Choppy Chop Chop Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Was there not talk of a brand new ground for Gateshead a few years back, I'm sure the location was stated up near the council headquarters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 4 minutes ago, Choppy Chop Chop said: Was there not talk of a brand new ground for Gateshead a few years back, I'm sure the location was stated up near the council headquarters Yes there was, I think it was next to that bowling club from memory, the old cricket ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 36 minutes ago, Choppy Chop Chop said: Was there not talk of a brand new ground for Gateshead a few years back, I'm sure the location was stated up near the council headquarters Talk of a new 7,000 capacity stadium here, from a few years ago. If they ever made it back to the Football League surely they couldn't stay where they are. https://footballgroundguide.com/leagues/conference/conference-north/gateshead-international-stadium.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
christ Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Watching a game at the GIS is an absolutely appalling experience. They desperately need a new one, but I imagine they’ve got a decent deal from the council so they’d need a very good reason to move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 You get used to it, at least in the main stand. Sod ever having to sit behind one of the goals though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, Dr.Spaceman said: You get used to it, at least in the main stand. Sod ever having to sit behind one of the goals though. Be a nightmare to get to/from as well. Imagine the metro queues Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayola Kid Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Imagine it. 2025/26 season, Newcastle are playing home games at Sunderland while their own ground is redeveloped. Newcastle are then drawn to play at home against Sunderland in the FA cup... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 2 hours ago, Choppy Chop Chop said: Was there not talk of a brand new ground for Gateshead a few years back, I'm sure the location was stated up near the council headquarters Yes was all planned but the land owner started playing funny buggers with the price at the 11th hour and it fell through iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie1892 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 9 minutes ago, Crayola Kid said: Imagine it. 2025/26 season, Newcastle are playing home games at Sunderland while their own ground is redeveloped. Newcastle are then drawn to play at home against Sunderland in the FA cup... would we give them the black cats bar for it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 just crack on and build a new stadium. SJP cant really be expanded massively including adding loads of corporate boxes, and there's no where to go for a year or two whilst its being renovated. we're just wasting time and money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crayola Kid Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 22 minutes ago, Cookie1892 said: would we give them the black cats bar for it? Northumbria Police restrict them to 3.5k in the upper tier. Hell on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie1892 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 26 minutes ago, Crayola Kid said: Northumbria Police restrict them to 3.5k in the upper tier. Hell on be unbelievable that the fewm would be off the fewmometer scale Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 4 hours ago, Dr.Spaceman said: You get used to it, at least in the main stand. Sod ever having to sit behind one of the goals though. Agree it's not as bad as cracked up to be. Find a decent seat halfway up the main stand and it's fine tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 7 hours ago, frankpingel said: Yes there was, I think it was next to that bowling club from memory, the old cricket ground. Yes the old north Durham cricket ground. Newcastle rangers played their first season there in 1879/80. Quite a few of their best players signed for east end/Newcastle United when they went bust, the rest is history Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 I’ve just been watching a Stunttpeg YouTube video and she’s at Minnesota United who have a club shop in their stadium. Nothing unusual there you may add? Nah man, it’s at the back of the stand, like saying you are at row ZZ in the Gallowgate and right behind you is a convenience store sized club store behind you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 As much as it’d be hilarious, I’m not sure I’d want NUFC to play a home fixture in that horrible city. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 How bad is Minnesota like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 2 minutes ago, Danh1 said: As much as it’d be hilarious, I’m not sure I’d want NUFC to play a home fixture in that horrible city. I mean, maybe a decent place for a pre-season friendly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Apologies I was referring to people saying to play in Sunderland. Missed a lot of the subsequent convo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 On 12/04/2024 at 12:00, christ said: Watching a game at the GIS is an absolutely appalling experience. They desperately need a new one, but I imagine they’ve got a decent deal from the council so they’d need a very good reason to move. I have many great memories of Darren huckerby scoring for the reserves there mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arknor Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 (edited) Stumbled on this video and thought it was quite interesting. Skip to 18:40 if you just want to see their league table and ignore the waffle Edited April 15 by Arknor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 That can't be accurate. The people on here who would winge about SJP and its lack of atmosphere after we beat Man City 15-0 assured me that no one likes it here and that they were speaking for the majority. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandy Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 10 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said: That can't be accurate. The people on here who would winge about SJP and its lack of atmosphere after we beat Man City 15-0 assured me that no one likes it here and that they were speaking for the majority. That’s the second time they have done a review on the visiting NUFC experience. On both occasions they said everything about it was great apart from the atmosphere, which they said was poor. Which is basically the exact same thing that us NUFC fans complain about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 On 13/04/2024 at 20:25, Stifler said: I’ve just been watching a Stunttpeg YouTube video and she’s at Minnesota United who have a club shop in their stadium. Nothing unusual there you may add? Nah man, it’s at the back of the stand, like saying you are at row ZZ in the Gallowgate and right behind you is a convenience store sized club store behind you. More like the American model. Of course in baseball there’s a lot more time to do the shopping Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Watching videos like that where they talk about drinking in bars near the ground and mingling with the locals shouldn’t be such a big thing, but when you go places like Villa and they don’t let you in any pubs near the ground you realise. Also, the atmosphere at that game was the worst this season imo and they’ve still rated it higher than a lot of others. How bad must it be at those stadiums? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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