling slowly through the streets up to St James’s Park amidst a sea of black and white 

Don’t give tradition another kick in the bollocks and turn a celebration into a circus or an American style contrived extravaganza 

We are not anybody else 
We are us 
A people with our own identity 

We don’t need to be told how to celebrate, we have just realised a lifetimes dream

Leave us alone, we have been alone most of our football lives
And through that trophy less loneliness we have built a togetherness comparable to nothing else like it 

Let us get on with our celebration in our own imitable way

Just keep it simple, keep it real, and most of all keep it Geordie

Let the wheels on the bus go around and around ….

Don't know about the rest of it but that's asking a bit much

[Checko]

Open top bus parades have an end of year feel to me. We've still got 10 games to go and a champions league place to fight for.

 

After such a massive high it can be easy for following games to just feel underwhelming. Look at us after that PSG game for example. Nothing was going to live up to that high and games after just felt flat in comparison.

 

Basically, I'm more concerned about over-celebrating right now, though obviously I sound like an absolute geography teacher for saying so.

 

Edit: have a parade end of season if we really need one.

 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 23:07 by Checko

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I mean, it really doesn't matter what happens now, we've won the cup. Personally I just always imagined them parading the cup through the streets.

 

Hopefully that will happen, if not then I'm sure the event will be good. It's just not the ideal.  

[Kanj]

We’ve waited 70 years for a domestic cup, surely our fans can wait for the club to announce every single plan and/or the city too. Fuck sake it’s been a week guys. Just watch the content and talk to your mates about the match until then. 
 

Just like trippier did on Sunday, slow down lads. Slow down. 

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Kanj

[Groundhog63]

I'm old enough to remember buying the video of our 5-1 demolition of Manchester United 

Missed a trick not having an open topped bus parade for that result as well 😉

[jack j]

1 minute ago, Groundhog63 said:

I'm old enough to remember buying the video of our 5-1 demolition of Manchester United 

Missed a trick not having an open topped bus parade for that result as well 😉

5-1? Was this in the 50s or summit?

[Dr Venkman]

11 hours ago, Whitley mag said:

thousands of proper football lads watching a great team.

[Nucasol]

9 minutes ago, Groundhog63 said:

I'm old enough to remember buying the video of our 5-1 demolition of Manchester United 

Missed a trick not having an open topped bus parade for that result as well 😉

“Howay 5-0”?

 

 

Think I watched it that many times, along with “So Close” that the tape corrupted.

[RS]

11 hours ago, Gottlob said:

An unmitigated shambles, and I know that people will rightly say that it's not the fault of Howe or the players. But for me in the big list of things it puts the Carabao Cup behind our First Division trophy in 1993, with Howe behind Keegan and Isak probably behind Andy Cole given the latter's fine run-in and his hat-trick against Leicester.

Same. This whole carry on has now put the whole trophy win thing behind the 1:1 away to Grimsby in September ‘84 for me.