Wallsendmag Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I feel like I've been told this before, but why can't the east stand be expanded? Leazes Terrace behind the East Stand is a magnificent example of Georgian architecture and Grade I listed. Could it potentially be demolished and improved though? there would be virtually no change in design for the replacement. I once thought a two tier stand overhanging like highbury built in the 90s, but too high for light I believe. Remember mates in the 80s saying when they knocked the west stand down we should have moved the pitch west- didnt see it myself at the time- but they were proved right. That's what I was thinking something link the North Bank at Highbury. Tbf, it's a very old stand now, facilities are quite poor and will need refurbishing at some point soon. The facilities in the East Stand are fine and were refurbished when the ground was extended to 52k and the old boxes taken out. It's dated now like. Queues to get in are longer than any of the other stands, takes longer to get out than in any of the other stands, legroom is poor and the concourse area is far more cramped than in the rest of the ground. Cracking view of the pitch though although that's not necessarily a good thing these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I feel like I've been told this before, but why can't the east stand be expanded? Leazes Terrace behind the East Stand is a magnificent example of Georgian architecture and Grade I listed. Could it potentially be demolished and improved though? there would be virtually no change in design for the replacement. I once thought a two tier stand overhanging like highbury built in the 90s, but too high for light I believe. Remember mates in the 80s saying when they knocked the west stand down we should have moved the pitch west- didnt see it myself at the time- but they were proved right. That's what I was thinking something link the North Bank at Highbury. Tbf, it's a very old stand now, facilities are quite poor and will need refurbishing at some point soon. The facilities in the East Stand are fine and were refurbished when the ground was extended to 52k and the old boxes taken out. It's dated now like. Queues to get in are longer than any of the other stands, takes longer to get out than in any of the other stands, legroom is poor and the concourse area is far more cramped than in the rest of the ground. Cracking view of the pitch though although that's not necessarily a good thing these days. knock it down build a new one that faces Leazes terrace, and enjoy the view for 90mins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Definitely up for demolishing the East Stand if it's done while many of the boring cunts that sit there are still sat in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I feel like I've been told this before, but why can't the east stand be expanded? Leazes Terrace behind the East Stand is a magnificent example of Georgian architecture and Grade I listed. Could it potentially be demolished and improved though? there would be virtually no change in design for the replacement. I once thought a two tier stand overhanging like highbury built in the 90s, but too high for light I believe. Remember mates in the 80s saying when they knocked the west stand down we should have moved the pitch west- didnt see it myself at the time- but they were proved right. That's what I was thinking something link the North Bank at Highbury. Tbf, it's a very old stand now, facilities are quite poor and will need refurbishing at some point soon. The facilities in the East Stand are fine and were refurbished when the ground was extended to 52k and the old boxes taken out. It's dated now like. Queues to get in are longer than any of the other stands, takes longer to get out than in any of the other stands, legroom is poor and the concourse area is far more cramped than in the rest of the ground. Cracking view of the pitch though although that's not necessarily a good thing these days. It's fine. I've had a season ticket in there for the last 5 or so years since I moved from the Gallowgate until I chucked it in the summer and it is fine. I was on Boxing Day as a Christmas present in my old seat - leg room of course not the same as Level 7 etc but more than adequate , queues to get in never a problem and there is plenty of room on the concourse in the middle but people seem to want to wait at the ends - for five years if I wanted something at half time just walk to the kiosk in the middle and you could get a pie or a pint instantly yet people queued like sheep either side of you. Very strange. The facilities in there are fine, of course they could be better but they are just fine for what they are. It does take fucking ages to get out mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 So if the development behind Gallowgate gets the go-ahead, SJP will remain as it is for the forseable future? I always loved seeing it being re-developed during the season. Gallowgate was during the off-season if I remember correctly, then the strawberry corner. Then the mega project of the Leazes and Milburn stands. Always envy when other clubs are expanding and we're plastering up more SD signs. Still miles better than pink seats stadium though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I did the tour of Man City's stadium on Monday and I still prefer St James's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I feel like I've been told this before, but why can't the east stand be expanded? Leazes Terrace behind the East Stand is a magnificent example of Georgian architecture and Grade I listed. Could it potentially be demolished and improved though? there would be virtually no change in design for the replacement. I once thought a two tier stand overhanging like highbury built in the 90s, but too high for light I believe. Remember mates in the 80s saying when they knocked the west stand down we should have moved the pitch west- didnt see it myself at the time- but they were proved right. That's what I was thinking something link the North Bank at Highbury. Tbf, it's a very old stand now, facilities are quite poor and will need refurbishing at some point soon. The facilities in the East Stand are fine and were refurbished when the ground was extended to 52k and the old boxes taken out. It's dated now like. Queues to get in are longer than any of the other stands, takes longer to get out than in any of the other stands, legroom is poor and the concourse area is far more cramped than in the rest of the ground. Cracking view of the pitch though although that's not necessarily a good thing these days. knock it down build a new one that faces Leazes terrace, and enjoy the view for 90mins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 edit: Bigger size if anyone wants it for wallpaper or whatever source - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 What a magnificent sight with no Sports Direct shit. Great picture. