sbnufc Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Tbf a lot of those entitled to the contractual supporters allocation will be genuine Liverpool fans. Just because they've got a few quid so can afford to pay for seasonal hospitality instead of sitting in the Kop doesn't mean they aren't true supporters. Of course there'll be hangers on but you get that anywhere. Not the types anyone thinks of when you say "Liverpool fans will get x tickets" though. That's what I meant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 UEFA have allocated them over 10,000 tickets though with the probability of more which isn't too bad. Obviously how Liverpool want to disperse the tickets is down to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 10,000 is absolutely atrocious for a major European cup final, mitigated only slightly by the fact that Spanish away support is tragic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 10,000 is absolutely atrocious for a major European cup final, mitigated only slightly by the fact that Spanish away support is tragic. Agree but fair given the capacity of the stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 10,000 is absolutely atrocious for a major European cup final, mitigated only slightly by the fact that Spanish away support is tragic. Agree but fair given the capacity of the stadium. Which begs the question 'why that stadium?' Makes no sense Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1892 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 10,000 is absolutely atrocious for a major European cup final, mitigated only slightly by the fact that Spanish away support is tragic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_UEFA_Cup_Final No problems with travelling numbers that night, I assure you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 10,000 is absolutely atrocious for a major European cup final, mitigated only slightly by the fact that Spanish away support is tragic. Agree but fair given the capacity of the stadium. Which begs the question 'why that stadium?' Makes no sense But what if the Semi Finals had worked out differently and it had been a Villarreal v Shakhtar final? I doubt both clubs combined could have shifted 10,000 tickets so UEFA could have ended up with a half empty stadium for a showpiece final. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Which happened last year in Warsaw with Sevilla and Dnipro Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Which happened last year in Warsaw with Sevilla and Dnipro Exactly. 45,000 there in a 57,000 capacity stadium. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Fuck it. Hold it at Rochdale next year just in case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 f*** it. Hold it at Rochdale next year just in case. Doubt Spotland has the UEFA 4* status required. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieT Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 High-rise flats and offices set to be built next to St James Metro Station will “not limit” any realistic plans to expand Newcastle United’s stadium according to Newcastle City Council . On Friday, the council’s planning committee approved Marrico Asset Management’s application to build nine and 11-storey blocks of student flats in Strawberry Place, on land currently used as a car park. A later stage of the build will see a 17-storey apartment building and 10 floors of offices constructed on the site. The student flats’ design has been approved, but planning permission was only granted in principal for the apartment block and offices. The developers will have to come back to the council for a green light on how they look. Football fans and the Newcastle United Supporters’ Trust objected to the plans. They feared building behind the Gallowgate End would shackle the club’s only realistic chance of boosting St James’ Park’s capacity. They also worried the high-rises will block out views of the stadium from Newcastle and beyond. Julie Seaton, Newcastle City Council planning officer, told Friday’s meeting that any way of expanding the stadium as it is now will not be harmed by Marrico’s plan. She said: “The proposed development would not limit any expansion plan that could feasibly be developed while accommodating existing constraints of the site.” Some views of the stadium will be compromised because of the new buildings. This, the council planners’ report says, will see once unrestricted views of the famous ground replaced with “glimpses” from “key viewpoints” like St James’ Boulevard. The report says the site currently “contributes little to the cultural significance” of St James’ Park “or the way which it is experienced”. It adds: “The introduction of a variety of uses, active frontages and natural surveillance would also help improve safety and reduce the risk of crime and antisocial behaviour within and around the site on match days, contributing to the match day experience and providing opportunities to linger longer in and around the stadium rather than merely passing through or around the site.” The £60m build will bring in an estimated 704 construction jobs and will see the Bobby Robson Memorial Garden updated. Opened in 2011, the garden lies next to where the blocks are being built. A report prepared for Friday’s meeting says: “The proposed improvements would improve the usability of this space by improving seating and planting which relates well to its surroundings and by removing the advertisement hoardings.” Planning permission was only approved on condition that Nexus withdraws its objection. Nexus claimed the build will rule out any chance of extending the Metro west from St James, but council officers said negotiations are on-going and are confident an agreement will be reached. At the same meeting, councillors approved plans for two more student developments. One will see a seven-storey block of 15 studios and 18 cluster apartments in New Bridge Street, just to the south of The Foundry student flats. The site’s existing buildings will be demolished. While a warehouse in Falconer Court and Clayton Street will be turned into a student residence, consisting of 29 flats. The “hidden” empty warehouse lies behind Clayton Street’s shops. The work will see an extra storey added to the building. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/strawberry-place-flats-not-restrict-11489253 Not sure if posted elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 More student f*cking flats for f*cks sake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Should they live on the street instead lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Should they live on the street instead lol Students should be at the perimeter of the city or outer boroughs. Newcastle has a shortage of good quality commercial office space. That's what we should be building. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Looking back at my student days I'm glad i didn't live centrally after first year, I really miss walking in along the town moor every day Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Should they live on the street instead lol Genuine question: is the student population really growing enough in Newcastle to sustain the mass construction of accommodation blocks that has been going on over the last year or two? This is quite a small geographical area near me, left to right is little over a mile. Half of the area has been bulldozed in the last five years and replaced by these massive bland cubes (I've probably missed a few out). Noticed earlier that the old Oxford galleries (what used to be Ikon/Liquid) is now on the way to becoming another one. height=400http://i.imgur.com/AEpmvxk.jpg[/img] How is this market not completely saturated? Believe me, they're not short of places to live already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Should they live on the street instead lol Students should be at the perimeter of the city or outer boroughs. Newcastle has a shortage of good quality commercial office space. That's what we should be building. Given the only office building in the city and region (although Sunderland are copying at Vaux) is being built at Stephenson quarter where the council have taken a head lease so that a developer will actually build a new office there is little chance of more office space being built in the city centre without public sector involvement sadly. Demand at rents required to make office development stack up just not there at moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 How would the Gallowgate be extended? a big cop like stand or another tier? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 How would the Gallowgate be extended? a big cop like stand or another tier? Same as the leazes/NW corner you'd assume Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 How would the Gallowgate be extended? a big cop like stand or another tier? Same as the leazes/NW corner you'd assume to me, this is whats required, it would be a complete horseshoe stadium then, if that makes sense. theres plenty around and theres likely never going to be anything done on the east stand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Given gate receipts make up for a much smaller proportion of club revenue (Premier league football assumed) and our tight fisted owner I don't see the stadium being extended any time soon sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 If Rafa demands it though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 If Rafa demands it though... That was what I was thinking. Seeing how Rafa has demanded the training facility to have a complete makeover, it left me hoping that if we're back in the Premier League, and games continuing to be a sellout under Rafa, he would propose some kind of expansion to SJP. Imagine winning Cups and being in Europe in front of 60k+ fans at SJP... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Toon Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Up until Rafa, the Ashley regime has stripped everything from the club and turned it all negative , the result has seen the club lose thousands of fans and potentially the generations after. Thinking on the back of that, there was never any need to think about extending the ground never mind talk about it as the gate receipts by an increased stadium would take umpteen years to be recouped. That however is thinking in terms of business but thinking in terms of ambition and an ambitious football club, an extension should be being talked about now and especially so if we're promoted as the Rafa effect should not be underestimated. A club put into a trance like state has suddenly seen it's fanbase shaken to waken up and the extra 10,000 or so fans that could be potentially added by an extra tier would not only bring in the extra revenue there but the feel good factor of having an ambitious club would snowball into other areas not to mention be advertised further around the world. The income available then would be closer to the likes of Spurs but thinking further away and with daft misty eyed visions, we should be on a par with Liverpool if Rafa waves his magic pixie dust on us and gets us competing or a trophy added to the cleaners weekly tasks. We can see the potential and by the sounds of it, Rafa does too. It will be an interesting three years if he progresses to a level that matches his CV and if Ashley buys into that, you just never know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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