ToonTastic Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I don't think the club are ignoring the option to extend the stadium. But look who owns the club, he's not going to spend hundreds of millions to extend the stadium by 15,000 seats when he could build a brand new shitty lego stadiums for the same price with the extra seats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Boy 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 Never realised that. Just goes to show that you need to be careful what you wish for. When are we next going to be playing games like that? Thank goodness I went to the San Siro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Man city don't have anywhere near full stadiums on champions league nights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Man city don't have anywhere near full stadiums on champions league nights There's not a lot of clubs do when they are playing teams who maybe aren't "top teams". Man Utd used to make sure their season ticket's included buying tickets for the 3 home group games of the Champions League. They didn't have a choice, it was included in the price of the season ticket. Basically, they done it to make sure their ground was full as they knew it would be no where near full when they played FC Basel or Real Mallorca (examples). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Man city don't have anywhere near full stadiums on champions league nights They don't have anywhere near a full stadium for Premier League games either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag 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. The Robson era was good but we never actually won anything or even managed a cup final. Only a fool would argue that we couldn't fill a far larger stadium if we'd banked the trophies the likes of Man City and Chelsea have recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Midweek games are notoriously harder to fill due to travel, work etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Anyone thinking St James' Park is looking a bit tatty these days remember back to the old Gallowgate end bogs! 40 seconds in; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgnRNxZ8GTE&app=desktop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest antz1uk Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Never saw that programme when it was first aired, would love to see it, forgot just how upper class McKeag was Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I see it every day, it's scruffy and dirty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I see it every day, it's scruffy and dirty. It'll still be the best stadium in the Championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Passed SJP today. For f***'s sake...just jet-wash the f***er. Would take no more than a day and a team of 5. Green mildew every-f***ing-where. I asked the lad from here to.mention it at the ff but it never was. It's a complete clip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I see it every day, it's scruffy and dirty. That's what she said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 needs expanding to 100k. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Spurs sold out two weeks in advance. Need a bigger ground if Rafa stays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Spurs sold out two weeks in advance. Need a bigger ground if Rafa stays. More chance of them extending Bar 9 and introduction a £10 entry fee where you can see the match on TV with pints priced at £4.99 with a 5 drink minimum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 St Jacob's Park with a 38,000 capacity in the middle of the mountains is hosting this years Europa League final. It's about time we started trying to get St James' Park to host finals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 St Jacob's Park with a 38,000 capacity in the middle of the mountains is hosting this years Europa League final. It's about time we started trying to get St James' Park to host finals. It isn't a 5-star UEFA stadium iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Only need to be 4 for UEFA Cup finals. I don't think it's that either mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Category 4 is the max, and St James' is category 4 according to Wiki, same as Basel Think for Champions League finals UEFA want stadiums with over 60,000 capacity. No reason why we couldnt get a Europa final though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Category 4 is the max, and St James' is category 4 according to Wiki, same as Basel Think for Champions League finals UEFA want stadiums with over 60,000 capacity. No reason why we couldnt get a Europa final though I can think of two reasons. One, the place is a dirty tip; two it would take several months to cover up all the Shit Direct signage - especially the ones on the front of the East Stand and Gallowgate roofs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Does the host stadium's club have to be an active participants in a UEFA competition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Does the host stadium's club have to be an active participants in a UEFA competition? No. Europa League 2011 - Aviva in Dublin Champs League - Wembley, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonTastic Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Thought there was something about changing rooms having to be identical ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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