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would piss on nearly all stadiums Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Great pic that. This might sound ridiculous but could we not extend the Strawberry corner and the Leazes/East stand corner to Level 7 height? What would that be an extra 3-4k seats? Would look class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Every time I'm in Newcastle, and I walk past SJP, I wonder how the team can be so absolutely shit year in, year out. Frustrating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgarve Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would piss on nearly all stadiums won't do though the land is being sold off and the fans are not putting up enough fuss so unfortunately we are fucked with this size stadium forever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would piss on nearly all stadiums won't do though the land is being sold off and the fans are not putting up enough fuss so unfortunately we are fucked with this size stadium forever Neither of those points are the reason for that happening though. He is talking redevelopment not stupidly lumping another few thousand on the roof of the Gallowgate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Would putting another tier on top of the gallowgate and east stand require building out into the surrounding area ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Would putting another tier on top of the gallowgate and east stand require building out into the surrounding area ? yes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would p*ss on nearly all stadiums won't do though the land is being sold off and the fans are not putting up enough fuss so unfortunately we are f***ed with this size stadium forever Tbh, we don't need a bigger stadium, we wouldn't fill it. Even back during the Robson era there were empty seats at most league matches, for the Champions League matches it was half empty. Maybe if we had Dortmund-esque ticket prices it would be different, but that's just a pipe-dream in modern top flight English football, never going to happen anywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walton17 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 You never know if we may need a bigger one in the future though, stunts the club's potential to grow if this development is allowed to happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would p*ss on nearly all stadiums won't do though the land is being sold off and the fans are not putting up enough fuss so unfortunately we are f***ed with this size stadium forever Tbh, we don't need a bigger stadium, we wouldn't fill it. Even back during the Robson era there were empty seats at most league matches, for the Champions League matches it was half empty. Maybe if we had Dortmund-esque ticket prices it would be different, but that's just a pipe-dream in modern top flight English football, never going to happen anywhere. Don't think it was quite half empty for our CL matches.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Broon Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would p*ss on nearly all stadiums won't do though the land is being sold off and the fans are not putting up enough fuss so unfortunately we are f***ed with this size stadium forever Tbh, we don't need a bigger stadium, we wouldn't fill it. Even back during the Robson era there were empty seats at most league matches, for the Champions League matches it was half empty. Maybe if we had Dortmund-esque ticket prices it would be different, but that's just a pipe-dream in modern top flight English football, never going to happen anywhere. Don't think it was quite half empty for our CL matches.. I remember there being tonnes of empty seats. I wasn't intending 'half empty' to be taken literally btw, I'm know the attendances weren't 26,000, more like 40ish for most of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would p*ss on nearly all stadiums won't do though the land is being sold off and the fans are not putting up enough fuss so unfortunately we are f***ed with this size stadium forever Tbh, we don't need a bigger stadium, we wouldn't fill it. Even back during the Robson era there were empty seats at most league matches, for the Champions League matches it was half empty. Maybe if we had Dortmund-esque ticket prices it would be different, but that's just a pipe-dream in modern top flight English football, never going to happen anywhere. Don't think it was quite half empty for our CL matches.. I remember there being tonnes of empty seats. I wasn't intending 'half empty' to be taken literally btw, I'm know the attendances weren't 26,000, more like 40ish for most of them. Feyenoord there was 40K but Juve and Inter we had 50K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would p*ss on nearly all stadiums won't do though the land is being sold off and the fans are not putting up enough fuss so unfortunately we are f***ed with this size stadium forever Tbh, we don't need a bigger stadium, we wouldn't fill it. Even back during the Robson era there were empty seats at most league matches, for the Champions League matches it was half empty. Maybe if we had Dortmund-esque ticket prices it would be different, but that's just a pipe-dream in modern top flight English football, never going to happen anywhere. Don't think it was quite half empty for our CL matches.. I remember there being tonnes of empty seats. I wasn't intending 'half empty' to be taken literally btw, I'm know the attendances weren't 26,000, more like 40ish for most of them. Feyenoord there was 40K but Juve and Inter we had 50K Only had over 50,000 twice from 6 champions league games (Barca & Inter) to be fair. Juve was 48,000 and the other three were less than 41,000 Not great and goes some way to disproving the myth that if we were doing well again we could fill a 60,000+ stadium Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Have to say if SJP ever got redeveloped it would p*ss on nearly all stadiums won't do though the land is being sold off and the fans are not putting up enough fuss so unfortunately we are f***ed with this size stadium forever Tbh, we don't need a bigger stadium, we wouldn't fill it. Even back during the Robson era there were empty seats at most league matches, for the Champions League matches it was half empty. Maybe if we had Dortmund-esque ticket prices it would be different, but that's just a pipe-dream in modern top flight English football, never going to happen anywhere. Don't think it was quite half empty for our CL matches.. I remember there being tonnes of empty seats. I wasn't intending 'half empty' to be taken literally btw, I'm know the attendances weren't 26,000, more like 40ish for most of them. Feyenoord there was 40K but Juve and Inter we had 50K Only had over 50,000 twice from 6 champions league games (Barca & Inter) to be fair. Juve was 48,000 and the other three were less than 41,000 Not great and goes some way to disproving the myth that if we were doing well again we could fill a 60,000+ stadium To be fair I agree that the stadium is big enough and don't understand the clamour to extend it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I think the argument would be that we might on some games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walton17 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 There's not a clamour to extend it, but its very shortsighted to remove the option to extend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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